David Humphries
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I am off from Work today anyway. Get to take the kids to school. It's very wet here and a fair bit blowy, will go in if i get the call. The Team are going to catch up with the backlog of saw maintenance, and will do a drive by around the Highways and High Risk areas to check for damage. If your working out there, stay safe fellas.
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This is my non expert opinion, for what its worth. We have had the Hobbs for a couple of years now and have been very impressed. It's a great tool and is starting to be used here more often than our Capstan, even on smaller stem wood. Recently had the opportunity to have both the Hobbs and GRCS on site to compare. If you're considering forking out large ammounts of cash, i would recommend the GRCS. Not wanting to sound crass, but it is truly AWESOME. Having now compared the two, my main concern with the Hobbs is the diameter of the winch, which is narrower than the GRCS. Which implies more wraps could be required on the Hobbs. The GRCS is easier to handle and dress on to the tree, but i feel the Hobbs grip is superior. It has to be said that i can only base this on limited use of the GRCS and having seen the Volvo drop test. If price is an issue, you would not be dissapointed with the Hobbs though IMO.
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what to do with the old lime pollards?
David Humphries replied to MattyF's topic in Tree health care
Not one hundred percent sure on this but......... You could try Giraffe Pollarding which would be re polarding the canopy back to the top of the bole, but leaving one or two of the larger poles which would act as sap risers. When the regrowth becomes substantial you could then remove the larger ones. I've seen this done on lapsed Ash pollards. -
Pure Class ! Tickled me unmentionables !
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Treevolution Dismantling Course
David Humphries replied to David Humphries's topic in Training & education
Day One of Four. This morning we covered legislation, PUWER,LOLER etc...and then equipment markings MBS,SWL & Knewtons etc...... This afternoon we covered basic rigging equipment and their associated knots out in the woods. Tommorow we go Arboreal. Im astounded at the things i have forgotten in the 10 or so years since my original rigging course. -
Try having a look at the CAVAT system ( Capital Asset Value for Ammenity Trees ) http://www.ltoa.org.uk/docs/LTOA_Risk_Limitation_Strategy.pdf Page 27 Hope this is of use.
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They're buggers to shape aren't they! In terms of growth points. Grand job Matty !
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Very Cute indeed. They're in the wrong game. They should be on opposite sides of the Commons !
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We used to hire in machines to grind out ourselves, but tend to leave the majority of our stumps untouched these days. Obviously they make great habitat for invertabrates etc...plus a fair percentage of our 'removals' end up staying as Monoliths. When there is a stump that does need complete removal then we hire in a company.
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That looked like really good fun. Nice shots Mr Scale.
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This was one of our own trees that went over into Private property, damaging a boundary wall and also their Chestnut which it ended up resting on. The fact that the tree was recently inspected covered our asses.
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Cheers V. That was last time i actually did any paid tree work on a weekend. The crane was actually a hired one, not ours. Out reach was at it's limit. But sure saved us some serious cutting time.
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I'm sure that you know from a fair majority of my posts that i'm pretty much a big time MEWP Fan. The right tools for the right job blah blah....... Iv'e got a back log of MEWP Jobs at the moment (fracture retrenchments/Coros/Monos etc....but i'm currently waiting for my Denka DL28 (Nelly) to be Serviced/Repaired, and there's not much left in the end of year coffers for hire ATM. That particular Ash was plenty solid IMO, plus there were access issues and it was a very good climb/dismantle for me to gauge the juniors on.
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With our 7 Mil Budget, it would appear greedy and insensitive to the eyes of our local user groups. This little baby gets dusted down occasionally for reducing timber to chipper size (or the Guvners winter stock !)
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Sure is ! The criminal thing is though, we can't profit from our arrisings, so this little lot's still sitting there happily providing a Des Res for the Hampstead Bug & Fung community.
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A few more.
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This dead little fella nearly got through my safety net. The access road that this Ash sat on, did not originally get on to my Tree Risk Radar. I came across it whilst driving around checking after a big blow. Needless to say my Risk Zones have been reviewed and ammended.
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Day 2.
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This old fella was knocked over by the wind in Jan 07, one month after i had inspected it. No potential stability issues noted at the time. Boy that breeze was strong The Property owner suddenly got very concerned with the rest of his trees.
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Lovely piece of work Mr Bullman
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Good luck to you Arbgarry, soak it all up like a sponge, and squeeze out the occasional bad habit. Short memory and Short cuts aflict us all at times.
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Difficult to make a judgement from just a few shots, but who on here would consider a climb dismantle on this one ? Joe Public should all be sent on common sense courses. Why would even the most fool hardy not see that as a seriously potential Hazard. Interesting Post Steve.
