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Awesome. Hope that's true
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I've had a play with the Stihl MS 150. I must admit I scoffed when it was handed to me; "What is this? Stihls latest toy saw?" I lightly pruned a few birch with it, no probs, then I reduced 3 large pops - chewed through 10in stems easily. I also used it to deadwood some mature oaks - plenty of ancient staghorn of 8-9in diameter. As Adam says, you have to let it do the work, but it was quite happy chugging through this iron-hard old stuff. The best thing about it by far is the weight. It's so much lighter than the 020s I generally use, so much so in fact that I hardly knew it was on my belt. I'm going to get one of these babies, use it for pruning thus prolonging the life of my trusty 020s.... Good work Stihl....
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Chainsaw operators required. cs30 cs31 Cscs card. Start Mon 10 feb 5 days work 0730-1630 Phone Steve: 07885 680412 Email [email protected]
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Thankyou for your help. At first I ID'd it as American Honey Fungus. There was an araucaria next to the cherry. I thought maybe the spores had traveled with the monkey puzzle rootball. However wielding Occam's chainsaw made this seem pretty unlikely! Chris
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Try as I may, I cannot get any milk from the things... I think the rimroll is a more likely candidate (thanks fellas)
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Present now around the roots of a mature flowering cherry. Please help..
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Post taken, thanks.
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FULL TIME POSITION available. South Wirral. Tree Surgery, Landscaping Overview Tree work, gardening & landscaping. Chainsaw & aerial rescue tickets essential. CSCS & 7.5ton/trailer licence will put you at the top of the list. On behalf of: [email protected]
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Watch out - I think there's a troll hiding under my post!
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I've been working in Cheshire for the last 20 years Chris. I think your best bet (if you haven't already) is to pick your nearest dozen or so arb firms & contact them via sail-mail. It's a fairly radical approach in this day & age but it may pay dividends. Offer to work free for a trial - the best way to meet the faces behind the companies. If you impress your name may get put about, it's a fairly small world round here. Beleive it or not; there are people in this county who've never heard of ArbTalk:001_tongue: Treefellers in Broxton down the A49 are always on the lookout for hard workers (you can get in touch with the general manager here: Spoolos) http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/employment/56035-workers-required-cheshire.html Good luck.
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PM sent matey
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I had one the other day: "You and your mates have done a great job, I've given them a tip. You can't have one though as you're self-employed." (WTF?)
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Chainsaw operator/climber with cscs northwich
ContractArb replied to RobRainford's topic in Employment
Yr mesage box is full Rob... Email sent. -
Spot on Tommy. Even after 20 years of climbing I sometimes get 'The Fear'... When this happens I, just go back to basics, check my crabs & anchors are secure, recheck. Re-check my saw is sharp, fuelled and correctly tensioned. Then I re-evaluate what cuts I will be making, just thinking everything through and trying to perform as if I was being assessed. Will my cuts send the branch where I want it? Is there anything hung up above me? I make sure my gob cut is perfect, then that my back-cut is parallel etc etc. Before you have time to let yourself worry, the branch has gone & its time to think about the next one.... Taking everything back to first principles like this focusses my mind on the job, leaving no room for the wobblies to get in
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I was using a long 13mil & a short 11.5 mil rope. I think I read here someplace that people were finding that the thinner ropes worked fine with the large clutch... They were right. I do have the other clutch somewhere but why fix something that aint broke?
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I went for the Distel but ended up with the Steins as Jonesie didn't have any of the former left in stock. They took some time to get the right adjustment but they are very comfy now...
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I've had a LockJack for about 3 years. I climbed with 13mm XTC for 2 years or so before the cam needed replacing. Now I use 11.5 mil Tachyon - I found that the 13mm cam works fine with the thinner line. I use it with a Sirius MultiSAVER - ideal for me as it makes life very easy/safe chogging down poles.
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Well, wild wood was rubbish so........
ContractArb replied to normandylumberjack's topic in General chat
I've just watched this show back-to-back on IPlayer. Ain't you lot a bunch of growlers! I found it both entertaining & informative - the stuff on charcoal making & horse logging, timber selection & woodland biodiversity was interesting & well informed. Apart from that muppet Pablo, the show was populated by people who obviously knew their stuff. Wild Wood is aimed at the armchair viewer who knows next to nothing about woodlands or the skills needed to work therein. You have to give it some credit - what other programmes pay any interest to our profession? Ax Men? (Macho crap). Countryfile? (Lip service). If you want to watch anything with a woodland setting you're limited to In The Night Garden or Tree Fu Tom on CBeeBies..... Plus I learnt that it's OK to eat squirrel after it's been dead 8 months... Cummon guys, it was way better than TOWIE FFS..... -
You could try these: I got two from D.Jones in Bala - they're pretty hard to find... Contact Details Unit 10, Industrial Estate, Bala, LL23 7NL 01678 520 666
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LOL Rob - It felt like hard work! As soon as I put my saw in I knew it wasn't sharp enough. I had all the builders on site watching, it was leaning back, the wind was gusting, my insurance premium was on my mind and my heart was in my mouth! I'd taken a lot of weight off the back, but in retrospect I'd put myself under too much pressure.
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Thanks for the comments - will try harder Regarding face cuts; 20 years ago I was taught to put in a large gob, 1/3 tree dia. Nowadays these college kids are telling me that a gob no larger than 1/4 tree diameter should be used. Yet you guys go for 45% gobs? I want to get it right, but now I'm just
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Bloody BIG face cuts there cuz... This is how it should be done young Luke: Keep safe in |NY| hero xx
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I'm busy all this week, sorry.
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I use these: It files the teeth and rakers at the same time so it cuts down the strokes by up to 50%. Plus you get perfect depth every time. The round files don't rotate in the holder so I fimd that these last a lot longer too.
