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polish pete

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  1. treemoose and aa teccie, thanks for pointing me in this direction, i guess i'll do the same, buy shorter version and keep on asking around if anybody has the full version.
  2. hi paul, thanks for your reply, my tutor said i could pop in to the college and use the paper version, but the whole idea of doing online course is not to have to go there :-)
  3. hi guys, can anybody point me in the right direction to get a cheap copy of bs3998? it looks like an important bit of reading on my online arb cert course with myerscough. i found a site selling it for £150, that's crazy! i thought as h&s recommendation sort of publication it would be for free. cheers
  4. hi all, i have a big beech tree to cross cut and split for fire wood. it's got lots of knots and i was just wondering how good these log splitters adverised on amazon are? are they more efficient than good, old axe? which ones are worth getting and which ones are not? i saw some based on car jack- it doesn't seem to be very fast if each time i have to "pump it up" to get one split. what about electric ones? are they anywhere near as fast an powerful as tractor mounted? thanks for help
  5. hi guys, is there a lot of this sort of work? i used to do rope access in poland- telecomunication masts mainly. i do tree surgery, forestry at the moment and enjoy it much more than industrial rope access but this sounds like an interesting thing. how regular work is it? sorry to change the subject of the thread a bit
  6. hi, first it's cutting old hazel. we leave few younger shoots to lay them. they need to be flexible enough to be bend to the ground. you do a cut at the place of contact with the soil and then bury it in ground and stake them. if there's not much of hazel we plant some new one as well. whole area has to be fenced off- lot's of deer around. these plots hopefully will be used in few years time for harvest. it looks like 2, 3 years more and there will be enough to cut different coup each year and to get a full cycle.
  7. wow, it starts to make sense now! for last 4 years i've been involved in conservation work in silverdale/arnside area. we were widening rides, opening up some areas for butterfly conservation trust as well as preparing hazel plots for future coppice. i knew it does something good to the ground but i wasn't sure how it works. really interesting thread! i'm intersted in reading more about conservation side of woodland management, can you recommend any books on the subject?
  8. hi guys, does anybody need any help with tree work in cumbria? i've got cs30,31,38,39, planting, chipper tickets, own ppe, climbing kit, saws, insurance. happy to do any tree work cheers
  9. hi, i've put new piston kit but... first it worked ok for a while but then it started revving up a lot, later it took ages to start it and i head to keep throttle on all the time to keep it going. i relaced a gasket- same thing, i looked into carburator, there was a bit of crap inside, so cleaned it. now- i can't start the saw without holding full throttle. i played with low and throttle screws but still the same. if i hold throttle when starting the saw sounds pretty good but once i stop revving it dies straight away. do you have any idea where to look? to me it has to be something with petrol rather than air but i don't know too much about it. cheers
  10. anybody needs extra help after all that wind? south lakes and around. cs30,31,38,39, chipper tickets, own ppe,saw, climbing kit, insurance, self employed cheers peter
  11. hi rpa,

    i'm interested in doing some chainsaw work this wednesday. i'm based in kendal, have cs30,31,38,39,saw, ppe, climbing kit, insurance, self employed.

    cheers

    peter

  12. hi everybody, i'm looking for some extra winter chainsaw work. i've got cs30,31,38,39, woodchipper, planting tickets. own ppe, climbing kit, ground saw, insurance, self employed. 4 years experience on, off the ground. i'm based in south lakes but i don't mind going away for a while. cheers peter
  13. thanks nwts, email sent
  14. hi everybody, i'm looking for some extra chainsaw work in cumbria,north lancs. i'm based in kendal, have cs30,31,38,39,woodchipper,planting tickets, study rfs arb tech, own ppe,climbing gear and ground saw,public liability insurance,self employed.3 years experience on and off the ground. cheers
  15. hi everybody, i need some advice on what kind of further training would be good for me. i have my cs30,31,38,39, woodchipper course, planting course, am at the moment studying rfs arb cert. i work as self employed gardener and chainsaw operator (at the moment mainly conservation and forestry work). i get a tree climbing job from time to time. my plan for future is to work full time free lance, mainly climbing but i don't mind doing other tree related jobs. i'm keen on working and travelling, looks like there are few jobs in scandinavia for example. what would you recommend to do next? as potential employer, what would be the next qualification you want from person like me? i was thinking about hgv but is it so useful in arboriculture? tractor? is there a lot of free lance work for people with utility tickets? some of the adds about jobs in norway, sweden mention european tree worker, how useful will it be if i already get my rfs arb cert?
  16. hi guys, thanks for all advices. i think i've got it sorted now, les like you say chains are more aggresive and it looks like it's more important with them to get the tension right. with original husky chain it wasn't making too much difference if it was tight and also the saw doesn't like these chains not being sharp (laziness when you spend whole day cutting hazel stools with lots of crap between them). again thank you for your help and next time i'll try to play with it a bit more before shouting for help.
  17. hi guys, thanks for such a fast response! husky chain has 25 on it, which must mean that it's h25. oregon chain is 21lpx64 and guide bar is 325", 1,5, 058. chainsaw is almost new.
  18. hi everybody, i've got husky 346xp and few days ago a bought oregon chains to replace original husqvarna chain. but it looks like the saw is struggling with new chain( not one but two). i thought maybe i bought a wrong chain but it looks like it is the right one- 21lpx. saw is getting hot on anything more than half a guidebar. i tried 3 different, brand new 21lpx oregons, new guide bar and it's the same, then i used old husky chain and it worked fine. any thoughts? can my saw be "alergic" to oregon?
  19. what kind of course would i have to do to be qualified to check my gear and is it worth it?
  20. thanks for your help guys
  21. hi everybody, i'm looking for somebody who does loler inspections in kendal/south lakes. also i went to narc (rope access training centre) in kendal asking about inspection and they said they don't do one offs but they do loler inspection course, which takes 1 day and costs £90. can i inspect my own climbing gear, because it looks like saving a lot of money if i can? cheers
  22. thanks paul, i'm doing a trial day with him on monday
  23. to add to the first post-i've got my insurance sorted now
  24. hi, it's mainly for national trust through rebecca oaks, coppice worker from silverdale. it's for future hazel coppice and some of the plots for butterfly conservation trust. a bit of the mixture. i think there are few teams around arnside,silverdale area, james mitchel, another coppicing guy and there's some action near the big caravan park. i'm based in kendal
  25. thanks paul

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