warren

the shackle and pins are available again

Thor in italy do one. If its as well thought out as there log splitters .. it'll be good.

For those who have a HH(2) and struggle with it sometimes 'kinking' and being a pita.

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the shackle & slick pin *are* available from treestuff.com (not currently as there are technical issues) but soon i hope ...

Thanks all for the comments. i shall talk to the customer and talk myself out of earning money

Thanks for the replies...The recent snow and wind has ripped out 1 other tree (although that has co-domenent(?) stems (4)) and someone suggested the long exposed branches on this one - with the weight just on the ends could fail if laden with snow.. There are a few densely growing branches out of picture that are likely to fail in such a scenario, which will be thinned out. But i'm increasing asking myself about the validity of the request to reduce it as requested and as asked above.

the pics show how 'open' the tree is, and the dense branches that are the real 'snow' threat.

Have been asked to reduce this yew in the local churchyard. Its been covered in ivy previously (now cleared) which has left the tree 'lion tailed'. In my limited experience of yews, i have only cut back to shoots, and never left the tree completely devoid of foliage, (which is what would happen on a reduction which is what they ultimately want to achieve here).

Brown & Kirkham's Pruning book says any major surgery (on Yew) should be done in late spring - fine.

It also suggests that (major) cutting should be done over a period of 3-4 years.

Given that if you prune the top of a tree - it responds by sprouting sideways and visa-versa.

So, the questions:

1. Do i reduce it all in one go, cutting into old wood - hoping that it will respond all over - or will removing all of the green kill it?

2. Cut it over a period of years - if so - what first - my thoughts are top first to encourage the laterals to sprout along their length, which would give me something to prune back to later on.

3. Or what?

The last thing i want to to is ruin this tree - mainly cos i drive past it every day and the mother in law is buried under it (legally!).

Thanks.

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sorted.

For 50% reduction of a very tall lombardy poplar. Next week.

Thanks, Warren 07828 190066

as said before - road pins and scaffold netting (screwfix)

They haven't asked yet ... got a haas too 1 day before black fri, if id have waited it would have been 15%off ... doh.

No problems with it (the HH2) (or SRT to be honest).. it's ok-ish on yale imori . but it is crushing it. V happy with it other than the 'setup' time at the start of the tree. The haas should be here tomorrow can't wait to try that out too.

had one. maybe it was just mine second hand, but it kept jamming even with sharp blades and was a real pig to clear out. put the money towards a tw150 etc.

Ta for the replies. Just gotta say .. i don't care what the hh2 is like ... i'm already impressed with treestuff.com - arrived in less than 48 hours from across the pond ... fantastic !!! (for £128 inc p&p).

SRT is new for me .. so after reading 200 pages of rope wrench and 80 pages of hitchhiker i took the plunge and ordered a hh2. What clinched it was this part in the following video at 3:34

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where he uses a hand ascender to create a 3:1 mech advantage to pull in from limb walks ...

now my question is ... (cos im thinking of getting a HAAS too) ..

The hand ascender is a rope grap and so is the HAAS ... so could you use the HAAS instead of the hand ascender to hang a krab on to pull you back in as per the video??? Would it go onto the foot loop ... would the bungie / footloop get in the way?

it would save carrying a hand ascender up.

Cheers.

Groundie Required. Full Time. Based in Tonbridge, Kent.

Must have cs30, cs38 and own rope/harness and be able to get to/from yard.

Tools supplied.

01892 440423 / 07843 244393

For some reason i can't download of view the HSE rigging doc that has the weight chart in metric for green logs - and the conversion factors for wood other than oak.

Can someone put a link or scan on here please?

thanks very much,

warren

i use a sabre saw to cut thro the nails.

sorted.

I need a pair of hands tomorrow, at Leybourne, Kent.

Must have cs38 and own climbing gear, and an artistic eye for reductions

£80 for a hopefully short day.

Warren O7828 19OO66

yep - disintegrating link.. prob gpmg. safe to apply brass polish and make them shine again....

Hi

Have cs30,31,38.39 (cs41 course booked for sept). CSCS card. Clean pre-97 driving licence. Good attitude to work and safety.

30 years domestic experience (part time) + recent commercial having started self-employment. Confident with ropes and all machinery.

(Apparently) impressed the judges at Jones's arbfair in the climbing comp novice category - 2nd on the first day but 5th over the w/e having only been climbing 6 days.

If you can gimme a days try-out you might be impressed.

(oh and i can make a cracking cup of tea!)

Thanks

Warren

wpestell (at) gmail.com

O7828 19OO66

Thanks all. Geckos it is for size 11's then ...

cheers gents. They were your posts i was referring to Rupe.

Hi,

Does felling a tree next to a BT line require UA1 etc and would therefore invalidate my 'no utilites' insurance.

I've read a few posts on here - and they seem to suggest that it's ok - and if you damage the line you get the customer to ring BT and report a fault.

Thanks

Warren

Hi,

For those of you that wear Haix PP's, which make of spikes do you have/fit better (if it makes a difference)?

Don't want to buy the wrong ones and regret it.

Thanks all.

Warren