Spruce Pirate
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I have an Efco pole-pruner which has, so far, proved to be a good bit of kit. My local husky dealer does a lot of Efco and recommends them quite highly. I think mostly for the farmer/semi-pro market. I almost bought one a while back, but in the end I couldn't drag myself away from something orange.
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We always called it Sheffield Blight too - that's where the steel for the hooks used to be made I think. Bracken isn't too bad if its upright, I once had to hook bracken off larch trees in Jan/Feb. It was like snow blindness at the end of the day, but in orange. All day, looking for little orange sticks under the little orange sticks.
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Never heard of a French Pollard before. I thought all pollards were back to the main stem. Agree with your definition of a re-pollard though. Be interested to hear of other pollarding terms, French or otherwise, its not something I know much about.
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landlord and tree planting
Spruce Pirate replied to TreeAb's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Where is your farm? Not sure anymore, but there might be a difference between English/Welsh and Scots law on this, presume NI might also be different. Its changed now, but any trees on a croft used to belong to the landlord - which is why very few trees used to be planted in the crofting counties. I think this is the same for tenant farmers. I would suggest calling your local Forestry Commission Conservancy office, they will be able to advise you on the legal aspects and of which grants may be available. -
I've tried to update my picture 3 times!!! Every time I go to the trouble to get a photo taken, remember to take it with me, and it still comes back with the same photo as before! Laminate the card and keep it in a wee card wallet and they stay fresh, but that could also be cause it almost never sees the light of day. Been asked for copies of certificates on numerous occasions, but never been asked to show the card.
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That is absolutely true. Wood wasps are amazing to watch when they bore into a bit of wood. Such a fragile looking "stinger" (I think the proper name is ovipositor?), drilling into a piece of solid wood always impresses me.
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We're always being told to add value to our products - now I know what they mean!!
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Is that £4.99 each? As in per log? I might need to re-think my pricing structure!
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Fair enough. Can't argue with that.
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Worth noting that doing that can cause it to lift too much on one side, pop - or partially pop - the hinge and influence the direction of fall. But does also have all the plus points you list.
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Irn Bru.
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If that's the one up at Drummond Hill then I remember pricing it - I don't think the video does it justice if its the same tree. Very nice job.
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The feel of a tree also changes as you strip it out. Once you're down to just a pole it always feels much more..... wobbly/bouncy/shakey??? I've never understood why that is, does anyone know? Is it just me?
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Yes, but you can still kill yourself falling off a kerbstone and no-one thinks about that when crossing a road. When it comes to climbing, so long as you've got good kit, know how to use it, trust it and can select an appropriate anchor you'll be fine. I still think everyone who climbs should have a healthy respect for heights, and that there is a mental aspect of working at height that most, if not all, of us have to get over at some point.
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I thought Bruder, but same idea.
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I agree, but there's a big difference between 10' and 100' (90' to be precise). Personally I think there's a point beyond which it doesn't make any difference, probably over 60' up is the same as 100' up (never done anything over 100-120' up). I think the biggest thing is to get used to trusting your kit and tie in point.
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It's only a matter of time.....
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With a 110 Hard-Top Td5 I used to get 27-29 regularly, occasionally 30+ (just) if on a long run. Towing, especially if heavy loads, it could dip down to 23 or so. I don't do much in towns, but the 27-29 was generally around windy rural roads and quite a lot of forest road driving, also including a bit of field work and some low box or light trailer stuff, so I don't see why this wouldn't be comparable to town driving.
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I doubt highly if many members of the public consider the safety aspects of sitting under at tree. For one, I work with trees, including clearing up failures and working with safety reports, yet I very rarely consider anything but the shade on a hot day when I sit underneath one. I might give a tree a cursory glance, but not much more than that.
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I like your neighbours too.
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Can any of you Scottish lot recommend me a road :)
Spruce Pirate replied to RobArb's topic in The Lounge
Judging by the last weather forecast I saw, you might be better taking a boat! Depends whether you want to go for speed and efficiency or taking in some of the scenery. I'd go the 702 as a more direct route, but like TomD says Moffat to Selkirk is far more scenic. -
If it wasn't for the other half I'd be living at best in a tatty old caravan somewhere in a wood, and at worst in a cave somewhere. She looks after me brilliantly well, has been dragged across more clearfell and re-stock sites than she'd care to mention and knows more about chainsaws and land-rovers than she ever thought possible when we got together at 17. Hard to believe she's put up with me this long, I'm hoping I can fool her into another 20 years.
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Why not just ask him if he has one and if you can see it? If he manages the rest of the wood he might be interested in taking on the management of your part as well. I think, but others here will know better, that the powerline boys should be doing inspections on the trees along their boundary every few years anyway and doing any remedial work following that. So the trees along the side of the line should be dealt with in due course by them.
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All the above ideas are good - you just need to take longer to fit it all in!
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Out of curiosity, how many trees do you manage (if you have a figure, I imagine its a lot)? I know the figures wouldn't stand up to any sort of statistical analysis, but it would be an interesting bit of anecdotal evidence towards frequency. One failure, or couple, during the summer out of a huge number of trees would seem to be pretty infrequent, especially if other causes can't be ruled out. California is a pretty big state, so their figures would also suggest SLD to be pretty infrequent. Personally I've been in the woods 18 years, although mostly in conifers, and I've only seen it happen once on a beech. My own opinion is that there is probably some underlying cause that we haven't figured out and that Mr Bolam is right, there's not much can be done about it.
