David Goss
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thats not windblow thats an idiot making his own barbers chair! maybe he should read the manual first
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I use a running bowline choked on the stem for my safety line I dont use a carab at all because it can cross load it plus with all the movement that can happen it can possibly open the gate, and i use a grigri as my descender. This is also a good method to stop the "barn door" effect you can get sometimes by swinging round the stem unintentionally, the choked climbing line (if tight enough) stops you from swinging round, you may need to swap direction of the choked line depending which way the stem leans. I cant give you the official stance on it but thats how i do it and it works for me.
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thats brilliant
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Never a nice thing to hear that and my condolences go out to his family. Going by the quote "He was really experienced in chopping down trees – not by professional standards – but he has a lot of experience." I would say its another typical example of someone thinking they can do anything a professional can do because he has swung a chainsaw around a few times in his own garden to save cash. Unfortunately it takes instances like this to show that its not all that easy after all.
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The sugoi still bites and when it does it takes no prisoners so dont get complacent with it. I do agree though it is less likely to catch you because of the ivy cutter at the tip which stops you pulling it out of the cut so often. Love my sugoi and will use it over any other silky:thumbup1:
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That guy is going to lose his fingers some day:scared:
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Thats where i thought the death was coming from! Looked to me like he only managed to split about 50% of the logs he put in it and the rest just fired off in random directions.
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When you say choke your strop do you mean your flipline or your safety line? Your flipline should not be choked on the stem imo because you need it to flip, sometimes people will double wrap it round the stem so it doesnt slip on smooth barked species (i dont because its difficult to move it up). Personally i just have my flipline from side ring, round the stem, to side ring. Then my climbing line i will have choked on the stem as the safety line and means of escape (also means of a rest from standing in spikes after a while).
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Nice job:thumbup: It does look like you hit it a bit harder than 30% but its difficult to understand with pics. As for roping out branches on a reduction, I tried a type of zipline that worked well, what i did was set up 2 pulleys, one in the tree and one on the ground and had a continuous rope loop round the 2 pulleys, and where the rope was joined i had an alpine butterfly and a krab. The branches were attached to the krab by a strop and the groundies just pulled them out of the tree in a conveyor belt kind of idea. The pulley on the ground i had set up so it could be lengthened and shortened to get the tension needed. I hope that makes sense. I never tried with heavy stuff because i am not so sure about it for that but for reductions where you need to rig inner branches it worked a treat:thumbup:
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no idea what rule of thirds and the goldn mean are. not having studied photography in any way i just point and shoot at what i see. I think i do have a good eye for a photo but i have no skills to adjust the settings on the camera to make it better. Aperture and shutter speed etc just confuse me and i rely on having a good automatic setting:blushing: I do know what you mean about the bridge shot but that was just taken while sitting in my car having lunch, i keep meaning to jump out the car at a better angle for the perfect shot but its by that time either too dark or i just want to get home and get on arbtalk I will one day get that shot for you hama:thumbup1: Thanks Andy for the kind words:thumbup:
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Click on post reply then go to bottom and click on manage attachments then browse for the pics you want to add, then click upload i think it is and wait for them to upload and then post it.
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Like pick up a saw and try to do it yourself without having your windblow or multiple windblow tickets. These trees are widow makers and can be very unpredictable in certain circumstances. If you dont know what your doing with them then i suggest you just dont! get someone in that knows how to deal with them. I have done many windblown trees and i have my multiple windblow ticket, even i get taken by surprise now and then by the way some of the trees react. Tension and compression can be in places you wouldnt expect and sometimes the tension can be so powerful in some that just the slightest touch with your saw can cause the wood to explode. If you are determined to give it a go yourself then as xerxses said be VERY CAREFUL!
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Why not? too expensive i guess?
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Thanks mate I must admit that i did take about 20 pics of it just to get that 1 the joys of digital photography...
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Lunchtime view, it was cold but definitely better that sitting in the office canteen dont you think?
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Heres a few more from me, first one is obvious where it is, second is at loch tummel and the last one is out my kitchen window.
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when i was a kid my mum told me if i ate an apple and swallowed a seed then an apple tree would grow inside me.
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in a word "yes"
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As has been said i think its just because the temptation to use it 1 handed is much greater on the ground than a normal back handle saw. Thats why its not to be used on the ground, I cant see anyone wanting to buy one for ground use when there are other back handled saws with the same power that cost less.
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Done
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what veg said They are the ones you will be most likely to use and very rarely will you need anything else.
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My Husky 364xp with 15" is a rocking little saw and i cant fault it. My MS460 with 20" also rocks and i cant fault it but the best saw ever imo has to be the MS200t there is just so much from such a little saw and it never dies even with tesco petrol
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said the magic word there hama "should". This will only happen when pigs grow wings mate. Problem is its not the ones in the know that are in charge, its the ones that kissed more butts and had the least brain cells and most rich family that get the decision making jobs. Sods law
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i really was expecting to see a pic of a white guy with big ears
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Sounds to me like your problem is not the knot (unless your tying it wrong) but more likely the type of cord you are using, try another type of cord maybe thinner than what you are using now. Rule of thumb usually is if you have a stiff climbing line then use a softer cord or if you have soft climbing line then use a stiffer cord. Pretty much all cases your cord should be thinner than the climbing line.
