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  1. David Goss
    Never mind any of them.... spend the extra and get a treemotion and never look back.
  2. David Goss
    mmmmm Beaver:001_tt2: Dont you have a trained beaver for that Mark? Did i take that too far?
  3. David Goss
    Wow been busy in here since yesterday:thumbup: Thanks for all the info and keep it coming its all helpful I am however getting more confused by it all Cant wait to try splicing out but it wont be for a while yet till i get my finger out the proverbial:laugh1:
  4. David Goss
    Not keen on the saw pods either, i find it tends to get in the way more than when its hanging from your harness but i suppose its just a preference thing.
  5. David Goss
    Could be painful that if you went to throw it and it sprung back at you!
  6. David Goss
    haha that brilliant
  7. David Goss
    cheers:thumbup:
  8. David Goss
    Yep clear as crystal:001_rolleyes: Not like Italy to make things complicated:001_huh:
  9. David Goss
    gotcha:thumbup1:
  10. David Goss
    nice thats the way i do speedlines. its way too complicated the other way pre-tensioning the line etc all you need is a groundie with some muscles and if he's not enough then you get 2:001_rolleyes: Its also good because the groundie can pull in the branches as you cut them so you get everything to go where you want it.
  11. David Goss
    Cheers for the pics Dak but i am still not sure how that will work? the one i saw on the video was a pointy tube and a part of the rope was stuffed in the thick end to push it through the rope so i dont see how your wire works?? I suppose i really need to give it a go to figure all the ins and outs.
  12. David Goss
    :lol:
  13. David Goss
    That would be great:thumbup: i will pm you
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  15. David Goss
    Got any pics? Complete beginner here, didnt even know what a fid was till yesterday and i am having difficulty visualising yours:blushing:
  16. David Goss
    Bump!! Just thought i would bump it up to see if any of the new guys want to share any proud jobs/moments... go on dont be shy
  17. David Goss
    Seeing a lot of you doing your own splicing and thought why the hell not try it myself. Couple of questions first.... 1) what tools do i need and where can i get good quality ones for as cheap as possible? 2) obviously i will want to start at the easy end of the spectrum so what do you suggest i start with? 3) where can i get the best instructions? You tube? PDF files? Hopefully i can get into this and while the wife is doing her crochet i can do my splicing... everyones a winner
  18. David Goss
    hope you got some cash back for the loss of 3" and a months work!
  19. David Goss
    Yep mate i am with Jon mate your doing good mate:thumbup: :lol:
  20. David Goss
    So what do you think about the structure of the courses in Italy now? are things getting better or do the new people to the job still have no experience with saws? Is something being done to educate the new climbers and forestry workers in the use of chainsaws or is there still a lot of work to do on that subject? Sorry for all the questions Giorgio i am just curious as to how things are progressing with the "new wave" of climbers starting up now in Italy.
  21. David Goss
    i think i may have said "people" too many times in my last post:001_rolleyes: I think the worst part of working in Italy is there is no CS units for chainsaws, pretty much everyone i worked with had absolutely no training with a chainsaw at all and i found myself being the teacher on many occasions. Fortunately the grand majority of the climbers had enough common sense to work it out themselves. Some of the cuts i had seen were shocking to say the least but it seems that this is also changing. Now i think at least some of the instructors are making sure that the chainsaw use is top priority before doing the dismantling courses which was not the case before. I dont know where Giorgio learned how to use a saw, was it from Marco? or some other person? From what i have seen of your work Giorgio you have more knowledge of the saw than people from the south. This may just be down to experience.
  22. David Goss
    I forgot to mention the genius himself mr frank zappa
  23. David Goss
    its £2 a foot or so i heard:001_rolleyes:
  24. David Goss
    Laws in Italy were made to be broken Adam just check out Silvio for the prime example:001_rolleyes: There is some huge cedars in Italy amongst other very big trees but the problem is that there is not enough people like Giorgio here to look after them. Italian tree culture is still very young but it can only get better from the people that i met while working there that are doing their best to educate the people. There is always more people getting in to tree work and luckily there is a lot of people who care as well:thumbup:
  25. David Goss
    Yes Giorgio MEWP means Mobile Elevated Work Platform cioè piattaforma:thumbup1:

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