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  1. 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
  2. David Goss
    hope you got some cash back for the loss of 3" and a months work!
  3. David Goss
    Yep mate i am with Jon mate your doing good mate:thumbup: :lol:
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. David Goss
    I forgot to mention the genius himself mr frank zappa
  7. David Goss
    its £2 a foot or so i heard:001_rolleyes:
  8. 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:
  9. David Goss
    Yes Giorgio MEWP means Mobile Elevated Work Platform cioè piattaforma:thumbup1:
  10. David Goss
    its no bother to me mate i just need to make a skype call I think the wife is heading over to Rome next week as well but she would probably come back with leaves from a cactus or something I will see if i can explain it well enough to her and then see if she can find a cork oak in Rome. I know there are plenty because i have worked on a few of them but lets just say her tree ident aint the best!
  11. David Goss
    haha you might need to wait till the summer mate! Just had a thought however, if your stuck and really cant get any leaves i could get her old man to nip out and gather a few and send them over. Let me know if your stuck and i will see what i can do:thumbup1:
  12. David Goss
    mmmmm Jamon:drool: I could do a spain trip just for that alone:thumbup:
  13. David Goss
    Cracking work I like the first one a lot
  14. David Goss
    Sempre bravo Gio Smooth flawless work my friend:congrats: Liscio come olio e sensa errori amico mio
  15. David Goss
    not so natural harvesting them though... I have had words with my father in law and hopefully he can get me on to a squad when they go out to do the harvest. I am more curious as to how it all works more than anything, should be a good experience and i will get to eat the best cheeses in the world for lunch break:thumbup:
  16. David Goss
    Sorry mate dont know of any close but i can say they make a real horrible squeaking sound when you prune them with a silky. Also if you go to Sardinia you will see plenty looking like this...
  17. David Goss
    One name springs to mind... Silvio Berlusconi Oh yes life is good without the tv:thumbup:
  18. David Goss
    See now i was almost giving you some credit and then you go and insult everyone and act like the only super tree cutter there has ever been. If you just stayed quiet this thread could have gone to your favour. Now i see why your videos get so much bad press, its not actually the video itself its just your "i am better than everyone else" attitude Classic american stereotype:sneaky2: My last post on a dadio thread for sure....
  19. David Goss
    never a truer word spoken Tony. Gutted for you and for the wood
  20. David Goss
    Well said jammy dude, Dadio's videos are very controversial and spark many heated debates which i have not yet joined in on because i have a big mouth and will just get myself into trouble but to me he seems to have a very good grasp of the physics behind it all and although he does some pretty dodgey looking stuff, he is still alive:001_rolleyes:
  21. David Goss
    Had another look just now and i am 99.9% sure its an elm stump due to elm regrowth coming out from beside it (could be self seeded from other elms close by but i doubt it) I will try and get some more pics of it tomorrow or tuesday so you can see for yourself.
  22. David Goss
    Funding can be very difficult if not impossible to get. Bank loans are pretty much the only way and even then are not so easy to get. I prefer to build up slowly and buy equipment as and when i have saved enough money to do so. Paying back loans can be crippling and not worth it imo unless you have a huge contract with guaranteed cash flow.
  23. David Goss
    When i went to Italy i sent my kit by post but it does cost a lot. When i came back i just left my kit there and bought new here. Now i am an international arborist. Kinda spoils my holidays to Rome when i end up working for most of the time there
  24. David Goss
    Cheers mate:thumbup: To be honest that was a pretty silly branch walk seeing both of those branches were split and could pop at any time. I had a serious sigh of relief when i finally got the ends off the telephone wires and could cut them off from the trunk:001_smile:
  25. David Goss
    I change to a grigri when working down a stem with my climbing line choked on the stem. I tried the SJ once on srt for that very purpose but its no good and tends to be very difficult to break when your weight is on it, maybe with the RW it will be ok? I get the feeling it will be difficult to get close to the stem and will be always at too much of a distance. With the grigri i can get right in to where my rope is choked without any bother. I know its primarily just for descent if needed but it can help a lot if the stem is at an angle and it stops you barn dooring round the stem.

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