David Goss
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poor sod did all that work and then gets its brains blown out!
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yep i would say the same:thumbup1:
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Really? i would think the timber hitch would be better on the slippy stuff no? To me it has a better grip on the wood than the bowline and it would for sure be backed up with a half hitch on the slippy stuff. Spot on with the slings though, also with a rigging plate and you can get a bunch of branches in the one go:thumbup1:
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oops ignore the 3rd photo it should have been this instead...
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just call me the baby fungi hunter:001_rolleyes: Ok then here is 3 more fungi all on the same tree! 2 very easy ones that even i know without having to look them up but then there is the 3rd one (4th pic) not sure about that one. Going by the 2nd fungi (3rd pic) i guess the tree is in big trouble but what of the other 2? will they help in its demise? After a climb of it today (sycamore) i found a massive cavity half way up the main stem which made me stop and come back down saying " ok thats for felling, no way i am climbing any higher on that to do a heavy reduction." Last pic is the tree in question, its over a driveway and close enough to destroy a building.
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You forgot the breaker bar as well:thumbup1: Next time i am steering though, bet i could pick up more poo than you:001_tt2:
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Didnt have a big enough card to get the lot of it i guess? Good effort anyway Do you always use the timber hitch? i find it easier to just tie a running bowline and sometimes back it up with a half hitch. All good.
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Can anyone tell me the difference between these pulleys
David Goss replied to mikecotterill's topic in Rigging and roping
price? cant see why you couldnt use 16mm with it. -
also the wheels are good at collecting dog turd if you dont look where you are going
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Overkill is good:thumbup: Thats a short bar for an 880 mind, dont think i have ever used one that will sit straight like that without the bar pulling it over:laugh1:
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wow now your almost getting into 3 strand nylon territory now. Dont you miss it? nah me either ooh i can still feel the blisters:thumbdown:
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ouch yea its best to let the heavy stuff go or it just hurts (from experience). Its hard to do but once you hurt yourself a few times you kinda get enough time to think twice before catching them.
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Here we go again, You tell me.... Last one was on the same stump as the first 3 photos so i just stuck it in there as a bonus point:001_tongue:
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Cool i am glad it wasnt too bad in the end. You should get plenty beer tokens out of that then or will it just keep you in sandwiches for a day? Why do you wait a year before putting it in the kiln?
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i like that never heard it called that before but i think i will start using it instead of sycamore from now on, has a nicer ring to it than vomit some more:lol:
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maybe i am just slow today but what has that got to do with anything on this thread?
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I stay awake as long as possible and go to bed at midnight or after. That way i get not a great amount of hours sleep but they are mostly good hours. Still have the odd bad night but i put it down to eating too much cheese late at night.
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oh goody
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a customer should expect to pay what you ask for the job, not per hour. As has been said, there is too many variables to give an hourly rate to a customer. Price the job as is, if it takes you 1 hour or 10 hours it doesnt matter as long as its priced correctly.
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I was just using the ugly kid thing as an example of the sue everyone society, probably a bad example i know. As for someone stitching a cut then i would be happy whoever did it as long as i could see they were doing it to my standards. If it was a cut anywhere else other than my hand i would probably do it myself if i had the proper equipment, nothing worse than sitting in A&E for hours and then a nurse or even a doctor just washing it out and then stitching it in 5 minutes and sending you on your way. I could do it myself so i would or i would let someone else do it for me and i wouldnt even think of the word liable, thats the difference. I wasnt trying to have a dig at you elg and i am sorry if it came over like that.
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good saves
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whats with the screw gate? is it as damaged as it looks or is it just the dodgy photo?
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Liability?? you mean having your friend sue you for trying to help? Thats so american that elg. Was it not the case once a child sued his/her parents because he/she was ugly and so was the parents, so the argument was they shouldnt have had a child because they should have known it would be ugly???? You americans need to chill out a bit:001_rolleyes: Anyway as for the OP i wish i knew someone that could or would do that for me, would save so much wasted time waiting in A&E while you bleed to death.
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gotcha:thumbup1: I mostly use mine while climbing anyway so i dont need a huge reach. Its good to just sit in the middle of the tree and be able to prune all around it without moving. At our age every little helps eh
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never used any silky loppers, didnt even know they did them... here is what i use Universal Telescopic Garden Cutter / Cutting Tools / Products | Fiskars UK they rock
