David Goss
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I watched a colleague get splattered with rat blood and guts, while he was shaping the ball of a palm just as the rest of the rat family decided to make a run for it across his shoulders, down his back and out of the tree. He didnt look happy while i was stood laughing my ass off at his blood splattered face.
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Jings crivens help ma boab! lovin the oor wullie business cards are a great idea as well, i could be tempted.
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the right one looks like its getting a bit of bump n grind on the go:008:
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I saw ray mears once use a bivy bag wrapped around the cable when he was pulling a landy out of sand once, maybe if you saved up all your old cutting trousers you could use them instead
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that was a good program thanks Sorry Janey i was engrossed in the program and didnt see your question till now but looks like matt was on the case
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Its cool i just saw the barbers chair, had a good laugh at him realising it and running away on camera haha pure riddy
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i just watched the whole of coast on iplayer just to see that and it wasnt even that program:sneaky2: fortunately i like coast anyway:thumbup1:
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tell the truth mark you have been sniffing around that mothers forum again eh:001_tt2:
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No pics sorry, only been using them for the last 8 years or so when i started using the poles on utility lines, then i have been in Italy for 5 years. I have only been back for just under a year and to be honest i wouldnt be able to remember which cuts were made by the pole pruners and which by my sweaty body and a silky. cant be using them right then mate:001_tt2:
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very true but if you do it right then you will have one person on the winch doing the lifting and another on the lowering rope taking in the slack. So there wont be any dropping of the load. Also for the whiplash of the cable you could set the winch horizontal (attached to another tree) if possible, redirecting the cable with a pully at the bottom of the tree, with some kind of whiplash stopping thing (technical term required) on the cable. this being said you wouldnt overload the cable anyway if you were clever about it.
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Great idea Dilz but we got pipped at the post by sjarthur:thumbdown: We need to find out his prices and undercut him:thumbup1: Seriously though that would be such a cool project to be involved in and my experience and expertise is always for sale at a budget price if the project is this cool:thumbup1:
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Damn thats blown my plane tickets out the window:thumbdown:
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hope your wife has a strong neck, wouldnt want that sitting on my head for too long:lol:
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Been to a few places in the states but was snowboarding so i was staying away from the cities anyway. Best bet i would say is hire yourself a car when you get to san fran and head out to the grand canyon and the giant redwoods etc from there. We just went straight to the snow at tahoe and travelled at night so i didnt see anything really:thumbdown:
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Careers with tree, but no youth or fitness
David Goss replied to Baggy's topic in Training & education
Harvester or forwarder driver, all you need do is sit on your botty twiddling levers all day until it breaks down then you call the mechanic and have your lunch:thumbup: -
Just thought of another option.... pay for my flights and accommodation out there and i will climb up and get them for you:thumbup:
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Climb them and enjoy the view while there that way you can select exactly the parts you want and get them down to where you want them instead of shooting up and hoping the bit you blast off makes it to the forest floor. Also you should read this thread http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/climbers-talk/31568-90m-tall-rainforest-canopy-what-gear-would-you-use.html and you could even ask the thread op if he can do it for you while he is there.
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that would just round it off perfectly if we could torture the health and safety guy my life would be complete:lol:
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haha good one "the inadequacy stick" i like it:thumbup1: oh no wait what are you saying? i use them so does that mean i am inadequate? my wife wont be too happy:001_rolleyes:
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It wasnt me harvesting but the next time i go to Sardegna where this photo was taken i hope to at least go and witness the work being done and hopefully take part. My wife is Sardinian and we go there to meet the family many times each year so thats handy:thumbup1:
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straight talkin stevie strikes again
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Just prune it as normal, the cork makes a horrible squeeking when you cut it with the silky but other than that just treat it as normal. When you are done you can always harvest it for the cork like this:thumbup1:
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cant see any reason why it wouldnt work as long as you didnt overload the winch, might be a bit of a pain if you didnt set the prussic high enough and then you would have to lock it off reposition the prussic and finish it off but it should work anyway.
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I enjoy most of it, big trees, small trees, felling, pruning, the satisfaction of doing a good job and having everything all cleared up ready to go home then looking up at the tree one more time, then noticing a peg you forgot to take off DOH!!! haha Most of all i like being outside and doing something i love, that most office workers only dream about, people with no guts for heights or physical ability to do a hard days graft treat you with a jealous respect and say things like "i wish i had a job like yours" or "wow i couldnt do that". I enjoy being in different places each day, no 2 trees are the same so its always different and always interesting. Ummm yea i love it:thumbup:
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I broke a set once when i propped them up on the van and they fell over onto the concrete and snapped the plastic on the head but other than that they are pretty bomb proof and can cut biggish branches quite easily. Just like any bit of kit if you treat it well it will keep on working for you. I particularly like the fact you can adjust the angle of the jaws so much so you can even cut a branch from the side furthest from you if you know what i mean:confused1: you can cut round corners if thats any easier to understand
