David Goss

I hear you there, I have never had a cut with a chainsaw but a silky will bite so easily. I used to use a willans but I am so glad I don't now, they are so uncomfy for the slim types like me.

Haha I couldn't take my feet out of them, the smell would have any H&S inspector screaming for chemical suits and gas masks to be worn:lol: Mind you in those days they probably wouldnt have cared so much.

Don't just go for the munros. There is so many great hills to climb and walk on the west coast. If your looking for a good starting hill I would suggest some of the hills around arrochar as a good base. The cobbler is a cracker and threading the eye of the needle to reach the highest point is a great feeling.

Dont knock the wellies man! I used to climb in husky wellies many moons ago with my 3 strand nylon! Kinda glad I dont now though haha

Bumping this up just in case you haven't seen it yet...

Personalised number plates too eh! Posh git:001_tt2:

This is true, especially on the west coast cos they are tight as crabs arses over there. You have to stick to your guns though and squeeze the cash out them as much as possible or you will end up with nothing and better off on the brew. Go for the 100 a day plus expenses and see what they say, you can always drop it a tenner or so if they humpf and haw about it, then just stick the tenner on your expenses. If you pay peanuts you get monkeys and they will soon realise your worth and stay quiet about it. That's if your any good of course

Well I wasn't expecting much but that was less protection than I thought. Thanks for doing the test and posting

Nice one Drew I am jealous

I am guessing utilities...

Lucky you, that was so going down the wrong road there:001_rolleyes:

Can I just say that when a tree starts moving in a woodland environment you are not only in danger from the cut tree. There is also branches that can be dislodged from other trees and the one your cutting which you can't always see from the ground so getting out of the way first is the best idea IMO. The tree can BC all it likes it's no biggie to me and I am safer than the guy chasing the hinge, IMO of course. Each to his own I guess.

That's fair enough in your opinion... Thanks for making I BC that makes it so much easier

Yes he never chased it:lol:

Because I didn't feel the need and I was safely out the way. You show me in your CS units where it tells you to chase the hinge? I know I do it sometimes as do most of us but it's not something that you should be explaining to a rookie that's on his 10th fell of his life. He should be getting the hell out the way as soon as that tree starts moving and learning from everything he sees. I don't think being the awesome cutter you obviously are that you should be condoning bad practice. Say some rookie reads this and chases his hinge then the tree hits the ground and comes back, hitting said rookie and killing him because he didn't know that can happen and was too busy learning his hinge chasing technique. Or he doesn't chase it fast enough and catches the barber chair in the face? I know what your saying Huck but I don't particularly care for giving bad advice on a public forum. Barber chairing can happen to anyone and you have been lucky if it has not happened to you it's that simple.

Some species are more prone to barber chairing than others yes. My last one which was either the end of last year or beginning of this one (cant remember exactly) was an ash. Ash are probably the worst for it and I am usually on the ball when doing the thinnings as I was doing. This particular tree had no signs at all that it would do it and it was pretty much exactly the same as the previous 100 trees in the same woodland that I had previously done. Gob in, back cut done, tree starts to fall, I get out the way, all perfectly textbook stuff till the tree reaches about 40 degreese in the fell, then boom it splits up about 3 meters through the centre of the tree. Anyone telling me that I should have foreseen that exact action is talking through a hole in their backside. We have our escape routes planned exactly because these things happen without warning so to give someone a hard time for it and say it will never happen to you because your too super fantastic is just completely naive and you will get a shock some day.

Haha yea now we are getting down to the nitty gritty

Oh come on Huck, your seriously telling me you have never had a tree barbers chair on you? Granted it doesn't happen often and it has only happened to me 2 or 3 times in 20 years but it does happen and takes you by surprise when it does. If you have been lucky and it's not happened to you then that's all it is... Luck

Still on my iPhone so can't put up the photos I have and it seems that I can't copy and paste links to you tube either so.... Lyre bird with David Attenborough is worth a search, that bird has the most amazing mimic skills ever. You need to watch it to believe it.

What your saying is its never happened to you because you learned in college to recognise every possible tree that this will happen with? Or maybe you just haven't cut enough trees to realise that it happens even to the best when working at it all day every day. Also the nerves of being on tv would be enough to make some people (including myself) to make little mistakes. By the way it wasn't me:001_rolleyes:

Good tip Dean I also do this, if there is an area that is cleaner than the rest I will start there and use pushing chain to throw debris away from the cut instead of pulling it in. Also doing a bore cut and then using the same method of pushing or pulling chain to keep the cut clean.

Granny knot:001_tt2: For extra safety 2 granny knots:001_rolleyes:

I really don't think you understood the request mate. Going by the clues... Wood turner, benefits, dozen slices. I deduce my dear Watson that a pallet full is really not what he is wanting.... I could be wrong.

Never trust your hinge like on sycamore they snap way too easy!

Yes it does dull the cutters as has been said. While working on hardwood thinnings for example every tree has some moss around the base and depending on location, ie close to beach where sand gets caught in the moss or up on the hill where the sand didn't reach but there was other dirt in the moss. Where there was sand the chain would dull much quicker than on the hill but in both cases your lucky if you can go the day without having to give the chain a few rubs. I hate having a chain that's not razor sharp though and will give each tooth a rub or 2 after every couple of fills.