tree_kid_ni

Hope the link works..

http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu178/geoff0795/harb.jpg

Did you see that kes actually catch that pigeon or was it just on it??

Kurtis

Harris hawk being flown over our fields. 7 months old. Nice bird!

this is what i call a beauty its an immateur siberian goshawk cracking birds

kurtis

If you use a 260 as a general climbing saw, I'd suggest you invested in another topper.

 

I don't get this thread... Why make life harder for yourself? If you really want to do all this work positioning stuff (never use a saw one handed...) then just use both hands on the topper. It's called the arborist/climbing saw for a reason.

I agree if we could use a top handle on all sites we would but some of the work we carry out require the use of only back handle saws and as we only do this maybe once a month sometimes more then no call for a new backhandle and as we use 260 as a general ground saw seems perfect.

where abouts was that in adglass as that local to me

its closer to Ballee don't know the proper name but its apart of a large country estate did abit of storm damage and line clearance(BT).

Kurtis

one of my old ones ps kirtus do you do falcony

I do indeed.

we use along with 200t a 211 and a 260 for general climbing saws. all great saws but i personally prefer the 260 its heavier but bit more power and feels alot more solid compared to the 211.

We were doing abit of management in a private wood in ardglass during the last winds lets just say it saved us alot of hassle getting them down although extraction was difficult

Knew a chap who said he found God.

love it

The Harris shouldn't be loose really az it's from USA , so it's illegal to let one go / or not make a effort to catch it .... & I think certain gov bodies will / do either catch them up or shoot them to stop any cross breeding with other hawks , which I think has happened !!!!

unfortunately it has happened in multiple cases. usually from yobo's who think the are experts and dont understand weight control, manning etc.

Kurtis

I used to have mine ground after every 8 hours use. I had them ground down as far as the guide line (I guess thats what its for). Never go below it or theres not enough steel between the leading edge and the bolt holes.

As long as you can get a straight edge above or on the line, youre OK

we have our 200mx done every 3 months or when it needs it whichever comes first.

Have I read somewhere that you can use a chainsaw if you have left school but are not yet 16 - so maybe a few weeks before:confused1:

You can use a chainsaw at any age on your own land but to use it in arb. industry (as your profession) you need to be atleast 16 to pass NPTC CS30

You can get a shotgun cert at 10

 

Obviously a chainsaw is more dangerous

obviously haha

but here in NI its 18 for any firearm for obvious reasons

As said before 16 is minimum age as I had to wait until i was 16 to do it.

In the early 80's I found an old unburnt incendiary bomb on a shelf by the welder in a workshop on a farm.

Was not sure what to do with it so dropped into local copshop on way home and said casually " I,ve got a bomb"

Probably was not the best thing to say in those days of bomb scares, needless to say I was there a little longer than planned!

My boss over the years has found a handgun and 2 grenades working around the border areas of northern ireland. when he found the gun the local boys appeared but never got it and imagine walking into a bullet riddled police station and placing a grenade on the counter and the whole station clears out plus many bullets. 3 weeks ago we removed an ash at an industrial estate which had a pick head through the middle from one side to the other.

Kurtis

Petzl sequoia's and komet butterfly's

Ive done a few trees were arsehole school kids have hacked at the bottom with axes and knives in strips of woodland arounds local parks.

Thanks for that Already going through NPTC cert's. But want to work towards a degree. More qual's more money and better tasks.

Kurtis

I guess not then

Hi guys as the title suggests does anyone know of a college which offers the course as distance learning or know of a place offering it in northern ireland?

Many thanks

Kurtis

just wondering how assessments, tests etc. work? where you do them what do they consist of?

Thanks

Kurtis

Not to

Lol If they want to do arb they will. My dad spent since I was 7 to now(16) trying to convince me not to do it which only made me more determined to do it.

We cleared the way for lines (phase 1 &2 out of 3) for a wind farm for ENS through NIE. not last winter but the past 2 and health and safety was an absolute pain in the a**e if the inspector couldnt find anything wrong with your equipment he would basically make things up even going as far as dirt on the number plate of our jeep. And this is without lines in the end we didnt do phase 3 for them as money wise it wasnt worth it.

to employ or sub in?

Sorry to here this that will be a big blow for production for a wee while. weve had people climb into the back of our old tipper and steal saws and ladders while we were in it! some got away some weren't so lucky the lenghts some people will go too all the best in retrieving your equipment.