Joe Newton

I suppose it's no worse than selfie. I'm amazed that such a daft pointless word is in the Oxford dictionary!

What do you mean find? I'm right here! Apparently there's a cutter up Staffordshire way that's not too bad either!

I'd build a strip bar on my patch. That many hairy woodcutters? I'd be quids in! Might even have a YMCA night.

It should only be considered a word if people acknowledge it as such. Which they should not.

Haha don't be, I loved it!

Somehow I feel like I owe you!

I feel someone should tell you this. I'm sorry if this upsets you but... ..."irregardless" is NOT a word!!!

Give nod a ring at treeworker

Bargain at that price mate. With they saw you'll never need to buy another. Cos this one will likely kill you!

Whatever

Sounds like your 660 is over revving just a tad

Bent bar?

Sounds like you've done all you can and more than some would. You could send the neighbour a formal letter notifying him. You have records to prove you have advised the best course of action so I would imagine you're covered. I suppose you could notify the TO to be safe.

Thank you, I think it looks better in real life! Where are you based?

I don't have an issue cutting at any position with the Natanoko. I regularly use it on stuff up to 6".

Are you going to take that branch down a bit? Pointing to your anchor point.

You haven't been duped, you can choose to pay the postage or go somewhere else. It's really not a crisis. The fact that you felt so put out by your misunderstanding that you had to whine about it here speaks volumes.

I don't quite get the issue here. As has been stated the postage regions are set by the courier. All the costs on Skylands website are presented before payment. You can see exactly what you will be paying and then decide if you want to pay. If this is misleading to you than maybe internet shopping is a bit advanced for you. In my experience, the prices at Skylands are very competitive. If you can find the product cheaper delivered elsewhere than good for you? But slating a first rate supplier is unnecessary, petty, and out of order.

Stubby is quite correct that the build quality of these saws is not up to scratch, they need to be able to take more abuse. However I too have changed my work habits for that saw, also for the better. Less hand holding, more step cuts etc. one thing I do like is the plastic loop for short clipping a saw.

Aah, did you mean to quote my post originally?

Huh? What's up?

Any guesses on the primary pathogen?

Cheers for the praise again, it's appreciated. We get our share of TPO work, and usually the TO seems to try and avoid reductions, favouring lifts and selective thinning instead. I feel that this usually achieves the desired effect. There are many mature Oaks in that area, most of which have been reduced/pruned back in the past (not by myself). I'm not sure wether this set some kind of precedent. As I mentioned, the spec was set by the tree officer, we just got the work. I wasn't involved in any lever higher than carrying out the work within the set parameters. I have to say, it was the largest reduction I have been on, and I enjoyed the work as a new challenge. Even with two climbers it was steady going due to a very limited drop zone and some tricky limbs to get to. There will always be differing opinions on mature reductions, and I welcome other peoples contributions. Perhaps I would have recommended a different course of action, but ultimately it was down to the client and the TO. I like to think we did the best job we could within the spec. I certainly tried to!

I've been running oregon on my 211 for a while, no complaints. It is my "abuse" saw too. Not sure if I running 1.1 or 1.3mm though. It's stock with an oregon bar if that helps.

But thank you for the compliments I can't take credit though, I was one of two climbers, the other being far more experienced than myself.