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  1. tree-fancier123
    has the RopeRunner been CE marked? If not, then won't be stocked in UK, so treestuff.com will send you one. It would mean higher postage and import tax possibly, but you're worth it! I got a compact Bulldog Bone with nano swivel, similar device, I like it but haven't put enough hours on it to be any good with it.
  2. tree-fancier123
    All three Jeff Jepson books for practical stuff - Knots at Work, Tree Climbers Companion and To Fell A Tree Art and Science of Practical Rigging or 'Best Practices for Rigging in Arboriculture' Your tree biology book looks a good intro, another intro level one is Bob Watsons 'Trees - their use, management, cultivation and biology' A £50 book I haven't bought yet out this year looks good if you want more on what a tree is 'Applied tree biology' Andrew Hirons + Peter Thomas, won't help you earn money with a saw, but may push you sideways into a white coat and you'll end up buying a microscope. Also by Peter Thomas and a good overview 'Trees - their Natural History' Lonsdale 'Principles of Tree Hazard Assessment and Management' is good for fungi as well as the failures they cause. Contains info on all sorts of damage that can happen to trees, e.g the 'hazard beam'
  3. tree-fancier123
    Ive read that for some saws an old socket can be shaped with a grinder to locate inside the clutch, using an impact gun and no piston stop seemed ideal at first, until someone mentioned it can shear the woodruff key. Compared to Farmer Rods my sproket is almost new
  4. tree-fancier123
    Hmm, bitter possibly
  5. tree-fancier123
    I don't think I was so full of hatred when I was younger - 400odd new mosques in London wtf. Maybe its best to try to be detached and view it all as just another aspect of life on earth, like armadillos or penguins
  6. tree-fancier123
    not the fancy handmade one https://www.sherrilltree.com/cast-singing-tree-quickie
  7. tree-fancier123
    good point, but if he's doing gardens he will often have to ring it up too
  8. tree-fancier123
    seems like throwing money away - read an article about a millionaire who cuts the top off a toothpaste tube to scrape out a last couple of days worth
  9. tree-fancier123
    thanks - plenty of life left in mine then
  10. tree-fancier123
    my breezeblock saw the 360tes, don't think I've ever changed the sprocket. How worn do people let them get before changing - what trouble does it cause if worn? I've got a piston stop for my 200T, will that be ok for the Echo and how do i get the clutch off the Echo?. I see RobD sells a special tool for an eye watering £20
  11. tree-fancier123
    so all the subbie groundies and climbers who feel contractors aren't paying enough could become wealthy hedge cutters, entrepreneurs even
  12. tree-fancier123
    because mowing and hedge cutting are seasonal, also climbing can make for a more enjoyable day than endless mowing - although I would never put enjoyment before money. Nothing worse than being poor.
  13. tree-fancier123
    am very jealous of your view - i want a property like that, one day maybe
  14. tree-fancier123
    wish they had done the stopper knot test without the wrench - seems to me with a slightly heavier construction the zigzag could be used in single line mode on its own
  15. tree-fancier123
    pain in the arse, as is intense heat in summer, so autumn is a good time, at least for the worker
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    what about it being autumn and the fungal spores being released? I know trees have to be cut when people have time, but is there much evidence that trees have a greater incidence of infection by pathogenic fungi after heavy pruning works in autumn as opposed to mid/ late winter (or late summer even) ? For this tree I can see its seen better days so maybe some pathogens are already at work
  18. tree-fancier123
    i got a 12ft one from Henchman - worth having 3 legs adjustable. Had about 6 years out of it. I wouldn't bother with a smaller one and the 16ft wont go in my van https://www.henchman.co.uk/products/platform-tripod-ladders/platformtripod-ladders-3-adjustable-legs.html the 12ft ladder and a hedgetrimmer head on a ht131 polesaw is most of the way to 10m, haven't gone over yet from the top step, but there's always next time
  19. tree-fancier123
    in the last war we were being bombed from the air and came very close to being invaded, it needed our men to become a bit red in tooth and claw 'Sie fragen weiter wann wir kommen. WIR KOMMEN!'
  20. tree-fancier123
    Thats not good enough - the country needed them to be willing to kill
  21. tree-fancier123
    Thats not good enough - the country needed them to be willing to kill
  22. tree-fancier123
    I dont know if Id have had the courage to tackle him bare handed, every chance I would have scampered off to join the other cowards in the land of the living. But Im pretty sure my old instructor could have taken him out bare handed - the only hard man Ive met, dont usually mix with ruffians
  23. tree-fancier123
    I remember my old karate instructor saying if youre being attacked a good way to stop them is try to poke your fingers in their eyes - all is fair in love and war
  24. tree-fancier123
    He was no more cowardly than all the wartime concientious objectors, cant beleive they let them get away with it. So whats the best way to tackle someone with a rambo knife if there really is no weapon in reach? In my karate days the instructor could have probably snapped his neck, abut a normal civvy will likely die. They could have written off the already stabbed cop as collateral damage and rammed the pair with the car, but i guess the occupants were thinking 'there are armed officers here who will be on the scence hopefully in a few seconds' and there were. If fatty had proved his worth and had a go hed have bled out i reckon. A brave move would have been all in the car to rush the slim, boss had assistant too that together could possibly have overwhelmed rambo slim
  25. tree-fancier123
    If youve got 13 acres you must be comfotably well off, better than me anyway, dont scrimp on saws, get a Stihl 261and a husky 395 on a 28 inch bar. £1500 the pair and youre sorted for life, apart from consumables. One saw for all not favourite, hobby saw keep for the memories. Ive only got the 441 and while it will double cut most of the thickest trunks, Im gonna get a 395 for the occaisional big tree i get, 930 quid sat in the shed, but no m tronic to mess up, so it should see me out. Be safe on the kickback and barbers chair death traps; have your blood pressure checked regular too.

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