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  1. tree-fancier123
    agree - to the OP - check the recent thread in the climbing section - Dan got a sore one, bloke went through his tendon with a Silky saw - if he'd had better equipment it wouldn't have happened?
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    is it ok for firewood? Cordyline (like palm ) thanks
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    i want one - but not on the never never - give me first refusal in ten years time
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    check out this thread - the last post is a link to a workshop service manual for a Stihl saw - one of the reasons I like Stihl stuff is that they publish these detailed repair manuals https://arbtalk.co.uk/forums/topic/105967-workshop-manual-for-a-stihl-ms260c/
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    nice truck - got an older 3.0 Daily myself, 35c14 - I thought 140hp would be enough, but even that struggles on the steepest hills when loaded - arb trucks do benefit from a big lump. You could get it chipped if 180 isnt enough
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    i think some of the bits could have been bigger - but probably wouldn't have known how to judge it either - a bloke on a course told me his boss lost a lump of beech when his bull rope snapped. Always looks like it would speed it up when I see the vids, but I realize if it was that easy it would have been done on the day
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    trouble with tree climbing and felling is it can be quite good fun, so lots of people willing to do it - if it was a job clearing brambles with your bare hands
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    thanks
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    decent looking specimen - should you be able to id it just from the shape?
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    so the cube doesnt fly up in the air when using the big shot
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    no need for a rope to descend! yes, lucky to be alive, expect a google search would reveal quite a few deaths in the news from hornet stings http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-killed-horrific-hornet-attack-6783940 sorry about linking The Mirror
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    Well I initially did what Steven Blair suggests - only did tickets after a customer asked me 'Do you have any qualifications as a tree surgeon?' I'd previously been mowing her lawns and it was a huge willow, guess she thought i could be trying to blag it. I read Jeff Jepson's books before buying my kit - if you don't do a course or read books you are trying to reinvent the wheel. utube videos can be instructional, but knowing a bit about trees, not just how to cut them, worth the small investment in a few books, eg Trees - Their Natural History and Bob Watson's Trees ...
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    if you do go for it - be aware it really can be dangerous - local climber seriously injured when a big leaning stem split while he was tied in to it - a bore cut may have helped, but everything looks clear in the rear view mirror
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    ever tried following a workshop service manual? - fixed a few petrol machines Stihl, Honda etc, from reading the service manual, clear instructions for all systems on the machine
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    i had another customer 'groundy' the other day, was going to come back the next day for a morning to clear up, but he did most of it , 78 and still going strong. My exit strategy is a pipe dream one - to find good investments in the stock market and hold them for years - missed Amazon, Apple, and the oil boom, got a few mining shares, some generic pharma and EDF, roll on Hinkley point C
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    wow - reminds of the film The Wicker Man
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    Austria starts a burka ban (about time too) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/01/austrias-burka-ban-comes-force-prohibiting-face-veils-public/ it occurred to me if there was another holocaust, rather than gas chambers and cremations it would be more expedient to mulch with a tractor, we got to hope for the best tho, be tolerant and do no harm
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    lol - a curvy womans best side and a singing dog, no one seems interested in discussing the rape and murder news items
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    BigtreeDon said something about Pfanner boots a while back - I looked it up and he'd apparently spent in the region of £300. I guess even up to £1000 a year on clothing is worth it if you're out in all weathers - could be another 20 days pay to had
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    i bet the chippers weren't Bandit or Schliesling - I'm still mashing in the back of my tipper, but think if i had storage for a machine I would rather do 10k on a pre loved Shliesling e.g 480 Ex , or 150 Bandit and then 10k on repairs than a brand spanker for 20 - appreciate finance comes into it though The Schliesing 480EX and Bandit 150 are my two favourites for a wheeled chipper - a decent tracked machine would be out of my range without finance, although the Jensen A340T looks worth repairing. I can mash quite a big broadleaf with the saw and get it away in one or two. If I was fully invested in arb it would be as a conny basher. Take a tractor up to it with a TP250. Sorry another pointless post, easy spending other peoples money Dream chipper http://www.globalrecycling.eu/equipment/schliesing-480mx-2/
  21. tree-fancier123
    Brilliant - no way my throwing would be quicker than that, and if the line gets stuck and the spare line comes out, could be 1/2 hour before I'm in the tree thanks for posting, wish I'd got the AUS over the Jameson now, yours look like they'd be less wobbly
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    to the op - whatever rate you manage to get - don't just fritter all the cash, you've had to give up part of your life to earn it and you'll never get that time back - go stringent and make your money work for you
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    will have to try that - must be handy when there's loads of epi or ivy, and if i'm on my own, no need to worry about ladders in the way what is the technique? save me months or years
  24. tree-fancier123
    a bit unsightly maybe, but a ratchet strap above the top bit of wood - leave the wood on to stop the ratchet strap slipping, got to be cheaper than a pro job and would be nearly as strong as stud bar in a gale if a big enough strap was used
  25. tree-fancier123
    Some of the yellow Jameson are foam filled and insulated https://www.abbeypro.co.uk/tree-pruning/pole-saws/showitem-WW-FG.aspx you can get an insulator for the pulley cord too - useful on a wet day I guess, but I haven't felt the need to test it near the pylons the branch lifter hook thing is really good - used it to catch stuff on a thorn hedge reduction, handy to pull stuff across if you dont want to collect from next door i had two six foot and two four foot poles together and cleared some oak away from an lv house supply - it was good to be trimming the tree at twenty foot without leaving the ground, double pulley pruner, there must be a record for the highest tree successfully rod pruned in utility work - 35ft my guess

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