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  1. tree-fancier123
    What about tackling a beast bare handed without even a knife? Someone with good teeth could possibly sink them into its jugular
  2. tree-fancier123
    French free climber been at it again on London office block. Ballsy guy - hope they take him to court to recover cost of emergency services attendance https://news.sky.com/story/human-spider-alain-robert-begins-754ft-climb-in-city-of-london-11535240
  3. tree-fancier123
    can't see it's much sport shooting an animal with a rifle - not giving it any chance to fight back
  4. tree-fancier123
    fastigiate yew if you can find a big enough one another alternative, step ladder and hand shears 1/2 hour management per year, if that's too onerous just paint the pole in the most beautiful colours imaginable
  5. tree-fancier123
    didnt you like the idea of being stood in the tree?
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  7. tree-fancier123
    having control of a large geographical area must have helped with seaports and all kinds of logistics, also natural resources, oil, copper mines etc
  8. tree-fancier123
    the world would have been better off if the allies hadn't accepted german surrender in 1918 and instead waded right in and carved it up, a military historian would know why, but as a layman, I can't understand why when a country wages warfare and is defeated they don't just lose everything - so the whole country name is deleted and the geography absorbed by the victors
  9. tree-fancier123
    it does seem the customer was leaving himself wide open by not asking for at least an estimate once you had arrived and seen the site
  10. tree-fancier123
    even if it was him alone, no one else to pay and no arisings to cart?
  11. 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.
  12. 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'
  13. 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
  14. tree-fancier123
    Hmm, bitter possibly
  15. 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
  16. tree-fancier123
    not the fancy handmade one https://www.sherrilltree.com/cast-singing-tree-quickie
  17. tree-fancier123
    good point, but if he's doing gardens he will often have to ring it up too
  18. 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
  19. tree-fancier123
    thanks - plenty of life left in mine then
  20. 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
  21. tree-fancier123
    so all the subbie groundies and climbers who feel contractors aren't paying enough could become wealthy hedge cutters, entrepreneurs even
  22. 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.
  23. tree-fancier123
    am very jealous of your view - i want a property like that, one day maybe
  24. 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
  25. 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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