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not a rescue really, more of a dislodging
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Why I love using ladders for tree work
tree-fancier123 replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Climbers talk
until you're at the top of a ladder and tied in it's a bit like free climbing the tree itself - no risk no fun -
£20 one pretty good https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trees-Management-Cultivation-Biology-Comprehensive/dp/1861268858 for more expensive books you could ask your local library to get them on inter library loan - I've not done this for a while, but it used to be that local libraries could obtain a copy of any book in print via the British Library. You could then scan a few paragraphs here and there, or even the whole book, but you may end up in prison for copyright offenses
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helicopter spray with growth retarder
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Not seen two people blocking down from a MEWP - good use of a spare pair of hands
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its not too late to save on your leaf clean up - get your trees removed today, and if you're fed up with mowing we do plastic grass
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I agree, but with something like a big limb that may have been deflected by uncut branches or anyhow a good chance of hitting the roof - a word of warning is not out of place - sometimes a passenger in a car must have helped avoid an accident by pointing out something the driver hadnt seen. Its a shame he managed to blag it and now Old has to fork out - reminds me of a story in the paper - someone made up a false CV and got a job managing an NHS trust
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so why didn't your presumably quite experienced groundie tell him not to freefall - he must have seen its expected path?
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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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Throw line and throw weights and techniques
tree-fancier123 replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
so the cube doesnt fly up in the air when using the big shot -
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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New to the arb industry - looking for advice
tree-fancier123 replied to Phil_G's topic in Training & education
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 ... -
New to the arb industry - looking for advice
tree-fancier123 replied to Phil_G's topic in Training & education
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 -
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
