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  1. tree-fancier123
    No - I used the method you described with a sling and a krab at the fork, much better than climbing back through if it's tight, but obviously you have to climb back up to it. Giorgio Fiori must have had the same difficulties as you (From his youtube) 'To make it work well, you must use a small ring ( the inner diameter of the hole is 34 mm ) and the lanyard linking the little carabiner must be as short as possible. I took Dan Curtis' idea and I made a little modification: I added a little rope to the little carabiner and I linked the little carabiner in a different way, so the ring doesn't turn behind the branch, but it releases the rope earlier.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZxbkJ9aeF0
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    if the system doesn't look elaborate enough an 8mm fetching line could be added if using pulleys or rings to slide lumps down on
  3. tree-fancier123
    Impressive - but it sounds like it would take a month of Sundays. Plus the Transit or Dailey suspension to consider. Sorry for the derail. Must be plenty of rapes and murders to discuss, updated by the hour from around the globe
  4. tree-fancier123
    if you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem - knuckle down and try to invent something, if you can't think of anything else I'd like a kit so I can run a PTO chipper off my 90hp transit and a similiar kit for 140hp Iveco. Under 2k delivered preferably
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    According to their website Beaver Plant have the A340T for hire, so someone interested in buying one could possibly go to their yard dragging a big conifer along the road and stuff it through their one (for a small fee) as a demo. 2.4 ton, so under 3.5 ton on a trailer https://beaverplant.co.uk/index.php/hire/wood-chipper/beaver-plant-jensen-a340t-tracked-woodchipper.html
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    may not be horrendous second hand for someone who already owns a suitable tractor a smaller leap from a 6" Timberwolf would be a 9" machine, e.g one of these big tracked Jensens like you have mentioned - this one seems reasonably priced at eleven thousand plus tax https://www.globalrecycling.eu/equipment/jensen-a340-track/
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    you were asking about tow behind - but this video shows a nice setup I've not seen used in UK - a big PTO chipper (ideal conny basher) behind a trailer behind a tractor - how is the chipper powered - I mean does a PTO shaft run under the trailer and only get connected when stationary or what? https://youtu.be/aTMN0XFZTrM?t=93
  8. tree-fancier123
    nice job above with concrete sleepers greenheart is one of the best timbers for piling, but expensive
  9. tree-fancier123
    if you're worried about brexit, just ask to be paid in bitcoin - sorted
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    you may have already checked the old threads on it, I remember a few people discussing it at various times https://arbtalk.co.uk/forums/topic/72240-arb-pro-software/ https://arbtalk.co.uk/forums/topic/106381-arbpro-software/ this last thread mentions they were jacking it in, maybe someone bought them out?
  11. tree-fancier123
    using his judgment as to whether or not it will support?
  12. tree-fancier123
    thanks - someone in the comments notes that it does need the climber to rely on the ascender for life support, I have done this once with a Petzl basic and it works fine, but they do have a point, manufacturers are always covering themselves saying ascenders should be backed up.
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    this to me is one of the hardest things climbing back up through, but with SRT and a retrievable re-direct placed above the crotch you're dropping through, some climbers seem to put the tail of the rope over and descend through the crotch on a loop, Dan Curtis had a good method (from back in 2014, bound to be several others around by now) https://www.facebook.com/dan.curtis.50309/videos/238027773045433/
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    another forum Landscape Juice Network is more focused on that work - may even be members in your area. I bought some gear off a bloke in Southampton doing commercial a while back, don't know if he's still trading http://www.nichelocal.co.uk/services/Southampton/Garden-Machinery/B-H-Gardeners.html https://www.bhgardeners.co.uk/
  15. tree-fancier123
    if you stop for fuel on the way to an early start there may be someone serving in the shop, they should be on a higher rate too, just means you paying a bit more for your fuel
  16. tree-fancier123
    sure - I do respect those skills, can't imagine life without supermarkets
  17. tree-fancier123
    Bear fighting, of course its any good. He also reckons he delivered a baby under a tree in Richmond Park in the sixties, using his teeth to sever the umbilical chord. Maybe it was the second coming
  18. tree-fancier123
    it would be a good tv show like the film Gladiator plonk them both into the Colluseum - I'd go on against a sheep, but not a badger
  19. tree-fancier123
    What about tackling a beast bare handed without even a knife? Someone with good teeth could possibly sink them into its jugular
  20. 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
  21. tree-fancier123
    can't see it's much sport shooting an animal with a rifle - not giving it any chance to fight back
  22. 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
  23. tree-fancier123
    didnt you like the idea of being stood in the tree?
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    having control of a large geographical area must have helped with seaports and all kinds of logistics, also natural resources, oil, copper mines etc

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