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  1. tree-fancier123
    that saw shouldn't be used in anger, probably a valuable collectors item
  2. tree-fancier123
    Thanks. In terms of biomass weight ivy must be one of the most successful plants, bloody litter.
  3. tree-fancier123
    trouble with some 'good' red wine it's so dear it might give you a heart attack having to do enough work to be able to buy it
  4. tree-fancier123
    one place I work used to be owned by a botanist who planted one of those not long after the seeds became available, probably about 20" dbh now, nice tree, only thing is getting ivy on. What do you reckon about ivy on nice specimen trees - if the money was there would you offer to cut it off, at least around the trunk in a band and let the top fall off?
  5. tree-fancier123
    selection at treeworker http://www.treeworker.co.uk/catalog/index.php?CG_ID=36&CS_ID=39&CSS_ID=0 the green grip gloves wear out quick but good for hand over hand read good things about Towa
  6. tree-fancier123
    I know good rope isn't cheap and a long rope heavy to carry, but leaving a long enough tail on a top anchor to pull it out from the ground is my first thought. After all doing the tree with a lowerable base anchor would need loads of rope or a knot and another rope. I guess the force thing makes a top anchor more doable on smaller diameters, with a base anchor doubling the force on the anchor point.
  7. tree-fancier123
    glad I saw this thread - had no idea, could be dodgy on a still day, maybe wait till there is a breeze to do it . 'Before the demonstration, pass a pot of the leaves around the class and ask the students if they recognise the smell. Hopefully, someone will mention almonds or marzipan which is the characteristic odour of the HCN. Show the students the toxic hazard symbol, emphasising that HCN is toxic and in a confined space, where higher concentrations can accumulate, it can be lethal. Finally, carefully lift the lid of the jar containing the insect and add a few crushed leaves. Replace the lid and put the pot on a table in view of the class, or use a webcam and projector for larger classes. Watch as the insect rapidly dies in ca 1 minute. '
  8. tree-fancier123
    I've had one for about 4 years, always been good, I drain tank and run it till carb empty if not using it for a while. Quite gutsy, mine on 18" bar, probably fine on a 24". Unless you cut big trees often probably don't need the 661
  9. tree-fancier123
    well when I used to cut Leyland Cypress off my ladder I was the cowboy - remember doing a whole line like that and feeling chuffed when I went home with £120 for a day leaving tops on site
  10. tree-fancier123
    thanks http://http://www.bali.org.uk/news_events/news/673/gardener-must-pay-6000-after-neighbour-catches-him-perched-on-treetop-while-holding-a-chainsaw
  11. tree-fancier123
    thread reminds me of this poor soul from a while back http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2179307/Barking-Gardener-fined-6-000-neighbour-snapped-perched-treetop-holding-chainsaw.html - I used to top conifers this way before I splashed out on climbing gear. I don't like chainsaw trousers and the main reason I wear them on occaision is busy body neighbours like the greedy tool who shopped this bloke, 'I'm an assessor, better do the right thing and tell the HSE' nothing to do with him and his job of being well paid for not doing much, just bullying people into being funneled into the lucrative assessment system
  12. tree-fancier123
    yeah or a woman with beautiful long hair goes to the hairdresser requesting a skinhead to save on shampoo and they won't do it out of principle
  13. tree-fancier123
    of course there is - '87 was the last one I know of that took out a real big number - chainsaws can be felling and pruning as long as there is enough petrol
  14. tree-fancier123
    Some older specimens will have a TPO, but if not, then what I'm getting at is yes many grand old trees in gardens will have been killed by 'pruning' works, but compared to the amount of trees lost to make way for new housing estates and other development the environmental impact is low If you buy a field somewhere and leave it, ten years later will be loads of oak etc that the birds have put in there - a lady near me did it and twenty years later she has loads of oaks - if someone else bought the land and concreted it with 50 houses the oaks etc would not have grown.
  15. tree-fancier123
    All the nice green fields being built on these days, loss of trees at the edges and hedgerows, that seems more of a problem than what people do to their existing garden trees
  16. tree-fancier123
    those machines don't like to be left for months with fuel in, diaphragms maybe easy start squirted in the air filter has often got stuff to fire
  17. tree-fancier123
    thanks for the reply, thought there must be plenty of trees that have had them for years, will try to remember about willow and horse chestnut if I come across any in them
  18. tree-fancier123
    you answered my question about summer branch drop while I was typing it!
  19. tree-fancier123
    73 that's going back a bit is cladoptosis connected with summer branch drop? would be interested if you've found any literature on hazard beams, apart from Lonsdale customer has a big split in white pop limb, suggested taking some weight off above, she said leave it for now, been like that for years. Still in leaf above, went through gales like it etc, but the hazard beam doesn't inspire confidence visually.
  20. tree-fancier123
    that's an impressive library there -even if I had them all it's putting the time in and focusing just as much as forking out for them I don't like the expense of books at all, and would interlibrary loan and scan if I really wanted to know something not scavengable electronically through google. However some stuff is neatly collected in one volume and there doesn't seem an easy way of saving the money and still getting the same info E.g I haven't read Diagnosis of Ill health in Trees - can the same info be found elsewhere for free or much less? I did buy Principles of Tree Hazard Assessment, but although it is very informative and well written I couldn't help thinking that the high cost of the book of only 200 odd pages was because the author needed a payoff and the market for such a book is quite small. An undergraduate physics or biology textbook could run to 1000 pages and cost less than £40
  21. tree-fancier123
    :drool:
  22. tree-fancier123
    might help to put your location, £50 is alright for burning gear if it's not 300 miles away
  23. tree-fancier123
    scan it - be a man
  24. tree-fancier123
    would taking the spark plug(s) out do the trick, be any quicker?
  25. tree-fancier123
    new to me, looks a good technique

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