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  1. tree-fancier123
    wow, very confident moves there - I like to climb beech - don't know how guys can manage them in the wet though
  2. tree-fancier123
    These thefts are so costly it made me wonder if tree surgeon firms would be better clubbing together for big communal yards where they actually pay for a night security guard.
  3. tree-fancier123
    Barcham have some apparently, although maybe not as big as you'd like listing says out of medium, but large in, about 300 with the vat https://www.barcham.co.uk/products/prunus-victoria
  4. tree-fancier123
    a 30" deck cut and collect seems a lot to ask of a 180cc engine, same size is used on many 21" mowers - it is having to do nearly 50% more work on a 30". I expect it cuts low if the grass is already short. I think it would be worth losing fuel consumption to have a Honda GXV270 on a big pedestrian mower. If I need to replace my HRH536 hydrostatic I would try the new hdrostatic Viking with single handlebar, similar price, but would give it a go to see if it's any better in the wet. My old Viking 7 series is better in the wet, but only cuts 30mm, the new one will do 25mm, some customers like it very short.
  5. tree-fancier123
    Doing a doctorate? The world if full of people who want to use their intelligence to avoid low paid manual labour. Saving Private Ryan is a good movie for the DOWN DAYS. An emotional hell in the brain isn't quite as bad as watching your buddies get mutilated by machine guns as you walk up the beach on D Day.
  6. tree-fancier123
    I like this mid line knot for a base anchor if not all the rope length is required
  7. tree-fancier123
    how about this type of thing?
  8. tree-fancier123
    I thought it could only mean the base anchor leg up to the base of the canopy, then lanyard in let some slack out and do a butterfly on the base anchor leg and a quick link around a branch, leaving the base anchor on below it as well
  9. tree-fancier123
    nasty, does seem a good idea if using a base anchor when dropping big timber to get the base anchor temporarily converted to canopy anchor once up there, if in rare case it does get hit, at least it's only the rope
  10. tree-fancier123
    I use this one, suppose by bending the rules you mean going up without bothering to back it up with a klemheist or prussik, of course if it isn't backed up there is no way of baling out when you reach the hornets nest. The double handed ascenders are probably bulkier to carry about in the tree than a rope wrench, tether and haas, so that method seems better - zigzag already on, just a knot to untie. I think it takes a lot of practice to work a tree SRT, I'd have so many redirects it would be a mess.
  11. tree-fancier123
    I take it you mean the danger of tracking/winching too far and crushing the climber at the top, and/or hitting obstacles on way up.
  12. tree-fancier123
    If there was room for it, would it be ok to put a pulley at the bottom of the tree underneath the climber and zigzag and feed the tail of the line through the pulley on tree base to pull the climber up to a high anchor point with a tracked chipper etc?
  13. tree-fancier123
    It would be good to have midline attachable when you can isolate a big limb high in the canopy of a big tree, then go up on double handed ascenders and two foot ascenders, or foot lock if that is even possible in chainsaw trousers, then once at the anchor, lanyard in and fit the zigzag.
  14. tree-fancier123
    so the tractor has the winch on front links and front pto? crane on top, chipper on links behind AND towing trailer, or is it another trip for the trailer? Looks good anyway, can't stick a stump grinder on there too somewhere?
  15. tree-fancier123
    thanks for taking some of your precious time to make a comment, maybe the question did demonstrate a poverty of thought. It is a tremendous privilege to be able to interact with highly skilled timber fallers such as yourself.
  16. tree-fancier123
    New one on me, can well believe it, did see a conifer badly fire damaged from a garden bonfire too close.
  17. tree-fancier123
    that is a good one, I usually take it to the tip when I've done my transit, worth keeping hold of a bit
  18. tree-fancier123
    I did realize petrol vapours - nearly burnt a customers face, so stupid he was poking fire with stick, I sloshed a bit on and stepped back, he didn't step back. I was thinking more on an unlit fire from a distance e.g slosh it over unlit fire and a trail on floor to 6feet away and drop a match onto trail, or forget the trail and throw a lighted something or other 6 feet to the fire. Probably better to use firelighters as suggested
  19. tree-fancier123
    2 people saying lay branches same way, never ocured to me, good skills
  20. tree-fancier123
    sound good
  21. tree-fancier123
    I've seen various posters doing jobs where the brash can be burnt on site. I did a few like this years ago, but where I was a gardener and left the pile to dry. What I want to know is tips and methods for burning freshly cut branches - does it work with all species and can you burn in the rain? The job I'm going to see is ash + syc. I've heard ash will burn in the stove green - will the brash also bonfire green? What about syc? I saw hammdog's picture of a big oak and brash being burnt - so freshly cut oak branches? Is it careful petrol to start? What about other eg white diesel? I've used the blower to fan a fire before, but not a great help on wet hedge cuttings - it's only tree waste I'm asking about. Thanks for reading and any replies
  22. tree-fancier123
    [Petzl] "On the other hand, it is designed to function optimally when used in double mode, especially the fluidity of the unlocking process. When used in single mode, if the user's weight is entirely or mostly on the lanyard, the unlocking process is significantly less fluid than in double mode. It is thus recommended to use both hands to operate the lanyard, with one hand holding the free end of the rope. In more extreme cases, a Munter hitch on the free end will allow for smoother movement." You could use an ART positioner for SRT in the same manner, also rated for 'single line mode' very jumpy I found, no way. The Bulldog Bone works nice, except bit of a knack to returning from branch walks, prefer Ddrt zigzag for branch walks
  23. tree-fancier123
    a good suggestion if it is 30k being spent, or even 12k on a good used tow behind and 18 for the used tracked. If I was your procurement dept I would order you these two USED Wood Chippers, JENSEN A540DI - 7.5" - CATEGORY: WOOD CHIPPERS offered for sale £9900.00 USED Wood Chippers, JENSEN A540T - 7.5" - CATEGORY: WOOD CHIPPERS offered for sale £15750.00
  24. tree-fancier123
    if the worker has to get somewhere real quick because of a genuine emergency, family member being rushed to hospital etc, it does seem worth the downtime to drive them, rather than wait for a taxi to get to the site, if it's the kind of thing that happens once a year on average, no great loss
  25. tree-fancier123
    how many times have you cut down a perfectly nice tree (after checking there were no restrictions) just because someone who happened to be the owner wanted it gone, destroying beautiful nature for profit

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