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advice needed for removing wood and brash from steep garden
tree-fancier123 replied to flatyre's topic in General chat
I like the burning ideas - it wouldn't get you the job - but how great would it be to pour 20liters old engine over the tops of them and burn where they stand -
Very good. Had no idea it involved taking the case apart - still 200 for 3 hrs work not a bad setup, even if its needs a few years reading up on it. I expect he gets his investment back a lot quicker than the people who invest in buying the vans. We cant all be vantuners, not enough ecus to go round
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I nominate Bob for Arbtalk employer of the year. What about when they retire? Gold watch as big as a frying pan?
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'a social media tree surgeon is something to be' after John Lennon - Working Class Hero
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the big firms seem to keep rolling on, loads of paye arborists and plenty of contracts, bosses go skiing
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not done a really big reduction, but imagine you'd struggle to find something you can trust on the end of a long lateral, cut through your climb line then and the amount of leverage between there and the trunk....
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that chipping malarkey seems like money for old rope - the vantuner site charging something like 200 for a 'postal remap' send him your ecu he sends it back with allegedly another 15 20hp programmed in somehow, wonder how much his gizmo to do them cost
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i don't understand the point being made - if you're part way along a branch and you are on a cambium saver or srt above, and then put a lanyard around say something growing vertical from the branch you're stood on then the lanyard becomes a second climbing system - it may not be advisable to put your full weight into something far from the trunk unless its really big, but is it not still a secondary tie in point?
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2 person bounce test - or just hope for the best
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a second bridge for safety and a special machine for checking all aluminium carabiners for hairline cracks
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there was a website not long ago selling stingy nettles 'attracts bees and other wildlife to the garden' £6.99 or something. Metrophile office bods would possibly click to order http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/plants/10265984/Dont-call-them-weeds-stinging-nettles-on-sale-to-urban-gardeners-for-7.99.html
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well I can see why you're only partially interested in tree work then, if your current job can support that
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so how much does eggs pay his drain cleaner helpers?
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£80 max on the books, meaning anywhere between minimum wage and 80. No wonder people can't always get staff - of course it is pleasant working outdoors in great surroundings, but that sort of money will always leave someone feeling bitter and disappointed, at least some of the time. The national living wage imo is something good from the conservatives, shame brexit is being blamed for missing the £9 hr 2020 target
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been trying to replicate Mattmoss's success with this - a reverse image search next to useless - then tried a simple text search ' trees with fernlike leaves' and eventually saw it in the middle of a load of results in a document 'common trees of Los Angeles'
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quite impressive - i tried reverse image search on google, obviously gave up too easily
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no more beautiful than common trees - they just wanted something no one else has
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maybe cut and hold is safer if a long sling is used - although of course this takes a few seconds longer, probably why unpopular - everyone has to start somewhere and gardeners like me who fancy a bit of treework too will price competitively and end up suffering and struggling - not everyone can build a decent business the neck accident must have happened a few times - hence why Stihl wont sell the saws without a ticket This device looks promising for lowering smaller stuff and giving the climber control of friction TreeStuff Aerial Friction Brake
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like the throw line installation of a rigging line and the tirfor - a windthrow climb seems a bit russian roulette, but hamdog made it look easy
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i never realized until speaking to a builder who built his own place - this footings digging can be a killer if the sides collapse, the guy was told to go down six foot because of area near river bank and it all started collapsing - he had to get a pro firm in - they told him he was lucky to still be here
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bloody hell you must have some money
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that is an interesting comment - it won't make you any more money from cutting the trees, but fun to 'know' something about the physics of climbing. I think that it is correct to say friction can be reduced by using a pulley over a natural crotch(not just displaced), certainly it can never be eliminated. The principle of conservation of energy means the energy burnt in the muscles when a climber ascends has to go somewhere - part into heat and part into gravitational potential energy, if using a pulley the climber will use less chemical energy to reach any given height
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a good ground anchor may work, I'd probably say a similar figure if I wasn't stacked out with work - although if it is to dispose of 14 root balls I would struggle, as my local green waste place wont put them through their shredder. Maybe you were planing to leave them somewhere sympathetic as habitat Also I've not tried it but can you pull that size conifer out by driving off in the van or will it distort the chassis tow bar mounts etc? I appreciate this job may be one you can't drive up to, just wondered if people have tried to pull them out with vans where there is access.
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6x6 Oberaigner Sprinter | Used Mercedes-Benz Van and Truck sales Aldershot, Crawley, Eastbourne and Worthing - Used Vans and Trucks for Sale 60 + , never worth that, could get a decent tractor and grain trailer. plus pay someone to drive it for a couple of years for less
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now that is something special - all we need is a time machine to fwd 15 years into the future when they are affordable
