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  1. tree-fancier123
    Ah, but what if he meant why should an excellent climber get more than an excellent groundie? Just because the climber is working at height, the ground guy could get pulled into a big chipper, or as recently, be killed outright by falling timber. Some nurses probably feel they deserve as much as doctors, like the intelligent people are bullying the thickos into accepting a lower reward than themselves. A meritocracy
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    Agreed, the 10mm better If you fit a maillon quick link to the trolley pulley and then connect a progress capture pulley underneath the tandem trolley pulley via the maillon, it may be possible to have the top cable quite high in the tree, and haul the logs up, either by hand, or possibly through a redirect pulley bottom of uphill tree and onto a vehicle or petrol winch, the Petzl traxion is the type of progress capture pulley, can't think beyond having to send the logs with 'haul up line' trailing behind
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    ok thanks, this makes me wonder if there is more to come regarding the 'Arbrex' style pruning paints, at the moment the received wisdom seems to be 'let the air get to it, will heal over quicker', maybe pruning methods can still be improved upon. The flush cutting v mirror the collar instructions, maybe one day they'll say leave stubs, so it gives the tree a chance to compartmentalize inbound pathogen decay in the stubs, well away from the main stem. I appreciate you can only go with current best practice, especially if it has to pay the bills.
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    get a tractor with big pto chipper on front, winch on back, tell them you'll come back for the chip when you get a spare hour
  5. tree-fancier123
    didn't look at undersides, will check it out next time, thanks
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    I don't think Kermes Oak, the leaves I've just googled look almost like holly, the stuff in my photo doesn't have the real spikey bits, good input though, I'll be able to spot a Q.cocifera now, must be quite rare
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    so how soon do you think before these mature ash fall over? I mean an ash that it is feeding on, does it take 10 years or so to kill it?
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    good example - I thought there could be situations when it helps having the ropes attached behind, less clutter where your arms are working with the saws
  9. tree-fancier123
    thanks, a high clip up point for saws sounds good, suppose it would be possible to bodge one onto other harnesses at the back too
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    nightmare
  11. tree-fancier123
    what's the use, benefit of rear attachment point? I can imagine it's handy to be lowered out on if you've done yourself a mischief, but what about climbing ,branch walking, work positioning? Also people moaning about the harness needing to be uncomfortably tight with a heavy saw, at least that harness has the straps as an option, looks a good thing
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    yeah nice van, bet that set you back a bit
  13. tree-fancier123
    cool, cheers guys
  14. tree-fancier123
    good to know, thanks I like climbing the big trees just for practice. Sometimes if I'm in a paraniod mood the thing I worry about more is aluminium rings and carabiners- if one did have a crack in it, would it go if I wiped out on a high branch walk? But all the tree climbing danger is nothing compared to thrashing a motorbike on the road - a lot of peoples choice of leisure.
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    reckon you're right strait away with that, remember cutting back a holm oak for bus clearance, this stuff looks similar leaves, could be just small self seeded holm oak, thanks
  16. tree-fancier123
    looked in my Collins guide, couldn't locate it quickly just going on leaf shape, suppose it's called serrated leaf?
  17. tree-fancier123
    If LOLER says 5 years from first use, then it won't last indefinitely. Harness, ropes, slings, should all be ditched 5 years after being put into service. Mine won't be thrown out, but I'm not a legit outfit with all the bells and whistles. Can see rope being really dodgy, not only sunlight, but there may be other ways it could degrade.
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    here is a pulley, unfortunately US, if carriage and charges too dear, maybe there is a european supplier MicroTrolley Stainless Steel Tandem Pulley by CMI, up to 1/2" diameter rope | SherrillTree.com or this one, max speed 60mph! CMI Comtrolley Companion Trolley Pulley
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    cool, although it takes a lot of experience to take on more risk and be more productive I'd be bound to crack the slabs, something would find it's way through the brashmat, another one that would be costly is smashing a sewer or drain, not sure how easy it is to smash underground pipes with falling timber, must have happened
  21. tree-fancier123
    good tip thanks, just glued a velcro cable tie to mine, as in your photo. £1.35 off ebay. Was on the verge of hemorrhaging a lot more money for the CT one.
  22. tree-fancier123
    found this by Fox on Armillaria http://world-food.net/download/journals/2003-issue_1/V1N1A95-100armillaria.pdf 'In France trenches over a metre deep are dug to isolate the infected plants from healthy parts of a vineyard or a fruit orchard have been used to control spread of Armillaria root disease'. Don't suppose many customers would want trenches dug in the hope it may protect other trees if one gets infected. 'Strawberry plants are killed within a few weeks enabling them to be used as “live bait” to reveal where Armillaria is present or absent in the soil' Not heard that before.
  23. tree-fancier123
    interesting reading, thanks it seems a lot of time and money has gone into developing an effective fungicide, but still no generally accepted operationally feasible means of control
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    Acer maximowiczianum
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    maybe you mean what type of chain - chisel, semi chisel, low kickback etc, you should get all that in the course books

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