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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

you answered my question about summer branch drop while I was typing it!

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.

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

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might help to put your location, £50 is alright for burning gear if it's not 300 miles away

scan it - be a man

would taking the spark plug(s) out do the trick, be any quicker?

new to me, looks a good technique

how long would it take to empty, say a LWB transit van half full of chip? I know there are variables like if you're on steroids or just naturally energetic.

oh I thought he was talking literally about making a very big marimba from the tree

ok thanks, now you've explained I can see why it wouldn't have been worth the risk, even with a big tractor winch, just to save a few hours climbing

wow that job was well thought out - extra 3 days for me without tractor crane Is there any way that tree could have been pulled over without the day before cutting?

If the rigging equation is right a 400kg lump free falling 5 feet would be on the 2T SWL. 5 feet is a lot of slack, but would be interesting to see a vid where the makers are deliberately trying to test a bollard to destruction.

excellent - I used to spend many nights reeling in huge lumps of seaweed, then the odd school bass once in a while - your way seems much more productive and fun

This book suggests there may be a sort of Central Nervous System for the plant according to current thinking all life started in the sea as a prebiotic soup, then plants then animals much later, so why not a plant nervous system evolved in a similar way to that in animals?. Maybe somewhere in the universe there are plants with brains, like humans who don't need the supermarket. Even a single bacterium is so complex - a machine that can make copies From Scientific American - "A big mistake people make is speaking as if plants 'know' what they're doing," says Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh, a botanist at the University of Washington. "Biology teachers, researchers, students and lay people all make the same mistake. I'd much rather say a plant senses and responds, rather than the plant 'knows.' Using words like 'intelligence' or 'think' for plants is just wrong. Sometimes it's fun to do, it's a little provocative. But it's just wrong. It's easy to make the mistake of taking a word from another field and applying it to a plant." Plants cannot "think and remember," but there's nothing stupid about them: They're shockingly sophisticated - Observations - Scientific American Blog Network

If gene expression is said to be 'regulated' by various ions and biomolecules, then upregulated must mean a temporary increase in gene transcription and translation, in this case "of at least 2.5% of the entire genome" in arabidopsis etc. So this movement induced influx of calcium may be tied in with how 'reaction wood' is formed. Funny how they know the knitty gritty of everything these days, in the old days it must have been like - yeah it's a tree, made of wood that is

extremely jealous, never been able to master inane banter - at least capitalize mars and bounty though surely

that Polish forest park is pretty special, not heard of it before - some monster trees in there 'Patriarch' oak

nice tune, interesting to see a load cell, worth knowing if you're near SWL of equipment not sure what's going on at 1.35

Does the new Mattheck encyclopedia of VTA contain all the stuff that was in 4: Body Language?

be good if you had the strength to hold up the longest chainsaw bar and just be driven along slowly on the roof of a van

I wondered if people were using the zigzag and wrench together, less hassle than a separate pulley and cord. Only thing of course the zigzag has to stay on the rope, but clearly didn't hinder you getting your work done.

restaurant critics and travel writers seem to be onto a good thing, although for pure grunt, nose in the trough technique a hedge fund manager would be good, anyone can buy and sell shares, not everyone makes a profit

I just meant have a long sling or a rope tied on the top and then on the stem below the cut so it flops over and is held after. If I had read your post properly I would have realized that no means no - even 2 inch discs wouldn't be allowed to fall. Be interesting to hear how it goes on the day