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A large group of Leyland Cypress (Leylandii) had way out grown there location A large group of Leyland Cypress (Leylandii) had way out grown their location and predominately work around the South West predominantly under takes all aspects undertakes lowering techniques to safely and efficiency remove efficiently below ground level so that the site it can be replanted below ground level so that the site can be replanted even where their is no vehicular access even where there is no vehicular access good effort though doing it yourself, money for old rope, wouldn't give a web designer the skin off a bucket of cold piss

could be worth making sure there aren't any endangered species of lichen growing on them

I would like a tree motion or anything where you can hang from the side rings, with my komet dragonfly this isn't advisable, and having a lanyard and swivel to zigzag all on the bridge makes it cluttered. I find sometimes on change overs I want to hang off the lanyard. Any tips for avoiding the cluttered bridge problem (other than buying a tree - motion etc)? I thought about a rigging plate attached to the bridge swivel via a maillon, although l have been just stuffing crabs or mailons through where the bridge attaches to the webbing for lanyard attachment - probably frowned upon, but the harness webbing is strong.

effects I agree, does look big, I guess on some sites of buildings where major root cutting is considered necessary the canopy is lopped a bit in an effort to compensate?

trailer number plate must be worth a few bob

With interest rates at all time lows I put £8k in a stocks and shares ISA. Unless you spend ages reading up on companies I think the best shares are in big companies that have a history of steady dividends. I've got Glaxosmithkline 5.5% divi. People are always getting ill, so shouldn't go out of business. Of course some industries are much more risky - no one foresaw how fracking in the US and other countries would hammer the oil price. I would have utility company shares at the right price, National Grid, Severn Trent, SSE etc, never banks, couldn't even begin to understand all the chicanery.

good tip - no need to weld the plate on. If I got a tree like your one near the fence I think I'd be happy paying the extra for a 50 tonne bottle jack, a new one on ebay at the mo for £40. Can't imagine the stress if it started leaking oil before the tree tipped.

great - thanks bounce it up through branches - can see why people bother to construct a trigger for their bigshots, must save hours in the long run, although a lot of clutter for those who can hit accurate 80' one handed - the gifted few

was bugging me, so I googled it - says for quick rope attachment, can't see why it's worth hoisting the throwbag back up though if it's only girth hitched on

hadn't seen the attachment where carabiner is - just for hanging on harness, or what?

thanks - that's excellent money saving engineering Know how to make a mini skid steer for £500?

there's enough people already trying to feed themselves on paperwork stuff - be more ambitious - if you've got an engineering background start up a british firm to rival Echo or Stihl. Britain hasn't got people who are interested in real engineering and production, only people after the rules and regulations cushy comforts. Edison worked 18 hours a day - a real man and his contemporary Tesla was just as industrious. Those icons worked so hard. Forget the paperwork crap

I like my zigzag, better with the thinner rope, bit fiddly trying to stuff 13mm xtc through it. I like the way it self tends when you're in the tree with plenty of rope weight under and grabs quickly every time you lean back. A gadget that is midline attachable would be best of all. I believe this already exists in some of the new SRT zigzag type things.

all people have their problems, if you want to understand real human misery in europe - read a history of the potato famine. Maybe it could be even worse than it is now.

if it's well and truly tangled, very difficult. I can snap my non dyneema one just by wearing gloves and wrapping the line between glove and elbow, easy. The dyneema one is probably safe to climb on - had to go back to the van for scissors.

thanks been reading this, dropping the weight back down on a loop of line to avoid having to pull the weight back over twigs where it could tangle has been a great find.

that's excellent civilized people are a bit wimpier than that, but generally live longer

I don't think the money is irrelevant - £6.50 to £8.50 they were trainees, not good climbers, maybe the senior one had several years experience, but not all climbing. Obviously the two posts I quoted are both very good climbers, and neither would lug a saw 60ft up for £8.50. Although they are getting experience, so it's worth it for them being paid to learn, the fact they are on that money says to me, particularly the 8.50 one, he isn't a good climber yet - don't send a boy to do a man's job. I do gardening mostly and a bit of unofficial climbing in the gardens here and there, just doing tickets now. In preparation I was saddened to learn that even the world recognized experts get it wrong sometimes, as in the death of one of the co-authors of the Art and Science of Practical Rigging, Dr Peter Donzelli. He died removing a lightening struck conifer that collapsed underneath him. Dr Peter Donzelli's Death | Tree Buzz Also as it was one hundred WW1 last year - what about risk assessments when they had to use knuckledusters and trench clubs on night raids across no man's land into enemy trenches? The Martial Chronicles: In the Trenches - Bloody Elbow Death or glory - the only enemy I've got is empty pockets

good tip, want to learn that, help justify the expense of a helmet

I wasn't imagining the gaffs going through the ivy, just wondered if anyone has spiked up ivy covered trees by spiking into the stems. Quite often they are nearly two inches thick spiraling up around the tree.

Is spiking up thick ivy really not doable? What is it like gaffing out - I mean does the flipline grab straight away?

pink paper subscriber only, but can backdoor it through google sometimes trouble with greens is they aren't geared up for the easiest solution, immigration caps and family planning laws. The only real wealth is in natural resources, in the land, the more people there are to divide it up between the more cosy it becomes Politicians talk economic growth, but environmental sustainability is worth considering. We are so lucky to be alive now, it's going to be a sh1t tip in a few centuries if population expansion continues. Medical science has brought much joy, but also caused a few problems. Labour would pay the poor to breed like rabbits, so maybe I'll vote green or con, otherwise it means not voting at all, probably even worse

what trees are doing is converting solar energy into chemical and gravitational potential energy, when a limb falls off and kills someone it was the sun that did it

Thanks for sharing - just bookmarked this thread - don't want to forget the dangers, too easy to get carried away

thanks, will try swinging for it, it's the shimmying bit that sounds difficult.