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  1. tree-fancier123
    great - got to have a go now, bound to be worth it, if it means less trying to yank the stuck knot out while aloft
  2. tree-fancier123
    yet another thing I want to get around to learning what is the minimum kit required to splice climbing rope? cheapest sellers?
  3. tree-fancier123
    the double fishermans does cinch up ok on an eye, I'm a chicken and so like to leave at least an inch tail, could probably cut it shorter if it was properly bounce tested. Even better if you know someone to splice the snap hook onto the new lanyard rope
  4. tree-fancier123
    had FS490 about 3 years, maintenance free gear head dealer said, been good. mulching blade left on mostly, does overgrown meadow grass, bramble, smaller saplings, didn't bother with the special mulching guard, just leave the standard guard on and keep the visor down - watch out for vehicle windows
  5. tree-fancier123
    I want to be Aspen - that kitchen's bigger than my whole flat interesting to read Adam Bourne's decision on the crack willow. I left a job half done, felt bad about it, but didn't want a horizontal branch walk on the old fragilis with the top anchor only 5 feet above. Someone else was called in - climbed to install a pull line down onto an off road vehicle and felled the tree in one against weight and lean away from the targets (specimen trees).
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    pollen seems to make my asthma worse, fine with inhalers most of the year, then end of June through July wheezing like an old man, steroids seem to be the most effective thing for those type of allergies at the moment, other than avoidance. Quote from Bob Watson's book, 'The longest time an evergreen leaf could potentially live is four to five years, as this is the maximum life span of leaf cells' So if a yew etc can live for a thousand years or more, a single leaf cell in the tree won't have been around since the early days.
  7. tree-fancier123
    the kiwi spacer KK Spacer 2 - Treeworker for other leg to spikesender side, can be used to anchor HAAS bit dear at £21.60 for a tiny piece of ally and 2 machine screws 'It is handy when using short gaffs on a thick-barked tree. Secondly you can attach your HAAS or foot loop straight to it with a small carabiner, eliminating annoying foot loop issues and minimizing the amount of rope needed under a hand ascender or HAAS'
  8. tree-fancier123
    Do hedge cutting as well, you've got more chance of making some money and then start to tackle medium/ big trees. It's not too difficult to cut down a healthy tree if it's not over a property or near the road, but good pruning work on medium and big trees takes years to learn.
  9. tree-fancier123
    effects depression over money problems could be another killer, if the heating bills are a problem, put on another jumper and turn the heating down a bit, although many on here will have stoves and wood from work
  10. tree-fancier123
    can't see why that wouldn't work, especially with a trolley jack to get the posts under to start - best using a vehicle electric or hydraulic winch - would be there a while tirfor, one bloke cranking the handle like mad, the other taking posts from back to front
  11. 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
  12. tree-fancier123
    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
  13. tree-fancier123
    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.
  14. tree-fancier123
    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
  15. tree-fancier123
    didn't look at undersides, will check it out next time, thanks
  16. tree-fancier123
    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
  17. tree-fancier123
    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?
  18. tree-fancier123
    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
  19. 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
  20. tree-fancier123
    nightmare
  21. 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
  22. tree-fancier123
    yeah nice van, bet that set you back a bit
  23. tree-fancier123
    cool, cheers guys
  24. 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.
  25. tree-fancier123
    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

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