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http://speedyjanitorialrepair.com/manuals/Honda/GX390/HON-TSB-002%20Honda%20GX390%20Service%20Manual.pdf Workshop manual for an old model 340, although all the factory manuals for anything always suggest you need at least 25 different purpose made tools, which like your puller you've found you can often make yourself.

maybe I don't see the bigger picture, but surely the fact that there are far fewer wealthy people than poor ones means most of the people spending money on drugs are poor, not saying all drug users are poor, just most of them

apart from the safety thing with drugs, the main problem is that they have often have to be paid for, and the people using them are peasants, genuinely poor people, often with lots of debts, loans, mortgages, or even worse, forever renting

that's the thing with trees when they aren't in good nick, all comes down to judgement and experience proper tree surgeon stuff for sure, but hopefully not too Russian roulette get a pull line in and fell onto lawn from 15' up my initial thoughts, although I've got no problems being the coward of the county and leaving that stuff for the seasoned professionals

hope you gave him a good drink for having to contend with the ivy

Beautiful lawn, sleeper edging and steps looking good

Now that is top notch - if I was to devote myself to web design work that is what I would aspire to. Only thing that Aspen stuff is a complete rip off if there is any breeze at all the fumes are taken away. Looking again at the site with the brands strip at the bottom it scrolls through quite jerky - don't know anything about coding, but if a smooth scrolling across could be achieved it would be kinder on the eye

Collins Tree Guide etc

the worst thing about London is all the women, does your head in, best not to look too much

sorry, I can guess why you thought I was suggesting idiotic things - not having done negative rigging it wasn't in my mind that if you don't let it run the bit clanks into the stem right near the working position, ok fair play to you sir what's it they say ' if in doubt sub it out' oh dear

Vertical speedline - now that's some clever input to the discussion - the only reason for the big rigging was if it was confined space and the timber was valuable in long lengths, it seems this vertical speedline could be a solution for those jobs, obviously there may be a real danger that a huge bit falling down from high up could smash the roots on one side and compromise tree stability, maybe with a load of old tires

I was serious about taking turns round the tree and not letting it run at all. Don't get me wrong this is all theoretical ( I haven't cut a three foot diameter tree yet, just asking the questions). If a 20mm rope is rated at 10 ton say then the only safety factor I can see is the stem shaking violently. Having never done that type of work I have no idea what that would be like, just interested to hear from others who have dropped heavy bits into a rigging line, gear used, how the tree shakes etc. If it doesn't snap the stem if it's sound wood I guess its just scary, but not necessarily harmful ( i guess people have gaffed out though)

thinking about the rare scenario where it may be desirable to drop pieces over 1 ton into a rigging line it seems it would be safer to dispense with the lowering device (take it off the tree) and just use a thicker rope, taking several turns around the tree to arrest the fall completely. The pulley block should be good for 15ton, and a 16 or 20mm rope might not snap possibly on a good day.

that means you have a bath at least once a week?

thanks for the reply, interesting estimate of 750kg for my example 8ft lump, I haven't looked at the tables, regarding those dimensions, but will check to see how accurate you are. I have seen the ones in the HSE rigging research pdf, but not read the whole 370 page report yet, reading the books first (Art and Science etc) the report looks very educational, but quite advanced stuff in there, formulae etc. Mr Ben (reminds me of being at home with mummy as a nipper) I obviously don't know what I'm doing, or I wouldn't have needed to ask, but hope to find out before it's too late. I guess it's only necessary to do those huge lumps if the timber is worth milling and it's a confined space, also I suppose if you know the free fall for definite and are within limits, it means greater efficiency and profit. I don't expect a job like that any time soon, but want to be clued up, rather than having to walk away because I didn't have the knowledge.

Crikey, you don't sound like a bloke who climbs up trees with a chainsaw, surprised you aren't already in a care home, no point leaving it till the last minute

I've just started getting rigging stuff, got the RC2001 bollard. I like the rubbers, so can be used to just take off big limbs and leave the rest of the tree alone for another day. Only thing is, skimped a bit, could have got the biggest one RC3001. Now working load limit is given as 2000kg, what diameter and length of timber (say beech for example) and falling through approx what distance before the fall is arrested by the line through the snatching pulley, would be required to break off the steel tube and cause a catastrophic event for all involved? I would like serious answers, with calculations if possible, along the lines, 8ft length of 3ft diameter beech falling half a meter before the weight is fully on the pulley and bollard. Just want to understand when I really would want a bigger one!

escalonia is nice and can be cut back hard, I think hedges a bit informal with a mixture can be quite charming e.g viburnum opulus, maybe euonymus alatus, one or two yew in there, whack it all in and wait and see oh and those griselinia littoralis can look nice and elaeagnus x ebbingei, maybe that last one grows slow though, very pretty leaves, option of the variegated ones, or green that sometimes looks like its been done over with a silver spray paint

what's that about then, you've said on here words to the effect tree work is quite well paid, so why not take a look? Can't you have a month off? Doesn't have to be revving up chainsaws all the time.

good post. Recently did 38 ticket and bloke there said his one man band boss will get him to sign something saying if he leaves before 2 years or something he will have to pay his boss back the training costs for all his tickets. Seems fair enough - Billy it's your own fault for not being intelligent enough to concoct a similar scheme - can't expect loyalty when time is so precious

fair play, I guess it's the same with teeth, 'naturally' most of my teeth would be quite decayed by now, but the dentists have filled them and made them last longer

wow, just need to invent something, or learn the stock market and I can have a garden like that

there's 20mm stainless steel threaded bar on ebay, but that fork looks pretty far gone, this is what I would call proper tree surgery, as anyone like me can guess, but only like the ones above who've seen loads of cabled trees after storms, can you begin to know how much different hardware can stand up to. Good point also about the wounds occluding. If the wind was naturally going to destroy the tree, maybe the tree is done, no need add a human element and prolong it, grow another tree, doesn't have to be a big tree to be a good one. I can see why people want to interfere and prolong the life of a nice veteran tree, but the big oaks in fields that are still growing with stems snapped and ragged seem to me just right

24k is loads already, admittedly not enough to buy a nice home, but compared to other jobs after 2 years on the books it's very good. Considering the various accident threads on here, chewed up hands, broken ribs, smashed backs, maybe the fact you're earning ok money already reflects a bit of danger money thrown in. Mind you, how much does a soldier with 2 years experience get? However much you get, spend some of it on non fiction books, trees, engineering, botany, mycology, or stuff in a completely unrelated field - accountancy, the great thing about books is they take so long to read, so you aren't constantly shopping.

I'm only just getting into heavier tree cutting - I knew of tree workers with injuries and near misses, but some of the threads on here have really brought it home. Many motorbike racers die doing the Isle of Man TT, so it's not that bad tree cutting. I don't think it matters at all if you decide to do something else, so many great professions out there, all a bit risky, even the hansome porn stars sometimes go down with hiv.