Oli Explosion

Brilliant! thank you

Hello! I've been asked to mill up this beech and he is in-tree-gued about what might come out of it. I suspect it might contain a couple of pockets here and there, but I've never millled beech so cant really help. Any ideas! and He's got an Oak which is still standing with some crown die-back and wants to know about how long it should be felled before sawing. I am new to sawing and have an idea but thought I'd check before telling him the wrong things! Isn't it best to mill stuff straight after its been felled? Does anyone know of a book detailing various tree types and their milling qualities, hidden quirks, which are prettyest? bascially everything to do with milling. If not I thought I might try and get loads of info from everyone on here and write one. All help and ideas greatly appreciated!

Hello everyone! I've found a bunch of tenon cutters along with forstner bits from the American company Lumberjack Tools. Does anyone know of them and somewhere in the UK that I can get them? Im desperate to make stuff, but my hands a covered in blisters from my machete (haven't got around to getting a draw knife or anything sensible) I've seen the Veritas ones, but they are expensive and only have one cutter which in my mind seems to be less balanced than the dual cutters offered by Lumberjack Tools. Any help vastly appreciated!

Seen it tonnes of times... Thanks to you I've seen it again:thumbup:

Im in my car, would be hiring a stump grinder/chipper etc, Apart from insurance and getting your tickets I reckon mebs £2000. So far I've got Saw,Harnes,Spikes, Lanyard, Rope, Boots, Trousers and Helmet. Yes you could and would get another saw or two, for the ground and up in the tree, (im getting my tree one hopefully in the next week or so) So including the saw I might get My total cost excluding the insurance and training and assessments is about £1400. You could go more basic aswell. I opted for one of the new Teufelberger lanyards (£150) rather than a wire-core flip and prussick (£50). Sounds alot, but I staggered buying it all and it never felt like that much!

Self preservation is the name of the game. I think it may be left for a while. Thanks for everyones voices!

oh yes, another climber will be there. Well my friend said it will always be there so I can put it off for a few weeks, pass the assessment, do a few other jobs etc then do it. Im not under any pressure, but still need guideance on how every bills people.

Tree surgery experience. I did my cs 38/39 training last week, done the odd bit of work for friends (this job is a friend) before that though. And am doing my assessment in the next couple of weeks. Not exactly a wealthy bank of experience.

Ah ha, got an good idea now for this and future ones. I've only got about a weeks experience so still on the learning curve. £50 a day would still make me happy! Happyness and contentment conquers money!

Thanks for the help guys, really appreciate it!

I have a job where I'll take off about 7 limbs from two ash trees (ranging from 2m to approx 8m (<-limbs not tree height) of which about 3 over hang 2 telephone wires and the corner of the house. And a small tree to come out completely inbetween (about 10mins including logging for that one) And transport all the brushy bits that aren't good for a stove. As this is my first job, I literallly have no idea how much to estimate. I think it will take me about 2 and abit days, as i have to clear up and log all fire wood sized bits. And transport all the brushy bits that aren't good for a stove. In the pic: Red = limbs to go Purple = tree to go Green = telephone pole and wires Black = i made a mistake on paint and cant undo it (that limb stays) Any price in mind? If you guys could tell me what you might charge, I understand you can't get the full idea from a photo, but any numbers will noted gratefully as always.

ART of Flight is the greatest snowboard film ever. I just saw the rebull thing earlyier today, man that'd be a sweet job, although, I cant say I can complain about tree work!

Thanks for the help guys, cleared up several questions there! I think I shall be climbing every tree in the garden this weekend. Sad, maybe, ridiculous, perhaps. Im sure you guys have done this. Thanks again.

Hello all! Im new to all this climbing stuff and am about to arrange my cs38/39. I love climbing trees anyways, so thought I might aswell get some gear, seeing as I'll be using it after the assessments. What I im a little clouded on is, Fliplines and what they should be constructed of. I was looking at the new CELanyard from Teufelberger, but also at the normal wire-core and prusik ones. (come to think of it, it's called a CELanyard, does that make it something else for a different more specified job?) Basically, should your flipline/lanyard/strop have a wire core, or is it perfectly fine to use rope? I fear I may have dived myself straight into all these techinical terms (after reading nothing but climbing stuff and knots for the past few days) and am still muddled to their actual meanings! Any help greatly appreciated.