Andrew Gale
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I use PIXresizer; you can do individual or multiple trees.
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Building, I've still got mine from a few years ago.......
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Collins Field Guide - Trees of Britain & Northern Europe has a pretty good key
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I've a Country Covers Fortis smock which is great but at £100.00 is a little rich for some tastes. I've always fancied looking at a kayakers jacket; it's going to be waterproof with snug cuffs etc.....
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Hi Paul, you're correct, Cryptomeria japonica
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That's a bit harsh; I'm perfectly in touch with life thank you very much..
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Not so much a work mate but when I was an NPTC assessor I asked the candidate to prepare the tree ready for felling. He walked straight up to the tree, hugged it and said a few words under his breath; he then began to clear escape routes etc. When I asked him what he had done and said he stated 'Saying thanks to the tree and apologising to the wood fairies for its felling.....'
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I've removed cones from a Monterey pine before due to them falling on to the neighbouring property and breaking the roof tiles (not my spec, purely there to carry out the work). By the time we finished they did weigh a bit but as 10 Bears has said trees will adapt....
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CS38 & 39, training in or around mid Sussex?
Andrew Gale replied to tim361's topic in Training & education
I would recommend Scott Fraser as other have said; very knowledgeable. -
The kit stolen wasn't mine and I'm pretty sure that serial numbers weren't kept by the owners.
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Morning all, It is with great sadness that I'm writing about another break in where I have my yard. Thankfully it wasn't me this time (I've been done twice) but one of the estate workers had all his saws taken and the building company on site had their office turn over with plenty of kit being taken. Coincidentally () a red transit drove around the yard last Friday and was stopped by an estate worker, the drivers soon made their excuses and drove off, the yard is just outside Storrington in West Sussex. The pattern seems to fit my last two break ins, that's to say they all happened on a stormy night; keep them peeled guys and girls, plenty of utter scum out there......
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Drove past some on a Hawthorn earlier this afternoon..
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It may have been said but the tree will guide you in terms of where to prune etc; good growth points are key. Another aspect to learn/bear in mind is the natural form of trees. A Silver birch will look different to an oak which will look different to a beech (in their natural form) so having in your mind what it should look like once the prune has taken place is invaluable. Good luck, and to echo other comments, good communication with the ground staff and plenty of practice.
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I'd say Acer pensylvanicum
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NPTC have recently changed the numbering of the units but the rigging unit is CS41, that would be the pre-requisite for a dismantling operation. Depending on the location, a limb could be removed without rigging by employing free-fall techniques, alternatively the 'cut and hold' method could be used. Obviously if located adjacent to an object or such like rigging would be required. In theory all training companies should be teaching to the same standard so there shouldn't be variations or differences. Hope this helps
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I've seen the exact same thing a few years back and I must admit didn't take my investigations any further. However it does resemble the growth forms one gets on a grafted tree so that maybe a possibility?
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We had 2 Spitfires over Pulborough; bet the Trundle was heaving today..
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Been pushed back til 1400 hrs now so another 2 hours of fun Stubby........
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In recent years I've had a number of guys leave to start up their own business and it is frustrating but as Shane says, we all did it one way or another. I find the most frustrating thing is with the increased number of gangs out there the quality of work hasn't increased.
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Looks very Holly-esk to me too.
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I'm enjoying Talisker Storm and Highland Park at the moment; far to drinkable.... Went to a friends BBQ a few weekends back and another attendee bought in a box full of booze he was getting rid of; managed to pick up an unopened and still in its box bottle of Ardbeg. Pretty heavy going stuff but twos free.........
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Tip site-Dormans Park, West Sussex?
Andrew Gale replied to Old Mill Tree Care's topic in General chat
There's a KPS site at Pease Pottage, not sure how close that is to Dormans Park; I very rarely go that way, if at all..... -
The grey fringe is this years initial fruiting structure which'll form during spring/early summer; the black crust then develops to produce what we typically think of as being K. deusta
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I tend to use normal sewn slings and steel triple action karabiners for the small stuff; where bigger lumps are to be sent out I have used the lowering kits pulleys to reduce the wear on the karabiner (we use blocks for the main lowering point and smaller pulleys to act as craning/redirects for the lowering line; it's these that I'm referring to here). I've seen tandem pulleys used to spread the load on the line but strikes me as a little expensive as they would need to be purely for rigging.
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1. Juglans mandshurica 2. Sorbus latifolia 3. Ostrya japonica ????????????????
