Marc Lewis

Like that, looks heavy

It used to be about £120 to put lines back up, if brought down, which is alot cheaper than them coming out to take down and put back up. I supose you are doing half the job for them[emoji849]

Really really like that, its exactly what i'm looking for.

I always enjoy working out the story here.
 
Let’s park it off the road tonight, ready for tomorrow.
 
Oh-oh! Bit squidgy, reverse it  out of here!
 
Bollocks! Up to its nuts, get some planks.
 
Get a chain, let’s try and pull it out.
 
Sod this! Let’s go home, sort it in the morning.
 

It is a woody plant so can be considered a tree.

I can never understand rigging big lumps as said above but also high felling cuts why.

difficult access ...  no problem

Clearing up the needles is half the fun aint it!!

Bit daft really, 3/8 chain and 5.2mm file.
 I had a boss once who would say, "fetch me 2m of 4" by 2" "
Straddling the Imperial and metric worlds...
   Why are chains not metric damn it?
     Stuart
 

Thanks very much guys. 
 
I can't be more of a faff than climbing 50 ft up a wet ivy covered oak in the wind.
 
Or can it????lol

Linseed, 2 birds, 1 stone

Practical forestry for the agent and surveyor is a great informative read and you can pick one up for a little under £30.

I’ve seen some of Blair’s stuff, he’s good, you do wonder if he’s getting paid for the endorsement.
 
As has been pointed out, there are simpler, lighter, probably cheaper and most importantly, mid line attachementable (not a real word) ways of doing it.
 
It looks awkward, it’s a pita to set up and the problems it purports to solves are easier to resolve in other ways.
 
Probably easier if you’re in a bucket that in a harness, I can’t see many climbers asking for that and some slings to be put on the end of their rope for a few lowers. Plus if you’re shifting it around the tree then, compared to other in tree friction devices, it’ll seem overkill.
 

I feel that not enough people on here are whipping themselves into enough of a furious frenzy about something they’ve seen somewhere (a la Facebook treesites)
 
To remedy this aberration, and so we can all point and laugh at something and make ourselves feel like real pros I’d like this thread to bring to light stuff we’ve seen somewhere.
 
Heres mine, a red oak topped 9 years ago that clearly hadn’t been to college, so instead of dying like it should have to show the clients how thick they are and in need of ‘educating’ by a snotty kid who’s just finished his ten weeker, had the audacity to thrive.
 
Preceded by what should happen to the tree surgeon involved.
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Strangely there’s a thread on another site about the dangers of leaving lines in a tree for a period of time. 
 
Talk of rodent damage and the like.

The Dorset Coppice Group

Looks bad, don't reckon it was as heavy as it looks. Had just shy of 2'' off the bump stops.

Sorry, am i right in thinking you have been working for your current employer for 10 yrs and he has not even put you through maintenance and cross cutting??

Gob cut, back cut, stand clear, winch over.

Can anybody recommend a good arboriculturalist in the Bournemouth/Poole area who maybe able to identify this? Thanks

I have found a well dressed bowline or bowline on a bight always easy to undo. I used to do the stick trick but now just make sure my knots are tidy and don't have a problem.

Oh I see! Yes well let's hope that isn't too soon. I thought I would pop in a couple of shots of the Monterey we planted in 1997. Its already pretty big. Seems healthy now though. 

Hi-line are always looking for staff and are based your way.

We had brown needles on the Monterey on our grounds, but this was in summer time when there was a bit of a drought. Did you look online at the pitch pine canker pictures to see? 

Got this very mature Monterey Pine and as you can see, 2 or 3 of the branches appear/are dying back. There is also alot of white sap leaking from the trunk. Does anybody have any idea what this might be and is it something to be concerned about. It has all the characteristics of pine pitch canker but from my reading, there have been no cases of this in Britain. Thanks in advance for any help at all with this.