Ms2004life
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Theres a rubber gusset in the rope biner hole to stop it from sliding to side load which is awesome. I was using a similar setup but on the biner. I still reckon the rope end biner needs looking at too as thats where problem lay. I cant wait till it comes to new zealand, i miss my zz1 soooo good
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Yeah after all that i think if your drinking or taking drugs at work there are bigger issues. The fact of the matter is your work buddy needs it to get through the day, that should be the focus not some pigeonhole rubbish. The danger isnt just in them its in you for not doing something about it. Firing someone isnt a solution its not taking responsibility in your team.
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Does the customer know the reports youve done; seen them? He may not realise the amount of work you've put in. If they do get rid of them theres no loyalty there and its only a matter of time before they burn you again.
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Joe Public - how do you think they see the Arb world?
Ms2004life replied to Andy Clark's topic in General chat
Taupo tree man thats a new zealand wide mentality, its all very knee jerk arboriculture here, sh&t we have people advertising for tree topping here. Where in europe your asked to consult here people tell you what you should be doing? Tree care as a whole is. Ommonly thrown into the same bucket as loggers or the fricken axmen, the thought of someone being skilled and caring about an inanimate object is foreign to most. A long bumpy road till joe public realise the benefits of arboriculture. -
I use a sugoi for dismantles absolute beast and a zubat for prunes nice dress cuts. The sugoi will cut through a 2" branch by the time youve pulled your saw up and grabbed the pull cord
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Man this problems global, while doing a clear fell we had tape and two sets of signs and vehicles blocking a road and the council had signs informing of the felling. Big hangers were in some trees and some woman had to walk through all of that plus over two trees we had felled to tell us we were ruining her favourite walk. When we told her it was dangerous to be there she replies "ive done alot of gardening im well aware of the risks". WTF?
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No queenstown new zealand, well arrowtown. Many poplars were planted as fence post 100 years ago they took and grew into huge trees which are now a problem as they are falling over( one person has been squashed by one).
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I will try and get some photos up of these trees for you guys. They seem to grow pretty fricken large round here and full of rot.
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This is interesting in that i quoted a job recently 7 lombardis about 160 feet high(in my area they quite common) maybe 7 feet through at the base maybe more for some up to 15 leaders per tree we quoted 2 days a tree (a limited drop zone lots of rigging) and chipping on top of course for about 12000 standard rate being 2 guys and chipper 850-890 a day we got beaten by the orange machine to do the whole job for 5000. I cant work out the math on this as to how anyone could do the job over the same amount of time for that ????? Do they do the job to lose money and squeeze us out in the search of world domination
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Best way to judge weight of what we lower
Ms2004life replied to treemanG's topic in Rigging and roping
Theres also a chart in the book the art and science of practical rigging which may be of help.. -
treehouses : ethics of drilling into mature trees..
Ms2004life replied to rsk's topic in General chat
Hey there i have quite a bit of experience in this. Drilling is okay, the problem with the compartmentalizing is the bolts will continue to cut because of wind and limb movement. How we have overcome this is drilling a slightly larger hole then put a sleeve for the bolt to sit inside. This is quite important as the swinging motion of the tree not only helps the rods to cut into the tree but the galvinizingstarts to come off and enters the sapwood. We have found a galvinizy type sap exiting cuts when the trees have been pruned. I can help ya with any info you need and can throw some photos on for you to look at if you want its awesome fun -
Always use a wire core got a few different diameters and lengths. I find them far better than rope, they can cut thru as easy as rope on the right angle and the right day but survive nicks better than rope and are easier to use day after day for me. I havent used a rope lanyard for years so they may be better now but with the work i do i find the wirecores far better
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Mate those have gotta be the healthiest poplars i have seen if i can i'll throw some photos on of the dead and dying junk ive got to s$:t myself in doing some sweet ones over a vineyard at the moment. Well done man
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Metolius rock climbing biners are as small as accessory biners and are rated to 23kn
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Been using a blue moon 11.7 absolutetly sweet with the zigzag. Gotta say it is so much better than i thought it was gonna be, a buddy has a lockjack after using my zigzag on a rec climb now has zz envy
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Yeah if you haven't done much time on wedges youd be better off putting a rope on it. With lean on a bit more can go wrong if the trees a bit bigger. Youll still need a wedge but a ropes gonna help alot. Even loggers use rope and cable to pull trees that are leaning.
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You could use them as shields around your gum trees haha
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The old diesel and tordon trick, the dream poison of many a redneck. We had that down in queenstown last year fortunately the sugar water saved it. A colleague told me it works on stumps not so well on whole trees, with the amount of water a gum can suck especially that size you have a good chance of battling it id say. Wtf are people up to up there man?? Havent seen that amount of hate on trees since i lived in rotovegas
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Have similar problems here with rock instead of pumice and we have broken rock out lower down to allow roots to grow out at lower levels have found the biggest problem to be that once the trees are large they'll start to lift paving anyway as the root collar gets big the space thats afforded them originally isn't nearly large enough. The digging out is time consuming but it seems tohelp the roots lower. Hope im making sense
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Doing a red wood (wellingtonian) and a pinenut tree but now ive seen this stuff im gonna get heaps of species and grow me a long mustache have been thinking of bonsaing a common ash as they grow quick over here
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Well done always a big buzz getting the first sweet paying job good on ya for getting straight into it after quals ballsy move great work to nice and neat by the photos
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Beeen running a 660 for three years dismantling and contract felling on steep gnarly ground. Its a great hardy saw that i've never had a drama with a buddy tree felling had a husky and the plastics werent very sturdy alot of breakage they do cut faster but 66 got better torque and power i think it comes down to what your after and what froths ya power or revs. I run a 30" inch on it often and even dismantling with it the 66 has great balance compared to 395. I prefer a slower cut rate on big wood as well better for rigging work
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Been climbing on the rock since i was a wee one still go climbing and mountaineering as much as i physically can at least twice a week and almost every weekend. Day off today cause job fell thru last minute which is actually good cause my girl and i did new route yesterday and am shagged. Treework can break you to go cragging cause its hard yards almost everyday i find the motivation after a hard days work to be the clincher
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Im forty, and climb all day every day and been doing it for almost twenty years. Climb with guys way younger and theyre always a bit blown when i tell them my age. If your fit and its what you wanna do, do it. Theres no to old in opinion only your body will tell you sore backs don't count ( unleess injured) you get them from desk jobs and driving. I wouldnt wanna do anything else whats more fun, exciting and satisfying than this job.
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Cheers it'll be great i'm sure got a five day dismantle job from tomorrow so it better be okay cause i gotta get to the job by boat not a quick pop down to the shop if it ain't! Haha oh well could be worse hey
