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Wow, would be great to be able to winch to the back of a truck for cutting up timber, Or for dragging brash to chipper.

I have seen and used it for industrial rope access and also for access into large tropical trees when you make a Y hang, i.e fig nine knot and alpine butterfly used to distribute one ropes load between two points. Its a nice easy one to adjust how big the loop is. Its also used for excluding damaged sections of rope and points of attachment in a line with minimal gear.

I have a friend who has a few pairs to try out. He went away before he could try them and he has feet like a girl so they wont fit me. The look pretty nice when I had a look at them. I cant remember details but remember it being positive. Dont think they have saw protection or do they have them out now?

Not really a work gear photo but sorting my pictures out and found this one from last year just before I went on a climbing trip abroad. This bag got up to 50kg at some points on the trip Will try and get a work gear one when its next all together.

That looks like a nice cut. Going to have to give that a go some time.

Yes, if a tree is favoring the direction you want it to go then you don't need a wedge. I didn't say you do.

Sorry, may have explained that in a weird way. I meant strait as in its not going to start to move on its own. It could just as easily sit back on your saw. Not an issue really if your hinge is OK to keep it there but a wedge would stop this and get it over where you want it. You would need to be careful about how you go about getting a wedge in, making sure you are leaving enough support.

That is a good example. Glad to have mentioned it hear having receive positive feed back and to see others learning about them. Good to hear different techniques as well. Some say keep cutting, in he-insight yes, cutting more would reduce the likelihood of it happening but its to a situation where the tree is going to just start to fall, not going to go unless you stop and give it push. Your going to want to try and keep a little there so if it rests back its not going to snap the hinge. A small letter box cut, coming from the gob at the same height or just above where your back cut is going to be would be a pretty good way to reduce the chance. Also if its a real strait tree, do enough of the back cut to give some space to smash a wedge in. Then you will just be able to keep cutting longer as it starts to go.

I got given a 200T today to fix up today by some one I have been working for. Its been in a shed for a year. Real filthy and had trouble getting it started. Gave it a real good clean and got the spark plug out and gave it a brush over and checked for spark, all good and fired up no worries so that pretty good. Needs a new chain brake handle, chain, oil cap and a few screws for the pull cord side piece. Still needs more of a clean as the inside is full of dried on saw dust but that's a whole different story and will search forums for tips as its real stuck on. Thanks for the helpfull replies. Also thank you to "little green wood chopper" offering to sell me a husky 338xpt. Make a post about top handles to get other than Stihls and I end up getting one Would still be interested in any one else's thoughts on the original topic.

Over the last tree weeks I have seen four Med sized ash trees Barber chair. One of these has been with me and the rest with others I have been working with. Today or example, maybe a 15m tall tree, 12" diameter being felled to make a ride wider. Nice gob, hinge 2.5 - 3 cm hinge. Pretty well balanced tree so could sit like that fine. Gave it a push on my own with out a felling lever and it just barber chaired! All fine and not a huge one, maybe 1.5m, but still, not what you want to see. The very same thing happened to some one else today. Is this some thing to do with sap rising at this time of year? Making ash even more sensitive? I have had a reasonable amount of experience with felling for the last 6 or so years, small and large tree qualified. At the end of the day it comes down to the operator and if in that example I was to cut an extra cm then maybe it would not have happened but it does seem super easy to do. Very fine balance if you want to keep a nice hinge there! Just a heads up and reminder, Keep safe out there . . .

Cheers for pointing out a few others, I will look into them. Funny that Stilh dominates the professional market so much. Hope this new husky saw is up to scratch.

Husky 346xp with a 13" bar was my first saw, and my Second Bloody good saw.

I thought they may have been coming out last month, then heard it was this month, I emailed a dealer who had them up on there site at they said it may not be until September! From what I can make out its been nearly coming out for a few years now. I wouldn't mind getting some thing like an echo. I am currently using one of my 346's for climbing with and its OK. I can always use this if I need to do some thing that's a bit bigger. I was thinking if there was some thing that's smaller, lighter and less expensive as a 201 or new husky it would be useful to have in the future for less demanding jobs.

I got a 3 year old 372 in good condition with a 18"bar and chain of ebay a few months ago for under £500 so you don't even need to spend more.

I have been looking to get a top handle for a wile now and I have been waiting for the Husky 540T to come out but with out a real date for release I am looking to get some thing to see me over until it comes out that will be a good back up saw in the future. I would like to go for some thing under £200 if I can so the 200 and 201 are a bit out of what I would be up for spending. Would be looking for some thing decent condition second had. I also currently have two 346xp's with 13" bars and a 372xp with an 18" or 28" so I have the bigger saws. Also I am kinda into my huskys instead of stilhs any thing else is fine Thanks for any help Ian

Measurment is the total length from the arch of your foot to the base of your knee. I have the aluminium ones with velcro. They are spot on.

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Now that's a solid looking bed side table! I like it.

Not a face but worth a shot!

Looks ace, you have got a great set up there. How many of you are cutting to keep up with the machinery? Massive amount of brash there, couldn't see another feasible way other than burning. Looks nice and dry as you would expect from chalk grassland so minimal impact from machinery. With what looks like about 6 or so fires over 6 hectares its a small area of damage in the grand scheme of things. That soil would be well and truly sterile and packed with nutrients, even with the ash removed I expect it will be nettles, docks and thistles coming back first but that's just some thing to sort with management in the future. What methods have you used that have been faster and not leaving the site 50% habitat pile? I do like your idea of a skip for big fires, when I have been doing work of sensitive sites in the past I have used tin sheets under the fire but to be honest it doesn't do a lot. Ahh I miss winter winter scrub days, and yes, the potatoes. Bacon on the trangia tomorrow if I can get on site

I have had training with Brian once and I know a few others that have used him. To be honest I was not impressed and either were the guys who I spoke to who have done other things with him. I am sure he would get you through it fine but I would say speak to Lesley at newlands training and she what she has got on. Land-Based Training in Devon & Dorset - Newlands Training

Nice one, just of to the woods for a climb. I will email Sven this evening.

Last time I spoke to Sven he didnt have any one to work with him next year. He would be looking for some one with a BCAP as thats the system every one uses out there. Also arb training is a massive bonus as that what they were switching to once they were up there. Pop me an email to [email protected] and I will put you in contact with him. There was also a project studying frogs up trees in the Amazon that he was talking about but I haven't heard any thing back about this recently.

Hello Marc. Yes good evening. Spoke to John a few days later, sounds like you all had a good one. I met some girl and went back to hers, I promised to return at some point in the evening but I didn't make it back out again. Found those guys in a right state in the back of my van the next morning, good times. See you in the NY I expect.