Olliebradbury
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Rich I believe I have a video of you topping out a swamp cypress from about a year and a half ago in Sevenoaks. If you pm me your number I'll send over
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I understand its last minute but I've have had a cancelation, so I'm now free tomorrow (Friday 30th) should anyone need a climber or groundsman London and surrounding areas. Pm, email or call: [email protected] 07939288325 Cs30,31,32,38,39,41, Immediate emergency care 1st aid. £5m PL insurance, Saws upto 36" Climbing kit, Rigging kit, HGV (cat C) driving licence Ollie.
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Climbers disciplined for refusing tree
Olliebradbury replied to sawmonkey220's topic in General chat
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Climbers disciplined for refusing tree
Olliebradbury replied to sawmonkey220's topic in General chat
Stone dead horse chestnut freaked me out at times!!! Not sure I'd do that again?!?! -
Brought a 550xpg 2 days ago, run it up today, ploughed it through a load of wood to set the AT and then felled its first tree! Massive smile on my face, what a great saw, light and nimble... I have spent far to long using a 372xp as a ground saw (great saw for the bigger stuff of course). I have to say I'm never buying a another saw without the heated handle ever again! For the extra £30 it's a no brainer!!!
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Available this Friday 14th and Monday 17th should any one need a climber or groundsman. Based in London/Surrey, could travel further if needed. Cs 30,31,32,38,39,41 Pm if interested Ollie
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I've got 9 poplars I'm planning on felling in a family members garden, Good access either through a set aside field or through the garden roughly 20-30inch diameter if you're interested in buying the timber?
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I had this flooding/smelling of fuel problem a few weeks ago in the sun. I thought it was due to a new fuel mixture being used, I ploughed it through a decent sized log about 10 times to retune and it's been fine after that
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I'm there with you, green watch
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Great guy! What watch are you on?
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The decay was pretty bad, on most of the top cuts the saw only had to touch the wood before the branches and the hinges snapped clean off!!
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Thanks guys! The cracks were pretty impressive throughout the tree, unfortunately my phone died so couldn't get any more photos. Looked like one of the limbs had a fracture in it too. Do you think it would be worth taking it down before it gets worse and more expensive/dangerous to remove?
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It had huge cracks like this all the way up several of its multiple stems.
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Is this an old bleeding canker??
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Cheers guys! Thanks for the heads up with the screws on the 372. I also got an 18" bar as well as the 24" bar for the 372 for a bit of flexibility
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T540xp 372xp Many many thanks to the guys at Honey Brothers
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Also much easier to retrieve your cambium saver with a splice
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You could get a rope 5m longer than needed and spliced at both ends, cut the last 5m off and you've got yourself a rope and a lanyard!!
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Oh rite so are you saying I should have used the class 2 splice? I was told class one by my boss?? Confused :-/!!
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What is the difference between the 2 classes?
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I think for my next attempt I'll try and splice a footlocking prusik any ideas what cord I should use?
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Cheers buddy, I tested the first one out today, used it while climbing an oak... Felt strange to think I was dangling off something I had spliced :-/ it didn't budge at all tho... I was soo chuffed! I guess at the end of the day the more you pull on the splice the tighter it gets ;-). Would be pretty cool to break test it!
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Cheers Rich! I was shown a really simple way of burying the core back into the cover using a loop of thick wire... Instead of pushing it in/through with a fid you can pull it through using a loop of thick wire entered where the fid would exit. It made it some much easier, if thats where you struggle it's well worth a try;-)
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Yes the standard class one double braid explained by Samson's instructions
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I watched a few videos on samson's and New England's website (printed off the instructions too) I also followed the instructions in the Sampson splicing book (same instructions as online I believe, just worked thought them step by step. Yesterday's took me nearly 4 hours and today's took me just 2 ;-). Ultimately saved me £20ish per splice!! Happy days!!
