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  1. While not a particularly large tree, it sounds like this is beyond your experience and abilities. I’d suggest ringing someone who knows what they’re doing rather than making the situation worse or getting yourself hurt.
  2. I caused root plate failure of a 25cm alder and a similar sized lime using them as winching anchors while pulling logs around. Separate occasions. The lime was in waterlogged soil while the alder was in about 10cm of soil on top of hard core. I’ve anchored onto little bushes and the likes plenty though. Soil and roots play a massive part.
  3. When was that? Because arborisk whacked up all their premiums a few years ago regardless. Mine doubled at renewal for no reason and I went to trust too.
  4. There are loads of big old trees in Cologne. In Germany they have a classification of tree that translates as something like ‘nature monument’, like veterans basically. In Cologne the city takes on the management of all these trees, whether they’re on private or public land. I worked in that contract for a company and we were going at it for months. Cemeteries in particular seem too have a load of trees round there. The red oaks, plane trees and poplars I worked on around Cologne were all on a scale I’ve not seen elsewhere. Some real monsters, great fun. So yeah, loads of interesting trees…
  5. Only rock climbers are soft enough to cry about padding. Padding!? Want to try caving harnesses, nothing but a crusty old bit of webbing to em. 1000m+ deep caves in one of those will leave its mark.
  6. Late to the party and haven’t read the full thread, but I have a kk spikecender and the space on the other side. The spikecender is junk imo but it does move the gaffs out a little. If you could pick up a couple spacers that might do the job. Or just make a couple of spacers yourself. I’d say you’ll get used to them but I had my old alloy distels for 10 years and hated them every day of it. Upgraded to a pair if carbon clicks 4 years ago and they’re bloody excellent.
  7. I think treehog biners are the only ones that still have a lifespan on them too. Junk.
  8. UK wages are crap but that's been done to death plenty of times on here. Wildest part is Cain going through a chain a week.
  9. That’s a real pain. Fwiw I bought 3 of them in June and haven’t had any issues, bar when we were working right next to a 5g tower and they got pretty garbled. I have since heard of reliability issues, but not for me. Bit of an idiot check but I assume you’re connecting them properly, ie 1-2 then 2-3?
  10. I generally see weak attachments from very poor wound occlusion. Unless it’s a necessary intervention due to a mechanical issue like a grotty union I just wouldn’t.
  11. Reducing or indeed polarding that will be a train wreck imo. Norway maples really don’t tolerate reduction well in my experience, regardless how light you go. Pollarded it will look absolutely rotten. I'd heed the advice of many here and learn to live with leaves staining your path (??). It’s a bonny tree. Minimal intervention is probably best.
  12. I think this is the biggest point. If you don’t have an in depth knowledge of trees, don’t try and start a tree company. And if you still really want to, focus on books rather than ropes. There’s enough clueless arbs as it is!
  13. Your post was saying we were going to be taken over by Muslims, it contained slurs. It’s bit further than a differing opinion. Can you genuinely not see the difference? It was intended as more descriptive than offensive. I apologise if I hurt your feelings. Sure, but we aren’t in a pub. And if I was in a pub and someone was chatting like that I wouldn’t expect it to slide.
  14. A less than sympathetic view is passable, but when you say that they’re going to take over, implying some sort of existential threat to Britain then yes, I believe that’s racist. I never said you were a right wing extremist, I still wouldn’t, but I would happily say you were an utter dipshit.
  15. I’m sure it has been rinsed. I don’t often come in here but dipped my toe in this morning and couldn’t let ‘pleasant’s comment slide. Everyone is entitled to their opinions but that sort of rhetoric is totally unacceptable. I’m really disappointed that the mods, who are active in this thread, let it slide tbh.

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