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My understanding is a that a pollard is a coppice at a height above the cattle grazing height usually 2-3m. It's to be started when the tree is around 2-3inches in diameter.
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Yes. Should by some unlucky circumstance it operates it'll mangle your leg if clipped high
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I only noticed cause it was a training point when I did my cs41 recently
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I liked the catching branches. Did he change top handle during the vid different coloured strops lol. Just a safety point at 2:37 and 4:09 he clips a running saw to the strop ring. Should the trigger get activated he will test the chainsaw rating of his trousers. Best case a new set of trousers worst case a lot of pain.
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Has anyone thought about a conveyor belt instead of a tipper? Saw one of the big aggregate lorries earlier which got me thinking....
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Been thinking about the ideal do everything arb truck. My current thoughts are a 10/12t lorry with a sleeper cab. A 2t hiab behind the cab, a tipping chip box on the back half of the load bed. That would leave the front half for a tracked chipper which would be taken on/off with the hiab. Also could fit on some good sized logs for milling.
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Look a lot of effort. I'll stick to my maul and use the £40 for pantin or something
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I'd would have thought in front to keep weight centred. Too much over hang and the front will get light
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Haha. If your sliding down a pine in your arse the wipe is the least of your worries
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For cleaning we have wipes I think the main ingredient is isopropyl alcohol. Hands and arms come up a treat
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I'm going to watch this thread as I thought about doing a stretched disco tipper. Good luck to you
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I'm using 11mm at the moment and it does start hurting if you climb a lot. Good for self feeding though. The other day I got a nice high anchor and used a friends hand ascender & foot loop and pantin. Can't believe how quick I got to the top
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I'm going to get 60m of blue tongue 11.7mm when I replace. I'll cut a few meters off for a lanyard and/or a short 2nd rope either 15meters or a 5 & 10m
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I'm getting the phantoms when I need a new pair
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My experiences blog. May help new members
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Wow I can't believe where the week went. We covered Polesaw on Wednesday and MEWP on Thursday. Again another fantastic course put on by Kingswood training services. I can't wait to do some more. -
I'm hoping to take the caravan down. You'll see as I'll be drinking my mead from a horn.
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Drove past MIRA a few time seen several cars with zebra paint to camouflage the body panel shapes
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My experiences blog. May help new members
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Spent the second half of last week doing the climbing and rigging training. Did the cs41 assessment yesterday which I passed. Brush cutter today. -
I went to a 6 meter lanyard to save weight. Don't be fooled into thinking the wire core stops cuts, they don't.
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My experiences blog. May help new members
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Done some basic tree inspection today. Looked at fungi, weak unions etc. I can believe how quick beech fail, we saw a beech must be 2.5m+ diameter and looked fine apart from the fact that it had snapped around 8foot up. Looking inside there was brown and white rot but no external signs -
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Back down at Kingswood for my advanced course. Looking forward to some rigging and MEWP training -
Yorkshire tea for me. I do drink at least 10 cups a day lol
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I need to get set up with a Rob D carving bar as I really enjoyed carving. I'll get the mushroom done for you Steve after I've done my lad an owl!!
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Origional thread here - http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=64742
