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lgl

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  1. As said £55 delivered ex vat, beech is roughly 10% heavier green weight than other whitewoods
  2. Not smitten no but I have used it many times before I saw the video and will again, I know I am very good at what I do,
  3. Oh ok , that's fine, you obviously have a lot of experience of this.
  4. Quite , some of the trees we cleared after the 87 blow were on banks with two artics of timber in them and root plates as high as houses.
  5. I also note that a winch was used , as has been said those that do not feel they have the skill level don't attempt it, it is a perfectly safe technique used by the right person, as I said I have been a large tree faller for 35 years and feel confident doing that.
  6. The ideal situation is to run the wire over the root plate, the problem with that on a short pull is that you are more likely to lift/snap the posts.
  7. No problem, I worked five years+ solid on windblow so have a little experience.
  8. Why do you think I would be surprised? A lot of it depends on the weight of tree to stump ratio as to how much pull is required , pulling from ground level you are in danger of pulling from a point lower than your point of lift , fence posts do not take a lot of snapping.
  9. Would it not be easier to cut it off the stump then winch the stem round ? It will take a lot of force to winch something from ground level into an upright position because what you are effectively doing is initially pulling it back into the root plate hole, you need a lot of power to go from that stage into the upright position.
  10. Fair points Andy, there are risks in the game but they can be calculated.As a faller I obviously felled for timber and would not cut something of value as in the video out of choice in that manner , but in stands of large timber down the years you do come across windthrown rotten trees hung up in standing stems, I got paid for getting things down , not leaving them up as did the guys before me, so you find a way. In that particular video law of gravity says the butt end was always going to fall away from the cutter, cutting it lower in stages would not give it enough fall to clear the tree it was hung up in
  11. Chainsaws were around long before training boards and tickets, and believe if you couldn't fell timber you weren't long in the trade.Kind of grates on me a little when people knock other peoples skills.
  12. Quite right, I know I can do whats in the video and what may appear dangerous to others because in my field I have had to , including 5 years on the windblow after 87
  13. No , not kidding, I have been a faller for over 35 years and as I said I have seen guys that have the tickets but no skill that put themselves in terrible danger straight felling trees.
  14. Not sure that I agree with all the comments , if people work within their skill levels then a lot of these things aren't an issue.Theres potential for anyone to get injured within the industry and tbh I have seen guys straight felling that have put themselves at more risk.
  15. Oh ok, but from how I read that if there had been charges relating to red there may have been a case?
  16. why are you trying to winch it upright?
  17. Hmmm, I am quite interested to know the details of the alleged crime.
  18. Oh ok, nothing wrong with that. Saw tickets are a barrier obviously , try all avenues , Norfolk has a machinery ring. Someone on here may pick up on these posts.
  19. Tbh a lot of people know the rules but choose to adapt them to suit themselves.
  20. Just interested, some local authority woodland schemes were offering 40% grants for training , its always worth a look into. Whats your past work history , whats the attraction to the timber trade ?
  21. OOOOPS, typo, David I am sure lots of people can empathise with that, in fairness when something like that happens work takes a back seat. You could try the local machinery ring, sometimes they get discounted courses, if you have connections in farming. Out of interest how old are you ? where are you located ?
  22. David,
  23. I think a couple of us were more interested in the details of your particular case.
  24. Do you drive your lawnmower on the road? Agricultural based machines working on highway construction work have to run on white if they are hauling , I doubt whether hmrc are going to go round golf courses etc. dipping tanks on the greens because its not the highway, its as simple or difficult as you want to make it.
  25. Hello David, Ive read some of your other posts and admittedly life can be a bugger at times. Getting into this trade even at entry level is sadly not cheap, I do wonder if there is other work you could do to help you save towards getting started?Sometimes we focus on things and actually go backwards.

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