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Veteran half dead oak in the way of a new shed.  Planning requirement is to cut it, monolith it and move the cut "cylinder" to a nearby area and crane it into a hole and concrete it in.  The moving and craning is down to builder.  Today it was checked by an ecologist and then our ARB subbys did the coronet cuts/fracture pruning.  Two large lower branches left on to weigh it over when felled and to cushion the fall by breaking. Guy up the tree was great (not me ) Got some nice close ups of his coronet cuts

2 hours ago, Khriss said:

Interestingly, primal tree climbing systems had nothing to do with rock climbing,  but over last 30 yrs, the rock n pot lot, have hugely influenced what we work with. Can be a bonus, but with this zigzag, and they Are hugely popular, the background of work they will be used for has Not been included in the design. K

Could you explain more what you mean by this.....cheers

thanks..any idea of price for whole thing

Thanks all

Hi

I have some log weight charts based on green oak but not sure where I got them.

I could do with some from a recognised source as I have to do a full method statement for some crane works

and need to justify my conclusions regarding predicted weights etc for the lifts

Does anybody know where I could reference some from etc

Thanks

I think I read that there is a new zig zag coming out this year which will be OK to use for SRT with a wrench

Anybody know if and when this is coming out ?

This is static rope available from Decathlon UK £44 approx

"Whoao you f*****"  Spoken with an English accent as it happened so probably in this country which makes it all the more worrying if it was a bona fide firm.... As has been said Hope he's OK

Thanks all

If I end up doing it after I've explained all that to the little old man whose tree it is, I will def put some pics up taken from same aspect.  

Thanks both.  Don't worry I'll have a groundy but not someone with an experienced eye for sighting.

Got my first reduction to do just after xmas.  Only done removals, dead wooding, thinning small stuff and re pollarding to date but fully agree that no spikes out at the tips is much slower.  Not worried if it takes me a long time as its a learning experience in so much as the climbing goes.

What worries me is butchering it by not having someone with an eye on the ground.  Not sure how you approach sections where there is no obvious pruning point.  Its a birch and wont stand hacking. Its not TPO but I don't want to butcher it but do want to try it.  Are there any pointers or is it just a case of do it and learn

Skills shortage in the ARB field ..?

Yes. It was one of the things I was wary of when I decided to try it.  Oil goes down with the fuel as so top up every time.

Decided to pay a bit more for the lighter bar and glad I did.  Went for the full skip chain also.  Overall its so much lighter than a 661 and I can always go smaller with the bar when appropriate

In case anyone is considering it...36" bar on 461 with full skip chain working well

Even chain sawing London plane is a b****** after its been on the deck a bit 

Does it matter how you attach the wrench to the pinto pulley

One good thing ….They will have learnt a lesson and wont do it again

I had this problem too when I tried the SRT ascent with a wrench.  Put me right off

Need to practice getting them off at low levels and persevere

Brilliant work IMO

How long did it take..how many trees in total..how many guys ..loads etc

just wondering how many trannie loads of chip from a big pop in leaf

Really good editing too

Hi

Think I've finally killed off my rigging/pulling rope.  Its a few years old (12mm) and has served well.

Considering buying a thicker lowering rope but when pulling things over I'm thinking a basic static rope would be better and would probably mean that I don't

destroy an expenisve rigging rope as quickly

Any thoughts and ideas of where/what to buy

Thanks

Where's the best place to go for some bigger ones for a Stihl 461 ? Will I have to order off ebay to get them from America or is there a place to just go buy

Thanks

Can anyone offer an opinion on whether it is worth changing the bumper spikes on a larger saw to something a bit more sticky outy ?

It looks like it might be worth it but obviously there is a safety issue if you not careful.

Thanks

On ‎12‎/‎4‎/‎2017 at 21:00, stihlmadasever said:

441 with a 25 will be slow...

Id have plummed for a 461 

I must be going senile...Just noticed a month after I bought it that it is a 461 lol

Just compared it with the 661 in the shop and went for the smaller.....

Thanks Mark.  Will definitely look this up.  Mind you just found some great material in the essential reading section of this site

Thanks  will look at those.  I'm really looking for something that explains why tree officers wont let you cut any branches off lol