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  1. The avantgardener
    There was a company at the Confor show last year selling interesting wood burners, can’t remember the name. They where constructed from silicon carbide or something similar, you can have them cast in a range of colours. The material heats up and stores the energy for hours/over night and releases it evenly so you don’t develop a hot spot in the room, the guy reckoned you could reduce your wood fuel usage by two thirds. edit, name just came to me, ecostove.
  2. The avantgardener
    It would look even better in polished chrome.
  3. The avantgardener
    There is always call for good machine drivers, especially if they have prior knowledge of hand cutting/forestry operations. I would go for FMOC base unit in tractor/forwarder and 360, lots of 360 based shears/grapple saws in use in forestry dealing with dieback. I don’t know anyone personally in your region, NPTC or LANTRA should have some regional info on their websites for Assessors and Instructors.
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    On Arbtalk this statement is true, but mention it at a dinner party and people think you are a loner/serial killer. I currently have a civilware folding striker for work, holds an edge exceptionally due to the high grade steel, a Nontron knife with box wood scales that I watched being made for me in the factory, the oldest knife maker in France, and an Opinel fungi knife with the little brush on the back for dusting down your CEPs.
  5. The avantgardener
    Sweet chestnut all day for me. You should be able to re use a lot of the posts after 10 years, or even cut the bottoms off and repoint for stock fence. The Italians burn the pointed ends up to ground level prior to installing, lasts years longer and better than chemicals.
  6. The avantgardener
    Looks like a nice knife, I do like a knife with lugs to open the blade one handed/either hand. I bought a Civilware knife, hand made in the states, not cheap but the blade and build quality are second to none. They do series of designs, both fixed and folding.
  7. The avantgardener
    It’s used a lot in carving, might be worth milling into large dimensional timber for further use.
  8. The avantgardener
    I’ve done it on big trees on wet moorland where the butt sinks into the ground when you get it off the stump. The FC banned this technique from their sites some years ago after a novice got injured so I obviously don’t do it anymore. ?
  9. The avantgardener
    There is also a very simple, safe and effective cut that we do in the UK called a step down cut, it is also in the Husqvarna advanced chainsaw techniques book, page 40, it’s been around for years. The tree tends to slide backwards using this cut rather than just sticking in the ground and recreating the problem tree situation again and again and again and again and again, so you only have to make the risky cut once instead of 10 times like in woodhenge.
  10. The avantgardener
    There is a stunning British photographic book containing images of some of the sea coalers and their caravans by Chris Killip, worth a gander if it spikes your interest.
  11. The avantgardener
    You could put up a wildlife camera to capture footage of anyone climbing on the stacks or nicking wood. Print an image off and display it warning them not to do it again, you could use it as evidence also in the event of prosecution. Private land, locked gates, timber stacked neatly, stable, and with signs should be enough.
  12. The avantgardener
    Yes, you missed the part where at no point in your post have you mentioned anyone needing or having a PhD. She runs an Arb company AND an Arb training company that offers the highest training standards currently available in this country, did I mention she is also a multiple world champion climber? As far as I know, there is no PhD on earth purely on tree climbing/cutting techniques, the reason for that is it isn’t actually rocket science, there are some excellent professionals on here who don’t require a PhD to do their job. If I was just starting out and wanted to learn how to climb/rig/prune and dismantle, I would work with someone like Jo Hedger or Bigtreedon, not Professor Plumb.
  13. The avantgardener
    Small change J and we will hardly notice it now we are banking £350,000,000 a week being out of Europe. ?
  14. The avantgardener
    Neither is Dadio.
  15. The avantgardener
    Okay, let’s start with multiple world champion climber and Husqvarna Ambassador Jo Hedger, runs a successful Arb business along side a successful Arb training company, based in the New Forest. I could go on but don’t need too.
  16. The avantgardener
    Spare a thought for the unfortunate residents of Sevenoaks, heard on the grapevine that up to 7000 travellers are currently heading there for a funeral.
  17. The avantgardener
    That would be great, he’s already contacted Stihl GB but got no response. PM me if you can help.
  18. The avantgardener
    What are you searching for as I can’t find any? This isn’t a toy/prop, It’s a real saw with cut outs showing how everything works.
  19. The avantgardener
    And boast an American accent for the YouTube vid please.
  20. The avantgardener
    And do it off a ladder.
  21. The avantgardener
    Looks like Alder.
  22. The avantgardener
    A lazy generalisation and quite frankly, a load of shit. I can list individuals who are multiple world champion climbers and teach advanced Arboriculture practice here in the UK.
  23. The avantgardener
    Has anyone got one of these dummy chainsaws for training use? You used to see them about a lot in dealerships years ago. A colleague has asked me to put a post here as he doesn’t have an account. He is after any model by any of the main manufacturers. He’s not looking for a freebie and will cover the postage also. And no, he doesn’t want to dremmel and old saw to pieces.
  24. The avantgardener
    Send him the bill for the cost of the search, he won’t be doing it again.
  25. The avantgardener
    There was a serious incident in Eastbourne last week too. A limb cut from a street tree landed on its tip and sprang back hitting the ground in the head, taken to Brighton A&E, not heard any more details yet.

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