The avantgardener
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Lime is light as though, I still think it’s Maple spp, I have some field maple in my wood store that is smooth barked with really tight grain as described, it was growing in an Ash compartment, drawn up straight, looked similar when I was thinning it, had to look up at the crown to identify, I will post a photo for comparison when I get in if it’s not already dark.
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The majority of injuries in UK Forestry are not even related to the chainsaw, they are caused by fat men falling in and out of tractors/harvesters, if you want to make Forestry safer, simple, pay the cutters a better rate and have the big players like Tilhill cut their investors profit margins, job done, but that’s another story.
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Where have you got this 90% of deaths are within 9 metres of the tree from please? Is this info Commercial Forestry based, Arb or both? Is this info from the UK as I thought FISA had ended all injuries in UK Forestry?
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The bark looks poplar/aspen like but I would expect it to be noticeably lighter than sycamore if it’s dry.
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Looks like it could be Acer Campestre (Field Maple), burns fine.
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My work colleague and I have just felled 550+ dying Ash trees in 20 days for The Woodland Trust, most needed wedging, some winching. if I had to use a winch in every one I would have been there till doomsday and not made a wage. Winching can be invaluable and certainly safer in some situations than wedges but not always practical, site location/terrain/suitable anchored trees etc. Training is one thing, the ‘real’world of Forestry another.
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Bracket fungus ID on Fraxinus exelsior
The avantgardener replied to The avantgardener's topic in Tree health care
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I bet he wouldn’t think it was a better job if he was the one on the hammer! Had my sledge for a couple of years now and not suffered elbow pain since so for me it has been worth every penny.
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I have always used sledge hammers with Hickory shafts, they absorb the energy well but do not remove the shock, no sledge hammer is shock free no matter what the handle is made from, the dead blow sledge hammer that I have is certainly the best I have used though. Hammering wedges into heavy back leaning edge trees for long periods is not the same as knocking in fence posts, I have done both. The position you swing the hammer from the side when wedging combined with carrying a vibrating machine all day is what used to cause me the elbow pain. I generally use a post knocker for fence posts, especially if they are Sweet Chestnut, I find It doesn’t split the post as much, providing the cutter did a proper job of cutting the top level.
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I came across a large Ash tree in a compartment that I am thinning due to die back, this one has been wind thrown, partially revealing the root plate. The brackets are from a previous season and I can’t see any new fruiting bodies. Not sure if it is a Ganoderma and it’s hard to make a comparison with the photos I have in my books, it doesn’t exactly match the description of Perenniporia fraxinea which could have caused the tree to uproot. I have photographed from the top, the underside tiny spore holes and a cross section also.
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Hand Cutter looking for work W/Sussex, Hampshire
The avantgardener replied to ZA78's topic in Employment
If your still looking for work, give me a call 07964585942 David -
I have one of these hammers, got it from Amazon for £115 delivered. I fell a lot of trees using wedges and this is basically a ‘dead blow’ hammer that absorbs the shock coming back through the handle, my elbows where taking a beating. i wouldn’t use it on anything other than nylon/ wooden wedges though. I use a combination of nylon triple tapers, nylon headed hi-lifts and nylon headed bolle wedges, the latter are the best I have used, easier to drive in than the standard hi-lifts so don’t shake deadwood out of the canopy as much.
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I find it very useful when snedding on uneven terrain.
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Trio brake for a 346xp, finally kicked mine off recently after years of service.
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There is always some knobhead who thinks the barriers/coned off area etc doesn’t apply to them, but this isnt the point here really. This cyclist wasn’t doing anything wrong and could have been killed or seriously injured because of shear negligence and poor planning, these type of cowboys are also one of the reasons your Insurance Premium goes up each year.
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That is unbelievable, If I was riding that bike there would be some serious violence. Why not fell it in the direction of the lean so that it falls nearer to the truck, make it easier to ring up and load? We can all make an error but that is just dumb on a whole new level, a couple of guys in hi-viz out on the street stopping traffic for a minute, job done, unbelievable.
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Use plastics to get the thing moving then hi-lifts to finish the job otherwise you will be smashing the hell out of your hi-lifts and elbows.
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We had a rat problem. I have a compost bin down the bottom of the garden for all the kitchen waste, Jasper kept hanging around it, when I investigated, one of the vents had been gnawed into a larger entrance size hole. I started to rock the bin and watched as the rats pop their heads out one by one, only to be grabbed and shook violently from side to side, he loves rats!
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This is one of my Border Terriers ‘Jasper’ commonly known as ‘El Bastardo’. He will kill anything that he can catch, and he is pretty quick for a terrier. I have a freezer draw full of Rabbits and Pheasant, he has caught and killed Foxes, Crows and even a Herring Gull.
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I REALLY want one of these, be worth the cost just to get away from unreliable, moaning Forwarder drivers.
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There has been confirmation of new host species testing positive for Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (Chalara). Mock Privet, Narrow Leaved Mock Privet and White Fringetree, all Mediterranean and North American(Oleaceae). Found at Westonbirt Arboretum. These species are ornamental shrubs so won’t really effect the landscape unless it continues and infects more in the Oleaceae family.
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I will be running a 572xp this week with a mate who has recently purchased a ms462, we haven’t used each other’s saws before so we will both be interested in comparing them, both running 20” bars, hand cutting medium/large hardwood.
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The real Amazon price is a lot more than FR Jones, the fake Amazon price is obviously fake and no one has actually got one for that.
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£390+Vat at FR Jones for 550xp, good after sales and service, recognised UK dealer, not worth the risk of a moody/stolen saw for £140 less.
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Black Walnut is less susceptible to Honey Fungus if this is the culprit.
