Thesnarlingbadger

Just out of curiosity when are these changes likely to happen? Are there going to be any major changes to the layout? I've got used to it as it is and being a technophobe it will probably take me another 6 months to get used to a new layout. Thanks

I had a job years ago running cables for a firm and we worked on the top of hi-rise flats a lot where they often put these masts. We would be up there for a few hours at a time and if the job was going to take longer we would pop back and finish off later on in the week to make sure. There were some guidelines like only doing 4hour stints next to them but I think it was more of a safe than sorry as the radiation wasn't was controlled as that of an x-Ray. But your right better safe than sorry. Myself and others never suffered any short turn effects. Right I'm off to try and sleep, but it's hard nowadays with this glow in the dark body of mine ;-).

Yeah it was channel 5 I think. Surely even if the soil is clean it would still blunt the saw pretty quickly

Wooden flooring is great but look in to it as there are loads of things to take in to consideration. Type of timber is important, spacing is important and if your looking at having a log burner look at the regulations for gaps you need etc etc. I would avoid going down the laminate route at it soon looks cheep and tacky IMO. It's great material but take time with it and look in to it properly before jumping in head first. No real experience on my part other than helping a mate out who does flooring for a living.

Art and science of practical rigging as a dam good book but not sure about the later as Ian just said. With imperial waight just get you head around the difference between the two. I still work in metric even if the majority of learning was imperial, you just get used to the fact across the pond they work slightly differently.

Yeah i don't think you move to the middle of nowhere if you don't like to make life hard for yourself. I am still miffed by it all, I guess people have there own ways of doing things. Has to have been a tungsten chain but they would surely bunt pretty quickly with that sort of extreme use. And you can't just sharpen them with a normal file.

I'd avoid it. I've heard of kids getting nasty splinters from wood chip. Unlikely I know but if it happens you don't want the school trying to pass the buck on to you, which they will.

Nice thread and always good to be reminded complacency is a dangerous thing. When you are climbing a big tree you tend to have your wits about you a bit more. I find whenever I'm in a big open tree I keep checking the karabiners have locked. But when you have to take down some scrappy 40ft conifer that's when your second hand nature and day dreaming comes in and puts you at risk I find. I had this thought the other day actually, it's nice to know most people think the same way as I have worked with some people who are accidents waiting to happen.

Thanks for the comments, I didn't realise it was a repeat. Yeah it makes sense to conserve time and energy out there in the wild but I still think it looked like madness. I'll read the previous there on in when I get a bit of spare time later. If you haven't seen it it's worth watching it just to see how bazaar it looks (just goes against everything you would do usually).

I was watching 'ben fogle new lives in the wild' they were felling trees for firewood in the middle of nowhere in Alaska. Now what got me was to fell these trees they were attaching a winch to the tree then digging the chainsaw in to the ground and cutting the roots at the back of the tree. I get that the were probably doing this so they didn't have stumps everywhere but can someone shed some light on if this is a standard procedure? Surely even with a tungsten carbide chain this would knacker it pretty quickly. Did anyone else see this? Any help or knowledge on this why of felling would be great, maybe I'm just a bit ignorant and it's a tried and tested method of felling. Thanks in advance people

Haha sorry Steve, was away with the Fairies then

I can't get the link on my phone but the thread was called '4 weeks or more work offered in France'. But it's another experienced climber role. My be worth a shot

There was one posted the other day for a few months over in France I think. Looked like a great opportunity. I'll see if I can find the thread mate

Today was not good..... I am as wet as an otters pocket.

Hi mate. I would walk before you can run as the old saying goes. It's a good idea to be thinking of your future for sure but I'd see how you get on for the next few years first. You would need to be looki gong at taking a level 2 course to begin with if you haven't already then on to a level 4 (hard work). It's one thing to enjoy climbing trees and cutting them down but another to be interested in trees as a whole, personally I find learning about all aspects interesting I.e soil science, fungi info, body language of trees etc. I would advice you have fun with the climbing for a few years before you try and jump in at the deep end. Not knocking your plan as it is pretty much what I am doing but I have been climbing several years now and plan on doing it for another several. There are plenty of places to do these courses, all over the uk, doubt you'll have to move, may have a bit of traveling on the days you have to go in though.

I would have thought there were certain things to look for I.e ropes with nicks in, harnesses having major ware on the bridge or stitching in key areas coming loose etc. I guess it's down to someone's individual assessment of its a close call. I guess it's worth asking the person that lowlers the kit why it failed, or more importantly why it passed. I had a strop pass once and I had no idea how it got through (I'd even brought a brand new one knowing it was on its last legs) but I spoke to the inspector and he said yeah it looks like it's ready for the fire but all the safety aspects are still fine the rope is frayed all over but the wire core isn't showing and the ends of it are fine.

Aww that's a fair point, I knew this might be the case. Ideally I need a farm that may already have other ventures.

Hi mate, yeah the general area is north Wiltshire, don't mind a little be of traveling for the right spot.

Hello people I have been looking for yard space and can't seem to find anything suitable. I will have a truck, chipper, tools and need somewhere to store timber. Woodchip as well is possible but if not I'll cope. Now I was thinking of farm land with maybe a shipping container but all I can find when I look for yard space on farm land is places to graze livestock or huge fields to rent. I just need a smallish area for general kit. What I need is advice on how people found there yards and if anyone runs a tree company from a deferent set up that works for them? I know there are threads on this but no advice found yet by me that helps my situation. Also I wasn't sure which area to put this topic in but figured I'm setting up a business and I guess it works here. Thanks in advance people

Hi kangaroo I was just thinking this the other day. I am in the process of setting up my own little thing but it is taking a little longer than originally planned, due to me being to anal about things I'm sure. But I was going to set up a chat about how my business is going and what problems I encounter and what tips I can give when I get to the point of properly setting up in a few months.

Never even thought of cooking like that. Next time the situation arises I'll make sure to go to the butchers before hand

Yeah it works dam quick. Plus you don't have the noise of a chipper going all day, which make a nice change. Nice heat on a cold day and let's be honest what big kid doesn't like playing with fire.

I've used a couple packs of firefighters and a few dry logs to get a fire going in the past. Once it's going it will burn anything and works just as quick as a chipper if you have the space for a big enough fire. I remember pollarding a big willow once and by the time I got out of the tree 90% of the brash was gone. Just be carful not to get on the neighbours tits. I'm sure there has been many arguments over smokey green wood being burnt.

Sounds amazing but I don't think it would go down to well with the misses. Sorry

Done a little donation mate. Good luck to your sister.