Thesnarlingbadger

Yeah but was wasn't going to get arsey. He was just trying to understand why I was doing something the way I was. I was more of a "why do you not have your side strop on"?

What if they piss while working? Soggy trousers but no loss in wages..

The PPE has never been an issue for me as I had to wear it or get a bollockin when I started out, but I have noticed some people not wearing lids on a regular basis and I keep telling them that its stupid not to were a lid when you have people climbing above you in a fast paced work place. Ok I'll let it slide if people are just pruning fruit trees or something. But still accidents happen bloody quickly.

That's what I thought, the fact it runs for an hour before it starts playing up had me thinking it was on overheating issue. I will check the coil flywheel gap and clean through the carb as well. Hopefully something will just click. It's a pain because you can't just test it straight away.

Yeah I will take a look at the fuel filter and the carb settings on it, see if I can figure anything out. Thanks

It's a constant problem piss on the leg, at least you are looking at it in a silver-lining kind of way

Yeah cutting and holding has to be another one I need to work on. The caps on the fuel and oil is a pain especially if it goes up the tree leaving you nice new rope soaked in oil

Ahh sorry about that. Fat fingers small phone issues. Yeah I plan on making more of an effort with the tying in twice malarky.

Apparently when you are cutting in a tree you should have 2 points of contact to the tree, so a main line and a side strop. I have always used a side strop to keep me in place or if I risk cutting my main line but whenever you are cutting with a chainsaw you should have 2 points of contact.

I was working the other day when a new groundy said to me, "you souls have your side strop on when cutting with a chainsaw". Now I had to stop and think for a minute and try and remember if that was ever in my CS39, which I came to the conclusion it probably was. Now I know what I was doing was probably frowned upon but I wasn't cutting anywhere near myself or my ropes and personally think I was safer without my strop around anything. No I know I have undoubtably picked up some bad habits over the years but feel I still do things very safely even if it's not in all the guidelines. So I was just wondering what everyone else's bad habits are, maybe cutting and holding, starting saws in an unsafe manor etc. Maybe just to educate some people as I was almost certain what I was doing was standard practice. So what are your bad habits people?

Maybe, but I still think it looks very walnut like to me, maybe a cultivar. Take a look at the fruit, will give you a better idea. butternut maybe.

It's a walnut isn't it? Maybe black (Juglans nigra).

I have a 201 and it has been steadily getting worse over the last couple of weeks. It starts up fine and runs for maybe an hour stop start, but then out of nowhere when it hits full revs it cuts out. I can keep it going by not cutting with my trigger finger right down but it is a pain in arse. It's almost like it can't cope with being overloaded with work (but I'm not doing anything strenuous with it). All the usually maintenance is done with it. Any ideas or thoughts on what it could be? Thanks in advance

Got to be big reductions on a beech or oak, something you can get a bloody good anchor in and get right out on the tips. Also fine it satisfying when I have done a grade A reduction. And drive past it a few times afterwards :-). Rigging stems is always good fun too.

Geckos are the way forward in my opinion carbon fibre or ally. I have tried out many but none have come close to comfort. Had a old pair of bashlins and found just a piece of fleece from an old jumper made life a little more bearable but if I were you I'd consider in investing in a new pair. I know it's money but £230ish for 10 years uses is well worth it. Just my opinion

Ahh nice one I was looking at the arbortec range and did like the look of them but only knew one guy who wore them and did nothing but moan about them, kinda put me off. But shouldn't really go off of what one person says I guess. Will try a pair out and see what I make of them. Thanks

Anyone tried these out? Was thinking of getting a pair as I have always liked the comfort and ease to move around the tree that sthil's Hi-flex provided but stopped using them because they just kept falling apart. I've had a few different brands planner, sip, stien etc but nothing seemed to match the comfort. Would happily pay the money but only if it's worth it. Any feedback would be handy. Thanks people ADVANCE X-TREEm trousers -

A decent sized claw hammer has always been the most useful bit I use on those dreaded ivy removals.

Oh I see. Yeah it would be nice but nothing to touch the deck without a rope on it unfortunately. It's going to be a nightmare. The job is in about a month so I will let people know how it goes once done. Thanks for all the input

Yeah the asking the customer to be realistic was not really an option apparently, not my job but for someone I work for but I have seen the tree (I'll deffinatly feel like I've had a hard days work afterwards). How do you mean catch the tips in a rope or sling? Sound like a intreaging idea if a bit of a risky one, however dropping anything out of this tree is a big no no the lads I work with have informed me. Yeah I think the tip-tie option is possibly the way to go but just a bit worried about the branches snapping out with it being popular and all. I'll try and get a pick up but it will probably be a before and after one. Yeah I think whatever I do I will have to let the lumps build up some decent speed but again this is going to send little snapped out bits all over the shop and if these neighbours are as fussy as I've been warned I will no doubt course some sort of grumpy git shouting to high heaven at me. To exacerbate the whole thing, I have a day to do it with 2 grounds men :-/ (not likely to be finishing it I don't think). Thanks for all the input and anymore tips will be extremely welcomed. Thank you people.

This is a great thred and a very useful one, had a lot of fun reading. I do a far bit of rigging and have been climbing for 5-6 years but there is still a hell of a lot to learn. And I think people need to realise that whatever your experience you can still learn something whether it be a new tekneek for the older boys or the basics and learning about waight distribution, knots etc for the young folks. Now even though I have done a fair bit of rigging I still don't have all the answers and have a question for people on here. I hope my question will beifit the thread in some shape or form. So I have a job coming up which is a dreaded popular to reduce, it stands at about 100ft and is having a 15ft reduction. I can not let anything hit the deck and all the people who own the 3 gardens it is over are extremely fussy. There is no where to put a speed line in and I know that every single piece I cut is going to get caught up. Is there any ideas or suggestions of what to do when reducing a large tree using rigging and avoid the ball ache of coming down 20ft every time I cut a piece out? Thank you for any imput and great thred again Adam. Read the whole thing in one sitting and have even learned a thing or too. Also one bit of input I will say is whenever doing your final back cut, make sure you give the groundy a shout before hand no matter what, you can get a bit carried away when rigging especially when things start moving quickly. Just the heads up every time will save injury or damage in my opinion. Thanks again.

Ahh that's good with the greese points, not that it's the end off the world to get to them but simplicity make life a little bit easier. Yeah I'm keen on maintaining whatever machine I get to a very high standard as I'm sure most people are but really want to know if there are any visual signs the a chipper has been used and abused more than needs be or if it is similar to a car where it is a case of can't see any issues for the out look then bam the head gasket is gone. Thanks again people

Excellent just what I wanted to hear with regards to maintance, what about the greese points, are they pretty handy to get to on the 530 or a pain in the backside like normal. That's one really good point the TW230 did with its easily accessible greese points. Yeah I'm happy to save a little extra for something as long as it's worth it. Just want to make sure. Thanks

Yeah unfortunetly the Forst chippers are a tad pricey and I'm not likely to find a second hand one knocking about yet. I do like what I have heard and seen though. As for tracked chippers I will have much more need for a towable one due to the majority of my wool being city based. I do like TW's don't get me wrong, I just want to know if the 530 is worth the extra 2k on a TW150. I'm pretty handy with the macanical side of things and the basics of a TW chipper but is the Jenny much different in that respect as I'm not perticually a fan of smashing my knuckles (I do that enough on the job). Thanks for the input though big help.

Thanks people. The Jensen 530's anyone got any input? I do like the TW230's but just can't stretch that far unfortunately. And I would like to know if there are any tell tell signs of choppers that where not looked after in the past. Just don't fancy making any obvious mistakes when spending the best part of 10k. Thanks