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Fairly chunky and scraggly ash taken down today with a dogs tooth, you can see in the video where it tried to barber chair but the strap seems to have contained it. About half of the base was sponge. IMG_6378.mov IMG_6381.mov

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I bought the cheapest bare Makita one a few years ago, think it was £99 and have abused it at work ever since, still as good as it was when I first got it. Definitely not a must have tool but bloody useful nonetheless, especially for wheel changes!!

Can you elaborate on this? Are you saying all ash felling should be done via mechanised means? Is there more info on ash trees killing people? Genuine questions, just want to be in the know!

I've seen a few of that guy's videos. The thing I like about him is that he makes mistakes and shows them, and also doesn't seem to be a massive know it all.

Whereabouts are you? It's quite popular for smoking (food, I should add).

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Nice one, thanks. I'm signed up to their emails and have a google alert set up too 🤓

I want to get one of the mini porta wraps they look neat

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Is there not an argument for leaving it? It clearly has dieback but I'm not qualified to say exactly how dead and rotten it is. It'll become firewood and if it were to fail they wouldn't be fussed if it went into the woodland behind it apparently. Is there a typical age/maturity of ash trees that are prevailing against dieback? There are certainly some older ash trees in the area that seem to be doing well.

I've been removing young ash trees on a farm the past couple of days, nothing larger than 10 inch diameter, but the landowner has asked me to fell a bigger one he says is too rotten and dead to risk leaving up. I don't know a lot about dieback but I also don't see this particular tree as more of a risk than any of the others. No footpath or public access around it, I'd rather leave it be. Thoughts?

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My two cents: recently got an Edelrid Treerex, love it so far and finding it much more comfortable than the Treemotion.

Lots of footage of his climbing device too, looks slick