Dan Maynard
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Surveyors that I have had documents from seem to tend to have Tech Cert (ArborA) which is seems to be described as Level 4. I'm not really aware of anything except level 2, 4, 6 :- 2 is ground knowledge, 4 detailed, 6 degree level. You will probably know a lot of what's in 2 already. There are a couple of places which do level 2 as correspondence course, it is time consuming and can be difficult to self motivate and maintain progress (didn't get far in mine). Otherwise you can do local college course if you can find one, or go to specialist trainers like Tree Life. Tree Life | Training and Consultancy Services | Leicestershire | Online courses WWW.TREELIFEAC.CO.UK Tree Life focuses on providing specialist training for those candidates who are studying towards attaining SEG qualifications in Arboriculture at Certificate and Diploma levels...
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The front bar with handle in the stein arb trolley is only in on a pin, so you can swap it out for a drawbar with hitch. Don't know if the one at work was an option or bought elsewhere, but it's only a bit of box section with hitch so not difficult to arrange either way.
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@billpierce @MattyF thank you for these, I'm quite sold on the idea but started off down the rabbit hole of splicing as most people seem to sell just the block - looks like I can get it with ultra sling spliced on from Honeys though so seems like the way to go.
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Thing with an arb trolley, you can put a lot of weight on but then it's a lot of work to pull. I've done some jobs where we pulled the trolley round with a quad bike, absolutely brilliant and moved a lot of wood like that. I haven't bought one myself, I think £2k spent on a muck truck is better investment. If you have the business use, mini loader is the way to go.
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Could anyone identify this wood?
Dan Maynard replied to Dave Scothern's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Cherry also warps and splits like a bstard as it dries. I'm still backing cherry. -
That's easy, glue it back together and sell it as firewood.
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The place near me used to rent out a 360 and 460, and they kept the teeth pretty sharp. I'd take the 460 every time I could even though a few quid more to hire, the extra weight of machine and extra power means it takes a lot less effort to grind, and the self drive is brilliant on slopes, or on and off the trailer. It is a fair bit longer than the 360 though so access can be a problem. I always say the only reason a bigger grinder is not better is if it won't fit in the garden to get to the stump. Sadly they stopped hiring it out and just had the 360 so I bought my own cheap one I can put sharp teeth on.
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I'm intrigued by these, or thinking a pair of rings on ultra sling as looking for something bigger than 10mm in rigging wrench setup. What size rope do you use the block with, and does it normally go through once or through both and then you need to keep changing over? Seems like having to go up and pull the rope back through would be a bit of a faff but maybe you never really do?
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Not sure bots experience disappointment as such...
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Was on Nokia up to the 8 I had, was a nice phone. Currently on Ulefone - cheap and tough, can drop it out of a tree without breaking, bit slow and camera not great. Wouldn't be big enough for you.
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Seems like the Shizll is hard to find now though - anyone heard they've gone out of business or know why discontinued?
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Actually for light and easy to carry I have a Shizll spider sling in my climbing kit, rigging ring at the top is worth between half and one turn on a bollard. Also have a 10mm rope, rigging wrench and whoopie sling in a bag. Light and quick to set up. As I live in the land of small trees no need for bollard most of the time.
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I think America is a weird mixture , I've worked in only two factories in the US, both pharma, both were basically metric. All product drawings, machinery, tools.
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Tree Runner Rigging Bollard P 500 Kit WWW.CHRISFORESTRY.CO.UK Small and very stable bollard with a payload of 500 kg. The abseiling brake is suitable for ropes up to... Worth the extra hundred over a portawrap, I get help by people who are more casual labour quite a bit and this is super easy to use and control. Nice and stable, and not a big bit of kit in the van. My opinion anyway.
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DUN500W yes. I've done a couple of bay, a privet, trimmed wisteria with mine in the last week so I find it really useful - but it wouldn't be any good as an only trimmer as it won't do the heavier stuff. 23mm might be the spec because it's the gap between blades but it doesn't have the power to cut that thickness.
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The big old ones were sometimes. Id go elm too.
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Doesn't sound like a good tool to me.
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Well he went to sea as an apprentice engineer with Esso, so maybe that's the common thread.
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So far my dad is the only person I know to call them shifters. You've doubled the list!
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To be fair i haven't had the scales out so I don't know if we're at 300g or 3kg. I can do you a special deal on a 60cc mid-90s Dolmar PS-6000i though, I'd swap it for a ms400.1? You'll hardly notice the weight, honest.
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Can't really see why a wiring diagram needed? It's a motor and couple of switches surely?
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I've got a saw that's half a kilo heavier than my 400 and will last longer, it says 461 on the side. Rather take the 400 up a tree any day though.
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It's aimed at protos buyers.
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It certainly is a thing of beauty now, the trained eye can just detect the pruning cuts.
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Back to the tree last night, after bee bedtime to plug the hole. Today was able to climb the elm on the left to set a line, then transfer across above the nest using my RC grapple. Only I haven't got an RC grapple so fcked about trying to cling on while fighting to get a line through the ivy. Knocked the tree back to a pole, cleared up, then used a pole saw to cut the rope off the bung so as to be a few metres away when the angry bees came out.
