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Bit of NTS work this week opening up the Balmacara village green. Canopy thinning & balancing up to 35ft, deadwood out, ground biodiversity opened up. Indy chilling for perspective. 🙃

Magno hard reduction today. Took a massive heavy main limb to the back of the head & across the shoulders today. Nearly took me out the tree with it. This is why you spend £100+ on a good Protos arb helmet, rope in properly & align your skillset with proper equipment. Without the Protos it would have opened my skull like an eggshell. When it got lowered, I kicked it & hurt my foot. F**k this tree 😆

Wee story: No mentioning the clients name. Wee tree job ongoing. 'I'll be there when I can, when the rain & gales stop. Turns out that was today, admittedly a month later. Was there all afternoon taming & shaping, crown reducing, yapping with a little old lady neighbour with Indy. Left my Arb ladder against his kitchen window rather than cart saws, pole saws, fuel, the whole lot the feck back. My brain: Client will come home, see tree newness happening, see Arb ladder, put 2 & 2 together.Clients brain: Ladder at my kitchen window. Obviously burglars trying to break in. Neighbours. Yeah call the police. I am calling the police. Take the burglar ladder inside so they can't do burglary stuff. Client steals my ladder & stores it inside his house. Locks house. Bwahah yer fooked now. Me messaging a few hours later. Hi, you may have noticed I've made a start on reducing your trees & reshaping them. Left my Arb ladder at the back of your house, feel free to lay it flat..draws less attention to potential burglars that way. Umm, about that... 🤣😆

Man down but all sorted. Double bonus it got rid of the gin sweats. 😁 Highland council boil my piss. Told them 2 years back these will come down because they are on a shingle levee & top heavy...Imagine if this came down at playtime in the primary school....

I hear ye man, been there 😆. Was trying to make a comprehensive post [with photies] for a pal selling his well maintained Sthil saws. Has developed life changing CTS & wants a decent price, & he's a top lad & honest as. I'll vouch for him personally. We are all straight up boys & girls here so thought it a good start point. Just being the mediator & connecting it all. He was on here years back, massively skilled carver username 'Fieldarcher', Ms 362 c ( low hours , still original 18” bar 2014) Ms211/c Easy start ( very low hours . Original 16” Bar 2017 ) Ms150 c ( original 10” bar 2015) this is a very small pruning saw . Used for small detailing work .

The fuff has the 'for sale' section/thread gone? Bare in mind I'm 5 Gins in

World: Show a bit of leg this summer Me:

Zippy wind fracture callout for Sunday. Freebie for the local primary school couple of streets away. Had some nasty tension load on it but even managed to save the bird box. 10 minute job to make safe for Monday. Ye don't want an 8 year old pulling on something & the whole stem unloading. Back to my stinking Sunday hangover. 😊

@Khriss Orchard itself is 260 year old. Historically logged. Ye see that tag around the Apple in the top photo if ye enlarge it. It has an planting marker - 1885.

'Conservation groups' recent attempt at pollarding & reduction on a 130 year old Apple. Didn't even call in an arborist for consultation or guidance. I would have helped & guided them for free. F*cking disgraceful....I don't care how 'well meaning' they were... 🤬

Indy says: 'This is my Cypress stump. There are many like it, but this one is mine.'

Lick of paint...gorilla glue...rock n' roll

Epic crash though....havnt seen something cut in half like that since they released the 3120. Here's to safety & PPE girls & boys.