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I dont care how much it weighs, I'm not usually carrying them far. My Mazda 6 is about 4.7 meters so realistically 3.5m is about the longest I could fit on the roof, however, I have just realised with an extension combi on roof rack, it would impede the opening on the boot and would be a massive pain having to come off for any boot access. A telescopic or folding type might be short enough.

Yet your talking above of wanting .325 on it and on a 201!? That'll be shite. No battery life wont be any different and the 40v lasts ages with the 1.3 full chisel.

The Makita has plenty of power to run a proper 1.3mm gauge 3/8 full chisel so wouldnt bother with the 1.1's. I've been running the uc002 on the 12" bar and chain that came with the 2511 clone and works very well, tho I'd like to get a narrow nose carving style bar for it. The Echo bars are too narrow at the sprocket end and would have the chain rub the casing, which is a shame as I have another spare one. The only issue with the Farmertec chains is the have excessively soft drive links. I was rashing up some hedge trimmings yesterday to fit in a bag, some got under the chain and pulled it off - and now half the drive links need deburring before they will fit back on the bar. The chains are great apart from that. The one on my 2511 and on 020T have done a lot of work without yet needing a sharpen.

The taller one of those looks like it may do what I'm after. What size do you have and does it feel decently stable when fully extended? The 6.4 looks like its 3m as an A frame and £240. I dont mind paying that for a good one.

Henchman tripods of any suitable size are not going to fit on a car roof rack. I dont like the idea of them although I have not used one. I imagine the normal section combination-extension, folding or telescopic types will do what I'm after. I've used similar folding ones, good for small domestic hedges but so is standing in a full to the top green bin or stack of bulk bag. They are not very high and I want something taller. Werner 12 Way Aluminium Combination Ladder | Toolstation WWW.TOOLSTATION.COM Why buy multiple ladders when one will do the job? With the Werner 12 in 1 combination ladder, you'll be ready to work at height in almost any location.Use it... If they did a larger version of the same thing. I do both small domestic hedges, fruit trees, and larger giant hedges surrounding massive estates although the latter are with estabilished arb companies that usually have a beaten up, unsafe, wobbly ladder. They have usually had more log hits on the rungs than the pan of a motorway services WC, and just as unpleasant to use. The last one I used, the pin that locks it into the A frame mode, kept slipping out on one side, not fun. If its a conifer hedge being re-topped I'll usually climb the hedge directly, as was the case with yesterdays laurel and australian cheesewood. However most hedges are not strong enough to climb so for yesterdays job I had to go back with our 3 step domestic decorating step ladder , just about did the job to reach to the back. If the ladder is stable I am usually happy to stand near the top of an 11 rung A frame without it being footed, possibly higher, I cant remember how long the previous ladder was. I dont like going above the A frame using the extensions, I dont have the balance to do that unfooted, like some people do.

What do you use or recommend? Most arb ladders I've seen or used , have been past their best and I'd like to get my own for the odd hedge job I might get to do on my own - so Im after a decent one that can be used as an A frame. Transport will be by car roof rack, so I will be limited in length.

This is the clone I'm using. 25cc JonCutter G2511 Gasoline Chainsaw Power Head With 12inch Saw Chain and Guide Bar from China manufacturer - Farmertec WWW.FARMERTEC.COM 25cc JonCutter G2511 Gasoline Chainsaw Power Head With 12inch Saw Chain and Guide Bar offered by China manufacturer Farmertec. Buy 25cc... I used the genuine Echo 2511 today, small job to re-top laurel and a Kohuhu/Australian Cheesewood/Pittosporum hedges. It is an amazingly pleasant saw to use but the clone is near identical in character.

The CS362, never seen one. I'm sure its a good saw but people only buy the CS2511 I have an Echo 2511 and one of the Farmertec clones Joncutter G2511 and its the clone I currently use, so consider that - mine was £92 delivered. If you intend to tune it, the clones have a much simpler exhaust that is easier to do, but all of my saws are as standard. 3/8 full chisel chains are best in my option, and I prefer the mini carving bar, you can do more precise cuts with it. Medium tree take downs? I'd say they run out of power on a 10" cut, they are suited to less. Perfect for most pruning work and limbing smaller removals then swap up to chog the stem. However recently I'd say I have been converted to battery saws for pruning and small work, generally on this work a battery will last ages. The Echo DCS2500T may be worth a look, never used one. I have the Makita UC002, its between the 2511 and my 020T for power, size and weight. My only complaint is the power button location, and that it turns off exactly when you dont want it to when doing awkward positional cuts. It is a nice saw and excellent value at £220'ish, you can claim a free battery for it until september. I still use the G2511 for smaller work but it would be nice not to need petrol except on bigger jobs.

Camp Tree Access ST. However I have only tried a few times - I am a bit OCD about not starting a new thing when the old one is still servicable, which is a Simarghu Fire. I cant stand harnesses with the silly knotted rope bridge, they get in the way and catch on everything. I've never yet wanted to adjust the length.

50% more power, but out of the box it will be set up for longer bars with more cutters in the wood, where more torque is needed. I imagine a larger sprocket, one or two teeth up, would be required to get the chain speed where you'd see the power for smaller stuff.

I dont have a before pic, but a reasonable spreading conifer with thick ivy up the main and dead right stem. Interesting as it had a big hazard beam crack on the furthest spreading left stem, I wanted to get a decent amount of weight off that before I tied in. Mostly an easy drop zone, spear cut all the rear brush as nothing important behind. The new Meteor cyl kit is working well! I had some issue with it bogging but each time the air filter was clogged and had to bang it clean. There was a very dusty dead stem but seemed to clog excessively fast. Long steep garden on this and I wouldnt have wanted to be a groundie, perhaps should have cut them smaller! Cutting the low stump was exhausting at the end. Jobs like this I would like a 3120XP as it should be 50% quicker cutting the big bits.

A bit of hedge trimming. Used the Makita UH006.

Would you have a carb for a CS340/CS380 in there? Or a rebuild kit? I replaced the leaky accelerator pump O ring but when reassembled its leaking fuel somewhere.

The split is past saving. The subsequent photos show soil/rot/fungus/included bark in the split, so its unlikely to callous up nicely whatever you do - it is destined to be a rot pocket/habitat.

Cut off the ripped limb to minimise the bark peeling off, as that will only make it worse. Theres not much you can do for rot, perhaps get as much of the soil out as you can. Looks like a very substantial part of the tree ripped out. Do you have a photo of the rest? Apple trees are very commonly in bad shape, most I have seen are rotten.

Not since my inherited graphite spray can lost its propellant. I also have a huge tub of Rocol Moly disulphide tho I wouldnt put that on or near climbing kit, just incase it reacts in some unexpected way.

I disagree it doesnt take much dirt to gum up a carabiner. A mate had a new DMM triple lock that wasnt closing, a squirt of oil instantly fixed it, but it was sent back only because it was new he couldnt trust it. Rinse after as washing up and soap can leave a salt residue and fast corrosion. A squirt or drop of oil is a good thing. Not wd40 but a light machine oil/sewing machine oil/hair clipper oil. I have a compressor but havent turned it on in years. Its buried behind chainsaw stuff in the small standing gap between the lathe.

Looks to have been freshly cut, revealing the inner brown. They are only green where they recieve adequate sunlight and the brown leaf has died off. Leylandii is quite slow to recover but will eventually go green, if it doesnt die off. Its not an ideal hedge tree.

Theres no grown men here, we are tree surgeons.

Generally things are only banned if they become a nuisance. Use the correct gear and dont fall is the answer to that one. Anyway some other suggestions are cricket/golf clubs tho they can be somewhat public. My training and tickets were done at a cricket ground in a small village. They gained some light pruning of the trees and a dead birch felled.

Recreational climbing is a recreation, no difference really to running or riding a bike around a park, the latter is frowned apon if its a busy public area, at the back of my local park has mountain bike trails. You wouldnt want to come across a pair of elderly walkers whilst bombing down a trail, but if you knock somone over in a predomantly pedestrian area - you'd get the book thrown at you. So the back of a publc woodland is quite acceptable. Chance of seeing anyone else is slim, just be sensible about it, be aware of people around you. My first 7 trees were frends and neighbours and removed them, one was a bit of a hazard tree so had help/reassurance with it. Also was November so doing it in the dark after work to make it more interesting. However they were all fairly basic trees. Theres a lot of parks where the grass around trees is kept long, up to knee or hip level thick grass. People and dog walkers will stick to the path. Those trees are ideal for climbing.

Local park woodland, might be hard to find a decent tree for limb walks thats away from paths and busy areas. No saws etc just climbing kit, no one had any issue with it. The park was a conservation area. Never asked permission - leave it tidy and no damage, no spikes and be aware of people nearby. A few roaming walkers didnt look up, didnt see me, and started nosing through what they thought was an abandoned bag until I shouted down ! I'd suggest taking any excess kit in a backpack and bring your rope up well out of reach, if your on your own. A friend owns a large oak so I was playing on that, and it needed deadwooding, so I dropped that for her whilst I was in there. I would not climb any trees overlooking houses or gardens without permission, sadly most of the decent oaks in my area are in residential green spaces. Or drive until you see a nice domestic garden oak. I dare say most owners might allow it if asked nicely and you can inspect/deadwood/light prune for them if they want it.

That was quick! Ordered Sunday from Amazon Japan. Should make the long reach hedger feel about 500g- 1.1kg lighter depending what size battery I use.

Its a sweaty humid day. This is very nice! VID_20250722_191659.mp4 I feel like I have made some progress. Im also amazed at the quantity of leylandii roots remaining. Its been gone 18 months so they are starting to rot and pull out and break a bit easier.