Thread: one for the falling experts.

i was shocked at weisyboys comments about tree loppers i have taken down thousands of big trees in my 35+ years as a tree contractor without one claim on our insurance the bulk of our work is large difficult trees there are a lot of good contractors in the industry remember the old saying a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing

Originally Posted by wood cutter

i was shocked at weisyboys comments about tree loppers i have taken down thousands of big trees in my 35+ years as a tree contractor without one claim on our insurance the bulk of our work is large difficult trees there are a lot of good contractors in the industry remember the old saying a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing

I'd agree with that. I deal with several loppers and they are all very good at their job. Yes, there are cowboys, but they're not hard to spot and steer clear of. Most of them won't do large or diffcult jobs abyway, because they don't have the insurance.

Watching a good climber taking the head out of a large tree with limbs overhanging houses on both sides is a real pleasure.

been away workin for a few days took me a wile to read threw all the posts.

a tank lasts me about 30 trees as iv mostly been doing small trees abut 300-350 diameter. the mills are buying down to a 225 stump diameter. on bigger stuff it wouldn't last that many.

the remark about tree loppers may have been a bit broad but probably 3 out of 5 loppers i have seen or seen the work from rent worth the dirt on the sole of a decent fallers boots. i agree there are some very good tree loppers out there and a good climber is crazy to watch.

johnny - PLUMB used to make good axes

there are plenty of blokes around that can sound a log but often fallers just have to cut what is marked regardless, i always like to know how much wood is there before i start cutting.

falling is very safe when done by someone that knows what they are doing, so long as you look at whats going on around you, and don't do anything stupid its fine.

i feel a lot safer out in the bush falling trees that driving around with all those crazy people.

keep up the good work boys.

Originally Posted by weisyboy

i feel a lot safer out in the bush falling trees that driving around with all those crazy people.

im with you on that one weisy

Originally Posted by weisyboy

been away workin for a few days took me a wile to read threw all the posts.

a tank lasts me about 30 trees as iv mostly been doing small trees abut 300-350 diameter. the mills are buying down to a 225 stump diameter. on bigger stuff it wouldn't last that many.

makes sense

johnny - PLUMB used to make good axes.

- righto

i feel a lot safer out in the bush falling trees that driving around with all those crazy people.

I agree with that

regards John

he he he I am a cow boy then here s a hint you can by a saw with out a licence you can buy a mill with out a licence then you dont need a stuffin licence I ve got no dramas doing the training but why should I if I dont need it I ve been off here for a bit due to the constant rail roading by sad deluded inderviduals. poping backin here only proves it some more Sigidi and Inter how are those houses coming along keep up the good work Exador an Travis

nifty, i'm not looking for an argument but selective loging has a detrimental effect on certain areas of forrest.the victorian lands department of the early 1900's tried selective logging practice to preserve the ash forrests of the upper golburn region of victoria.each mill was given an area that they could survey to acertain if it could provide enough sawlogs for that years production. the idea was to go and judge if the area had enough timber in it to justify cutting a road in and take out the logs.the idea of being selective was that,the timber cutters had to take out the trees that were useful to them and leave the surrounding bush as they found it.This meant that most good mill logs needed to have the heads taken out first (so when the tree is dropped it doesn't smash every thing in it's path) and this is dangerous enough on steep ground.the problem with selective logging is that you take the best logs and leave the worst trees to regenerate the land with inferior speciems of that particular spiecies.personaly i think the way the do it these days is much better,leave the best tree standing and let it regenerate to have an ash forrest that our kids can really appreciate regards charlsie