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Devastating news Cory - so sorry dude

Don’t you have a small excavator? Invest in a rotator and grapple for it & you have solved the issue

Have you met up with Deva ?

Nearly finished a woodland job within a nature reserve . Removal of a lot of ash with dieback, retaining some for habitat - both as whole trees and as monoliths. The replanting crew arrive Monday so we are really pushing it.

A hedge that has been recently flailed

Not an exciting day treewise, but the view was spectacular. Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire

Wow, time really flys. 17 years ago this week I was visiting Derek (Awesomeclimber)

Nasty- I was told about it by a paramedic after I discovered I had a wasp sting allergy. Did not believe it until I hung one of each on the line - the yellow one attracted more wasps and bees for sure. Yellow jackets may not be so discerning and probably just horrible bastids whatever you wear.

I won’t wear yellow hi-vis because it attracts wasps and bees. I have only been stung at work once since changing about 7 years ago.

Nothing to do with your saw -try a shorter bar on such hard timber. It will make sharpening easier and quicker too. I would be using stem-chisel for such crappy timber

Hey John, nice to read you again dude 🙂

Walked that walk Deva - I put on 14lbs when recovering and then got even bigger when I built muscle back. Exercise never felt better when I started again 👍

Sunny spring evening here in Yorkshire

Proper Arb work for a change today, breaking the monotony of wrecking out endless dying ash trees. 2m reduction of an oak with amazing views of Robin Hoods Bay, a popular tourist destination.

This is how it is done. 👍 Try and keep your arms straight ish too - if you have bent elbows and you get shock loaded then the “snap” of your arms straightening will bloody hurt and I guarantee you will drop the rope.

Really nice and very similar to the one I made. Wish I had put some metal mesh under it as the moles are hard to shift when they move in !

@stig do you find that infected ash trees are more susceptible to Armilliaria ? I ask as on another I did some edge trees and most of them were infected, mushy and falling over.

I am having a day off today, after a two week job harvesting ash trees with dieback and as usual they are on a steep bank and oversized for the machines. After not having cut timber since last September I have been sleeping well on a night 🙃 What made things even more interesting, was the fact...

Sorry John

Been a while since I saw that Stig - funny but shite accents. The accent I remember as a kid is all but dead. Diluted by the modern world. if anyone is bothered, I found this poem about my home town Huddersfield, in the dialect I grew up with. Sadly I had to loose it after moving away as I might...