any tree surgeons on here? I got bored - pics
16-03-2010, 09:43 PM
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any tree surgeons on here? I got bored - pics
we have a fooooking great fir tree in the back garden, that must be getting on for 50-60 foot high.
i did intend on doing something with when we moved in 9 months ago, but thought id wait till someone complained lol
anyway, yesterday the neighbour did.
anyone have an approx price for such a beast to be cut down and disposed of?
over the next few weekends when i get time, i plan on buying a bow saw and and lopping it down.
but was just thinking to save me dieing, how much it would cost to get done by somone else
i did intend on doing something with when we moved in 9 months ago, but thought id wait till someone complained lol
anyway, yesterday the neighbour did.
anyone have an approx price for such a beast to be cut down and disposed of?
over the next few weekends when i get time, i plan on buying a bow saw and and lopping it down.
but was just thinking to save me dieing, how much it would cost to get done by somone else
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16-03-2010, 10:20 PM
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me and my dad did a massive fucker in my back yard a few months ago climbed up tied a rope round it cut just over half way through it then pulled it down in the direction we wanted it to go was the funniest thing ever as it came down i jumped out the way and my old man didnt and got floored i was fucking cryin nearly let out abit of wee
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17-03-2010, 01:54 PM
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me and my dad did a massive fucker in my back yard a few months ago climbed up tied a rope round it cut just over half way through it then pulled it down in the direction we wanted it to go was the funniest thing ever as it came down i jumped out the way and my old man didnt and got floored i was fucking cryin nearly let out abit of wee
with the placing of this tree, it may go through someones front window, or take out mine and next doors greenhouses if i try and just cut it in half.
the plan is to tie rope to the big branches befoe i cut, then lower them down relativly safely lol
ill have to see if i can actually get up it first before a decision is made.
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19-03-2010, 10:08 PM
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well, if i wasnt on call tomoz and already got jobs, it would be on the ground by lunch
she thinks that i will die if i try and do it, or fell it through the front room of the house behind ours...
i might give it a go just for a laugh anyway. lol
she thinks that i will die if i try and do it, or fell it through the front room of the house behind ours...
i might give it a go just for a laugh anyway. lol
19-03-2010, 10:10 PM
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we had 12 lalandi (sp) at the bottom of my garden, the first time my Bro' came over alopped the tops off, one of tops swung over and landed thick trunk down (about 6" dia) in between my legs, if i had never jumped back it would have tore my bollocks clean off.
The second time were we asked by a window cleaner if we wanted them lopping for Ł50 or taken down to the stumps for Ł80 lol fookin bargain, he even took the trees away,couldnt give a shit if he did chip them and sell them on i got 12 trees down for Ł80 + a bonus for keeping my shed + fence in one piece.
The second time were we asked by a window cleaner if we wanted them lopping for Ł50 or taken down to the stumps for Ł80 lol fookin bargain, he even took the trees away,couldnt give a shit if he did chip them and sell them on i got 12 trees down for Ł80 + a bonus for keeping my shed + fence in one piece.
20-03-2010, 08:34 PM
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thats what im thinking, but they havnt phoned back yet!
i do like a challenge, but i dont really have time at the mo for such a task.
i am tooled up now tho, and amate who lives a few doors away said he will lend a hand and he has one of those extendable chainsaw things, so a lot of it can be done from ground level.
it would just be a matter of avoiding the greenhouse, pond and next doors shed
i do like a challenge, but i dont really have time at the mo for such a task.
i am tooled up now tho, and amate who lives a few doors away said he will lend a hand and he has one of those extendable chainsaw things, so a lot of it can be done from ground level.
it would just be a matter of avoiding the greenhouse, pond and next doors shed
22-03-2010, 10:28 PM
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well, yesterday i got a bit bored lol.
armed with my weapons of chioce being a bow saw, and an axe, i let rip
the worst part is getting rid if it all, but luckily the recycling centre is litterally 3 mins away. i have got rid of 2 car loads so far, and have another 2 or 3 to go, but unfortunatly the tip shuts at 4pm at the mo, so i had to call it day as i had nowhere else to pile up the branches etc.
as it stands now:
before and after
armed with my weapons of chioce being a bow saw, and an axe, i let rip
the worst part is getting rid if it all, but luckily the recycling centre is litterally 3 mins away. i have got rid of 2 car loads so far, and have another 2 or 3 to go, but unfortunatly the tip shuts at 4pm at the mo, so i had to call it day as i had nowhere else to pile up the branches etc.
as it stands now:
before and after
22-03-2010, 10:59 PM
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Pay for the rest of it 
to be chopped and removed
You will have major problems,getting the bulk trunk down in the end anyway
I know of a person that died doing the above simple job "told the tree surgeon" To fuck off i can do that for fuck all
And then fell out the tree and broke his neck
WORDS TO THE WISE
to be chopped and removed You will have major problems,getting the bulk trunk down in the end anyway
I know of a person that died doing the above simple job "told the tree surgeon" To fuck off i can do that for fuck all
And then fell out the tree and broke his neck
WORDS TO THE WISE
22-03-2010, 11:03 PM
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..........fudge ffs get someone in with a chainsaw and a harness to lop the fucker down, you've hacked the shit out of that so far lol, and we all know how accident prone you are
22-03-2010, 11:03 PM
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What a time to find out about the tree preservation order!
Cutting that trunk up is gonna be hard work. I'd recommend a chainsaw once you have it on the deck, but you still have multiple cuts to bring it down in stages and I don't think the tree will sprout lower down with no branches or foliage below 6'-7'.
Cutting that trunk up is gonna be hard work. I'd recommend a chainsaw once you have it on the deck, but you still have multiple cuts to bring it down in stages and I don't think the tree will sprout lower down with no branches or foliage below 6'-7'.
22-03-2010, 11:07 PM
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i intend to get all the green off, then borrow the old mans chainsaw.
at this point my mate from round the corner can go up
might look into a harness, there is a sports shop in town that does stuff like that i think
im not stupid, and wont take un neccesary risks, especially not with a chainsaw in hand lol.
the tree surgeon fuckers still havnt rang back, so i guess they are not interested!
at this point my mate from round the corner can go up
might look into a harness, there is a sports shop in town that does stuff like that i think
im not stupid, and wont take un neccesary risks, especially not with a chainsaw in hand lol.
the tree surgeon fuckers still havnt rang back, so i guess they are not interested!
23-03-2010, 03:45 PM
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call the pikies
thats what we did when we had a massive cherry tree in the back garden - they were done in a day and dint charge an arm and a leg
altho i had to move the cossie to a mates garage for a few weeks prior to and after their work just in case
thats what we did when we had a massive cherry tree in the back garden - they were done in a day and dint charge an arm and a leg
altho i had to move the cossie to a mates garage for a few weeks prior to and after their work just in case
25-03-2010, 10:07 PM
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LOL well, ill get a mate round for some help when the power tools come out
dunno when ill next get a go as its been pissing down here all week, and im having a wisdom tooth out tomoz so prolly wont feel like scaling a tree lol, and it will still be wet out...
will see about the weekend
dunno when ill next get a go as its been pissing down here all week, and im having a wisdom tooth out tomoz so prolly wont feel like scaling a tree lol, and it will still be wet out...
will see about the weekend
25-03-2010, 10:26 PM
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Too many posts.. I need a life!!
Just cut it down yourself, me and my old man cut about ten trees the same size of yours in his back garden. I climbed the tree and put a rope around it and then when he cut I pulled it so as to avoid his greenhouse. We chopped all the wood for firewood and have been burning it ever since. You wont sell the logs as the that type of wood isn`t brilliant for a fire as it burns away too quickly but if its free its ok. And if you keep the wood for the fire it has to dry outside and season for a year at least.
25-03-2010, 10:34 PM
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Don't forget to set it up to fall in the direction you want. My friend was one of the best tree surgeons in Liverpool, and knows it all. I've watched him take a few down. One was so big I could roll over on the stump and I'm 6ft!!
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28-03-2010, 07:38 PM
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why does the tree have to go anyway??
I can 100% guarantee that you. or one of them sheds, or the house in the background will be damaged in some way if you try it
silly cnut lol
i can remember the last tree you felled. was a fukking massacre ... and dave also put salt in the tea instead of sugar
I can 100% guarantee that you. or one of them sheds, or the house in the background will be damaged in some way if you try it
silly cnut lol
i can remember the last tree you felled. was a fukking massacre ... and dave also put salt in the tea instead of sugar
28-03-2010, 08:00 PM
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Was expecting to see pics of that fucker going through the neighbours roof with fudgee bein the main hammer head at the top as he takes an unexpected trip into their atic lmao!!!!
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Ah i been about mate, obviously dont bother with ford escort forums anymore but always pop on here and rs owners club. Pm us your mobile no. mate, i lost every one of my numbers a while bakc when a phone i had broke and the numbers were saved to phone, not sim. Im going down to newquay next week with the girlfriend, almost over your side of the world hey.
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