Welcome .....

Roller · 14th February 2007, 01:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ekka

I went to a seminar by Jeremy Barrell, A to Z tree preservation on development sites.

The way they showed things I though UK had it sewn up, but maybe it varies by council areas.

What they preach is one thing and what they practice is another..

SteveBullman · 14th February 2007, 05:47 AM

cheers matey

Eric Frei · 14th February 2007, 08:19 AM

Howdy Steve,

How the helcam coming along ... or not?

Did you see that guys ratchet wedge for big chogs, I suppose with those large dia trees over there it'll be handy to get them chogs off the trunk you're on.

SteveBullman · 15th February 2007, 04:18 AM

helmcams not coming along due to other expenses that need to be prioritized....i have a big technical speedline job coming up with lots of redirects going on, im paying someone to come video that one and im hoping to have the lemcam in operation by then too!
that ratchet looks ok, not sure i'd bother with it though.

Gerhard · 15th February 2007, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ekka

G'day mate

How cold is Austria today?

Love to see some fresh pictures especially of the alps.

Cold?????
Yes it should be cold at the moment, but we had 15 degrees today, no snow, and a nice day for working on trees.

Eric Frei · 15th February 2007, 05:39 PM

15 degrees C I hope, that's good climbing weather providing not windy.

Grizzly · 16th February 2007, 03:42 PM

A new start, Thank you for starting the forum Ekka. I hope this is going to really give people a better understanding on the amount of work it takes to maintain trees and to function as a business in this industry.

Notahacker · 18th February 2007, 03:05 PM

I finally registered! Nice site Eric!

chris girard · 20th February 2007, 01:26 AM

Great new site Ekka. I look forward to the discussions and will get some pictures up soon.

Thanks
Chris

Underwor · 20th February 2007, 02:34 PM

Iorek,

We currently have two young men from Malmo Sweden playing hockey for our college team.
MSU-Bottineau will be playing in the Junior College National Championship games Mar 2,3,and 4. I think it will be streamed on the internet. When I get the directions I will send them to you. You might know them. I can't recall their names at the moment.

Edit: I just found the names of the hockey players. Niclas Soderberg and Christian Berlin.

Eric Frei · 20th February 2007, 03:43 PM

G'day Guys

Good to see ya's here, I haven't seen you for ages Bob ... how's it going?

Underwor · 20th February 2007, 11:43 PM

Going Good, I guess. A little chilly for the past couple of weeks, but now is getting into the 30's most days, so the sunbathers will be out soon.

Mick Dundee · 20th February 2007, 11:53 PM

Yeah, cant wait till the yanky shielas put their thongs on ... nothing like the thongs back home.

Eric Frei · 21st February 2007, 07:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mangoes

What cute Shiela? ...you mean Trish?

She's workin' for me on and off this winter, her BF is my super.

Ahhh, so you have to be super nice ... but for a gentleman like you that'd be easy but dont be too charming eh.

Hey Mangoes, what do you do in your day to day work, I hardly recall any vids or pics?

Tim Craig · 21st February 2007, 07:23 AM

Hey everyone,

Well, I'm from little old Scotland, a place where, from what I read here, is very similar to everywhere else when it comes to arboriculture and tree care in general; good treecare, not so good treecare, downright bad treecare!

I try to be one of the good guys.

I hope to put some pictures up of trees and treework from here in Scotland, just as soon as I've worked out how to post photos.

Thanks
T.C.

Mangoes · 21st February 2007, 07:41 AM

I used to heavily document my projects, lots of pics in the depths of TB. We had our first a year ago............the camera stays at home now.

jim1nz · 21st February 2007, 06:02 PM

Good on ya T.C.

mdvaden · 6th May 2007, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iorek

Treehouse is for me hard to quantify, confusing name - 'masterblasters lounge'. I believe I saw this name on ???????? many times, maybe as we say in Sweden these people have their hands in all the pies. It is a funny forum for its not serious at all, which is ok for fun but many people there are trying to be unreal happy, yes? We say in Sweden if you can not hang with the monkeys then be the monkeys. Translation maybe not right?
I find this treehouse useless place for serious arborists. Sorry if he is your friend but swedish people are honest about these things.

I've joined many forums, but never really persued that one. Not sure why really, as I participate in a wide variety of forums.

The Treehouse has a few sound thinking arborists - for sure - but I think that the posts there, and memberships of several tree workers, will indicate the "aftermath" of some cat fights. A portion of them went there to lick their wounds, I suspect. If they kept the same user names as in other forum websites, you would be able to trace some friction back to the last surge of recorded activity. Happens to some degree on almost any long-time established forum.

For yourself, make yourself at home wherever you feel you are treated with respect, and where you feel comfortable - whether here, or at one of the others, or in several, as I suspect you would enjoy.

And don't feel that you have to agree or otherwise lay low. Heck, Ekka and I don't agree on everything - search some of our posts at a couple of sites, and you'll see.

Marc · 7th May 2007, 04:39 AM

Hi all finally decided to bite the bullet and join here, to make one thing clear i am a member of the treehouse and the treehouse is my favourite hang out, for pretty much the reasons pointed out in the above posts. As in its not a serious forum, its a place to chill out with other like minded people, but there are those on there that know there stuff and will offer their advice when needed.
We are all different after all, some of us like to have fun some of us take things a bit more seriously, i like to be both.

I love my job, i do it because I have a passion for trees, but i do not expect others to share my passion to the same intensity.

I look forward to participating in the forum when i can, so be civil all!!! I'm not here to take sides.

I like what you've done with the place Ekka

Tim Craig · 7th May 2007, 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iorek

I come from a wealthy middle class family as well so this means my parents cared for me and my education better than a swedish working class parents would. As I come from a priviliged upbringing

Thats a bit of sweeping generalisation Iorek, don't you think?

How do you quantify something like that?

Are you sure your not a member of the Swedish Royal family?

Your parents may have been wealthy but they obviously never bothered to teach you any manners did they?

Anyway Iorek, if your out there in cyber space watching, call in and say hello.

Eric Frei · 7th May 2007, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marc

I look forward to participating in the forum when i can, so be civil all!!! I'm not here to take sides.

I like what you've done with the place Ekka

G'day Marc

Looking forward to your input and thanks for your compliment.

Sean Freeman · 7th May 2007, 10:28 AM

Hi Marc, hope you find some of what gets talked about here useful and interesting

Marc · 8th May 2007, 04:03 AM

Hi Boa and everyone, i've always found Ekka's fierce championing of quality tree care and raising awareness of tree mutilation a highly admiral quality, i'm also glad he went this route of starting his own forum.

Just wish I could comprehend some of the other unfortunate goings on,,,, but like i said i'm not here to choose sides,,, i know where my loyalties lie,, i'm just here for the tree talk.

Boa I really liked the pics of the tree transplant you did, very intresting.

mdvaden · 8th May 2007, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marc

Hi Boa and everyone, i've always found Ekka's fierce championing of quality tree care and raising awareness of tree mutilation a highly admiral quality, i'm also glad he went this route of starting his own forum.

Just wish I could comprehend some of the other unfortunate goings on,,,, but like i said i'm not here to choose sides,,, i know where my loyalties lie,, i'm just here for the tree talk.

Boa I really liked the pics of the tree transplant you did, very intresting.

Hi Marc !!

Hope your location is in the profile - I forgot to look, but will check.

tim the tree man · 8th May 2007, 10:59 PM

Hi everyone my name is Tim I hail from Townsville.Q.L.D. Australia.Im currently finishing cert 4 Arb.I work for Northern Tree Specialist with Sean [Boa] and Steve. Talk to you all soon

Sean Freeman · 8th May 2007, 11:04 PM

Hello Tim glad you could join us, I understand that there are some short tempered irritable arborists up there, must be the weather eh?

Eric Frei · 8th May 2007, 11:10 PM

And G'day.

Sure do some good jobs, you all need to lobby Steve to come down for that Vermeer day.... his shout of course.

Righteo Tim, where are you doing that cert 4 up there?

TreeCo · 9th May 2007, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tim the tree man

Hi everyone my name is Tim I hail from Townsville.Q.L.D. Australia.Im currently finishing cert 4 Arb.I work for Northern Tree Specialist with Sean [Boa] and Steve. Talk to you all soon

Welcome Tim!

Eric Frei · 9th May 2007, 08:55 AM

Welcome Dr Storrick.

Your website http://storrick.cnchost.com/ has some great info and you're very open the share all. Your workshop is loaded with great equipment, not many would know how to use all that gear.

A short thanks for your contribution to the climbing/adventure industry and hope you enjoy us tree guys rubbing shoulders.

ggg · 9th May 2007, 10:19 AM

Hi everyone. You all seem like very nice people. I just happened to this site looking for information on knots. I am an engineer that works as a technician on mechanical systems with Navy ships. Some knowledge of knots come in very handy for minor rigging and aligning pipes etc.

I viewed Ekka's video on felling a tree using the side line to guide the tree down and found it very uplifting when the tree fell right on target. I wanted to shout hurrah!!!

So much joy to be found using simple tools and methods that result in such efficiency.

I know only some of the basic knots and can't really share anything new for you guys but I find this site very interesting. I didn't even know this world existed till recently.

14th February 2007, 08:19 AM	#63
Eric Frei Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,816	Howdy Steve, How the helcam coming along ... or not? Did you see that guys ratchet wedge for big chogs, I suppose with those large dia trees over there it'll be handy to get them chogs off the trunk you're on. __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

15th February 2007, 05:39 PM	#66
Eric Frei Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,816	15 degrees C I hope, that's good climbing weather providing not windy. __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

16th February 2007, 03:42 PM	#67
Grizzly Sappling Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: California Posts: 45	A new start, Thank you for starting the forum Ekka. I hope this is going to really give people a better understanding on the amount of work it takes to maintain trees and to function as a business in this industry. __________________

18th February 2007, 03:05 PM	#68
Notahacker Sappling Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Longmont, CO Posts: 16	I finally registered! Nice site Eric! __________________ "Quality costs as much as it saves." My great uncle Simon Murphy

20th February 2007, 02:34 PM	#70
Underwor Sappling Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: North Dakota Posts: 40	Iorek, We currently have two young men from Malmo Sweden playing hockey for our college team. MSU-Bottineau will be playing in the Junior College National Championship games Mar 2,3,and 4. I think it will be streamed on the internet. When I get the directions I will send them to you. You might know them. I can't recall their names at the moment. Edit: I just found the names of the hockey players. Niclas Soderberg and Christian Berlin. Last edited by Underwor; 20th February 2007 at 11:45 PM. Reason: found names

14th February 2007, 05:47 AM	#62
SteveBullman Former Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2	cheers matey

15th February 2007, 04:18 AM	#64
SteveBullman Former Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2	helmcams not coming along due to other expenses that need to be prioritized....i have a big technical speedline job coming up with lots of redirects going on, im paying someone to come video that one and im hoping to have the lemcam in operation by then too! that ratchet looks ok, not sure i'd bother with it though.

20th February 2007, 01:26 AM	#69
chris girard Sappling Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Gilmanton, N.H. USA Posts: 8	Great new site Ekka. I look forward to the discussions and will get some pictures up soon. Thanks Chris

20th February 2007, 03:43 PM	#71
Eric Frei Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,816	G'day Guys Good to see ya's here, I haven't seen you for ages Bob ... how's it going? __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

20th February 2007, 11:43 PM	#72
Underwor Sappling Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: North Dakota Posts: 40	Going Good, I guess. A little chilly for the past couple of weeks, but now is getting into the 30's most days, so the sunbathers will be out soon.

20th February 2007, 11:53 PM	#73
Mick Dundee Sappling Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Outback Posts: 14	Yeah, cant wait till the yanky shielas put their thongs on ... nothing like the thongs back home.

21st February 2007, 07:23 AM	#75
Tim Craig Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 132	Hey everyone, Well, I'm from little old Scotland, a place where, from what I read here, is very similar to everywhere else when it comes to arboriculture and tree care in general; good treecare, not so good treecare, downright bad treecare! I try to be one of the good guys. I hope to put some pictures up of trees and treework from here in Scotland, just as soon as I've worked out how to post photos. Thanks T.C.

21st February 2007, 07:41 AM	#76
Mangoes Sappling Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: n/a Posts: 23	I used to heavily document my projects, lots of pics in the depths of TB. We had our first a year ago............the camera stays at home now.

21st February 2007, 06:02 PM	#77
jim1nz Mature tree Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: International, Germany Posts: 476	Good on ya T.C. __________________ SPEED ALWAYS FOLLOWS TECHNIQUE

7th May 2007, 04:39 AM	#79
Marc Sappling Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 12	Hi all finally decided to bite the bullet and join here, to make one thing clear i am a member of the treehouse and the treehouse is my favourite hang out, for pretty much the reasons pointed out in the above posts. As in its not a serious forum, its a place to chill out with other like minded people, but there are those on there that know there stuff and will offer their advice when needed. We are all different after all, some of us like to have fun some of us take things a bit more seriously, i like to be both. I love my job, i do it because I have a passion for trees, but i do not expect others to share my passion to the same intensity. I look forward to participating in the forum when i can, so be civil all!!! I'm not here to take sides. I like what you've done with the place Ekka

7th May 2007, 10:28 AM	#82
Sean Freeman Monument Status Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,985	Hi Marc, hope you find some of what gets talked about here useful and interesting

8th May 2007, 04:03 AM	#83
Marc Sappling Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 12	Hi Boa and everyone, i've always found Ekka's fierce championing of quality tree care and raising awareness of tree mutilation a highly admiral quality, i'm also glad he went this route of starting his own forum. Just wish I could comprehend some of the other unfortunate goings on,,,, but like i said i'm not here to choose sides,,, i know where my loyalties lie,, i'm just here for the tree talk. Boa I really liked the pics of the tree transplant you did, very intresting.

8th May 2007, 10:59 PM	#85
tim the tree man I'm new here so be nice Join Date: May 2007 Location: Townsville,Queensland Australia Posts: 1	Hi Hi everyone my name is Tim I hail from Townsville.Q.L.D. Australia.Im currently finishing cert 4 Arb.I work for Northern Tree Specialist with Sean [Boa] and Steve. Talk to you all soon

8th May 2007, 11:04 PM	#86
Sean Freeman Monument Status Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,985	Hello Tim glad you could join us, I understand that there are some short tempered irritable arborists up there, must be the weather eh?

8th May 2007, 11:10 PM	#87
Eric Frei Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,816	And G'day. Sure do some good jobs, you all need to lobby Steve to come down for that Vermeer day.... his shout of course. Righteo Tim, where are you doing that cert 4 up there? __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

9th May 2007, 08:55 AM	#89
Eric Frei Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,816	Welcome Dr Storrick. Your website http://storrick.cnchost.com/ has some great info and you're very open the share all. Your workshop is loaded with great equipment, not many would know how to use all that gear. A short thanks for your contribution to the climbing/adventure industry and hope you enjoy us tree guys rubbing shoulders. __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

9th May 2007, 10:19 AM	#90
ggg Sappling Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 6	Hi Hi everyone. You all seem like very nice people. I just happened to this site looking for information on knots. I am an engineer that works as a technician on mechanical systems with Navy ships. Some knowledge of knots come in very handy for minor rigging and aligning pipes etc. I viewed Ekka's video on felling a tree using the side line to guide the tree down and found it very uplifting when the tree fell right on target. I wanted to shout hurrah!!! So much joy to be found using simple tools and methods that result in such efficiency. I know only some of the basic knots and can't really share anything new for you guys but I find this site very interesting. I didn't even know this world existed till recently.

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