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I'm not sure if relevant today, but back when I was a young'n insurance costs were affected by the popularity of insurance claims, for instance mini,s were popular among young drivers , but the crash rate was high because of inexperienced drivers, the premiums reflected this, certain 4x4,s are stolen to order and gain places an increase on insurance, it might pay to approach a friendly broker and inquire as to what might be a good choice. the next year all being well and with a years experience under his belt, the choices would broaden.

Marketing / selling of any manufactured item ( woodwork or other ) is not easy , in fact it is a whole subject/ industry in itself , think of all the famous brands ,,coca cola . ferarri, stihl etc they all spend a lot of money and time / effort on marketing !! ...however for such things as woodwork then most probably country shows etc I would imagine would be best ...social media can work but is very time consuming and most followers will be other woodworkers who are unlikely to buy your work , I do a fair bit of woodturning and sell mostly through Galleries but could easily make a lot more stuff than I can sell , craft fairs can be very hit and miss ! Good luck .....

...and yet... the one who brags of the highest wages, 3 or 4 times the industry standard is the first to whinge like a bitch with every tax rise, every penny of tax money paid out, and the ones whose political affiliations are to the centre and left, barely a peep. Are you actually reading the threads in this forum?

"meanwhile fungi grows at the base of a tree"

Eventually all trees become unsafe, die, or fall over. Are you looking for us to say yes or no? This week, no. In the next 50 years, probably.

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Fungus appeared this year on twin stemsycamore tree. Growing out of top of old cut wound. Given left hand stem on picture is leaning at appropriate 20 degrees at base is this likely to be problematic at some time in the future in terms of the tree becoming unsafe.Tree is approximately 25m tall. Fungus is dryads saddle. Tree over hangs highway and close to houses.

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Is that the fella or the saw🤔

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At the back of the large driveway is double gates into the garden, logs can be tipped just inside the gates

I quite like one of these for the collection.

Screenrecorder-2025-09-02-15-57-01-495.mp4 Wouldnt mind one of these! Looks like a one off machined item, powered by a wood router or similar tool? From here

"Either, or.." - traditionally it would be re-pollarded, cutting above the 'knuckles', but if you go for a thinning out of the regrowth stems I'd stick to approx. 30%, i.e. one in every three(ish) but remember in so doing they will continue to grow in height & diameter. If tree size is an issue, and you don't want to re-pollard, i.e. to original knuckles, you could reduce the regrowth stems in height and start again, in effect, at a higher level, i.e. a high pollard...but this seems a lot of faff for little gain tbh. Good luck whichever way you go...and of course you don't need to go "any way" as you could leave it to grow on / up (unlike Poplars, Limes don;t have a propensity to fail at the knuckles.)

Happy to take soft or hardwood logs. Contact via email/whatsapp preferred as mobile signal isn't great.

i have a 2015 Isuzu N35 120 that i put on our fleet, and there is no driving restrictions at all on this, any age a mate lads recently turned 17, and he got him a mint 59 plate Jimny as was good on insurance could pop a little trailer behind.

No. Just bracketing in. Wanted one for tiddly stuff anyway. I'm also quite possibly confusing this thread with another saw thread running atm.

You thought the weedy DUC150 with a 300w motor would be your tool for medium takedowns, or has this discussion changed into something unrelated? The 2511 is a great saw but Im now convinced that battery is the way to go for any saw below a 020T, hedgers, blowers, brush cutters, polesaws.. Whats with the wrist? Past injury? Anyway for your described use, the DCS2500 seems on the small side. The Makita has great balance, but it is larger. I'd like to try the Echo but not seen it in the wild.

I think youngsters can generally get insured but it just costs the earth - £3k annual premiums etc. Have you considered a van? Van engines tend to be smaller than a truck, which affects the insurance premium.