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Minor panic with Sailor last night. Came home from a day patrolling a new yard. Had his dinner. Threw it up. It happens. Then dawned on me he might have eaten god knows what around this place. Rat poison, antifreeze, fertiliser etc. Looked at him before bed and he was pretty non responsive. Picked up his head and it was dead weight. Fuuhhhck. Snapped him out of it, got him up and got him to follow a torch round. Just about. Briefly considered emergency vet or whether I have the bits and pieces round the house to make a dialysis machine. Held off on both not wanting to act like a hysterical first time parent. Anyway. He wasn’t dead from organo phosphates or whatever this morning. Relief.

Animal.

I don’t think we need a lunchbox thread but enjoy the spectre of gnawed cheese and chorizo, served against a van bulkhead. Rosemary biscuits. Still recommend very, very highly.

Four reel ends of Marlow three strand from FR Jones made me the man I am today.

Jobsworthiness of the highest order. Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond WWW.BBC.CO.UK Burcu Yesilyurt says the fine is "disproportionate" while Richmond Council say it is in line with its policies.

Yes you can achieve many things with a bit of imagination. Mind you one of the best purchases made was one of the fixed bollards that ratchet to the tree. So easy for anyone to get the hang of, especially if you are sunning and end up with random groundies. Decent rope and a pulley.

You will find them much more hard wearing.

"Did you like that?" I could watch him at work and talking about stuff all day long. Not seen any other close calls like that one - such was his expertise.

Mine too . Love the hooter !

some recent finds locally, love the Birds Nest Fungi, only the second time I have seen them.

A hero of mine.

The wood in the pic is mainly Ash with a small amount of Oak and Beech, just take small amounts at a time that I can fit in the motor from jobs I do The plot I'm in is mainly spruce, but very heavy in Birch aswell

Sitka is great firewood. I've occasionally had a half lorry load from nearby forestry when they don't want to transport it across the country. Then its been all ive burned for months. You should be able to burn that wood in the winter of 2026, if its brought under cover with good airflow, during a dry spell next summer.

People get obsessed with rigging gear and forget what can be achieved with a single rope and some imagination. I can rig large limbs easily by adding friction in the tree, same with timber and often only use pulleys etc on a stem. We often show up other crews with speed and efficiency doing this. Go learn the basics Kram and then the logic of everything else will drop into place- I can’t decide if you are looking for solutions to problems that don’t exist or if you are simply trolling?

With a cab as well that's a brilliant price. Grab and rotator also well worth the money as you say. Will move with you to your next machine with just a new headstock. What's totally mental is that I paid £14k for a Hyundai 1.7t in 2017! You chose to buy at a very good time indeed, dealers are desperate to shift stock particularly Chinese.

The spark arrester is gunked up, they are handy when there are nylon tarps in close proximity, but the main reason I was asking about burning the spruce was for if I do get a burner installed at home Anyway I'm looking forward to this lot being ready to burn Cheers

Spent a few hours sewing up my Arbortec breathflex trousers. Horrible shite, the outer cloth rips for fun. Ordered a pair of Pfanner Arborist C trousers for £290. I'm told they last ages as the outer cloth doesnt catch or rip on brambles.

I guess as a camping stove there is always going to be the temptation to forage wild wood or driftwood, rather than carrying it yourself. Fur trappers in 19th century Canada could travel around in the snow indefinitely as long as they had a tent stove to dry out their boots and kit at night. You should be able to scrub out that flue pretty easily with one of those drill based chimney brushes. Id remove that cowl thing on top of the flue and try a straight pipe.

Thanks for letting everyone know and Im glad its been a success. I have a tow behind the quad flail made by chapman and i'm very pleased with it. I guess that at 25hp, the power at the flail will be pretty similar to your setup. Solidly built and easy to grease and work on.

It's always good, but so seldom happens that we hear of the final outcome of a call for guidance and knowledge. Well done making an educated decision. Enjoy finding more tight corners and difficult areas to work it on.

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Morning all. I thought it would be polite to update this thread after all the advice I received. I plumped in the end for a flail as I'm working in some tight areas and often up against estate railing so felt compactness and manoeuvrability trumped all. I bought a Chapman CFM150 and although it was expensive versus some machines on the market I don't regret it in the slightest. It's incredibly well made and does a fantastic job. I certainly don't find it's slow, I've finished all my cutting for the season in a couple of mornings. Previously it has taken me days. It is definitely not too much for the tractor to cope with power wise and manages dense sedge up fairly steep banks without any trouble.

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I think that could sound like a good idea unless you've done much running ropes. We don't want constant deceleration, we need to drop below the climber and then stop before the shed, or slow while it's swinging and drop on the ground in the right place. On the other hand I guess something which is completely predictable could be good if you have a novice on the ropes, then as climber it's not ideal but you can plan around it because you know what'll happen.

Up and away to Thiefrow! He has lodged his drag car with the winner of the Sick Smokies and is on the way back! Then more car washing as my attempt with a cold water jet wash was poor! Be good out there! Thoreau, Lings, Tones