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You're aware it's phrase used to describe a certain sort of labour aficionado type ?. - No, I wasn't aware. Where do you get all this stuff? It probably needs updating anyway as it sounds rather tired and antiquated now. Let's put it another way, explain how they all talk, argue, describe and speak in that weirdo almost robotic fashion with zero ability to resonate or even interact with anyone of an opposing viewpoint?. - No, I can't explain it. I don't tend to listen to them talk, it's mainly guff. It's probably just part of the malaise of most modern day career politicians.

It's his responsibility if it's his tree. The boundary could be along the middle of the ditch or it could be somewhere else. It could be defined in deeds/land registry entries. It could be vague. It could be that you have to work it out with reference to things like the hedge and ditch rule. Is the tree part of more vegetation there, now or previously? It's a big ditch. I assume machine dug, relatively recently, or at least enlarged recently? What country are you in?

That's unusual these days I think, not many people have landline telephones now. Well, based on my limited data set; I know hardly anyone who uses one. Those few that do are in the older generations. We're in the odd position of having to pay for a phone line that we don't use. Virgin don't allow the option of not having one. Now that they're not exchange powered, there's no advantage over a mobile. (Not that I think that's progress, it's probably not. Same as getting rid of FM radio transmition. I'm also of the Luddite mindset)

Eucs go as far as relying on it. There was a heartbreaking thread on here a few years ago, that I think of often. A member had built a lovely house in a little parcel of a euc forest in Portugal. So the story goes, the owner of the rest of the forest torched it for the timber regeneration, torching this poor bloke's home with it. FOUND IT: https://arbtalk.co.uk/forums/topic/107574-timber-frame-house/

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I was thinking this one?

Sometimes variegated cultivars just revert on a particular branch up in the canopy, maybe a break or pruning site but other times seems random. I guess this is a similar mechanism.

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Thought similar. But... I'd be interested to see a site sketch map. From the photos, it looks like a MEWP would be sat in the road. I'd feel safer in that tree than in a MEWP in a road lane, protected by plastic cones from the absolute retards you encounter on the roads in their 50 mph, 1000 kg darwinism boxes. Correction: I wouldn't just feel safer. I'd be safer.

Have you tried Westfield 4x4 at Lancaster. He has quite a lot of 404 parts listed on eBay too. Also mogparts.de (German website) are good for older mog parts

Check the compression or at least, pull the exhaust off and check the piston looks OK through the exhaust port. The 017 is old and a typical homeowner saw with both these things meaning the saw will have been abused and/or run on old or near fuel.

County in LR terms is a trim level etc, nowt to do with County conversions to drivetrains. I had a County Transit back in the day, live axle front and back with twin wheels. It did the job for a bit but wasn't that good off road or on road tbh!

Its a 1968 404 2.2 Petrol. Have been looking at these 10.5-20 Alliance 317 Industrial Tyre (12PLY) 131G TL - TerrainTyres WWW.TERRAINTYRES.CO.UK 10.5-20 Alliance 317 agro-industrial tyre Speed rating is G 56MPH which even down hill I don't think it would achieve The rims are not split, front are Pizza cutters no size stamped on that we can see but look to be 9" wide? rears are 20 x 9 as its stamped on them Current tyres are 16/70-20 MPT

Cannot see the problem when the saw does it for you, 2 stroke oil in the left, fuel on the right, as mentioned above just like a bike.

A few new items this week. Its not identical, slightly louder but same engine design/character. I may be mistaken but it feels more powerful - but thats likely from the more open exhaust. I like it! Will give it a proper try tomorrow. Dislike - bar nut retaining clips not included, and just standard bar nuts, it uses two of them. Like - the on/off switch is a momentary, auto return to on switch. All saws should be this way. 3/8 full chisel chain as standard! The 12" bar I'll swap to the Makita to test that. I've put the 10" Echo bar and 3/8 full chisel on the Clone 2511 for testing tomorrow. 12" may be too long for this size saw I think, atleast for what I intend to use it. The clone also fired up first pull. Very easy start. Could have used the clone 2511 today, we were clearing two domestic leylandii hedge rows, and I dropped the 2511 twice from being balanced on a stub a few meters up. I didnt have a lanyard or harness on..

Another thing we used to do for young tree maintenance was use two stakes , then take off one then on the final year take the last stake and cut it in half and stake it lower

whats wrong, cant grow a beard?

Aye I'm seeing that now, the same bunch who think the bloke who advised saville should be allowed to continue unchallenged, and has more or less ****************ed up everything he touched since walking through the door of #10 is going to fix the uk??? what a feckin' joke. good job were not all in the same room .

Im a climber from the UK subcontracting in Germany I need public liability insurance can someone please point me in the right direction thanks

If you look on ebay, the was someone doing alloy chip/tipper bodies in stoke

In my experience once Kd is well-established and visible there is very limited scope for only 'monitoring' it. It can but doesn't always progress rapidly, but full aeration takes it from a selective rot mode to full-on loss of strength. So, usually some sort of intervention is recommended. The life of the tree can be increased by crown reduction to avoid basal failure, but as with all reduction you're removing part of the tree's energy source to fight off further decay, accelerating the overall demise. A lean makes management decisions even more difficult, as leaners can in theory fail under the self-weight tension at the base. In practice failure will usually be triggered by a wind event. And there's always the issue that as things get worse the tree gets less climbable and more expensive to remove. 'Monitor' is such a useless recommendation for any risk survey. A specific season and year for reinspection should be specified, and take it from there. As precise a record of current condition and extent of decay and fuiiting is essential for future comparison. Risk is only partly about the tree. Target is as important, either by reference to defensible thresholds set by H&SE or in discussion with the landowner. Rarely I have seen trees with Kd in positions where intervention was not merited. I've spotted Kd on a few and recommended reisnpection after an appropriate period. I've also come a cross a few failures lying on the ground. But I don't have a body of records on what happens from discovery right through to failure.