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or a hedge cutter and polesaw chainsaw with the same batteries? You can swipe polesaws around in the same way as a hedge cutter and they will tackle the larger branches with less stress. Its great for cutting off lower growth off lime trees for example.

Its interesting how people's opinions vary. What's your 'go to' saw now and why?

East Europeans are not emigrants, it is best what happen to GB , you will remember that in 50 years while your daughter will wear a full face cover and your son praying Allah🫣And every second call will be Indian scammers🤣, also your hospitals will become a tip site with homeless Indian and useless Pakistani and Nigerian doctors it’s happening right now and I’m afraid you can’t do anything about this!! Ya I forgot that your granddaughter will not be capable of to left a house without bunch of Ukrainian veteran bodyguards ! Yes I can say all this as I’m immigrant myself, the problem with immigration is simple it is MENTALITY….. you move to GB you must become an English , but all those newcomers wanted there little Pakistan or Honduras or India…… Trust me every Polish who come in England wanted to become Englishman, plus 1 Lithuanian worker equivalent of 10 Pakistani plus 5 Nigerians, and one kristian Philippine nurse worth 10 untidy Indians . I think I have 10 years jail now from GB HALF INDIAN government isn’t????

Now we're getting to the crux of the matter. "So if we have 50000 small boats migrants a year and say 30000 of those remain, we now need extra housing for 30000 more people than the year before - plus extra housing for net increase due to legal migrants granted work and study visas." 30000 << legal migrants granted work and study visas. But still, immigration has very little to do with the overinflated housing market in the UK.

Good start today could only be one word Wordle 1,530 2/6* 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I changed settings to hard mode ages ago and it actually helps you to not make mistakes.

Good morning Arbtalkers 😊 A lot cooler here today 😎

7am-3pm

S-i-L has had several problems in a different business, he makes wooden garden buildings. He explains that the building requires a solid base or sub base and can provide them or the client can sort that BUT it must be level and straight and the correct size. People still have non - , level, straight or correct sized bases and expect doors and windows to open and close. This is pointed out verbally and in the small print but he still has problems with clients and has had to take down the building and either build the base or take away the building because they are idiots and think he's in the wrong. Not my business but I would close that door and if it was arb work I wouldn't take it on (not an arb but business is business).

I'd be keen to hear your feed back should you ever demo/buy one

Plenty sites here https://arbtalk.co.uk/recycling/?nearby=20&lat=51.312059&lon=0.032802&category=0&country=0&state=0&specialization=

I can't see it being an issue. Only if, by some unlikely coincidence, you decided to stack the recently felled limbs on the ground, next to one of your trees, in poor health, for several months. So hardly likely?

They'll put him out to pasture. He'll be unfit to stand trial on anything when the time comes. All the useful idiots who voted for "The Donald", handed America to JD Vance and his chums.

Ha! It was 10 regal king size, box of matches, and a pack of polos. Which clearly helped... 97p.

I'm getting there.

Because I'm only in it for the money , .I also turned down the chance to fly around the world with trant civil engineers doing airport surfaces ,but I didnt have enough info to make that a viable option either..hate to do it then get stung with a huge tax bill. If it doesn't pay enough I'm not interested to be honest . To be also straight -I'm not keen on Oz,new zealand, usa or Canada.

Inonotus hispidus?

Finally someone who can sharpen a saw properly!

Here are your opportunities to upgrade your approach to tree risk with VALID in 2025. https://validtreerisk.help/Tree-Risk-Training Because of demand from NZ, AU, and USA, it looks like we won't run more workshops in the UK until June 2026. VT = Validator Training VU = Validator Update

This question comes up frequently on social media, so we've put these resources together to help you. Risk Assessment Review https://validtreerisk.help/Tree-Risk-Assessment-Review Peter Gray's 2020 article in Arboriculture Australia's The Bark looks at the strengths and weaknesses of TRAQ, QTRA, and VALID. The post in the link addresses some points Peter raises about VALID. Western Springs Pines, Auckland, NZ https://validtreerisk.help/Western-Springs-Pines This high profile dispute ended up in the Environment Court. It's the only case we know where TRAQ, QTRA, and VALID risk assessments were carried out on the same trees. You can download the reports. If you want a geeky deep dive into what's going on with the wildly different risk ratings, have a look at Andrew Benson's report. Tasmanian Government QTRA to VALID https://validtreerisk.help/Tas-Gov-QTRA-to-VALID Tasmanian Department of State Growth (DSG) - State Roads has customised and adopted VALID's Government Tree Risk-Benefit Management Strategy. They did this after a Coroner's Inquest into Brendon Smith's tragic death when a tree fell on his ute whilst he was driving on a state road during a storm. When putting together the Strategy, DSG upgraded their approach to tree risk from QTRA to VALID. The head of the DSG's tree risk framework review asked us to put together a briefing note for the General Manager State Roads, to explain why they were moving from QTRA to VALID. We thought this note was confidential, but as DSG is a Government organisation, anyone can access it with Freedom of Information request. Several times people asked whether we could make it public because there is valuable technical information in it about tree risk assessment.

I hate the bastards . Get someone in with a night scope and a decent air rifle .

We are hosting a TRAQ Course delivered by Guy Watson - 2 days with a half day assessment, delivered in person in the beautiful setting of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh's Inverleith gardens. Arboricultural Association - Course Detail TREES.ORG.UK Professional training courses and workshops for Tree Surgeons, arborists and consultants. A wide range of Tree Surgeon Courses and Tree Surgeon Training available with either online...

a tripod ladder isn't essential - same as it isn't essential to change from using a family car to provide a hedge cutting service. A 12ft tripod goes inside the roof of a LWB Transit, or strapped on any pick up/ tipper. But a dedicated vehicle is a serious investment. Especially if you can't have an older one due to LEZ.

Hopefully makes the difference.. I got about 8miles from home and had to ring for a fire extinguisher as I thought it was going to burst in to flames !! Local Valtra mechanic said straight off it’s the brake servo.

Royalties can be paid directly to our PayPal account thanks. That applies to Mr WD40 too.