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🤷‍♂️ That’s a big age gap but totally legal. If your 18 year old nephew was shagging a 40 year old woman would you feel the same.

I second this. Twice as quick with a single rotor topper than a flail and in some fairly thick stuff too. Especially in thick non brassy stuff like long grass- that slows flails right down. runs great on reverse drive too.

I guess other people have noticed that it's a massive Mast Year. Round here the Oaks and Horse Chestnuts are absolutely loaded. (Well, most are on the ground now. Or in our house, courtesy of my son.) Same with everything else, trees and shrubs that bear fruit/nuts/seeds. Fruit trees have all had a bumper crop. They're all earlier than normal also. Looking forward to a plentiful Chestnut harvest in a few weeks hopefully. Anyone got any better photos? I took these rather underwhelming ones on a short walk around this afternoon.

ive heard it will make medical care better ??

I can’t store it Dan, the ram is too high.

Quality as always mate.

What saws have you got? If you haven't got a 261 or 550 then you should get one, both good general purpose saws which cut fast on a 15". Personally I run 16" bar on 261, I'm very happy with the balance on that and see no need to go down to 15".

Dont forget to register your gear on Steves Security Verification ARBSAFE.CO.UK If you scroll down it shows that kit has been recovered.

I think that only leaves Jaqui from Pentangle.

With the curled up leaves in the first photo and bark I was thinking whitebeam, the shriveled bud spoils it unless it was bursting when felled. Chequer tree is now renamed along with many other sobus but I'll never remember Torminalis glaberrima

I dont think it has become a political hate forum at all. Yes some of the lounge threads can get a bit OTT at times but so what, Its the lounge section, ignore it if you must. The only way the forum can get back to the 'old days' of Arb/forestry/gear/woodwork talk if us as members move it in that direction by posting up new threads or resurrecting old ones. Forget the threads that annoy you, you wouldnt sit in a pub wasting your time listening to some shite on the next table if it didnt interest you. There are loads of members in here that are really helpful with vast amounts of knowledge, dont let a few posts/threads put you off.

I've had one for 5 years and it still decent. Yes it has its teething problems but ive done some decent size trees and felt safe and comfortable

I would be worried that the highest thing for the lightning to find would now be the house. I hope their lightning conductor is up to the task and the ground around it wet when the next storm comes in. Had a colleague that had a strike on their house and it was devastating.Their son in the house survived but was unconscious for minutes as was touching a metal surface; fire brigade got the fire out fast enough, not something that is easy in the countryside.

I think that is Dyers Mazegill, non edible, but used for its dye, hence the name.

I had a short play with wide webbing straps, did not like it, unsure if thin webbing would be any better. I like the idea of a mini ratchet strap, but the small ones would be too bulky. I have some ideas.. File works but unless you unmount the spike from the shank, which is in the way, its a pain. A file only cuts one way and the handle is on the side with no access. I used p240 paper on a flat bit of steel, and a pair of fine diamond files.

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Perhaps if I were a rank amateur I'd go for that size. It's a retrieval ball for an item I haven't owned in years. Can't bring myself to get rid of it.

Off to machine show in Newark again, big show with lots to see and plenty of folk to talk too! It rained yesterday so I came away early - taking brolly today! Les, thanks for the kind words, irons in the fire etc...... Yesterday, I really meant household jobs!😂🤣😂 Off to watch rugby at Doncaster tomorrow and was looking forward to beers in the stands but bonus daughter fell of her horse yesterday and broke her ankle! Looking to change tickets to seats now! Ova, Run, Doubt!

This is why forwarders got levelling rams tor the kingpost mount. The slewing is by rams working a rack against a smallish diameter ring gear, poor torque but if it's level and the load in free air no problem. My cranab 4510 exerts a fair slewing force for dragging long lengths but fails if it is not level, even with four 4" rams acting on the ring gear. A digger has a motor with a small gear working on a large diameter ring gear doesn't it? Big mechanical advantage.

There is nothing specific about this in legislation, and I am not aware of any case law. The LPA has 2 roles. It has to decide if the trees are important enough to be protected, this can be relevant to trees on and off site. If important they should be retained and protected. BS5837 etc blah blah. What is questionable is whether it should be protecting what amounts to encroachment and possible common law nuisance. It also has to decide whether the CA tree is so important for the amenity of the area that it should be TPOd. The reason is that generally a planning application replaces the need for a separate CA notification or TPO application. So it could TPO the tree and prevent any development that would harm it. This could exceed the RPA, which is really just a temporary made up thing that only preserves about 1/4 of the roots. Remember, CAs don't imply the trees are important. It's jsut a precaution to allow the LPA to decide if they are in the context of any threat to their remvoal or harm.

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