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On 30/01/2021 at 17:56, organic guy said:

How much of a sin is it to allow/cause the pleacher to split into the ground rather than bend over without splitting?

Sometime hold on better run into the ground if they are bit old/brittle

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On 08/02/2021 at 18:56, gary112 said:

958FF69B-0ABE-41DB-AD2C-D3F05860225A.thumb.jpeg.58c7ae8f914336759a558234c4cae781.jpegBit of a wide load on the Gator ,finished off 370mtrs today,and on to the next one 👍

Some strong ties you are using there.

Reminds me of the time, when I was sent to go around the farm to get some Hazel ties. I asked the question what width should I be looking to get. I was told "the size of a dick". To this day I still don't know what is the ideal size of a hedge tie.....

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All I know is, you should have to fight them to get them on and they should need a mallet to dress them down level. If you can bang them down with your hand they're doing nothing.

 

I want binders at least an inch thick at the butt and a minimum of twelve foot long. 

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8 hours ago, Gimlet said:

All I know is, you should have to fight them to get them on and they should need a mallet to dress them down level. If you can bang them down with your hand they're doing nothing.

 

I want binders at least an inch thick at the butt and a minimum of twelve foot long. 

The ones on that hedge were some nice straight ash about 16 ft long that i cut from the bit of woodland right by the hedge,i always tap them down with the back of my hacker

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Ash makes nice binders. Had some nice straight birch as well back before Christmas. Don't expect they'll last long before they rot though.

 

I've got holly mallet I use exclusively for tapping down binders. It's got a dead straight handle and doesn't work so well for knocking in stakes but it's perfect for binders. 

I'm a bit OCD with binders. Usually walk up and down the hedge four or five times tapping and adjusting. I think it's the bricklayer in my DNA. 

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4 hours ago, Gimlet said:

Ash makes nice binders. Had some nice straight birch as well back before Christmas. Don't expect they'll last long before they rot though.

 

I've got holly mallet I use exclusively for tapping down binders. It's got a dead straight handle and doesn't work so well for knocking in stakes but it's perfect for binders. 

I'm a bit OCD with binders. Usually walk up and down the hedge four or five times tapping and adjusting. I think it's the bricklayer in my DNA. 

It shows, but in a good way!

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