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[telhol]

Hey Marc yeah it worked out that to get it all done in two days you would have to remove 1.6 80-120ft trees an hour for 7 hours a day non stop which im confident to say wont happen like you i always allow more time than i need so not to rush.

 

Just making a point that the guy needs to up the price and extend the days it will take.

[Topcat]

Big A..chip or burn on site. Those were the days. Next fire for me and it's up to £20k fine and or 6mths porridge. Fires and construction sites forget it nowadays.

 

My opinion is burning is the best recyling going, big pile wood = little pile ash, and it seems to work really well down the local crem. shame the council don't agree...lol

[telhol]

Good times having a big old fire bad for the enviroment my arse how many fires would equal one plane ride.

[Andy Collins]

Not arguing with anyone, i know how stupid the laws of this land are, but..... if you are burning brash, timber etc, its carbon zero, ie you are simply returning the carbon that the tree has stored up. If you chip the trees, you are also releasing the same carbon, and yes it is released slower as it breaks down, BUT you have towed the chipper onto site, more carbon, then the chipper is burning diesel to produce even more carbon. Hmmmm now whats worse for the environment, fire or chipper???? Fires to clear forest have been the way for many thousands of years, since we've been chipping, the globe has suddenly warmed up! What is worse?

[telhol]

Big A your on the right track but this planet has been burning its woodlands for millions of years natural fires its the planets way of clearing for new i guess.

 

This carbon crap is only about making more money out of a very limited fossil fuel supply.

 

Our industry contributes a minute amount. Ill never agree with carbon crisis rubbish its the natural flow of the globe to heat and cool.

 

How ever i would fully support and help towards planting as many trees as we cut down we need more woodlands.

[skyhuck]

Big A..chip or burn on site. Those were the days. Next fire for me and it's up to £20k fine and or 6mths porridge. Fires and construction sites forget it nowadays.

 

My opinion is burning is the best recyling going, big pile wood = little pile ash, and it seems to work really well down the local crem. shame the council don't agree...lol

 

Think it depends on what your burning,you cannot make dark smoke, if a tree is left to rot it will release the same carbon as if burnt,and if you cart it about or chip it you are adding more carbon,i removed a large hawthorn hedged for the council last year and they had no problem with me burning it so long as i took proper precautions regarding h&s and wind direction,had two grab tractors on the job, took all the hassle out the job,sweet!

[Andy Collins]

To be honest I think we (arborists) seem to be the only people who take any damn notice of the laws anyway. Go on just about any building site and watch the paper and plastic rubbish burning, not to mention the 27 tyres :scared:I've seen thrown on a fire THIS WEEK!! Go to a farm and see the amount of bags, tyres, and other BLACK smoke being spewed out. Yes there are big fines handed out for extreme pollution, but when was the last time you saw it listed in your local rag? In all my life I've burned "green" waste where possible, and never had any problem with the law. Perhaps I'm lucky.