Steve Bullman

Check out this little beauty

Can't remember who I got my last lot from, plenty selling them online though. One bit of advice, buy oval ones...they seem to go on the best

Just be honest about your experience and show a keenness, nothing worse than people who exaggerate their experience and turn out to be crap. can offer nothing with regards mancoed though sorry

Pretty hard to tell from that image. Can you get a close up of the leaves and trunk?

Personally I don’t think this is a bad call. id take that over yew anyway. Ready to be proven wrong though

Climbed plenty I didn’t feel comfortable climbing without incident. probably the worst thing I did was up a dead horse chestnut. I was keen to get the top out ASAP to give a false sense of security maybe. The tip landed on a substantial lower limb and snapped it off. That limb was going over some by lines. Gave them quite a twang but luckily didn’t break them. They were the thick main lines so that wouldn’t have been a cheap fix

Doesn't look anything like Yew to me....to me, to you

be cool if the images were all taken from the same angle, you could then apply a grid to the image to see if the lean has increased

Yep that’s the design. I have the same one

I am indeed. I looked at the specially made ones but knowing that I would likely lose them I didn't bother. I buy them by the box full on ebay and they last for ever. Look for 37snr rating, you won't get better ear protection IMO. This is the most comfortable shape i've used https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20-Pairs-of-Howard-Leight-by-Honeywell-MAX-Soft-Foam-Ear-Plugs-SNR37dB/182058016588?epid=2254482626&hash=item2a6380df4c%3Ag%3AztMAAOSwB4NWwOQZ&_sacat=0&_nkw=earplugs+37snr&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR1.TRC0.A0.H0.Xearplugs+37snr.TRS0 Also make sure you put them in properly by stretching your ear lobe out. Theres a technique for this and it makes all the difference. Honestly, every time I try and teach someone this they look at me thinking im trying to prank them.

good info, thanks

I can see that conveyor being real handy for rakings, but perhaps encourage people to chuck in a lot more stuff than they perhaps shouldn't?

Only in winter

To my knowledge I’ve only had one tree in 22 years not come back from a pollard, so yes it can happen. in terms of trees not getting to that height overnight, maybe an exception for willows?

They are pretty resilient and i've pollarded them all times of year in the past with no issues. Probable best to wait till the leaves are off if you want to be on the safe side though.

Not having a lot of luck with this, yet another one can't make the dates. Next one out of the hat.... @joshuatree

soon I hope ?

@Graham its your lucky day. Another of the winners can't make it and you're the next one out of the hat

That would be me, its not live yet though. Will pm you with access details

Box, Corsham

Unfortunately one of the original winners is unable to attend the show due to commitments so I have drawn a new name Congratulations @BrendanTreeFeller

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