Pete Mctree

I have seen quite a few branch failures due to pruning - mainly heavy thinning or lions tailing. It does change how a branch moves and dissipates energy which leads to all sorts of issues. Never really associated deadwooding with failure, thats a good piece of observation

Clearance not appearance as the utility boys used to say. He actually explains/justifies the retention of the rest of the tree at the end. When I work in the woods we often are asked to leave or create stems for habitat. It’s good practice here in the UK

It is definitely not for beginners. I have spent today felling ash on quite a steep site and it’s not fun. A few big limbs came flying back at me and the first of these two trees split up to 20ft - real barbers chair. About 18 inches at the stump and cut with a dogs tooth, I could have done nothing different. In contrast, the next tree behaved perfectly

Good day at the office. Brought a Merlo-roto in to make things much easier.

You are showing your complete lack of experience. No one puts one in the truck every day, however when you do, they earn some good money. There is a,world beyond polyprop and a prussic

Do you have to cut a sleeve off your hi-vis hoody and put a couple of eye holes in it, to make a balaclava before you go pricing ? 😂

Terminology will not help. I talk about stump grinding, not removal. Go to site, have a dig about and see if there is anything left. If not present the option of small claims or payment. Don’t take it personally and explain that they should not if you take them to court - it’s just business

There was something to be said for it. Simpler times

This is worrying- I run 2 pickups, both double cabs. One dedicated to the business, the other probably used 3 days a week at work and also doubles as our car. Due to where I live, I don’t really have an option other than running 4x4’s. In tandem with all the other cost increases, I am not sure how long running small businesses will be viable

I am not a fan - ideology above common sense. The sooner they get booted out the better - not that there is a viable alternative. The Tory model was seriously flawed and there reckless unfounded spending and wastage is going to hurt whoever is in power. The current UK annual debt interest repayment alone is expected to be 89 billion for the year 24-25. We are fecked and will be a poor country for many, many years, thanks to the overspending of the last 20 years

Chip more volume in a fraction of the time- does not get any better !

I had just finished renovating my old house when this place started. Very different crowd now and few of the old members are still here, which is sad in some ways.

Nice - I really would like an e27, it would work well for my small setup. Probably hunt for one in spring

Some from recent wanderings. Been a really good year for them

Urgency is probably something due to firewood demand in early October.