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  1. Andy Collins
    If you take a line up from the tip of the bar, about a quarter of the way down into the wound was a flint about the size of a small bowling ball, you can see the dark patch where it was. As its in parkland with no targets, the decision to try and save the tree and reduce it to reduce the sail area was made. One big old lapsed vet!!
  2. Andy Collins
    Had this Oak to do today, in a con area, it had dropped a wee limb a couple of weeks ago, so TO gave permission to go ahead and reduce canopy asap. Thanks to Tim Green for your help today. 346with 15" to give scale to the wound
  3. Andy Collins
    My understanding is that you can claim for anything you wish, however if you are investigated, you need to be able to convince the taxman that your claim is valid (no easy task) I'd speak to your accountant about this:001_smile:
  4. Andy Collins
    This thread is very interesting. I've been in the countryside all my life, had an active interest in wildlife in general, but the Bugs, bees and beasties seem to have passed me by somehow. Now I've started to see the "mini-world" in a new light, seems I have a lot of catching up and learning to do!! Cheers Hama and the others for this:thumbup:
  5. Andy Collins
    A couple of wee beasties from last nights ramble
  6. Andy Collins
    I started reading it when I came back from the AA show, but I spent so long cross-referencing with articles in Nat Geographic and various other books/internet that it took an age to read. By the way I bought the book from Jo Ryan at Treesource, if anyone is looking for it:thumbup1:
  7. Andy Collins
    I've just finished this book, and if you havent read it yet, it revolves around the quest to find and climb the tallest Redwoods in the US, and Eucs in Oz. Heres a link to some photos of Sillet, Taylor and Antoine, and if you get the chance to beg/borrow/steal this book, its well worth the read:thumbup1: Richard Preston
  8. Andy Collins
    Nice pics there James:thumbup1:
  9. Andy Collins
    Guessing the "droop" is caused by the near-drought conditions this year. Does it look like decay in the trunk as well as the roots?
  10. Andy Collins
    Makes a change from a Homer:001_smile:
  11. Andy Collins
    Looks terrible out there Josh, dont know how you stick it:001_rolleyes:
  12. Andy Collins
    I spoke to my brother about this issue, and although Logic have stopped supplying a variety of different flail cutters, they do use one "all-purpose" cutter for older models. Contact Keith at Fieldens 01449675071 and hopefully they'll be able to help trace what you need.
  13. Andy Collins
    Common sense has to prevail re: the heat and chainsaw protection. Frequent breaks for fluids, choosing appropriate tasks for the weather conditions mist surely take priority over anything else. Where possible, start earlier in the day, before the heat rises and crack into the job to ensure an early finish. Myself today, I swapped a hard days hedge reduction around for nice little prunes along BT cables and household feed, chuck in a bit of maintenance and pricing, a long siesta, and a couple of dead elms to do this evening, all in all a pleasant day getting not too hot. Take along lightweight clothing to slip on when raking and clearing up, you dont have to do everything in chainsaw trousers, (although it does seem obligatory to wear them to the pub after:confused1:) I will not compromise on wearing PPE, but not 24/7!!
  14. Andy Collins
    All my babies have flown now, the Great Tits fledged first, followed by the blackbirds (they hung around the garden for so long, poor old Mum and Dad had their work cut out) and now the Robins left, Unfortunately one of the little Robins got entangled in the strawberry netting, took me an age to snip him free. Across the way, the woodpeckers young have flown too. Been a busy year!!
  15. Andy Collins
    I'd just like to add my thanks to everyone who either donated to the raffle/tombola with prizes, and all you members that eagerly took part in the tombola. The enthusiasm seemed contagious!! Also thanks to those who slipped a "bit extra" in the charity pot during the 2 days. Once again, you guys and gals came up trumps:thumbup:
  16. Andy Collins
    You are surely mistaken, this is Englands finest especially when it comes to conifer, surely anyone who's anyone knows this:001_rolleyes:
  17. Andy Collins
    You know what Stevie, you hit the nail well and truly on the head with this. Its something so simple and overlooked, yet all adds to the bigger scheme of things, and the stress from starting the day badly with a jammed drawer will boil up at the next niggley thing, until some dipstick does something wrong on site and the fuse blows.
  18. Andy Collins
    Hmmm if you want to flog the winch, I think it would go well on the MJ!! Would that run off the hydraulics, or leccy?
  19. Andy Collins
    Originally Posted by Mesterh View Post No problem with that I feel exactly the same but with dogs. Dogs are dumb buggers compared to cats. Hmmmm dogs V cats in an intelligence war, the dog being the groundy of the pet world. I think I could get a good a thread out of that. Hahaha so how many dogs have you had to rescue from trees?, Dogs far more intelligent, stays on ground, barks and chases dumb cats up trees:lol:
  20. Andy Collins
    I would use local information, old photos of the site to help age a tree, rather than invasive techniques. Speak to old boys in the area, old woodcutters etc, maybe the tree was planted on the site before the house was built. Is the tree TPO'd, check council records. This wont all be totally reliable information, but will be interesting and give an approximate age.
  21. Andy Collins
    haha just under 15%of arborists are certifiably insane and believe the media hype:001_rolleyes:
  22. Andy Collins
    Best saw of its size on the market at the mo IMO, personally I wouldnt put an 18" on it, I run a 15" and thinking of putting on a 13" with an 8sprocket.
  23. Andy Collins
    Fascinating Stevie!!
  24. Andy Collins
    BTS are listed, and Tripp Batts at Stanton
  25. Andy Collins
    Glad to see you're not wearing him out, need him in fie fettle for a job in July:thumbup: Mind you expect he'll want an easy day now if thats what he's getting used to.

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