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Well hell yeh! I guess It could look pretty while we're leaving a stub anyway!
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I think you are missing the point! I said leave a stub as this (I believe) is a large wound. Particularly on beech, a large wound will almost certainly never heal over before there is extensive, and possibly fatal decay or failure. The idea of a stub is purely to delay the inevitable. This is the point where BS3998 need not apply IMO as a "correct collar prune" is meaningless in the long term.
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Yeh, it certainly goes to every job with us. The main reason I got one was to extend the life of the 200's, but to be honest if the 150 blows up after a year, I'd get another. Very useful bit of kit, as I've always said, a saw for every job, this little thing has filled another void in the arsenal.
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Now that is a bold statement!
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Just another forward bit of thinking for pruning large limbs. The idea being pathogens will encroach from the cut end, so if its further from the trunk it will take longer to decay the main stem. We have been carrying this procedure out for several years now, especially on protected stuff, as it seems to meet the approval of the LA after one of the TO's suggested it. Obviously avoiding large wounds is a must if possible, but in the case of damage pruning, something has to be done.
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Mmmmm, unless I'm wrong I don't think anyone who's bought one has openly regretted it yet:001_huh:
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Ah, so concrete is the new way forward:thumbup: Real sorry to the OP, I was jesting about the arborex. If you do a little research you may find details on the product, it was used almost religiously in years gone by. Then came along a guy called Dr Shigo, who, simply put, changed the worldwide understanding of trees. Arborex had been given a death sentence, and has been long gone, yet there are some guys (possibly as long in the teeth as me!) who remember its widespread use. As said, it was proven to cause more problems than it cured, usually creating an ideal world for pathogen. It almost sounds like the tree has a limited lifetime left now due to the amount of cavities in the stem, but in my first post I mentioned leaving the stub long. This would be best if possible, otherwise just prune as good to the collar as you can and leave all alone. Sorry for the slight derail, I've been in a naughty mood! .
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You can buy from your dealer here mate. Just give them the part number and away you go. The side cover is the same as the ms192 too, so will fit and readily available here.
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:lol:
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But what about arborex?
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Arborex is what you want mate, it's virtually unheard of but I reckon it will take off in a big way soon. Can you not leave a long stub instead of creating a large wound on the main stem?
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Never be afraid of increasing prices. You need to work out your profit per bag/load/cube, and also your accepted percentage loss of customers. If, for instance you made £20 per bag and wanted to increase your price, you could increase your price by £10 a bag and accept loosing a third of your customers without being any worse off.
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Alex, many of these saws only get a few hours use per week! I've saws on the shelf that don't get used from one month to the next but I wouldn't sell as a result. Shame it's go that.
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Thread for Josh Noon - Timber Vol / Lorry etc
18 stoner replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Firewood forum
Mmmm! -
What sort of £ per ton you been buying in in your neck of the woods?
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Thread for Josh Noon - Timber Vol / Lorry etc
18 stoner replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Firewood forum
Cheers TCD, just seems a lot of difference, 15%. -
Thread for Josh Noon - Timber Vol / Lorry etc
18 stoner replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Firewood forum
Might sound strange me asking if you know the answer, but why does softwood have a smaller airgap than hardwood? -
They knew the basics, BUT, the climber was either scared or had very little experience. Most of the lowering done near the house should of been done from the other stem, away from the building. The climbers cuts had a bit to be desired, and the guy lowering didn't give much sympathy with the rope, the climber even lost his hat at one point.. No doubt everyone over this side of the pond will frown on the PPE issue:sneaky2: Otherwise, I guess they got it down without too much damage, yeh?
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Ok, I see. I guess my way of doing that then would be fill up, pay, write "landy", pass to accountant. Everyone their own I guess.
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I'm only curious, but why 75% on the landy? With my work trucks its simple, fill up, pay, pass receipt to accountant. No app needed
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But you still must need to input it yeh?
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Mmmm, I'd say there's nearer 2 cu m there, possibly 2.2 but they may say they put 3 baskets in the truck(shown in the background)
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Huck, ours does 26-27 all time, its towing caravan, the wife runs it to work(3miles away) and I drive it like I don't care. I know you have a few more hills than us, but that's still not good for a D3 mate! Kev, have you really logged down your fuel consumption for the last 20k? Surely you must have better things to do?
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Roof rack?
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Does firewood actually dry in cord form?!!!
18 stoner replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Firewood forum
Probably happening while in the building? It's almost always due to lack of air. I doubt you'll be able to get much more air into the building without major work, so the other alternative is to process into vented bags and place in the shed with room between them. Probably wont cure it, but being in smaller volumes it may get a little more air in.
