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Ok, the short story is this; New kitchen is needed at home, we're going more "cottage" appearance and would like to get on with it in the next few months or so I have plenty of good sized Wych Elm boards that are seasoned and would do the job. I've also just milled some 20" copper beech boards that I think would also look great. All are 2". So, I fancy the beech really but not sure on waiting for it to season, would it be the harder wearing of the two, would elm be ok as work tops, is it "food safe" and is it even possible to use the beech part seasoned or is that pushing it? Lots of questions but any of your thoughts would be taken in:thumbup1:

Ditto what he said:thumbup: Inform, do job, take money:thumbup1:

I have said it for years, and will say it again. Glyphosate should not be applied to stumps! Although it is commonly used and has now become the "prefered" method for stump treatment for most, it is a "foliar acting" systemic herbicide. Different species of trees need different doseages to be effective, however, there is no specific list so often the stuff is poured on neat, or a stronger mix used "to make sure", and if you follow any form of instruction, the concentration is much stronger than its origional design(foliar acting). As a result, when used on the species types that take up the glyphosate easily, these stumps are massively overdosed, hence some translocation accross to other neighbouring trees.

Having used a 6" chipper for years, then a 9" for further years, I have come to the conclusion I dont care about the extra weight, the extra wear and tear etc to pull the bigger chipper, this is far more inportant; This is now my ideal set up; This way you can seperate chip from log, dont have "issues" associated with 7.5 tonners, virtually no snedding time, plenty of room for crew, kit and load. This set up has capability of removing well over 4tons at a go, so suits virtually all domestic jobs we do. Different for everyone I guess but certainly works great for us. In answer to the OP, get the biggest chipper you can tow with your truck, its not about putting big wood through, its more about saving time and money in the long run

Just a little pointer for you that happens very regularly, if you end up letting these folk come and collect who seem keen to just take it away, make sure they start with the large/more difficult to move bits! Otherwise you could end up in the situation where all the "easy" bits have gone and you need to pay someone to take the rest!

Totally missed that bit! Obviously cant read bits in the brackets!

Another way of looking at it would be, pay for someone to take the tree down and remove the stuff you dont think is worth anything. Then, you have a heap of high value timber you can sell on and make a fortune from. Good luck with it.

Jon, get that Howard Rota Spreader on the back of the Smart, you'll fit plenty of swag in then! Must meet you at APF, I dare say there are many who would like to meet the legend. Perhaps a "Mendip Jon fan club" should be set up, there would be a great following:thumbup:

Nice one, always good when it all comes together with so many targets involved. Reason I asked about removal, was purely because it looks healthy. It having suffered limb failure would be an issue in that position obviously, was there any signs of canker, possibly causing the limb failure?

I'd definately of climbed it(even with the extra loading involved!) but wouldnt ask anyone else to if they weren't happy with it. Guess I'd need to have seen the tree in person, but I think I would have tried to avoid just cutting it in half in a oner, more the strip from the bottom working up idea, but it was your tree mate. Guess all went ok so must have been ok your way.

What was reason for removal?

Or even Cerne IS a government mole?

Cerne, just out of curiosity, do you have any form of surveillance at your home or workplace?

The whole Axemen series was based on Mr Ed. The guy is legend:lol:

Lol! That was sure a cool vid, brings back memories seeing that again. Cheers for the bump:thumbup:

Now THAT looks nice!

Many thanks for the replies. Very helpful. Thanks for the link too to the other thread, I did try a search but unfortunately it didnt come up:blushing: So, my way forward? I think, following the information in both threads my best option will be to suggest removal. Knowing the finacial implications of treatment/pruning suggested in the threads, it may be too costly for this particular customer, especially if there is no guarantee of the trees survival. Also, apart from the deminished canopy,(estimated 10-15% remaining) the tree does have other issues. As you can see in the pics the tree is co-dominant. One of the stems has a lateral wound low down near the main fork, where there is signs of ingress of pathogens, and the other stem has had signs of canker for at least two years now. Given all advice, combined with other structural issues with the tree and the inclinations of this particular customer it may be as well to remove and replant. Perhaps not the outcome we would all prefer, but I feel it would be the most logical long term option. Many thanks to all.

As title, there seems to be a lot of Cherry trees in our area that have almost lost all of their leaves. They seem to have all flowered ok then while coming into leaf have died back. If anyone has any pointers it would be a great help, is it anywhere else in the country? Is it weather/seasonal issues, or even disease/pest orientated? A typical example below, although I didnt realise the poor quality of the pictures until I saw them on a puter screen!

Some folk love fiddling with saws, some love cutting trees, what ever floats your boat I guess. Pretty pointless all the same though!

Nice one Liam, sure looks like you sorted it in the end:thumbup: Just a bit of advice(as usual), be careful pulling winch line with the landy, they aren't designed for it. The load you were pulling here wouldn't harm it though I dare say. Just out of curiosity, how did you get the cable back in if you didnt have the remote with you? Did you just do the bumper wrap tidy?

Its just its own little way of welcoming you to the world of the green oval:thumbup:

Yep, with you now:thumbup1: Think the thing that threw me was Ive read on logbooks if a vehicle was "new at first registration". Just assumed they maybe all aren't

Yeh, I get you Dave, but like Steve says was it made in '83, or first registered in '83?

I'd say it was much older than '83 but could be wrong:sneaky2:

The longer you leave it the less chance of keeping the finger!