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    Just the way it is I’m afraid ... I don’t even want to measure ours now as it’s depressing that they where below 20% during the summer .. I would say 23% +now .. I’ve found though never to process damp logs as you get massive damp seems of mushrooms. On the other analogy, Rivers have always flooded ,it’s just we got greedy and built on flood plains and have tried to claim and drain every bit of remaining land possible for agriculture making water flow quicker in to the main systems and flooding more likely. This Feild was ancient pasture until 4 years ago when they tore it apart it’s structure with 400hp tractors de stoned it and drained it in to the nearest burn which now floods 40 houses then pushes the rest even quicker in to the main Tyne ... our rivers are knacked and I disagree completely that dredging them is the answer it just makes it go quicker to the next problem down stream.
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    Haha will be intrigued to see how you get on... you will either love or hate it .. personally I don’t know any one who has used mine and didn’t like it ...only people off this forum.
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    It won’t seed paddy numbers because the seeds are sterile , they only propagate from suckers off the parent tree and why genetically can all be probably traced to the same Roman trees from 2000 years ago.. also why Dutch elm disease was devastating as essentially theres no genetic deviation in there make up.. if you where to look at ash there would literally be millions of deviations and hopefully why some will be resilient to chalara. But to answer the OPs question yes they will propagate from cuttings well.
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    Still my go to pick .. works for me in any wood whereas others I’ve got don’t ... I actually can’t use them!
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    The more I look at it the only obvious solution is nuclear.. sticking eye sore wind mills up in pristine areas of unspoilt land , messing up river eco systems with dams and shredding devices ,felling trees to burn in the name of green energy is not green really and when you look at it plus who gets paid for having there land used for these there is only one winner it’s just money making schemes and a con.
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    How do you find the 881 in comparison to the 880 ?? Vibration and air filter is what I’m not keen on with my old 088... are they improved enough to notice a difference?
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    Rowen White beam Lime Beech Hornbeam Horse chestnut Sweet chestnut Larch Western red cedar Willow Poplar Yew Seem to be pretty standard trees you come across a lot
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    That’s a bit of angle to mill! , looks great... I suppose on the good side ,bits of iron in yew adds some more colours [emoji23]
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    I’d spent 40 mins on the bench grinder getting the milling chain spot on and tip top last night and it was flying better than the new spare I had.. to be honest I’d rather hit metal than stones though and yew seem to attract them and suck them up in to there flutes!
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    Milled a yew we felled a while back for a customer , first cut a 1” x6” long. spike ! Chiselled it out and carried on and luckily there wasn’t any more !
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    Maybe cheap but how green is the electricity to power the pumps?
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    They are not quite there yet either though, a friend who had one installed on a new build as it was one of the conditions for planning was shocked at how much electricity those pumps burnt..
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    Go to the house eggs along with a wind turbine .. gets topped up by a generator when low or there is no wind or sun ! To be honest they are 15years old now and have come on a lot since installed.. should really look at getting some new ones.
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    Was nice to look at for about 5 mins this morning ... f all good for anything else though... yards only just thawed from the last lot ... two days of no ice in the yard then this.. oh well!
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    How is huge ships travelling from stateside burning how much oil to get here then burn there trees to fuel British power stations... whole thing was a crock of shit so those in the House of Lords would get paid to heat there huge stately homes instead of having to fork out 20k on heating they now get paid more than that in RHI payments.. when they built cramlington biomass they asked the forestry commission if keilder would be able to supply the demand and the FC said no way !! They built it any way.
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    MattyF replied to gmac's topic in Firewood forum

    I’ll disagree, with the current health and safety guidelines for tree surgery to be compliant with insurance or to get commercial contracts along with the economic climate...it could not be a worse time. If any one had sense they would get out now or if your in it for the long game invest heavily in mewps ,grapple trucks etc...
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    Chain is another link I think ..maybe more so worth checking but the bar is a straight swap and lines up with oil holes etc...
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    10” and a stihl bar with exhaust mod is my 2511 set up... pretty happy with it and use it for pruning , bucket work and small takedowns... can’t fault it to be honest.
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    I’ll try and talk them out of butchery unless that’s 100% what they want and then I’d rather walk away if the tree is prominent anyway... If You have convinced them then most over 50 need glasses and can’t see what you have taken off anyway and are more concerned that if the tree is not looking at a totem pole you have not done the job.... I’m definitely in the habit of making sure we don’t chip up until the client sees the finished tree and is happy , if they say you haven’t taken any off you can give the old “can you tell when some ones had a good hair cut?? “ line and show them the volume of brash that’s overflowing off the drive and around the corner.
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    Just because it’s a sycamore it does not mean it will survive being butchered ... the OP s tree will probably survive but I’ve seen plenty die... inc ones I’ve done myself when the customer has demanded this.
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    See what he has to say ... to be fair if some one offered me 75 pine trees that had access for tractor and winch and to be selective or even better clear felled I would do it for the timber too... your not giving much away about the site though.
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    Has he converted you mick ?
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    Go back and read Chris from Eden’s comments ,try and take some of that on board .. if your serious and not a troll this is a better place to get your research from than google Arboricultural Association - Book Shop By Category WWW.TREES.ORG.UK A world-leading authority for over 50 years on arboricultural best practice, the Association delivers professional standards and guidance, ensuring responsible management of the trees in our care. The Association is a membership organisation that offers training and workshops, help and advice, general publications and journals, and professional directories.Representing the Voice of Arboriculture.
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    Do you know anything about the soil conditions on this site and if you did the relevance to the tree species and it’s relationship with buildings ? Are you a TPO and tree law expert ? Either try and take in thus far what the experts have said and learn something or go back to licking windows clean and stop posting irrelevant misleading comments to some one after serious advice.
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    It’s alright though John , he’s watched a documentary on oak trees ...

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