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  1. MattyF
    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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    This is the problem with our industry , turkeys like you with opinions on things you know nothing on but presume you do posing as professionals .. do you have any arboricultural qualifications that are relevant to answering this question or is that just your brain farting.
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    Log in the photo looks firewood anyway, limbs and flutes all over and a nice inclusion at 8ft
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    Chantler Timber - Chantler Timber - UK traders in round hardwood timber - freehold woodland WWW.CHANTLERTIMBER.CO.UK Chantler Timber - Nationwide buyers and suppliers of mature round hardwood timber and freehold woodland Try these , there was always some one else who pacifically was asking for sycamore in the forestry journal but it’s been a long time since I read one.
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    I’d leave it be , or use cobra if you have too like mick said ... if you do brace the tree with cobra the cables want to be two thirds above from the unions you think are week, to be honest they look fine to me.
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    Cool , I know f all about welding really , I’ve always had decent machines set up for me when I had big projects in my mates garage but I brought some thermal arc thing at the recommendation of Arb talk a few years back but it seems to burn out generators and I dare not stick it in our house supply as it’s off grid with expensive inverters , it’s trips it instantly when I have tried any way .... I think I’ll sell the thermal arc and buy your set up, sounds like what we need.
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    What generator are you using Mike?
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    Where did you find a 46 harken for £700 ?
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    This ones come up from deep in the archives ! Worked along side Chris’s crew this summer , good bunch of lads.
  25. MattyF
    I’ve found overland very helpful for schliesing parts and on a whole they are a far more agricultural machine to work on than other brands .. but I do know the where abouts of a very good chipper mechanic and the difference between him doing work on a machine and another reputable company who I last used is massive , I’d rather some one spot a future problem and resolve it than patch it up and hope for the best for it to come back in 6 months worse than when it went in the first time and try and sell you a new forst on green mech if they are now dealers for them! If he’s in the north east I can give you the company and mechanic to deal with , he formally did all the schliesing repairs for warranty years back when he worked for another company so knows his way around them.

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