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A huge 50kg (8stone) for me. Ideal for floating through the upper crown, I even breathe in a little bit to save weight.
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shock as wrong trees chopped down in wrong garden
Dom replied to Ross Macneil's topic in General chat
I once ground the wrong stump out. My guv'nor at the time had written Pound Ct in the diary, when it should have read Pound Cl, but his handwriting was illegible, and at 4.30 he called asking why we hadn't yet visited our customer in Pound Close. And then we realised our cock-up, quick tidy-up, stumpy on the van and off we went to the real job. Someone must have come home and been surprised to see the large stump in their front garden missing. -
Questionnaire from BBC about risk and how we perceive it. It'd be interesting to see if us tree surgery bods are more capable of assessing risks accurately than others due to the nature of our work.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/labuk/experiments/risk/
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Call Stobart Energy, formerly called AHS. Stobart Biomass Introduction | Stobart Group
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So why do arb insurance forms that we fill in each year have a yes/no box to check to indicate if staff are qualified or not? If I was to tick no would they still insure me? Perhaps with higher premiums? And then if something happened surely you'd be covered?
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I use a 1.4m steel corkscrew I found on ebay for £50. It's a solid construction about an inch thick, the guy I bought it off had it specially made at great expense allegedly, to hold down hot air balloons Have winched some pretty hefty lumps around off of it.
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Wish I knew somewhere around here too. Paying to tip off woodchip at mid surrey is painful.
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So is Coriolus versicolour now Trametes versicolour?
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I had Stobart Biomass in recently to collect my chippings. I think the big Stobart arctic had a 40 cubic metre capacity, which was about 30 tonne of chip. Stobart driver was bloody good to be able to reverse in and out of my yard, although I can't see how economical it can be to drive an arctic full of chip from surrey to the midlands for screening and then either scotland or north wales to be used in a power plant. Someone is clearly making some money somewhere along the line..
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Hi, I'm looking for a place to ideally store logs, chip, my van and tools, etc, preferably in a lockup/container. If anyone knows anywhere in the Epsom to Guildford area in Surrey I would be much appreciative. Thanks, Dom
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Cracking tree indeed. Get a lot of firewood out of that beauty.
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I've wasted countless hours taking teeth off of machines, and sharpening them on a grinding wheel. Bought my own stumpy a few months ago, and bought a diamond disc from Saturn Machine Knives, well happy with it so far, each tooth takes a minute or two, without having to take them off the machine. Looking at getting a power inverter so as I can run the angle grinder from the van ciggy lighter. Simple to sharpen.. just make sure there's a decent edge on the tungsten, and make sure the tungsten cutting bit sticks out further than the normal steel it's mounted on.
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Alright Rich,
It's little Dom from elmbridge trees, back in the day. I hear you're off on your own now. Jez told me you got done over, bit of a shitter.
~Do you know Kev green? He added me as a "friend" on this, and I saw that you'd visited his page, thought it might be you.
I worked with kev for a couple of years, took over as climber when he left.
Anywhos, hope you're keeping busy.
Dom
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I'm just setting up a nice little workshop in a shed in the garden. A place to tend to saws at home, away from the yard. What would you guys say are the essentials bits of kit to have in an arb workshop? And, on a different tangent; What's the best set-up you've seen in regards to parking up chippers and vans, and putting away and storing kit in terms of efficiency and neatness? Worked with several companies, from minimalists to hoarders so i've seen plenty different set-ups, with upsides and downsides, now I'm out working for myself it seems that my yard could be a little better organised..
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Does anyone know anything more than what google tells me regarding mistletoe on english oak? I've heard it's very rare, and possibly valuable to the right people. It's just that I spotted an oak not far from me the other day with a fair amount of mistletoe growth, and it's the first time I've ever seen it..
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Mid Surrey Farm on reigate road in Ewell / Epsom. Might be a bit too far. £35 up to 1000kg green waste.
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Burns terribly when i've tried on an open fire..
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The track down to my logpile and woodchip is on a very slight slope and is getting muddier and muddier by the day. I want to put some road planings down so that I don't get stuck every time I unload the van, but the lady I rent the yard from is not keen on the idea. Has anyone ever used those temporary plastic grids for parking on grass? Would these be any good? Or does anyone have any better cheaper options? (Apart from getting a land rover) Cheers
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As far as i'm aware if you and the landowner hold waste management licenses with a certain exemption you should be fine. I spoke to a good bloke at the EA, can't remember his name who told me all the ins and outs. The license was only 2 or 3 hundred squids if I remember right..
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Biiig beech butt
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My old guvnor is the sole supplier of Barnel tools from America. Theyre really good, always used their handsaws, they're a quarter of the price and last just as long. If anything they are slightly more flexible and prone to snapping, but for the difference in price it was well worth it.
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Risk assessments and method statements...for the last time, hopefully!
Dom replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
A most excellent thread Sirs -
Good advice, cheers. I broke my arm in a wee accident with a gravity fed woodchipper/shredder combo. Something got caught in the shredding anvils and dragged my arm against the hopper, popped my elbow out backwards and snapped the ulna. It all happened in a split second. I instantly knew it was broken and swore like a trooper! And then I had to sit down and swear some more until the ambulance arrived, and I spent 4 days waiting for an "urgent" operation on the National Health... Has been a bit of blessing in disguise, it's prompted me to delegate a lot of work, get a bigger chipper, and had a few weeks to sit down and do the dreaded paperwork.
