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I am plannning on expanding a community woodland. With no money.. Any advice on grants would be good as have never done anything similar. There is a local, oak, ash wood approx 25 years old whoes understorey is covered in ash seedlings, I was wondering on the feasibilty of digging them up and moving them to the new site. Could I just harvest them as bare root trees and plant them up? How would you do that? What size would be best to take (the donor wood has 100's of thin whips up to 4m)? Will unprepared trees from an understorey survive? I also know of a site on an old playing feild which is covered with 10 year old oaks. It's going to be bulldozed one of these days can I dig them up and get a nice supply of bare root oaks?

Has any one got a MEWP (10m high, 5m outreach) willing to hire next week, for a morning/day in the east midlands (Long Eaton).. cheers.

Not bad seeing as I got it off the web sitting in my office...

LA, will not allow any reduction, they might allow minimal pruning back of specific branches although I would have to reapply and therefore wait another 8 weeks!

Is this work acceptable?: T1 -Oak Tree -Crown reduce by the removal of the outermost 2m of the leaf bearing canopy back to suitable secondary growth points. Ensuring a flowing branch line and a natural crown habit for the species. Resulting pruning cuts will not exceed 100mm in diameter. Remove dead wood over 50mm. I believe trees in the urban environment that are going to out grow their position should be maintained, and that regular minimal reductions, like giant bonsi are better than letting it get out of control.. The pic is from google street view so bigger now.

Big beech tree in church yard, lost a big limb earlier in the year in still conditions and another recently. Located over a foot path and grave yard, small ganoderma bracket at base, signs of other breakages. Both failed branches had the staining but wood sill solid.

We've two transits and they are sluggish but work great, our oldest we brought used over 6 years ago has had very little go wrong... The newer one we've had 3 years is still very reliable. (our chippers however....) If you don't go off road they are great. If you have a Landy you've got a 4x4, use that when your off road, chances are you'll be able to chip on site on those jobs. Unless you want to tow 3.5 tons, then get a landy.

Timberwolf called after seeing the thread and were VERY keen to have a look at the 190. I decided to let them even though I had a price and a guy working on it. Fair play to them, they want to work out what's happened. Will let you know of any findings.

Don't know if you only check your threads so I thought I'd post here also. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/large-equipment/18752-very-scary-expensive.html First off what's caused it? The machine was in good shape, sharp, well maintained and cared for. Only used by ourselves and NEVER (to my knowledge) has anything nasty gone through it. Should it not be designed to take it? Lumps of steel flying about scare me...

1300hrs..

A few more showing what's left of the fly wheel... Dunno the cause, blades both intact, bearing now seized but seemed to be OK before the BANG. Being fed with clean clear willow..

My TW 190 decided to go bang! I still can't look at the hole with out thinking what if...

Good match, thanks..

I'm complete rubbish with shrubs.. This leaf was pretty distinctive, thought I should know it. Client called it the "dreary tree," large shrub, white flowers "some time in the year" not now..

I have got a track to clear for a fence line, there are goint to be approx 700 stumps what's the best machine and who's got one? They need to be down to 300mm. Does anyone know of, or have a 12inch crane fed chipper they'd like to hire out? Cheers

If you are buying quatities, be aware Petroleum Spirit (Motor Vehicles etc) Regulations 1929 Max 275 l without licence max 10l container If you want bigger must be 10m from building/public place with a spillage retention system and licence from Enviroment Agency Petroleum Spirit (Plastic Containers) Regulations 1982 max 5l containers, max 2 per vehicle, + 2 in safe place (although I just read they no longer apply to work places?)

You should see how they mark the proff dip. The ID section is also without reference material. The speices list is Hilliers, over 4000 species and cultivars. At the last management day less then 25% of the candidates passed, and these are candidates who had passed the three exams which are equally challenging. If you can pass it your have to know your stuff, but it does exclude those of us who don't do well in exams and cant spell. Examining people is always difficult, it has to be a bit difficult, or whats the point! I have a 2.1 BSc in Ecology and a PGCE. I thought the prof dip would be staight forward for me, but don't think I could EVER pass it. Especialy not while running a business and looking after 3 small children.. I was studying at tree life but Switched to the Tech Cert in the hope of getting something out of my efforts. Tech Cert covers similar stuff at a lower level. Jaimee, did you do some exams this summer? How did they go?

Anyone any experience with road towable access platforms? I was hoping there would be some at the show. I'm not a big fan of platforms but tendering for a LA contract with lots of street tree "reductions." Seen a few 20+ m machines that should be big enough and under 3.5 tons so could tow with a landy.

I think your going to struggle if you want to get into bats for the financial rewards. I might be wrong but I doubt any one is getting rich doing bat surveys and there is alot of time and effort required before you can do them. At the moment licencing is dominated by volunteers who often don't trust tree workers... It does appear to becoming more profesional but I think you've got to be into bats.. BCT send me an email, last month: "We would like to draw your attention to our new course that we are running in the near future: Arboriculture and Bats: How To Use A Fibrescope Nettlecombe Court FSC Centre, Somerset, Thursday 22/4/10. This new course seeks to provide participants with practical skills and methods to look for evidence of bats, including the use of fibrescopes. Please see the attached information for further details. It is designed as a follow up to our Arboriculture and Bats: A Guide For Practitioners course and priority will be given to those who have already attended this course. Places are limited so if you are interested please send in your completed booking form asap. If you have any further questions please give me a call on the details at the bottom of this email. In addition we still have places available on the following courses Arboriculture and Bats, Juniper Hall, Surrey, 8/4/10 Bats and Bat Surveys, Juniper Hall, Surrey, 12-14/4/10 Arboriculture and Bats, Plas Tan y Bwlch, Gwynedd, 4/5/10 Arboriculture and Bats, Scottish Churches House, Perthshire, 10/5/10 Planning and Preparation of Bat Surveys, Juniper Hall, Surrey, 17/5/10 Surveying Buildings, Juniper Hall, Surrey, 18-19/5/10 Bats and Bat Surveys, Nettlecombe Court, Somerset, 2-4/6/10 If you would like to attend any of these please complete and send in the booking form. If you’d like any further details please give me a call or have a look at the training pages on our website (Bat Conservation Trust). Yours faithfully, Dave Sutton Training and Events Administrator Bat Conservation Trust 15 Cloisters House, 8 Battersea Park Road, London SW8 4BG Tel +44 (0) 20 7501 3638 www.bats.org.uk"

The peltor muffs are IMO rubbish so you want the sordins anyhow.

But it's a PDF.......

Has anyone got a copy? I've seen the draft. It's the Australian BS5837 AS 4970-2009 Protection of trees on development sites

I'm sure you'll find the info in one of these: The Petroleum-Spirit (Motor Vehicles, Etc.) Regulations 1929 The Petroleum Spirit (Plastic Containers) Regulations 1982 Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001 The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002

You have too much time on your hands... What about the UKTC?

I'm soon to be in the same situation even more of an issue if you have a dog in the back. We currently have a Honda FR-V which is freat seats 6 in two rows. So can fit although tight. It is only small for a 6 seater. Mazda Bongo, same engine as the ranger, good camper..