benedmonds
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Isn't it bad luck to cut down a yew? On the lethality of yew, I know farmers who are terrified of it.. They are convinced that the smallest leave/needle will wipe out their cows and sheep.. and have seen it happen...! I'm not convinced... I've been meaning to look it up for ages, found this: YEW Contains an alkaloid, taxine, and a heteroside, taxicatoside. Toxicity is maximal in winter and is not reduced by drying. Cut branches that are a few weeks old are more toxic than when fresh. Oral doses in g fresh plant material per kg/ body weight: LD cattle 1-10 horses 0.5-2 pigs 3 sheep, goats 10-12 dogs 8 rabbits 20 So if an cow weighs 400kg it would need 0.4 - 4kgs to kill it! Whereas a horse the same size only 0.2kgs.. I guess it's not a lot for a hungry animal to eat!
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It amazes me that people will ignore recomendations.. I looked at a tree in the grounds of a hotel. They had had a report from a very well known arb saying that as long as the cavity with the bees nest at 6m is not extensive then it's acceptable, if the cavity is over 50% then it should be felled.. I got the job to probe the bees nest found the cavity to be VERY extensive and recomended felling. The estate owners decide not to fell..?
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Accident Pictures(please view with caution)
benedmonds replied to john@arbtech's topic in General chat
MS200 damage on a friends arm..
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You don't have to apply it before decending! I'd get out of the tree quick if I could. Then reach to the wound dressing on my harness as soon as I hit the ground. It's good to have..
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They've lots in Christchurch, New Zealand. Took me a while to work out what they were, they looked to me like British trees (if that makes sense), they didn't look like native kiwi trees, but I'd never seen big avenues of them..
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I would highly recommend the Proclimber Personal First Aid Pouch. Had mine at least 3 years maybe even 4. Rarely comes off and never opens.
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PD results 2008/2009 I think this demonstrates that to obtain the PD you have to be pretty special... Paper 1. - 50 entries - 27% Pass Paper 2. - 41 entries - 54% Pass Paper 3. - 32 entries - 16% Pass Paper 4. - 23 entries - 26% Pass Paper 5. - 48 entries - 38% Pass Paper 6. - 36 entries - 39% Pass Then Management exercise (these are people who have pased the prevoius 6 papers, so must know lots!) 18 entries - 27% Pass
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I get to sign my Quotes: Ben Edmonds BSc Tech.Arbor.A.. Plus a really borring technical journal that sometimes relates to what we do.. Thats got to be worth the £125 a year. Any one looked into the Trust Mark Scheme?
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My post was not ignore EL insurance.. I'd written a post about finding out I needed it and didn't think we had it! Then found out we had it all along. I Couldn't work out how to delete the post but edited it... Deleted it and wrote "ignore" I meant the post not the insurance!
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Drinking the urine of reindeer that have been munching them is another 'traditional' way of taking them.....
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I am looking over the CV's sent this week so will be in contact soon.. Send a CV ASAP if interested.. 26.10.09
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Ignore..
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You often pay to do work like that..
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Climber wanted, newbie with basic tickets or a couple of years experience, small but professional expanding firm. Based between Derby and Nottingham. Monday-Friday 8.30 - 4.30 (normally) Successful applicant would be engaged in various arboricultural works It is desirable for candidates to hold relevant NPTC qualifications and a full driving licence. All PPE and equipment will be provided, and training where necessary. Salary dependent on candidates’ level of training and experience. [email protected] 01332 875 869
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Not without a few more details... That friend of a friend case could have been the firm requesting the full refund after the employee left after working for 23 months.. If the employee left within days or weeks of the training, I can't see where the employer is going to have derived any benifit. I admit it might be difficult to get all the training costs back but not paying them their last pay check could claw back a chunk.
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Is this reasonable: TRAINING. CTS will pay for employee training. However if the employee leaves the employment within 2 years from the date of training they must repay a percentage of the training costs as follows. The costs shall be taken from the employees pay check: 75% within 6 months 50% from 6-12 months 25% from 12-24 months
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Not my numbers, from the BRE: Pruning trees to reduce water use Summaries of research; conclusions and recommendations IP7/06 Hipps, Atkinson and Griffiths Recommendations ● For consistent soil moisture conservation, severe crown reduction of 70–90% of crown volume would have to be applied. Reduction of up to 50% crown volume is not always effective for decreasing soil drying ● To ensure a continued decrease in canopy leaf area and to maximise the period of soil moisture conservation, crown reductions should be repeated on a regular managed cycle with an interval based on monitoring regrowth ● Crown thinning may be aesthetically desirable but is not an effective method to control soil drying by trees Basically reducing trees to prevent subsidence is not an option..
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Hortlink, research sugest 70-90% reduction required to have any impact on tree induced subsidence.. So what you've done is fine for endweighting and looks good but if your doing it to prevent subsidence it's not nearly enough..
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Can I legaly do this?
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Thinking of changing our tractor and I rekon a telehandler would be more useful. We would need a PTO and a minimum 40 kph, although faster would be better. I've done some searching and found that Landini Powerlift and Merlo multifarmer seem to do what is required.. Any thoughts? I have also got confused about the use of man baskets.. http://www.hse.gov.uk/workplacetransport/pm28.pdf If it's occasional use and LOLER'd, can they be used? Do they need controls in the basket? Stronga, who sell the baskets say "All of our access platforms fully comply with The HSE PM28 giving you a perfect solution to working at height on your farm." But from reading other threads I am not so sure.. STRONGA Direct
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Does no one sell by the small bag, like they sell at garages.. All our wood is sold like that. £3.50 a bag. Seasoned hardwood, mostly...
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eepAtIXFUIw]YouTube - ActSafe T1-16 Demo at DSEI 2009[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi6kR1AmVSc&feature=related]YouTube - Tree Climbing with a power ascender[/ame]
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It's in a church yard/bordering a field so possible that they have been removed. It lost a big limb at 6m in the summer in calm conditions. I didn't do the clear up but it had dark zone lines as you might find with Polyporus squamosus.. No brackets were found at that time however. That was my plan, I thought someone here might confirm my ID and speed the process up.
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I remember some discusion in the past about retaining beech with meripilus but can't remember if there was any new data/advice. My books are quite clear... “By the time the fruiting bodies of M. giganteus appear , it is likely that a high chance of windthrow exists. Crown symptoms may be preset by this stage, but by no means always.. M. giganteus is one of the most dangerous decay fungi to be found on Fagus sylvatica (Beech) (2001. Lonsdale, Principles of Tree Hazard Assessment and Management)” "fruit bodies indicate heavily destroyed root system, leaving only little time for trees surviving" (2006. Olaf Schmidt, wood and tree fungi)
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I know I posted these pic's on the fungi pic thread but I think they may get lost without me getting an answer.. Are these young Meripilus giganteus..? I've only ever seen big mature fruiting bodies. On beech, not from below ground level as you would normally expect, but just above ground level in the root butress. They're about 5cm long.
