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  1. benedmonds
    You did touch a nerve as cyclists regularly get a bashing by the Jeremy Clarkson fan cub.. Your post did not come across as live and let live.. It came across as someone who knows little about something and makes a stupid generalisation and the hate shown seemed hugely disproportionate indicating other issues with cyclists,, Cyclists wear lycra as it is the most suitable clothing for cycling in.. Same as surfers wear wetsuits, runners wear shorts and every sporting activity wears whatever is most comfy and practical.. You are presumably not offended by sunday league footballers wearing football kits? Anyone not wearing lycra on a bike is the fool.
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    Why could you possibly be so angry about individuals keeping healthy (reducing the cost to the national health service) and socialising in a way that causes the smallest of inconvenience to others..? Find something real to get upset about. It's taken you an extra 30 seconds to drive to your gym, golf club, shops (fit in your pointless past time).. And being a twat you have probably driven in an irresponsible manner putting their and others life at risk as you believe you own the roads and don't understand the highway code..
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    We have an avant, it's great but can't compare with others as never used them. The plastic panels are easily damaged.
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    Seriously this should NOT be considered.. You are planning on climbing, using a chain saw in a tree and rigging over a road. You should not be working in a tree with a chainsaw on your own. There 'might" be a time when you want to lower something from the tree, possibly if your groundie is busy but not over a road..
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    The planning inspectorate is even more tardy (under-resourced) then the worse lpas. They work at a glacial pace.. You would have to be very patient to test with pins..
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    Especially if a sycamore is a plane..
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    To be honest that pop was not really pollarded, it was topped or topparded. I know many (including myself) use the term pollarding on big pops, willows (..ash, lime, sycamore) but as I understand it a pollard should really be started from a young tree and needs to be maintained... Shigo was not keen so the americans and many brits are pretty anti topping. https://www.treesaregood.org/portals/0/docs/treecare/WhyToppingHurts.pdf
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    Pretty much. Travel into the jungle by canoe, meet some village elders and hand out some cash for anyone willing to donate. Some shamen insisted they to go on drug induced spirit journeys first. But I don't think the university RAMS covered that aspect. They also had issues getting it back to the UK as a pilot refused to carry biological samples.
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    Sperm count is apparently falling, I have a friend who has just returned from Colombia where he has been collecting semen samples from local indigenous tribe men with little contact to the "modern" world. We think tree work has challenges..
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    I don't think it's testosterone.. Most of the young lads I employ have more then enough. Swaggering about puffing their chests and fighting is one of the challenges you have to deal with when employing groups of young men..
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    Sylvagen have taken arb arisings from us in unchipped form. It might not be very profitable, but it can be an effective way of clearing the yard of wood.
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    I am ready to be corrected but they don't look to have been applied very well. https://www.monsanto-ag.co.uk/media/1958/ecoplug_product-info-guide_2012.pdf
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    I have also been told similar, but if you read the google maps terms and conditions you can use them in reports. You have to reference them.
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    What has probably changed is a jobsworth planning officer or TO without a modicum of common sense..
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    As Edward said specification from a photo is not really best practice. But that tree should retained if possible. The 2 lines I drew showed 2 different internal canopies either could be cut back to imo depending on the assessment of the trees stability. It would probably be better for the tree if it could be done in a staged manner but if you are concerned with the stability you are probably going to want to cut to the red line to make a significat difference and so probably wouldn't be happy leaving it at the orange line for a year or so.. There are also additional costs doing it staged. I might add I don't think the soil type is relevant or the other tree that fell over.
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    That oak tree is worth retaining if possible.. It will likely tolerate a hard reduction it is trying to do it naturally itself.. You can see internal canopies to cut back to. It's what engliah oaks do.. thats why they can live 900 years.
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    While I agree it's not difficult to get o licence, you can get a lot of 7.5 ton truck for the money and the extra payload means they are much more suitable.. When they break they cost more to fix... You do need 12 week checks, the MOT is considerably more involved and training drivers is costly and time consuming especially if you are an employer..
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    You charged an extra £500 for an extra groundie..?
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    My view is there is always something to do.. Rake, Sharpen saws, etc.. etc.. With only 2 men the climber often ends up waiting for the ground to be clear. And the clear up takes longer.. Why would you pay climber rates to rake up... ...But skyhuck's big kit slow and steady method has a huge advantage... Not have employees who cause huge headaches..
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    Tommy Plummer Tree Services http://www.tpts.co.uk/
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    https://trees.org.uk/Trees.org.uk/media/Trees-org.uk/Documents/ArbAC/Choosing-Your-Arborist-Lft-19-Public.pdf
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    After speaking with Dean at bandit we have some different options. Trade in our 44hp 2150 for a 38hp zt1844. The zt is similar width as hb20 but apparently comparable in grinding ability to our big 2150..? Any opinions on the zt1844
  23. benedmonds
    We've had our hb20 7 years and had the engine rebuilt last year. Been using oil ever since.
  24. benedmonds
    Recommendations please.. Our HB20 has been great but it is getting on now.. We have a big grinder so don't need it for the bigger stumps.. Tempted just to go with another HB20 but lots more out there now
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    It's used a lot for recommendations.. The local I love "my village" groups. I did sign up to a bunch of local groups for a while in an attempt to get in the mix but the majority seemed to be low end work and I got bored with trawling through the other posts..

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