Charlieh
-
Posts
4,465 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Classifieds
Tip Site Directory
Blogs
Articles
News
Arborist Reviews
Arbtalk Knot Guide
Gallery
Store
Freelancers directory
Everything posted by Charlieh
-
ha, im not sure what the EA guys up here make of this yet, its a bit of a reversal in policy from a few years ago, but its great and hopefully will help the river recover to a more natural state, and this work is all on some very nice stretchs for fishing, as this work will hopefully improve fish habitat in the river, its just a bit stready, did four trees on saturday of 25 that had been identified in about 1.25km of river the rest will have to wait until autumn now for due to breeding birds etc etc
-
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk131/charlie280681/lwd%202%20swainsley/Img_8047_Sawing_in_channel_.jpg[/img]"] http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk131/charlie280681/lwd%202%20swainsley/Img_8086_Final_Product_.jpg[/img]"]
-
another day another stretch of river! http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk131/charlie280681/lwd%202%20swainsley/Img_7950_Charlie_in_action.jpg[/img]"] http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk131/charlie280681/lwd%202%20swainsley/Img_8026_Positioning_LWD_2.jpg[/img]"]
-
i have a tow hitch mounted super winch on the back of my defender that i use for exactly what you describe if you can get a vehicle close to, i use mine for winching alder butts up river banks in blocks of about 4-6ft lengths in the bigger size you describe smaller stuff it will pull up in whole trunks if about 12"diameter, total cost with wiring and mountings was about £240 and about an hour to fit the wiring to the back. Its also handy for medium stuff leaning the wrong way. Its earnt its money back many times over in time saved and work that its allowed me to carry out on the river banks, if your interested i will try and find some pics of it
-
i wrote mine at 4am on the day of the wedding having been out drinking heavily with mates and then just had some rough notes and ad libbed the rest on the spot
-
RM Yeomans in staffs run one of the only skylines based in England http://www.rmyeomans.com/
-
Cheers Andy it was good to meet you and i had great time, nice to see another bit of the country Sorry David, i was staying up at a friends in norfolk and traveling the 20 odd miles down each day, will hopefully meet up at some point in the next few months though oh and Andy it took me 3hrs45mins to get home again due to really heavy snow on the A14 I was going at 35mph at one point and that felt to fast, so i hope the weather isn't to bad for you over the next few days, and thanks again
-
i have a hedgelaying cert from BTCV oneday course and get a cert at the end of it, its not difficult but you just need to practise to get better, there are some very handy books on the subject the BTCV handbook on hedges being the one i most commonly refer to
-
had a mates 242xp the other week its a great saw, i have a 254xp not sure i would want to use it all the time though
-
what you do tarmacing as well as tree work
-
what what what has it got worse than earlier?
-
i would have thought the cherry would be great as it should last for about 5 years of production, if you want some plugs drop me a pm and when i get some i will give you a shout as your only 5mins away
-
i would have though 20" bar on a 44cc saw was way to much, i wouldnt put a 20" on my 55cc, so i think by dropping a bar size you will probably preserve the life of the saw, by not working the saw so hard. Also i assume you bought the saw in a sale and didnt pay that for it? otherwise you could have had a basic husky for the same money (my dealer was offering a mate one of the new style saws for £150 a fortnight ago) but that is by the by and you have the saw now, i would suggest dropping it to the smallest bar you can get for it, i run a 13" bar on my 40cc husky and its the one that gets used the most, and remember you can still cut 2ft with a 13" bar just not as fast, but if it prevents killing the saw!
-
couple of inches up here, near uttoxeter still coming down hard, firebrick cracked in the rayburn over night so i know what im doing, need to get heating and hotwater up and running asap in this weather, then maybe go for a play on the quad with a fert sack tied to the back
-
thats a fairly big hole! howd it happen? recon that you want a new tank really, its not like a small split that could have plastic weld used in it really
-
get a copy of the field studies council mammal ID key its good and may give you a good basis for your project http://www.alanaecology.com/acatalog/British_Land_Mammals.html
-
the should be in hard woods oak and beech are good for longer term crops but willow and pop fruit quicker, harvest vary but oysters possibly in the first year, and up to three years for the shiitakes
-
right i have found a supplier who will do packs of 1200 plugs for £55! thinking about getting yorkshire oysters, chicken of the woods and shiitake, if anyone fancies taking a few plugs of me let me know, they need to go into fresh cut timber (within 7days of cutting) the oyster and shiitake are ok in smaller diameter stuff the chicken of the woods needs either a stump or large rings and will need to be done by May/June time
-
make sure your route up the bank is clear and you can get up it quickly if felling bankside trees as they can do quite unpredictable things when dropped in the river, also be prepared for trees getting hung up if they are quite dense, this is where having a sharp saw and cutting quickly helps as if you cut into the hinge a bit more than normal then the momentum will help it come down. Above all if your not happy, dont do it! i have walked away from bankside trees due to risks such as where you have to stand, severe leans etc. also be aware of cavities that may be potential bat roosts for species such as daubentons. and if the river is fast flowing get a life jacket, I generally wear my life jacket on shallower stuff as this is where your more likey to hit your head on the bottom, in deeper water (within reason) your likely to be able to get out.
-
Ah a leek and district member then? if so this is part of the river hamps restoration project
-
nope it isn't, do you fish there?
-
thing is up here all the rivers are so free of obsticals that when they flood they all peak together and make downstream flooding worse, by increasing delays such as this and increasing floodplain resistance, eg wet woodland then urban flooding is reduced, this is where a lot of government funding is heading, on the water rats they will be ok, thats what a large part of my work is conserving, they prefer sluggish water so this kind of dam actual increases habitat suitability
-
a couple more
-
Here are a few pics from last Friday carrying out large woody debris work on one of the local rivers, the idea behind this is several fold, historically environment agency and NRA used to remove a lot of the woody material from rivers, it is now recognized this was the wrong approach and in many cases has actually made flooding issues worse, these rivers are also devoid of cover for fish from predators and also there is little habitat for invertebrates, so we try to create habitat that provides cover for fish, crayfish and inverts, and in this example the aim is also to help scour the river bed to create pools in what is essentially a man made channel.
-
any reason for wanting the 090 over a 880 or 084? manual oiler, and slow chain speed unless your milling big timber regularly and then due to the age of the 090s it may not be a good idea
