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If you don't understand the processes or risk assessment may be you should ask and discuss what is acceptable and then come to a compromise over what you and the contractor think is acceptable rather than not understanding whilst thinking you know everything. Put simply If you don't know the roles or processes further dialogue with those who do would be best rather than being a know all. This applies to both parties.

Maybe it is because bt are rip off merchants who will find the smallest reason to make you pay and then go so slow they will make you pay for a second or third hour that could have been done in 10 minutes. Maybe I should charge bt rent for the cable that tresspasses into my airspace whilst I'm at it.

We just bought some from a company called furniture nation. Solid pine custom size free standing jobbies. They aren't the mass produced stuff you normally fing.

I've made a mantlepiece out of some I felled. Milled it into 2.5 inch planks after it had been on the deck for a couple of years. I then had it in the conservatory for 6 months and finally finished it. Its not moved at all yet and have had a few blazing fires going. The remainder of the planks I knocked up a very rough bench. Mill it to what size you think you will need. For outdoor furniture doesn;t matter if it green so use it. If you are bringing inside for furniture make sure it is sufficiently dry. Oh yes and the offcuts did burn mighty fine

If you can justify it put your 3k down as a deposit and get finance on a new machine. I have an hb20,on finance paid about 900 deposit and costs me 160ish a month to pay it off.

I reckon it was a girdled root early in its life which has then grafted into the tree presenting as it is now

Always a fixed price. I think day rate has too many potential pitfalls of people picking about the hours you have worked

Must be a different climate up Clitheroe way. The ash in my garden look unlikely to leaf imminently. The oaks and willows in the fields are well away though.

880 is a beast. I wouldn't say they are unreliable. We milled some 31inch beech with no problems with an 880 the other day. They are a tried and tested beast

Sander if you want to keep them large. I use a flap disc on a grinder, belt sander and use different grit. Also did have an electric planer which works well

I've owned a chipper for 5 years now and a stump grinder for 2. I now offer the hire of said machines with an operator. A timberwolf 150 and a bandit hb20.

Hot water side on ours is gravity fed system. When the water is hot it switches to a pumped system to power the rads. We don't have a valve to prevent circulation to the upstairs rads when the pump isn't running so they still get hot. The gravity part of the system is 28mm pipe. The remaing circuit is 22mm pipe with 15mm of shoots as short as possible to the rads.

Give me a ring or email and we could discuss. We are local authority approved at two local authorities and do alot of work for a number landscapers. We cover all the north west but mainly greater Manchester and west lancs. Steve Nicholls 07970521692 [email protected]

That is one big downsize. 110s and 130s are limited on space for everything. I run a 110 tipper. The main thing is to know you have chip tips close by. The main issues are pretty trivial. Bushes wear when heavily loaded. Earlier transfer boxes are a serviceable part if carrying alot of weight and towing. Watch out for rust but you would know that owning a mog. The big thing like I said is the loss of capacity

Short memory. terrorism has reduced as Irish dissident groups are much less active having nearly been blown to oblivion by the real ira I can assure you terrorism was a massive problem. Tony Blair however lead the country into the current problems by interfering with a radical regime in Iraq that had no weapons of mass destruction or chemical weapons.

What northern towns have you been to of late. I wish there were loads if boarded up houses I'd be buying the lot. I think someone has been watching to much fantasy channel known as the bbc propaganda channel. The reality there are jobs out there just people don't want to do it because they find it demeaning and it might affect their benefits. Eastern Europeans who are here legally remember tend not to be as fussy as they are more willing to work. Yes there are thieves amongst them but then there are many amongst the indigenous population. The vast majority of druggies I see around our local area are you've guessed it white English. The names published in the local paper as to who has been convicted the majority English names. I think blaming immigration is hiding the wider issues of a second and third generation of feckless wonders from the English society that don't and never will work due to work being hard and benefits being easy whilst hiding behind the phrase "they come here and steal our jobs." Labour were traditionally the party of the working man hence the stronghold I'm northern areas. Now people are on benefits they become the party of the benefits class as it will score votes. Many of this countries problem start at home. Home being the British mentality.

Petrol vehicles are just as bad and don't kid yourself. What will happen if you ban diesels in towns? there will be a serious knock on effect on the economy. What really needs addressing is the reliance on hydrocarbons as a road transport fuel, electric vehicles not being the answer either as electricity comes from on the whole dirty fuels as to quote the article with regards to London buses it just moves the pollution elsewhere.

The stupid thing is nesting season is an imaginary date set by ecologists with degrees but no real grasp that some birds nest all year and that not every tree will have a nest in it. Network rail aren't doing anything illegal unless they actively disturb a nest so I don't see what the problem is. When I go out tommorow felling trees I could be in breach of the law but I make the checks to ensure we aren't just like network rail.

High hedge route would be the way to go if an amicable agreement cannot be reached between neighbours.

As in for cs39 as was. Just get the assessment schedule off tinterweb. There isn't much to learn a few cuts a bit of health and safer and that is about it.

Is that some of the tulip wood from burscough. Looks fantastic by the way

Stein rc1000 here. Does for 90% of trees. Doesn't flap around too much on the tree,

That is cheap specially if using own fuel. £10 an hour would be getting closer.

Ideally avoid pruning at bud burst but how many do avoid. Pruning in the growing season to me is more logical than in the dormant period as the tree is producing energy which it can invest in compartmentalising the wounds that are created. I prune all year as at the end of the day I need to pay the bills

I tend to use gods gloves although my hands are rather like leather as a result. When it is cold though I have been known to use fingerless dewalt gloves from screwfix which cost about a tenner and last several months.