surreyarborist

Try Travis Perkins get mine for nout they are only pleased to get rid of the old rtg bags as they wont use them again. Whilst you are there ask them for some old pallets so you can store a log filled dumpy bag off the ground and the air flows round the base of the bag instead of sucking the dammp up.

Crikey he has come out and nailed his colours to the mast about the forth comming royal wedding, I recently took 4 split boughs out of a big willow at the end of his garden at his official residence in Willesden. Seemed a nice bloke when i spoke to him, massive spurs surporter and also a real ale drinker. On top of that his wife Sara kept the teas commming all day. My only matronal advice is to wear your seat belt. Anyone else done any work for infamous poeple recently.

Whilst having a down day last week i had sky news on and they were doing a live feed from a House of commons< in front of a select commmitte where the PM (David Cameron) was being asked a lots of loaded questions about UK plc, one of them was about trees and forestry, He admitted that he liked trees a lot and then went on at length about the forestry commision and seemed to be quite clued up foresty matters. Just for info.

I have been givern a book by one of my clients (how kind) DIY projects for Farmers, Smallholders and Gardeners. There are over 50 projects to make and i like the way in layman terms Joe Jacobs describes how to go about it and the sciece behind the projects, ie the methane digester (not for the faint hearted) but the chapter that got me really interested was "Installing a ground source heat pump" anyone with a digger will be making good money out of this one. trench required min is 1.25m deep 1.25m wide and 30m to put the "Slinky" pipe in. If you Google Kensa engineering they have a website which explains it in far more detail The heat pump comes the size of a fridge and apparently for each unit of leccy you put into it running the pumps you get 4 units of heat i surpose its like have a 4 bar heater on and only paying for 1. With a log burner as well i reckon its the way forward. I have no connection at all with the above company or the guy who wrote the book. Btw its the ground which cools the refrigiant fluid into a liquid ready to be compressed into a gas in the heat pump unit which gets hot when it is compressed into a gas. Clive

In March i hired out a Kersten 820 roller sweeper machine and gave them a good going over and i can now report that the courts are still clear of moss. I am still keeping up though with bi monthly billy goating power vacuming. The client is well pleased with the result.

Has anyone laid a deck with this stuff. I have to do a quote on a 6m x 4m one and the client wants to go composite planks instead of real wood. There are two types which i have found solid and 3 chamber hollow (attached with clips). It appears that the boards are formed with micro woodchip mixed with recycled plastic milk bottles. awaiting for ecodek.co.uk to get back to me. Does the stuff blunt the saw quickly? Clive

Same thing happening Ilsham Marine Drive Torquay, new money development site near to the view over Thatchers rock. There are notices put up by the local council asking for information as to who is hacking back TPO trees which are interupting the view. Clive

Catch it on the Iplayer there was a news item about businesses doing well whilst all the snow is lying around and they cut to an arborist who is processing logs and selling them on. Bit of Landy tipper porn in the background,as well as a demo of what perhaps might be a Hakkel pike on the back of an old tractor. All the best Clive

yep on tues had the demo of the Kersten 820 does the job very well its the way forward. They hire the machine at £80 a day BTW been using jeyes fluid i get it for £19 for a 5litre can.

Here in Paris just seen a misrable 4 foot christmas tree selling at 40euros in a monoprix supermarket

I look after 4 tennis courts at a local school ie Billy goating for leaf and dirt clearence. Has anyone got any ideas on controlling moss growth on them. Cheers Clive. Btw they are are tarmac

At the end of Countryfile on BBC1 this sunday eve they said that next sundays programe will have a bit about woodburning sorry no other info at this stage .

In Paris a net bag of logs are 9 euros

YouTube - surreyarborist's Channel For sawing up those pole branches in bulk very quickly no spinning in the horse and do 20 poles at a time. Safes a load of back ache just load it up as you go and chop them into hundred or so 6 inch lengths. Btw the chainsaw in use in the vid is a japanese Shindaiwa 452s @ 45cc-4.5kg -£385 Nice soft starter Basically Honda/kawasaki V BMW Saw net bags of logs in a local garage in Surrey the other day at £5.49 it was pissing with rain when i did the demo the punter whose tree i was processing was doing the filming on a camera phone but i think you will get the gist of the framework of the pole holder. Clivey

Also get yourself a lever squirt oil can and fill it up with Stilh chain lube and squirt on the cutters say every 30 mins of use as the oil breaks down the black resin deposits on the cutter blades. Produces a better cut. Clive

9 euros a net bag as seen in the supermarkets Monoprix & Intermachete Also seen in a departmental store BHV a stihl MS880 with a price tag of 1,784 Euro exchange rate 1.1 e to a pound Plenty of work over here though. Clive

Plus i deliver mine, the olds like that. I use the slogan of "Delivered at a time to suit you" on my adverts. In real life really its when i have a bit of slack time.

Down here fiver a bag, they are well more heavy and bigger than the shite sold on garage forecourts and shops. Kindling also a fiver.

Two hours work this morning with the bench saw produced this lot ready to go, from a big pile of branches.

You maybe missing the point the log bench saw is really for small pimp stuff which roles in a saw horse when chainsawing. I do about 4 or 5 in a bunch at a time. This stuff used to go thro the chipper. The unit is a lot quieter than the chainsaw.

Sliced thro knotty yew ok no refusals

Speak to Jeremy at Gurney Reeve and Co ltd 01953 603303 they are a company that are agricultral equipment suppliers in Norfolk. The makers are texas in denmark look at their website for full pdf spec sheets etc. http://www.texas.dk He price matched to a Atika log bench saw Having used a few times now it is good for sawing up the pimps and save fatigue from vibration on the forearms from using a chainsaw. Plus you dont get two stroke whiff from using it. I have no connection with the above company but i think they are worth promoting as they were willing to do a deal. Clive Btw bought a 6 tonne splitter from them as well.

Demo of the pimps getting sawn up, all usefull firewood. The pimps are used between the kindling and the large logs. I have found that they spin all to easily when trying to saw up with a chainsaw in the log horse. Quick and easy. [ame] [/ame]