Tom D
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Saw this tree today, it's dying, it had a neighbour which died a few years ago. It had been diagnosed as honey fungus, but the mycelium is white and sheet like. No bootlaces. Sent from my HTC One using Arbtalk mobile app
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That pretty much sums it up! I got my approval through yesterday, its easy to get... just get certified, job done.
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Do the TW bolts have nuts on the back or are they threaded into the disc?
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Stagecoach case - scary, tree surgeons be warned?
Tom D replied to daltontrees's topic in Trees and the Law
FWIW I have been asked to work on a privately owned tree, the work having been requested by network rail... -
Put your hand up the chimney, get some soot, rub it in. wash hand.
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Whatever you say will seem like sour grapes. Don't bother.. Sent from my HTC One using Arbtalk mobile app
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I'm going to pop down, my new chipper is supposed to be on the heizomat stand.. but I always get a free ticket.... Sent from my HTC One using Arbtalk mobile app
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Here's some more pics... This has to go, someone make me an offer and grab a bargain!
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I can't understand all the anti farmer bitterness, they get subsidies because they compete in a world market, you don't have to sell your products or services whilst competing against the whole of the EU and beyond. Your prices are relatively stable, grain can be half the price one year than it was the previous year, yet production costs remain the same. Imagine selling your logs for half what you did last year, still fancy doing them?
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We might have a dead sycamore of similar girth to fell, that beech was quite tall actually, must have had some decent competition at one time.
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Old estate woodland a few old trees left surrounded by younger planting, there's some nice straight oaks there, and some other pretty big trees.
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Huge tree that! Very impressive, puts this one to shame that we saw yesterday...
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Do you live or work in rural Scotland?
Tom D replied to Tim Stobart Tree Surgery's topic in General chat
I find the SNP land reform proposals very worrying. This feels like it could turn into an extension of that. We may well live in an unequal society, especially where land ownership is concerned, but the day when the state forcibly takes away the land or property of its citizens is the beginning of the end of society. If you know that your land can be taken from you it has no value, if it has no value whats the point in investing in or maintaining it? No one will buy it for the same reasons. When the land looses its value so will other property, the knock on effects on the rest of the economy would be catastrophic. Mugabe tried this, it didn't go well. -
A 40-50cm sling is the cheapest option, just take it off when you get to the top.
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Bonfire first, maybe 10 years ago, then bark fails and fungus gets in. dig in the ground 6-10 feet away and you will find bits of charcoal from the fire..
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Yet still no accidents, thats my point. I know loler isn't going away, I'm just playing devils advocate here..
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That wasn't a lolering issue, that was a manufacturing fault. Loler wouldn't have picked that up as the zz was fine prior to the accident. Sent from my HTC One using Arbtalk mobile app
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Loler is every 6 months, it's unlikely that a hitch will last that long. Just don't bother lolering hitch cord, every thing has 6 months Grace from the day it enters service. Sent from my HTC One using Arbtalk mobile app
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I have wondered that, problem is the only people who seem to have the big walking floor ejectors are jenkinsons and stobarts who are the same company..
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for me it has to be the 4.8 ton transit.
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Fixed that!
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I know, it makes sense for a forklift or a mewp where the operator may lack the technical knowledge to properly inspect the machine. But what climber is going to climb on a knackered or broken piece of kit that he is not happy with?
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We all do it.. I hope! Reading the zigzag thread got me thinking.... In all seriousness its a significant expense on the industry, is that expense justified? I have been on Arbtalk for a while and as you will have noticed whenever there's an accident it tends to get posted on here. I can't remember a single one where the kit was to blame, nearly always either climber error. Can anyone point me to an accident where kit failed?? I am struggling to see the point in LOLER.
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If its domestic run on white, for agricultural or forestry and roadside trees (local authority work) you can use red, car license is ok as its agricultural.
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The freelander2's are great, the one's not so much. the two's hold their money though..
