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  1. Tom D
    Mine in the woods today...
  2. Tom D
    Mulcher doesn't go down all that far, either mulch than put a heavy drag through to bring up the surface roots, or chain each stem to tractor, or excavator etc and pull them roots and all. Mulchers are expensive BTW, 650-1000 per day.
  3. Tom D
    Thought so, Gambetti Barre? I knew it was. They sold a load of those things, cheap and simple but good quality compared to some of the sh1te that's out there. What are you spraying with it?
  4. Tom D
    You didn't want that job.
  5. Tom D
    it would be cheaper digging some up round here, I have a site clearance job that I am waiting to hear about, that will do nicely if I get it.
  6. Tom D
    Where are they? I have been asked for a load like that for a stumpery.
  7. Tom D
    Now that I've seen it in its original colour I'm pretty sure its one of my Dads.
  8. Tom D
    Where did you get the boom? it looks very like the ones my Dad sells..
  9. Tom D
    There's a guy round here selling it, it comes tightly stacked so a cube is a bit more than a loose cube would be. its wet though, at least the stuff I saw was, no better than my properly seasoned stuff.
  10. Tom D
    I do, inbetween AT sessions, however for me its also a memory thing, nothing like doing it while its all fresh in your mind.
  11. Tom D
    When I get home its usually kids tea-play-bath-bed-story time. By the time thats over tha last thing I want to do is office work, i still have to, but I hate it. I quoted a job today, the guy asked for an email confirmation, I had written it before I left his drive. If he had given me the go agreed there and then I would have done the council perm too. Office work IS work and the more of that I can do during the day the better.
  12. Tom D
    I have been known to drive around urban areas looking for an un encrypted wifi if I need a big down load while at work. Hasn't happened often, but i've done it to download maps and surveys in the past.
  13. Tom D
    How far south are you?
  14. Tom D
    I got 60000 out of the last set of Kumho's, they still had a bit of tread left too. Don't buy remoulds! total waste of money, some will only do 10000 miles, the ride is shockingly hard and they crack up with age. Buy right and you will save£££ in the long run. BFG, Kumho or generals, michelin etc.
  15. Tom D
    There's loads of wee circular saws with a rocker style log holder. Try Riko
  16. Tom D
    Get a welding qualification instead and move to aberdeen, £450-900 a day on the rigs with Irata + welding.
  17. Tom D
    I take it this one failed with little or no wind? No construction work near root plate? How practical would a pull test be on a tree like that? even if you evacuate the school and neighbouring houses, shift all the cars and any street furniture, if you pull it over you have a lot of damage and mess on your hands.
  18. Tom D
    I don't disagree David, poplars are great urban trees, but why hack the life out of it? That tree has grown a healthy crown, then had it completely removed, then desperately tried to replace the lost leaf area only to have it periodically removed. Some trees can cope with that. I just don't think poplars can. It would be interesting to see some picus's of some of your urban pollarded pops if you have any. I'll bet you cant find a sound one..
  19. Tom D
    Spot on there, I have been selling timber as cord in the round as the prices I can get for cord mean it isn't worth processing. I am still selling logs for the same price I was 5 years ago. I have sold 250 ton of cord in the last year though.
  20. Tom D
    QTS are pretty big.
  21. Tom D
    Might not be as bad as you think, get it checked out by a good garage.
  22. Tom D
    I have seen pops that have been topped aged 20-30, they are still knackered. Especially lombardys. I have also seen massive un molested ones that will be well past 100 with no rot problems. Removing a massive amount of leaf area in one go is bound to cause problems. If you did pruning like that in any of the edinburgh Conservation areas the council would not be happy. It just seems to be a london / SE thing.
  23. Tom D
    Was it windy? The wind sail of a tree like that would be minimal since it had virtually no leaves on it! It must have been properly rotten to fail, sheltered location too. I don't understand why councils down south pollard trees like this, every topped pop I have ever felled, and thats quite a few, have been seriously rotten. They just can't take it. IMO the fault lies firmly with the LA who sanctioned the repeated topping.
  24. Tom D
    Heterobasidion? is it on a softwood?
  25. Tom D
    Just drop a banty cockerel down from the pot.

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