Tom D

I'm sure he'll be back soon.

This sounds like a simple balls up on behalf of the LA. They are hardly likely to do anything about it now as it will make them look bad. This sort of thing is actually quite common.

Nice stuff scbk. Even that small log store will hold a lot if it's stacked well.

The TP Shear bars have quite a bit of adjustment on them and they can be rotated as well as turned so you have 4 edges to play with, if all 4 edges have been used you could just get it re-ground and start again. I don't see why it would need to be built up unless its been re-ground many times, and if it has i'd just buy a new one.

Anything that you buy that can be used for business purposes can be written off. So yes, training, books , accommodation if working away from home are all fine. just don't take the pi55.

The experimental speed limit for HGV's on the A9 is taking them up from 40mph to 50. this was because they were holding everyone up and no one dared to overtake.

Go on @josharb87, you know you want one..

I think the way the site runs, especially posting pictures is WAY better than before. if you are still having problems you need to articulate exactly what they are, as its not going to be easy to improve without some specifics.

Arborist? Whats in a name? Writing the text for this site has caused me to ponder, are we Arborists? Tree Surgeons? or perhaps Arboriculturalists? We are all of these things, and probably a few others as well; forester, wood cutter, lumberjack, the list goes on. In the internet age what we call ourselves is important since people will search the net for specific terms, and we don’t want to miss out by calling ourselves tree surgeons when our customers are searching for Arborists. Analysing popular search terms has raised more questions than answers. An Arborist at work? Unlike other professions we don’t have a registered name, you can’t just call yourself a chartered surveyor without being a chartered member of RICS for example, but anyone can call themselves an arborist or tree surgeon so I suppose its down to us to choose the term that best fits what we are. To me an Arboriculturalist isn’t someone who chops trees down, he’s more of a boffin, a scientist who takes an academic approach to tree work, surveying trees and writing reports, analysing samples and identifying tree diseases and Fungi. Its not a popular search term on the net so we perhaps don’t need to worry about this one. I consider the Arborist as being perhaps one step down from the Arboriculturalist, academically speaking at least, he gets his hands dirty but he still knows his stuff, the O.E.D says “a scientific student or cultivator of trees” so not really the grubby chainsaw wielding type then. Although many now call themselves arborists in preference to tree surgeons, “tree surgeon” is still the most popular search on Google, with arborist coming a poor second, so while we may wish to associate ourselves with the more professional sounding “arborist” title our customers still see us primarily as tree surgeons. At least the term “wood cutter” is seldom found in the search box, although much more common in Scotland than in England and Wales apparently. So whats wrong with being a tree surgeon? well there are a lot of less than professional types out there who use that term, so perhaps thats the reason we are seeing more and more arborists as companies wish to disassociate themselves from the guys who will tar your drive, fix your roof and of course cut your trees. I have always called myself a tree surgeon if anyone asks, I suspect if I said arborist I would get a lot of “so whats that then” questions, to which the reply would likely be “you know, a tree surgeon”, Perhaps “a tree surgeon with brains” would be better. Surgeons have brains, though, especially brain surgeons, who in conjunction with rocket scientists are the bench mark by which all other professions are judged. So whats wrong with being a tree surgeon? Are there really that many cowboys out there using the term? Its hard to tell. Lumberjack is still quite a popular search term on the net, more popular than arborist in fact, to me this has always conjured up an image of a bearded man mountain in a red plaid shirt walking through groves of giant trees in the pacific north west, I’m surprised it scores so highly. Up till now I hadn’t mentioned it anywhere on the site at all. Might need to change that! I have lost count of the times people have said “I thought there’d be three of you… you know tree fellers Geddit!” Thankfully its only a few comedians who look for the phrase, it hardly registers as a search term. A lumberjack? So what are we? Our problem is some of what we do is boffinery, and some is brutish tree killing. We do carry outtree surveys and write reports, and three of our staff are degree educated, with qualifications in arboriculture, but they all climb trees and use chainsaws, some have been seen in red plaid shirts, two have beards, and one is a man mountain, none of then thankfully are cowboys. It just gets more confusing! Perhaps “Arborist” is the best catch all term for us although its clear that I will have to try and optimise the website for most of the terms mentioned above, and I’m not sure I want to tell people “I’m an arborist” I still feel like a tree surgeon. Still this article will have hopefully increased our internet search rankings for all the terms mentioned above so perhaps thats all that matters. Tom Dixon. http://www.tdtrees.co.uk/

In this instance I would suggest that the forestry commission would be quite helpful. Did you get a licence for the felling? if not then you better check that you haven't infringed any felling licence laws. The FC are very keen to get land owners to manage small woodlands and so if you get them on your side that could be a big help with the council. FWIW I think the council are in the wrong, but that doesn't help you.

Take the old relay off, they usually have specs / part numbers on them and then you know what to do....JFGI !

Here you go Josh.. @josharb87 Although the 160 is supposed to be a 6" chipper the opening must be about 7x9" The first one was a full 6" log, the second one was the max 7x9 inch.. with normal brash the load sensor hardly ever kicks in. On most 6" machines it kicks in all the time...

Its great, with nearly 60 horses its the fastest 6" chipper out there. The TP doesn't pull stuff in quite as well as the Forst but chipping close to max diameter is a joy as it just eats it... Forst now make an 8" PTO machine that would be superb on an alpine, but I can't really justify getting shot of a perfectly good chipper just to be able to chip very slightly faster...

A wee picture thread for things that you've done or built. Landscaping or otherwise.... Here's a Job we did for my Mum, new front on the shed with roller door, pedestrian door, new road and floor etc....

it is actually better once you get the hang of it, and it seems to run faster on our pi55 poor broadband. people will get the hang of it soon enough. I always tended to use the desktop version, maybe its those who were used to the tapatalk version who are struggling more?

I'll stick them up on monday when we get the gas axe on it.

I suspect there's a lot we still don't know about the relationships between fungi and trees.

So what's the relationship here? Was the grass greener at the edge of the ring? You often see this as the mycorrhizae break down organic matter in the soil. Is the tree following the fungus and utilising the free nitrogen or is the fungi following the spread of the tree roots as part of a relationship?

Nice. Was that hung up or just hanging there?

I don't think that was me. Ok huck, level 2 now, let's see you post a picture.. heres a shed we we just did..

Is there a condescending pat on the back emoticon?

Just next to your name it the top right there's a 'create' button, you can start a new topic from there. Replying to a thread is the same as before, just use the buttons under the last post or quote the reply you want.

Thats really sad to hear. My condolences to you and your family.

only 4! It wasn't the Din Plate that came off the mog, it was the chipper body that came off its carriage. So on a TP / Ducker there are 4 bolts under the flywheel housing that hold it onto what ever chassis its on, road tow, pto etc, or in our case the Ducker din plate mount. 2 of them sheared and the whole thing fell forwards. Luckily the pto shaft just slid off on the mog end, fingers crossed the front PTO box is ok, it looks fine..

Well our Ducker just fell off the front of the mog! Two bolts sheared and luckily the other two just bent, so the hopper just skidded along the road a bit. Could have been very nasty... Managed to lift it back up with the valtra and then hold it in place with a ratchet strap to limp home.. if the front had dug in and broke the other two bolts it would have gone right under the mog, I shudder to think of the damage that might have done...