Tom D
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Its not often we lift anything these days, this WL job has been mostly winch work, timber stays on site, brash in habitat piles... Lovely.
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Some from today... Clearing a scary windblown beech from a 45degree slope, and taking down a big leaner..
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a lizard... Common lizard.
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Quite a rare sight in scotland....saw a few of these today.
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Larch would be good, Logosol make a log house moulder that puts the rounded tongue and groove on each lot for you..
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or a handle for some cutlery, not knife and fork perhaps but serving spoon...
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I've forgotten what it tastes like, might have to get a bottle... Last time I had buck fast was about the same time I last had amyl nitrate..... 22 years now that I think about it!!
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There's loads but its all made by monks in the SW.....
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Anybody see that thing on the telly about milk as an isotonic, apparently it helps re-hydrate and repair the body faster than man made isotonics.... Who'd have thought, mother nature eh...
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I would love a small farm to run alongside my tree business, but I think to make it worthwhile even as a second business you would need 150 acres+ small packets of land are really attractive to city buyers who want a hobby farm. If the right thing comes up I'll buy it. Its the same problem with woodlands, they are making silly money now as lifestyle buyers have pushed prices right up. I would go for it, you could do all sorts of things to make it pay as others have said, but you will need to run your business alongside it to make a living. In time you could try and expand your acreage. It could be very tax efficient as "losses" on the farm could be offset against profits on your tree work.
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Uranium is one of the densest materials available, a piece the size of a brick would weigh over 30Kg, That's why they use it, osmium is denser, an osmium brick would weigh almost 40kg, but its rare, and we seem to have a lot of nuclear waste kicking around.
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Nothing that good J..
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Surprising what they will pull... uphill too.
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with all the weight of the top it was sa straight fell, it sprung open slightly but that was all.
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This was how I did it, we used the hobbs to hold the stem together as it has a good strong strap and an nice long bar for the ratchet. I spiked up the beech and tied in to a pine nearby, I had to stay stropped in to the beech for work position...
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Nice one mark, good idea strapping them, might not have fancied it without.
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Just so you know, this tree is now safely on the deck, I was interested in others views. RE feling, cut and hope wasn't an option as there were targets to avoid, an access road being the main thing. The stem was divided into 4 sections, by explode I mean the back section that was under the most tension would have pinged out at high speed I couldn't begin to estimate what the others would have done. Interestingly this tree was climbed by a bat inspector last week, it was a calm day and as I said the cracks had elongated since then. He had refused to climb another beech that was standing dead. This got me thinking, how we all approach things differently, I would have climbed the dead beech no problem but would have had more qualms about this one...
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Thanks I'll try him...
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This was an interesting one, a tall beech with several longitudinal splits starting at the buttresses and heading up about 15' up the stem, they were opening and closing in a light breeze. The tree was heavily weighted to one side and the splits were twisting as they tracked up the stem. the splits had elongated since yesterday. The options were fell at the at the base, this could result in the whole thing exploding into a massive barber chair the moment the saw touched the stem, dangerous for the faller but safer than climbing? Or climb and dismantle, less chance of barber chair but risky that the whole thing fails while the climber is up the tree. would you take the weight off in small bits or just cut it in half? Interested in opinions.....
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As above, anyone know any?
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I just bought a 7901, its a good saw, plenty of power with a 24" bar. Time will tell how reliable it is but I can confirm that the performance is impressive. and the price is good too. What makita need to do is get a decent arb supplier to start taking their saws, their dealers seem to be mostly tool dealers aimed more at the building trade. If the likes of fr jones did them they would sell loads, I think the only thing putting a lot of people off is the lack of dealer support and parts availability.
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its a bcs 50hp. the loader is very handy but its not a big lifter, mainly because alpines are designed with a lot of weight out front for implement work on hills. its a very handy bit of kit. It has paid for itself many times over.
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is a 346 less than £474?? I thought they were more like £550inc vat
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I have 2 trailers, a 16' beavertail ifor and an atlas 10' tipper, I mostly use the atlas these days, the loader sits above the back of the landy...
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Makita DCS5030-45 (REPLACES DCS5000) 18"/45cm Fully Pro £395.00 not much more than the husky.... Edit... I was looking b4 vat..
