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  1. Mesterh
    Nice job there. Thats a whopper of a tree and it looks like they have a few nice other ones too. Any idea on the age?
  2. Mesterh
    Excellent fell, and at the right height too:thumbup1: Sorry just had to.
  3. Mesterh
    You could put one of the 40 hp kohler,s on that would be a nice chipper! Imo the kohlers are good engines if you look after them well.you need to use the right weight off oil 10-30 or the piston rings can get damaged so says mr kohler. Also don't side load the crank too much ie don't run the belts too tight or it can damage the crank and casing as there are no bearings there for some reason! Well not on the ones ive taken to bits. They are also fitted to quite a lot off grinders so they cant be to bad in the dirt. Surprised at the poor quality and problems with the honda engine though.
  4. Mesterh

    burnt

    Mesterh replied to bob's topic in General chat

    Just eat it and apply it to your skin or have you got to do stuff to it first? Only ask since I have one in a pot:thumbup:
  5. Mesterh
    Your right about not forming pockets but I think its more to do with weak attachments. Ive seen quite a few split out where you can see they were topped at hedge height many years before, grown very leggy and either pushed against each other or became more susceptible to wind throw. In fact the last bit about wind throw has probably caused the most failures ive seen. The one that failed on me had been hedged at about 6 feet with maybe another 15 feet on top of that, I was tied into only one stem my(poor judgement on my side) an as I leaned out to start the saw it failed at my feet (the 6 foot hedge height) This was all along time ago 13+years but it still makes me wary.
  6. Mesterh
    Cheers thanks for taking the pics and posting..
  7. Mesterh
    I do admire your work ethics and concerns for others. But, going back to my comment on the leylandii topping dont you think its just the same? Topping a leylandii, be it a specimen or a hedge creates the same structural weaknesses as topping a hardwood. I've seen them fail and been on the end of one failing while tied into it, which was nice at all since I fell about eight foot onto my back with the 020under me which fortunately wasnt running.
  8. Mesterh
    Also so it doesnt explode fumes and fuel in your face if you undo the fuel cap or fuel can! Can take a coating off your eyeballs which is a bit nasty. I think the fuel in the tank expands which can force fuel past the needle jet in the carb causing the engine to flood.
  9. Mesterh
    Got to agree with you on that one. Have been up trees like that in the past where the top has been taken out and the side limbs left,and they are really awkward to do:thumbdown:
  10. Mesterh
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  11. Mesterh
    How come? Topping a leylandii is the same as say topping a syc,ash,oak etc. It produces the same impact ie more light instantly but as you say causes further problems later on, quicker denser growth and weaker growing points. Besides I've seen more leylandii's fail due to topping than I have with hardwoods. I'm not saying heavy reductions/toppings are a wonderful idea but it can be better than felling and replanting. They do require regular 'topping' pruning etc but thats the customers problem and as long as its been explained then I feel its ok. In an ideal world we would all have massive gardens with untouched trees and no jobs:001_tongue:
  12. Mesterh
    Thats what you implied,either thin it or remove it, well thats how it came across to me anyhow.
  13. Mesterh
    An LDV is basically a transit only cheaper. They have the same engine/gearbox etc, well the oldest ones where different and the very latests ones are different too. That should have you nice and confused:001_smile: What year and price are you looking at. Rupe(a member on here) has a good thread about his LDV.
  14. Mesterh
    I think your right with some trees in that its pointless to reduce and I do try and persuade a thin a lot of the time rather than a reduction but if it was reduce or fell then I would say a reduction is better most of the time. Otherwise we would loose a lot of large native trees.
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    Looks excellent
  16. Mesterh
    I wonder how many people wouldn't give a second thought to topping a leylandii but think its wrong to top a tree? We are all hypocrites sometimes when it suits. I should know since I am one!
  17. Mesterh
    If we are talking working practices then I would guess that HSE will have a big part like someone else already mentioned. If we are talking ecology,environment then I think not much change at all. Most of my work is to keep trees and hedges smaller or to get rid entirely, I dont think that will ever change tbh.
  18. Mesterh
    Well your all going to think this is negative but I heard the same thing 15 years ago when people already in the game before me said the same thing about the environment and how arb would play a big part and now is the time to get involved. I think in the current economic climate it will take a back seat again.
  19. Mesterh
    A good life that would be Tom. I bet you wont get that.
  20. Mesterh
    Good points apart from this bit "Refuse point blank to "top" that 35ft sycamore and call the person a vandal if they get someone else to do it" That doesnt keep the bank manager happy plus its no different than topping a leylandii.
  21. Mesterh
    I just base my facts on what I see and hear on the domestic scene. Hopefully it wont happen but what people envisage and what happens is another matter.
  22. Mesterh
    Personally I dont think that the monolith, fracture pruning, leaving deadwood etc will effect our general work at all. I cant see many domestic customers wanting it and only a few commercial sites being interested or having the space where it wouldnt be a H&S issue. I think people will get more interested in what happens to the log and brash as I have already had a few customers asking as there children are becoming more aware of recycling through school etc. I can see there not being that many large trees on the domestic scene within the next 20 years or so as more and more people get worried about the possible dangers and damage large trees can do. As for the LA's they need a seriously good slapping around here as there tree planting scheme among others things is absolutely dire Well I should say the largest one is, some of the smaller ones do a very good job tbh.
  23. Mesterh
    Is it really called the Blue bar?
  24. Mesterh
    Looks like a good job, but, and theres always a but! That must be the smallest gob ever know to man, did you just scratch that out of the bark? I like the danger signs too, does it say something like "DANGER!, steal this wood and be heavy beaten"
  25. Mesterh
    Depend how good the sealer is imo,an also how bad the rot is. Cheap stuff lucky if its a year. Hammerrite is expensive but is good, if you apply it like it says on the tin. Looks like a nice and tidy job on the land rover there though.

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