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  1. Ty Korrigan
    Hello, Look at walkbehind, self propelled flail mowers. Small and manouvrable enough to wind in between trees and obstacles. Stuart
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    I was going to say just how relatively free of 'hate' I was these days. No French Git of business partner, free of debt, lot's of work and a great new future. Then I went to the supermarket this arvo in a 34c mini heat wave and found hate alright. I HATE QUEUING WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T USE DEODORANT! Stuart
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    For me, Pages Jaune (Yellow pages online)works very well. Now re-branded as Solocal. Web site is being updated for this Autumn. I use FB as a gallery to which I refer clients too. I also rather enjoy taking and posting images via instagram to our FB page. Google adwords caused a bulge with too much work coming in and not enough manpower or kit to cope so we had to stop but will re-start in September I take note of the media through which clients find us and must put together those stats again before Noel. Stuart
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    Pontivy is is nothing, nothing compared to Vitre or many of the towns straddling the Loire and nearby rivers. Also in Brittany, Rochefort sur terre or Dinan are worth filling yer boots with. Stuart
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    Although I've never actually bent a tine myself, others using our old tractor managed it well enough. After giving this some mature thought, I think I'll go back to what I know, a bucket bottom with tines above. Good for scraping up the shitty McShit rakings too... Stuart
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    Any-one? I've got to source one soon or get one made up locally. The various timber grabs I've seen seem to be made for much larger tractors. I've messaged a few companies but not recieved any meaningfull replies. Regards Stuart
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    This: Riko UK | Timber Grab, Twin Beak WWW.RIKO-UK.COM Two heavy duty lower teeth / tines for pushing under heaps of timber etc. Two heavy duty top beaks to hold the timber etc. One DA service required, brackets available for all types of... Any opinions on using this type of grab or similar? It would be fitted to a 26hp compact tractor I want to avoid the 'manure grabs' with tines as brash tends to get caught up, stick in the wood or get bent. I'm open to suggestions. Cheers Stuart
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    Winchester Garden Machinery have an ex-demo Toro 1000, 50hrs £14k plus vat and several used attachments for £19k all in Stuart
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    ' It is said: "Beware the Orange Plant bearing Lemons" Stuart
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    Toro tx1000 Does any-one know the price of these in U.K? Stuart
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    Aspen since 2011 both fuel and chain oil for the saws most used and hedge cutters. I currently keep SP98 mix in truck for the larger saws and blower but this will change by Autumn. I hate the smell of pump mix. Yesterday I passed another outfit strimming and blowing roadside, whatever mix they where using was vile, bitter fumes which stank my cab out windows down. Stuart
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    U.K dealers won't tell me but that used machine is much the same price as a new 4 series. Stuart
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    You have my sympathy. I felt that way about the Quadchip built and component quality. Especially the Carlton 4012 and it's capricious radio control which raised my stress levels to way beyond critical. It's repairs eventually costing more than the 'nett' profit it generated. Somebody elses nightmare now... Stuart
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    I rather enjoyed that clip, I've opened Youtube for further ones. I recall the final song of the film very well from only hearing it once as a child. As far as the theme goes (money) I feel the same way about rows of dying leylandii, peoples paranoia over pine processional caterpillars and those who can't sleep easy without fearing THAT tree will fall on their bedroom on night... Stuart
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    It is ravaging Northern France, Belgium and Netherlands. I've made several trips across France these last couple of months and seen hedgerows and entire woodlands bristling with bare ash stems as well as piles of cut ash waiting to be chipped for bio-mass. Not seen it's presence in Brittany but ash is fairly uncommon here. Stuart
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    I ran out of time but it will keep. Next trip, we will visit the South African memorial which is in the shape of a Cape fort. A hornbeam still grows, fenced off, that was the sole surviving tree in a woodland fought over by the South Africans. Incredibly tough your old Carpinus, imagine the raggedy pruning and other wounds it recieved and yet did live. Stuart
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    Yes, 'tir seve' but never a line of horse chestnuts, a first for me. Later on I found a unexploded howitzer round in Trônes wood, another first... Stuart
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    Near Beaumont Hamel in the Somme France. Never seen this before outside of individuals vandalised by members if the travelling community.
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    Hévéa sell these. One of my climbers used one but in all the McFuckery of closing the company I forgot I had it someplace. I think it is at the back of my garage. I'll try and dig it out tomorrow. Stuart
  20. Ty Korrigan
    Tim Bloomfield 'Luckeleven' invested in a crowdfunded piece of kit which allows just that. Wee device opens out when tension released enabling recovery. I'm sure he'll breeze by shortly and preach it's virtues. Stuart
  21. Ty Korrigan
    Often a sign of an incompetant climbers work, you know him, the one who screams "I can cut it from here" reaching out with his top handle whilst keeping a full arm wrapped around the trunk... Stuart
  22. Ty Korrigan
    Ever noticed that American arborists just don't "get" pollarding? When I've posted examples of French street trees some of those guys go mental over them. Last time was a line of limes I do every 2 years in September. Oooo the shrieks of horror still echo online someplace. I'm sure that the ISA handbook must touch on pollards but I guess it just ain't crane and 24" Morbark kinda work so no-one does them over their. Stuart
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    This almost inspires me to draw back a longbow with my skinny arms and drop a 'fleche' from 400 yards through the skull of a certain Perfidious French Git... Having just got back from holiday to find mail from the company liquidators which shows Le Git is still not co-operating in closing the old business. Stuart
  24. Ty Korrigan
    People wanting you to give free advice on their trees but really they just want to know what needs doing so they can then tell their €10 gardener what to do... Stuart
  25. Ty Korrigan
    What is this 'porn ban' you write of? Do I need to stock up on milf downloads before this date? Is it only a Brexit issue? Are immigrants to blame? Stuart

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