Gray git
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Hmm yes, could be fun over the next few months. Getting so sick of this council recently where a person with no arb related qualifications is making these decisions and in not just my opinion making some bad calls! Like my pre mentioned sycamore/lime mix up, refusing the removal of a **** sycamore because she was looking at a lovely lime even though the report had both photos and plan showing the correct tree. In the case of the main tree I'm talking about my client is actually an independent planning consultant(industrial developments) so has quite a good handle on the planning process and I'm just filling in the arb words for him, could get fun. Anyone know if "managing it's graceful decline" is actually a recognised term for trees within the urban environment as think I must have dozed of for that one at uni. Could respect it in veteran parkland trees with minimal exposure to persons.
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I'm sort of wanting them to serve a tpo on it so that we can appeal against it (which I presume costs the council money) which with luck will show up there incompetency and lack of understanding of the tpo reg's. Until recently the planning officer that deals with trees didn't realise new tpo reg's had come out and at another recent sight meeting misidentified a lime as the sycamore we were applying to remove.
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Well the tree is on its way out and the council have admitted as much by wanting us to, I quote "manage it's graceful decline". It's riddled with ustulina and had deep decay cavities, and last year the leaf structure was very small and opaque compared to surrounding trees. The independent consultant who came out as part of the appeal stop just short of saying the council's poor paperwork was a joke! But what I want to know is would they have the gonads to tpo this tree now that they have admitted it has no long term future and is in a position where person and property is at high risk of damage or harm.
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Got a similar 1 on the go at the moment where a removal of a tpo tree was refused as LPA didn't agree with the need to remove, we appealed to which the reply was that it wasn't actually covered by a tpo due to being plotted incorrectly and misidentified so now applying as conservation area notification. Will let you know how it go's.
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Not many grinders would cope with a stump that high unless you went real big like a 7015 which is what I'm having to get in to do some real big ugly high stumps next week. Just got a Hb20 but if funds had allowed the extra would have seriously consider the jo beau especially since global are now the dealer and not btrac. Very nice looking set up with the landy jess, look very pro.
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Looks some interesting stuff in that vid but don't like the look of how the crab is loaded at the 3 min mark with the double rope thingy.
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Got a link to that? Sounds a awesome deal even if it only lasts a couple of years...
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Yeh, like torture boots, awesome grip and good with spikes but for some reason you always ended up walking half off the heal, wife still has a pair for odd times she uses a saw. I'm tooo tight to get her anything nicer/lighter. ;-)
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Also hate it because you end up slogging your arse round the tree for hrs and the client comes out and looks at how much you have cut out and normally says "is that all you've cut" or something similar, they seem to feel cheated that you haven't produced a full vanload for there money.
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The one I got from Rico for my rb to run, only occasionally used when costumers want to keep some of the logs, all done for less than a k.
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Windy as hell today so scheduled job cancelled so off to a smaller job but didn't get much done before off to a callout. Didn't just wipe out a powerline but snapped the pole clean off luckily all we needed to do was clear the highway.
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A pink Hb20 to be auctioned off for charity :-o
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No worries, feel free to use them. New teeth were good and just got 2 more sets for it. Little problem with throttle jumping off but think I've sorted that and choke was sticking on but that's sorted and very pleased with the machine. :thumbup:
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That was a big ring of timber in the yard the day Dean delivered it so desperate for a play with my new toy! Normally cut off as low as possible to grind the least amount and produce the least amount of grinding to get rid of or fit back into the hole.
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Yes, yes it is ;-)
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Was wondering if johny still had her as seems to be very quiet on arbtalk these days. Nice to see 1 in the original pea green, excellent workhouses!!
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Yeh, but not sure about the electric drive system as it looks like it could be an expensive fix WHEN it go's wrong plus it's either on or off so feathering it forward is a no and tires are almost zero grip. Just my opinion others might differ but the little 1 was very good for the money!
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If you don't want/need a big machine and within your budget I'd go for this. Check out this item I found on eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=121605250211&globalID=EBAY-GB&alt=web Used 1 a while back and was impressed but went for a Hb20 as needed something that could pack a bit more punch but still get in places.
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Ah the dance of shame. ;-) Had to do it a few times myself recently with the cherrypicker sinking.
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Liked that, thought you were on your own for a while as brash was fairly building up. Was that a silky kiss on your right hand near the end? ;-)
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You should have called me Paul, could have directed you to several good places, if you're back there tomorrow giz a bell if you still not sorted.
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Just a bigger version of my girl, would be good with a big bandit behind!
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Ended up with a fractured knee cap due to a momentarily lapse of concentration by an experienced groundsman locking of a flying capstan accidently. Never had a problem with any mistakes with a bollard.
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Did a job in a house owned by an army office who rented it out, all went well till trying to get payed as he was posted abroad on active service so I cut a bit of slack till it got to nearly 6 months down the line after not a lot of response I lost my rag and went to local army base and demanded to see the desk Clark who then directed me to a rather high ranking offices door, after 10min of explaining the situation and showing him all the papertrail, a little computer searching I got told to leave it with him and if I'd heard nothing in 2 days come back and start formal complaint proceedings. Money was in my account by the time I got home and looked. Wish I could have sat in on that conversation! Turns out they take a dim view of offices not paying bills.
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Luckily my kids are away at granny's so got to sleep till body woke up naturally and not by being jumped on or hit with a book,
