shillo

i think this is nectria but i cant find much info on it in beech trees, im finding quite a few with this now. sunken cancerous depressions on young twigs, which snap off at this point and end up all over the lawn can any one help?

ive been told its south american and begins with the letter 'p'! thorns from hell small tree just coming into flower now, and smells of vanilla cheers

this is for sale on ebay at the moment. 30hp self propelled shredder

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmY7Njc4Chc]YouTube - You must look at this!!!!! BIG TIME FAIL[/ame] ahh fantastic!

just wondering what tracker device people are using, i had my trailer stolen and want to protect my chipper, i heard they have come down a lot in price over the years

has anyone come across the fumo multicar, beautiful set up, like a mini mog. they have hydraulics on front and/or on rear, that will power the little premier 105, or a variety of other stuff like mowers etc and will carry 3t if i remember rightly, huge price tag though,

ive used Aphux before and that worked well, again repeat spray after 2 wks ish, i was advised to spray with a fungicide at the same time to reduce likelyhood of fungi attaching damaged caused by aphids, i used octave. i was told also that i should spray again the next spring as you are very unlikely to cure problem just reduce incidence, the thuja hedge is now a lovely green not brown! i just went up and down a ladder a lot with the sprayer on my back not fun, but got to be done

im feeling the love here guys! it really does help. and no it was not insured, didnt have the bloody thing long enough, i was going to insure it when my truck insurance was due a couple months later and put it on the same policy. dont no if i mentioned it but they knicked my set of off road wheels went up the road and stole a local farmers quad bike too, they did kindly put my electric fence back up to keep my sheep in though! it was registered with TER. police turned up 2 wks after it was stolen!

ive got a 190 and its pretty good but not as good as my old premier 200, more engine grunt but a few gripes, heres the list feed rollers not as powerful annoyingly small bits which get left in no mans land between feed rollers and blades at turn off get caught in blades at next start up not allowing the blades to get momentum up, so youve got to open her up and pull out a tiny flippin woodchip! chip spout is not as directional as premier, chips really fly out the end, which is probably ok if youve got a wide box, i havent, and tend to lose chip out the sides, over the top etc, its a bit wild. also preset holes for direction pointing are never quite right, i prefer a simple clamp. the hitch is really crap for a chipper, tiny bits of chip and dust get stuck behind the lock lever preventing you from pulling it back to lift the handle to unhitch the machine, youve got to clen it out nearly ever time with some thing really fine like a pocket knife, this is really really annoying. the brakes are crap, from new the damper ram seams too soft or something and smacks me up the rear when i stop, on certain gradients the brakes just screach on and off rapidly, the hand brake is also crap it will go right over centre and roll off if you havent put the chocks in place, i never even used the chocks on the premier once, need them every time with the 190, premier uses alko gear 190 uses knott stuff. it might not be adjusted right but it was like from new. you cant get the hydraulic filter out through the hole, you can unscrew it but cant get the flippin thing out, i had to take the mud flap off to get it out. the screw bolt thing for lifting or lowering the shute is simply a bit of threaded bar glued inside a nut, so when you screw the thing up and try to un screw it to change the angle the the plastic bit comes off in your hand and the threaded bar stays done up leaving you to have to try and get it out with a pair of mole grips and find a bolt that fits. the mechanical stop bar is not as easy to use but this is probably a health and safety thing, its easier to trip the bar, finding forward/reverse or stop whilst your fighting with a big lump of thorn is not as easy. hard to explain why its not as good just isnt. the key they supply you with to unlock the hood and side doors is heavy, let me explain! i left this key on with the other keys, as you do, machine is running fine, then you put a big bit in and the whole machine stops dead, took me a while to realise that the weight of that key and the vibration of a big bit going through would turn the engine off resulting in you having to prize open the feed rollers and pull the bit out. annoying! the feed roller speed is ment to be adjustable but i you turn the dial and its simply flat out or stop doesnt seam to be any thing inbetween. apart from all these little things it is a good chipper the engine hasnt given me any trouble, ive had it nearly 2 yrs now, i think i would have spent that little bit more and bought another premier if i could but im not that bothered.

yes i did mean tree officer

weve just got a new tree warden down here and is he fussy! i recently had to look at a large holm oak with a slight basal decay, a well respected arb consultant who had inspected this tree 3 yrs ago recommended a 5 m crown reduction, but no work was carried out, i stuck in an application to do exactly what the report recommended and they have come back saying that i can only reduce it by 2.5m to be fair a thought a 5m reduction was slightly excessive but the point is what right does the tree warden have over the consultant who carries the indemnity insurance?

wow guys thanks for all the advice, i have postponed the job until october now because the council want at least 12 wks notification of a road closure which would put us at the start of holiday season down here, was planning on just free falling most of the brash that i could down onto a bank that leads onto the small road below, lowering some where required and just using the crane for the stems, can only get a 20t crane in due to access and owners concerns about the tarmac. i will post again nearer the time and see if any one fancies a trip down to sunny old devon to show me how its done. thanks once again

they stole my virtually brand new trailer from a remote field in devon (sn 5036376) any news of its whereabouts welcome shillo

got my first crane job coming up and im a bit nervous to be honest, any words of wisdom from all you older and wiser than i? i got 4 big monterey pines over a road to dismantle. bit unsure of the procedure for for stroping sections, strop ratings, connecting to crane, step cuts or felling cuts? section weight estimating?