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found it.............
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And the control panel is complicated too........
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I have this and I pull it behind a quad or my car, not in woodland but just around my yard or sometimes we take it on site. It goes on a trailer if goign any distance and it is awkward to get on and off the ramp on your own but doable, there is a handy trick if you have a jokey wheel on the triler that makes it much easier, but a jockey wheel on the actual splitter would be a good idea, then you could winch it up on to a trailer.
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I carry mine on the left but am not right handed, I just wear it backwards and flip the saw round so it goes straight in, no worries. If you are right handed and reach across to the left then you want it backwards anyway, but I can see it coudl be a pain for left handers, but I would usually put it in my left hand before replacing it and that works ok.
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Absolutely SUPERB garage !!! Garage Reccommendations...
Rupe replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in General chat
I dont mind a highish hourly rate if its from a proffesional, a bit like tree work the highest hourly rate SHOULD equal the quickest job and lowest overall costs. My garage is ACG, Bouncers lane, Cheltenham. They replace my clutch on the LDV with a new single mass flywheel, labour time was 1.5 hours, I was literally in and out of there in 1hr 40 mins, and the ten minutes was just chatting! I also got a cup of tea. Plus the mian man is an ex subaru mechanic so he know his stuff and has loads of spare parts lying around that I get for free! But I give him surplus wood etc so its all good! -
Huck, I don't think they are going to budge on the classification of Waste issue, but applying common sense and saying its ok as long as its being used for something and not tipped is a good thing. I think thats what the point is but I'm so confused by the whole thing. Someone tell me what forms I have to fill in ONCE ONLY and for FREE and I'll do it, anything to be filled in daily or costing me money then I would rather not bother!
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Proclimber would be your nearest training company just off the far end of the M4, but as said Treevolution might well be the best.
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Or try this method, its a soft fixing so flexible and less likely to break,
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That depends on who reduces it.
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It will only make it safer if its unsafe in the first place, which we don't know at this point. If its safe and you reduce it anyway it will then put the growth back on and probably heavier, potentially making it unsafe in the future and definatly more of a danger one day if its not re-done. If it genuinly is unsafe then Pollard would be better because the future maintanence is then easier so therefore cheaper and therefore more likely to get done. I just think fannying about with an Ash, which is never going to be a thing of beauty, is a waste of time, love it as it is or do something significant.
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No of course not, different trees can have different things done to them, and of the course the condition of any tree can lead to other actions being a good idea. I agree with what the others are saying about severign the ivy first, that is usually the best way to go. But I see there are still recomendations for reduction, personally I don't agree but its not up to me. You say it would grow back quick and need re doing, that to me proves its not worth doing. And Hama says thinning is rediculous as it would put the growth straight back on again. I'm guessign he's thinking that would be the case if over thinned, the thinning I was suggesting was more of crown clean than a full thin, its not overly dense so does not need thinning fully. If your going to reduce it, show us some pics of when you are done.
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Yep, all of that except the reduction. Waste of time, its either ok or its not, if not then pollard and maintain or remove.
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Its probably a skinny wee thing under that Ivy anyway.
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Get the client to get a consultant to survey it and then carry out the work that the consultant recomends. Simple, its obviously not for you to tell the client when its safe or not, and you can't go round pollarding or reducing things to make them safe when its not necessary. Personally I'd remove the ivy and inspect, then crown lift and thin/deadwood and teach the client to love the nice Ash tree that they are lucky enough to own. OR, if the survey says fell it, I would fell it even quicker and have all the firewood away!
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Apparantly you can, if you empty the fuel out, but things may have changed since I last heard of anyone doing it. Check with your airline.
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Same here!
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Advice needed!Very akward, arrogant boss!!!!
Rupe replied to badger wrestler's topic in General chat
Yes of course there can be that! A new job is then required, prompto! -
Advice needed!Very akward, arrogant boss!!!!
Rupe replied to badger wrestler's topic in General chat
That would never happen, it would always be the bosses fault. If an employee cuts down the wrong tree then the instructions weren't clear enough, simples!! If the employee was stoned or stupid or both, then the boss should not have let a stoned or stupid person cut down the wrong tree. There is NO passing the buck! -
Round up from the garden centres has a very low Glyphosphate ingredient. Round up pro is available at some agricultural stores but it is nearly £40 a litre, but of course you can use less of it in each mix. With the garden centre stuff just mix it at least twice as strong as they suggest for stumps and spray liberally.
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I think the primus one should be ignored, like it never happned, a bit like Highlander 2!!
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5 tons of beech and 7 tons of ash for free ( Glasgow )
Rupe replied to Czlowiek Drzewo's topic in Firewood forum
So did you get someone in or do it yourself? How did it go? -
Ha ha, I came home and cracked a cold one and then realised it was 4.50!!
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Ignorign his bad spelling mistake ( I hope) who has a missus that asks "when are you going to be home?" First lesson for an arb missus is never ask that question!!
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.......its dark and time to go home?
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I still think that brash tied down on a tipper truck is waste, woodchip has already been converted to a product, virtually all of mine goes to allotments where they love the stuff, even Leylandii gets used although its not as popular as say winter Beech chip! Because its not going to a tip, then it cant be waste. Although I got a feeling you would need a waste transfer license or something for that to work.
