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  1. Mark Bolam
    Good point. Years ago I felled 12 scruffy connies in the middle of an access track that had been scraped out on both sides of them, leading to a new build. Full planning had been granted for both track and house, and detailed plans were on site. The track would be tarmac with kerbs either side. The TO turned up and said I had just felled 12 TPO’d trees. Apparently granting full planning hadn’t automatically removed the TPO’s, which were slap bang in the middle of the track. The TO was good enough to let me apply to fell them retrospectively, but it was a bit embarrassing for everyone.
  2. Mark Bolam
    Fair enough. Can the brash be burnt on site or does it have to be chipped?
  3. Mark Bolam
    And that is how green energy works. Let’s fuck up some trees! Not a pop at the lads doing the work, I’d take the coin same as them. Funny old world we’re in though.
  4. Mark Bolam
    What a clusterfuck. You really haven’t thought this through, have you?
  5. Mark Bolam
    Only young ones tbh. All the bigger ones have been banjaxed in the core, like this one one. Only about 6”x6” cavity at knee height for this one (just under 3’), but worse above some of the unions. Strong stuff though. It’s weird timber.
  6. Mark Bolam
    Cracking spec Doug! Looks great from my house! Very compromised acacia death here. Bombing chogs onto ton bags worked a treat on astroturf.
  7. Mark Bolam
    Yes, you’ve gone mad. You’ve ignored the old adage ‘If it flies, f**ks or floats, it’s cheaper to rent’.
  8. Mark Bolam
    Indeed. Come on boyos!
  9. Mark Bolam
    Well done for contacting the FC, pro move.
  10. Mark Bolam

    Past it???

    Mark Bolam replied to Ben10's topic in General chat

    A lot of ‘tree surgery’ firms seem to have Transits and 150’s, can’t climb, and know nothing about trees. This is not a good thing.
  11. Mark Bolam
    That’s not how you spell immigrant?
  12. Mark Bolam

    Past it???

    Mark Bolam replied to Ben10's topic in General chat

    Stump grinding could work, but you’d need a chunk of money to set up.
  13. Mark Bolam
    A cheap movement sensor alarm would be a lot easier.
  14. Mark Bolam
    I threatened a firm of solicitors with this a good few years ago and they paid up straight away, but didn’t have to go through with it. I don’t know the exact legalities, but I would expect it would be a civil rather than police case.
  15. Mark Bolam
    @MattyFmight know?
  16. Mark Bolam
    @billpierce just seen this on FB if it’s any use?
  17. Mark Bolam
    Nice caveat! I’m sure people do, but they’d never tell you.
  18. Mark Bolam
    This seems to have slipped in under the radar a bit. Anyone got any gen? ISC APEX Rope Wrench | Sorbus International WWW.SORBUS-INTL.CO.UK
  19. Mark Bolam
    Attenborough voice - ‘As Jamil’s crops fail for the 37th successive year, he wonders how he will now feed his 23 children.’
  20. Mark Bolam
    Responding to this!
  21. Mark Bolam
    Oi! I’m from Otterburn! 😂
  22. Mark Bolam
    Millennial lombardy with issues deciding what it wants to be?
  23. Mark Bolam
    Why? They would just say your £100 was only worth £70 and demand £30 extra.
  24. Mark Bolam
    The game is that the money is better off in their account than yours. (For them, obviously).
  25. Mark Bolam
    I’ve used two ropes before when I really NEEDED that dodgy anchor. SRT has largely made this redundant, though. Bomber main anchor and the rest just slings and crabs, as many as you want, with minimum faff.

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