Mark Bolam
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Try hanging your weight off it.
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Silver birch over prune?? Please Help
Mark Bolam replied to laura9988's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Dempsey is quiet. Probably heading back through the channel tunnel and has no signal. -
I’ve been working on my own a lot more recently. Thought I’d start this job reducing a line of sycamores and hawthorns down to 3’ and see how I got on. Field behind has already been drilled, and there’s no headland, so nothing can go backwards. 70m drag to chipper. Going ok so far. IMG_8561.mov
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It’s started to piss down now, which will drop some jobs even further down the list. We’re meant to be on a sycamore reduction on Friday, that will be getting put back. Makes more sense for me to head up to the log yard.
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Silver birch over prune?? Please Help
Mark Bolam replied to laura9988's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
I nearly tagged him! ’Nonsense, they love a good pollarding!’ -
Silver birch over prune?? Please Help
Mark Bolam replied to laura9988's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Birches don’t respond well to pruning, every cut turns into a rot pocket. They’re best left alone, and only pruned lightly if necessary. The problem is the secateur diameter cuts required for this won’t tolerate a 80kg climber anywhere near them. I normally recommend letting them grow until you can’t put up with them any more, then remove and replant with something more suited to the location. Nice trees, but they can get big. Too big for most gardens. -
This would be a great idea if it worked. Following with interest. There’s loads on the internet for as little as £35, but they might be utter rubbish! For me it would be something I’d take on and off as the day demanded, not leave in situ most of the time.
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If you get one and think it’s shite, post it to me at my expense and I’ll give you what you paid for it. Or we may know some some of the lads on the harvesters? Chris Hunter, ‘Dangerous’ Brian Cowan, Or Dave Swann’s lads who haul it out? All school mates, a long time ago.
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I thought that, but it’s way more. Packs down to a short, fat flask, it’s tiny. Boils enough for for 3 brews in about 2 minutes.
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Stanley flasks are good Jake, I’ve had them years. Treat yourself to a Jetboil for Christmas though, If you need a hot drink, you need a hot drink, cover the bases!
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Crack on mate, they can take a bit of hammer.
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Health freaks like you make me sick.
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Is it true you chogged the stem down in 50mm discs?
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Don’t forget they always buy themselves an immaculate white hard hat and a hi-viz and decide to ‘project manage it themselves’.
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No one has heard from him since.
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That kicks the arse out of it a bit, you’ll probably get 2 bags out of a tonne, but that’s £45/bag before you cut, split, season and deliver. Can you not just do softwood?
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Do you know any farmers Jake? You might be able to trade some yard space for doing logs for the farm.
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My mate has this 10 tonne Oxdale which we’ve shoved up a few gardens. The ram stroke is way faster than my ageing cheapo 7 tonne petrol splitter. Twice the price, obviously. Oxdale SE400 Petrol Log Splitter | Iron and Earth WWW.IRONANDEARTH.CO.UK £2080 + VAT
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A tractor mounted machine is certainly productive, but what would put me off in your situation is the haulage you’ve described above and the fact you wouldn’t get it in to every job.
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You didn’t. It’s 50-1.
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Thanks Jules, and everyone else. It would seem a lot more logical if they had requested a removal, but this spec seems ridiculous, and smacks of yet another delaying tactic.
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20-1? Are you a 90 year old farmer?
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That’s the theory I suppose, but will it work? It’s been dry here for ages, but will probably start pissing down soon until about April. I should see the report this week.
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That is pretty incredible Joe! I’ve always explained to people that the prize for letting a tree get into an unclimbable state is to have it straight felled in the cheapest direction. They rarely get like this overnight.
