slack ma girdle
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Spent three days zip lining bits of tree over a barn (in gales and driving rain). Tidying up and removing the last couple of bit by hand as the anchor were too low zip line them (the sun had come out by then), when the last one slipped out of my grasp and straight through the roof . to say that i was gutted is an understatment.
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There is a free one to download, just search this forum. (next to todays post at the Top)
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Top ten firewood stoves.. allegedly
slack ma girdle replied to redmoosefaction's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
What exacatly are they basing this on ? Any fool can pick ten 'nice' looking stoves. -
According to insects of western europe: Females are voracious blood suckers attacking all large mammals including man, with their blade like mouth parts .......... SPLAT IT However the males feed on nectar
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Advice on what to do with this sweet chestnut!!!!
slack ma girdle replied to TonyP's topic in Tree health care
At a guess the tree in question has three options: 1 fell it as it now has massive crack running down to ground level and it is structurally unsound. This also applies if there are roads, footpaths, building etc nearby and public liability is an issue. 2 pollard it to reduce the weight and stress on the trunk and madssive crack. 3 leave it alone and see what happens. Inform/ advise the customer, and let them make the choice. bare in mind that sweet chestnut is appaling firewood, in case the customer is thinking about alot of cheap firewood. -
Is that one or two loads in the mighty trailer/ landrover combo? :001_tt2:
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the axles are not bowing out yet, i sure you could have got a few more logs on the trailer. And there is still plenty of space on the roof and bonnet of the Landrover. If you are going to get stopped you might as well get stopped with style. :001_tt2:
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logs do not normally start moving until mid oct around here, it normally depends on how many are left from last year, and temperature.
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I can feel my hips cracking just looking at it:crying:
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Price ?
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Spraying rhododendron.
slack ma girdle replied to bulltaco's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Interesting, that the label recomends that you spray glyophosate in May. Trials in N Wales by CCw and the National trust found that November was the best time to spray Rhoddie. Spraying at this time had the highest kill rate. Generally i use a fan nozzle with the largest diameter hole, and the pressure set on its lowerest setting. This gets the leaves really wet. Gylophsate is supposed to have a sticking agent already mixed in, but in practice it does not make much difference, therefore adding Mixture B is needed to make it stick to the shiney leaves. -
have you stopped itching form the larch hairs yet ? Nice logs.
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PA1 & PA6 Pesticides advice please
slack ma girdle replied to blue beastie's topic in Training & education
Read the label, then read the label again. Most people trip up because they have not read the label properly. Particularly with ppe for mixing, and ppe for application, which often have slightly different requirements. And remember even if you get something wrong, a good examiner will try to drag the correct answer out of you. Good luck -
I have had a look at your web site, and being a ludite i could not find any infomation about the wood fuel acreditation process. Can you provide me some infomation ?
Your hopefully
Slack ma girdle
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I am in Pembroke if the parcel is further west than swansea, if that is any help ?
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my 7 year old son thought that was the best thing ever
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wrong tree, you would be thinking of crack willow
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For felling in the woods particulary for saw logs, you want to minimise the amount of wastage, and the risk of the hinge ripping up into the trunk. Therefore smaller mouth and thinner hinge (generally if it goes wrong in the woods, you get the winch out). However in situations i.e. houses, caravans the bigger hinge is safer.
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Got a tasty barbers chair photo for later on i bet it is not as small as this one
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mouth too big, hinge too wide, but everything is square and level as it should be, well done.
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every body has there favorate, ask 100 people and you get 100 different answers. The only way you will get an answer is to use them yourself and decide. I like both but for different reasons and different uses. Unhelpfully i have passed the buck back to you.
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If the tree died quickly, what ever has killed it will have affected the whole tree. Me thinks that you will have some logs that will smell sweet when they are burned. Time to start looking for a replacement tree. But do not plant it close to the dead one, or it will suffer the same fate. Any ideas what has killed it ?
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there will definatley be somewhere nearby where you will be able to help yourself (black thorn is everywhere). Mature trees in pots or bags do not come cheap
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If you want your pully to stay in the same place, attach a prussic to the rope on each side of the pully. By the time you get to the crusial pieces lower down, you will have worked out where the pully needs to be. What ever you do will involve a high degree of faffing, good luck and may the force be with you.
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NVC classification index help
slack ma girdle replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I have tried (unsuccessfully) to get free copies of the NVC. If you want it you will have to buy it. Or do as i do go to to the local wildlife trust and consult them.
