Graham
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No amount of paperwork will ever stop people trying to do silly things with machinery. Does anyone remember the 'craze' for losing arms in balers? Seemed at one time there was some guy in the paper every week with the story of how he carried his severed arm across the fields. You could have a paper with 10k questions and people will always chance their luck. It's what the human race does.
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Dunston Heath Farm in rural South Staffordshire Good little site. He buys our firewood and about 10-15 mins drive from APF site.
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Get them back out of the skip and sell them.
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Had a similar thing happen to me many years ago. Did a big job for a guy. All very pleasant with coffee, cakes, bacon butties and jokes amongst men. The job was quoted for approx two weeks but he asked for extras with the assurance; 'just add it onto original quote'. Final bill time and he denies asking for some of the work and states other parts of it weren't carried out to his satisfaction. He wouldn't even talk about it and said that if I took him to court then he would just counterclaim and 'did I have enough time and money to fight him?' You live and learn:001_smile:
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You could try it. The worst that will happen is that delivery co might ask for duty to be paid or you might get away with it.
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Here's one you don't want.
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No point struggling your !*!s off.
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I bought a stumpgrinder from the states and arranged my own shipping. As I remember I had to fill in a HMRC form stating its value and the category it fell into ie forestry. (different duties payable depending on items). UPS shipped it from Chicago and I picked it up from Manchester. I paid them for the shipping and also the import duty which they pass on to HMRC. It was all pretty straightforward apart from the seven days it was 'lost' on a Chicago dockside! I think if you speak to a shipping agent they'll give you the low down on it.
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Official "Yank'" Picture Thread
Graham replied to GASoline71's topic in International Arborist Forum
Geez.....need some lessons on cleaning. Daren't show you the chipper or the bike! I may be dumb but what's the winch for? Pulling timber to the chipper? -
Official "Yank'" Picture Thread
Graham replied to GASoline71's topic in International Arborist Forum
Nice garage. What's the bike? -
Seen a reference somewhere about leaving "live stakes" to hold the whole lot steady in windy areas,anyone think that's a good idea. We'd have rapped knuckles leaving live stakes:001_smile:
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As said before I reckon the cheapest option is to coppice, plant up the gaps and lay the new growth in 10 years.
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Some people! beech reduction, too much?
Graham replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in General chat
Oooh...bit of a contradiction there. -
Maybe False Chanterelle?
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Looks like a little grinder. Can't see a problem with the legality as long as it's secure. Going to alter the noseweight of the chipper tho which could cause towing problems eg weaving. What you'd have to watch is the train weight once you've a load of chip. Don't know what the train weight of your setup would be.
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The dog's got the best eyebrows I've ever seen:001_smile:
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That's what I meant to say:001_smile:
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I reckon you've got a contract there. He probably thinks he's done well to get a sale' No harm in asking....he may be feeling magnanimous and offer some back. Good luck.
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You've obviously never suffered from these scums activities. Over the years I've lost 'stuff' worth 40k. Never mind it's just stuff. Stuff that had to be worked for and allowed me and employees to work. Work.....something the scum don't do! Rightly or wrongly I once spent one night in a shed sleeping with a 12 bore because I thought they may come back. Would I have used it? Don't know....maybe I'd have told them to leave, given them a ten minute head start and called plod:001_smile:
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Either you're pygmies or that's a big stick!
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Extremely well put:thumbup:
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The sap is quite a tonic when converted to wine:001_smile: As a 'fresh to the job' young un in 1979 I was groundsman on a job with another lad dismantling a Lombardy. The client was so pleased to be getting his tree removed he gave us a bottle of birch wine at breakfast time. We couldn't resist trying it and promptly finished it with our sandwiches. Got into a bit of a mess after! My mate had a major slip on his spikes and injured his back and for the life of me can't remember how we got the Landrover back! You gotta remember this was a pre pc and ppe world and would never condone this sort of behaviour now...but we were young. Reminds me of a time with homemade scrumpy in the wood but I won't even go there.
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The bough he's removing is attached to a slack lowering line. It looks as though its fall is arrested momentarily and quickly released. Hence the 'boing'.
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I would agree but don't some conifers tend to lose their apical dominance or at least lessen as they mature thereby becoming 'better candidates' for reduction if necessary?
