Graham

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.

Here's one you don't want.

I wouldnt leave home without one!

No point struggling your !*!s off.

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.

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?

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:

As said before I reckon the cheapest option is to coppice, plant up the gaps and lay the new growth in 10 years.

Oooh...bit of a contradiction there.

Maybe False Chanterelle?

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.

The dog's got the best eyebrows I've ever seen:001_smile:

Worth a try but i think you got more chance of sh1tin in the queens handbag!

That's what I meant to say:001_smile:

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.

You should be able to defend yourself and your family, and the law allows you to do that.

 

As for property, that is also just stuff, and I see human life - even the life of a thief - as a lot more important.

 

Honestly, if I met a thief in my home in the process of taking stuff, I'd ask him to leave, being careful not to threaten him in a way that could lead to violence, and once he'd gone I'd call the police. I think this is a civilised way to do things. I also think that it is a lot safer for me, in that a burglar who knew he could be legally assaulted would probably react in a very different way and probably try to strike first. I'm happy with the law as it is.

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:

Either you're pygmies or that's a big stick!

Wrong on both counts. I have read enough of your posts to know that you are a very intelligent tree worker. You do have the abilities to positively affect trees' lives.

 

I have been doing residential tree work for over 40 years. There are literally thousands of trees still standing that would not be had I not intervened in their favor. These things can be as simple as removing a branch rubbing against a roof to very complex structural problems that needed expert advice, and subsequent work, to allow the tree's survival.

 

Please do not get lost in the differences in the urban environment and natural forest. Tree failure and the resulting deadwood are the life of the forest. This is a complex web of connections that, whether we believe it or not, we are a part of. But that's another topic.

 

Urban trees are there by themselves in a sense. Their survival is dependent on how they interact in this altered environment. If they do not satisfy us, they are gone. But the very fact that we keep planting them and protecting what we can is proof that they are important to us.

 

That's where you come in making it work in the residential areas.

 

Dave

Extremely well put:thumbup:

Imo i try to enlighten the customer to what potential the tree has for the future. If they want it topped i would say its cheaper to remove it and replant in the long run? Or suggest thinning it?

 

I think part of our job (other than making a living) is to guide the customer to the best option for them.

Birch is the symbol of renewal and rebirth in pagan belief, a pioneer and cover of baron lands hence the symbol attachment.

 

The sap is a traditional tonic as is also believed to have anti cancer substances.

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.

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'.

The decurrent habit of mature Scots lend itself a bit more naturally IMO, you can usually find one of those nice points where a parallell secondary branch rolls over the primary.

 

Reductions should be avoided on anything excurrent, right? Especially those with opposite budding - even the best reduction looks poor.

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?

Stunning pics Hamadryad - definitely looks ramalina farinacea

 

Ramalina farinacea

I thought it was Dulux:001_smile: Good pics. farinacea....as in flour I presume.

Did a line of leaning mature Corsicans. TO wanted c30/40% and managed to get away with c20%. Combined it with a v light thin.

Trees looked good at the time and still do.

Fieldfare or mistle thrush.

This the one? Had to put it up again....better looking that the gf