Graham
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Can only say that we used them in the 80s when they were badged Turner..later Greenmech. Used one in Surrey after the storm and it worked solidly non-stop apart from shear pins.
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If it's got wheels or t!ts it'll give you grief:001_smile:
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When I was fifteen I was allowed to drive the dumper on a job. One morning the handbrake was frozen on so one of the blokes peed on them to free it off. I set off to dump the rubbish over the edge of a pithole and they'd frozen again. This time the brakes wouldn't work and I went straight over the edge:001_smile:
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Not one I've ever heard of. Try asking Axe Junkies on Facebook if you have a FB account.
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looking for a piece of hard wood for making a mallet
Graham replied to hedgesparrow's topic in General chat
A lump of knotty holly with one branch attached as a handle won't fall apart. I just use my axe as it's one less tool to worry about. -
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Very...and for your £40 you get reminders by email for next time. Bargain:001_smile:
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Nothing to do with DVLA. It's a con. Did mine online yesterday.
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Poplar. Prob P. alba
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That policy only applies to machines now.
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When we hired the Carlton we did many hundreds of pounds worth of stumps in one day. Apart from diesel refilling costs because we'd run out of red that day we were charged for one broken tooth. As for the 'nuisance' calls...probably get three a year asking if they can do anything for us.
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We hired the big Carlton and it was in excellent order.
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Traditionally used on poor sites to improve the soil by fixing nitrogen in the soil therefore improving soil quality for other trees.
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It's just off the Stafford-Eccleshall road on the turning to Chebsey.
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We had one in the paddock hedge. Huge English elm. To think they were the commonest tree in the countryside epitomised in the paintings of Constable et al. It's hard to visualise now what the hedgerows looked like just forty years ago. Rows of majestic English elm. Sad? Yes. We had to fell 100s in the day. All burnt on site. The largest one we did was 108" with a DBH around 6".
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It was first noted in the UK in the early 1900s and it killed many elms up to the 1940s. It was noticed in France during war time and deaths were blamed on nerve gas. It then disappeared only to reappear in the 60s (a different strain of fungus). My avatar shows an English elm. I believe the only large survivor in Staffs at about 90' of a once common sight.
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Makes the best charcoal for gunpowder so it can't be that bad.
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I've recently sold one on Ebay. All complete 36" but no chain. £180.
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They'll die. Can't they wait like normal people:001_smile:
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Looks a bit more than two metres.
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Isn't that what Stihl are attempting to do with their sales policy?
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Remember it's left handed thread. Easy to forget!
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Looks like an old pleacher to me. Regularly seen ash like this and occasional oak.
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Make sure the piston's well locked and then a good sharp whack. I usually lock the piston with a good length of starter cord as those plastic piston stops usually break for me:001_smile:
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Take a look on google earth. I use it all the time for old hedgerows. You can often see traces of old hedgerow marks in the fields. Some may follow the lazy 'S' of old ridge and furrow. I know...sad ain't I
