Stephen Blair
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those bad boy roots are soking up a lot of juice dave, look how vigorous the growth is after,i always reckoned the tree was used to feeding a huge canopy, so when pollarded it is putting all its nutrients from the roots into a smaller amount of growth points so the tree is stronger, any dying elm that i have ever pollarded has lasted a lot longer than the ones left alone. maybe i am wrong, its just what i have asumed. and most of the weeping elms are more resiliant up with us, they are only starting to die now, as with the cornish elms, i know of a row of about 30 young ones that have been struck down within the last year. and 3 weeping. i just asumed having a large trunk and small canopy to feed the weeping ones were stronger. what are your thoughts:001_smile:
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it will grow back very quickly but look like a typical pollard for a few years to come, i dont know about hybrid but doing this will help it against dutch elm disease, it will be feeding less so be a stronger tree imo
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thats it, i am in the huff. the trucks, the weather, the trucks, oh and the weather. what a trip mate, well done. that was great of the guys to welcome you. nice one. arb busmans holidays. sweet:001_cool:
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look awesome but they will stink this time of year, horny beggers. where do you work?i remember reading that the royals have their own herd, is that true. i would love to see around the real london, i am not interested in the hustle bustle bit. when flying in to heathrow the landscape is stunning.
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wow, i thought it was all london buses and pigeons. i take it this is the rut starting then
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youcheroony liam, hope it heels soon
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MASSIVE thanks to Big Boss Beechwood and his lads!!
Stephen Blair replied to Mozza's topic in General chat
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well done mate
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sorry to hear that ian, hope you get it sorted mate
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i thought that aswell john but then i thought i wouldnt say anything, they do look very thin
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it doesnt bother me so much anymore mike because i dont have to do much in a week to make ends meet now thankfully. i still have hedges from august still needing done that i cant get to because of the weather. i am not doing them because they are fixed prices and if i do them in the wet then they will take 3 times as long to do, and for the first time the wind is really making a diference aswell on some of my jobs recently. tall leggy coppice beside buildings on bankings, and they are ash, hopefully after the last few days the leaf and severed ivy will be mostly gone
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lucky sods:sneaky2:
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ha ha, i bet that was fun robert.
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well done, thats the perfect tree to try that out on, and sycamore aswell. i tried a tiny dutchmans on a stem of lime the other day, lime is oretty chewy and i was just playing but it definately helped. nice one:001_cool:
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well done mate, proper high indeed. never been close tothat height, i reckon about 100ft is my max tbh
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cool, i remember seeing that at the apf, it was big, is that the one that you can put a conveyor on it.
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heritage have amazing kit.
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thats really cool mate. cheers
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nice one mate, new kit is great. looking forward to the pics of the new machine
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dont do it sideways, although being adjacent to the hinge might seem safer, but when you push it away it brings the head toward you. its a great trick for multi stemmers and you are roped off another rather than being on a pole. but yes naughty, so i think it will be in the unorthadox techniques book
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sorry mate never saw this last night, everything went on the bit of grass between the drive and burn. there wasnt any brash left, it all just broke up when it hit the deck, we shoveled most of the wee stuff. that tree was seriously done, it just crumbled rather than hinged high up, it had a really wide crown, so it meant getting out the limbs tricky for grant. the customer has his own gardener/handy man who will tidy it all away. swet:001_smile:
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there wasnt much life left in her anyway josh, good call with it being right beside the main rd
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looking forward to pics of that one, when are you doing it??
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if you do it right then its ok, but it isnt a recomendation, its a naughty thing to do that you learn after making a mistake by getting it stuck in the first place, do not try this at home kids:blushing:
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get a 3 tonner with grapple and i will sell you my big bandit tow behind:thumbup:2 toys that you can use fot other applications:001_cool:
