Ben Ballard
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i steve thancks for the link for the 3d scan we will look in to that would be realy cool
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Thank you everyone for your time and messages you are all a real sound lot ,thats what i like about this forum:biggrin:
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scotf congratulations on your little tree planter, your right you dont know what to expect and such a buzz when you hear the good news
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cheers monkeyd
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today me and the mrs went for our 8 week scan and realy happy to see a littel heart beating it is the best news we could ever wish for after years of trying our second attempt at ivf has been successfull:thumbup:
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nice one steve i will have to remember that trick ,good thinking:001_cool:
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What is your single most beneficial exercise for Arb work.
Ben Ballard replied to coolie's topic in General chat
i agree mattyf i have had a lad come and work with me before that was in to going down the gym all the time he was all ways tired and couldnt keep up and he ended up leaving because he couldnd do both as he loved the gym so much he got a gardening job .a few good streatches in the morning is a good idea and work harder if you want to get fitter in this job:biggrin: -
nice one cheers mate
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nice job that crab is a handy bit of kit you got you will have hours of fun:cool1:
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with woods you will be working are you doing it for the wood as payment you cut or do the land owners pay you to be there and give you the wood as payment if you dont mind me asking i find on my estate most of the thinning jobs that we do are at cost to the estate grants cover some of it but not much when we get the chance to do big stuff or over stood coppice we can cut and extract a amout to make it pay,the main aim is conservation here and to maintain the capital value of the woods ,
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keep up the good work ,you use the same forwarding trailer i got
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:001_cool:thancks for Bill Moore 's number for the snatch block , he was very helpfull
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sounds like you do some serious jobs with your kit ,it good to hear what kind of equipment you use cheers
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thancks again for all your help I wanted it to use with my holder and 5 tone igland winch was told on my winch course that what ishould use when doing of set winching ,i have always just used the chockers to of set stuf in the past ,have a few banks in our woods so should be a handy bit of kit to have
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Thancks for your help that sounds good nice one:001_smile:
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Hi all iam looking to get a snatch block with at least 10-12 ton SWL and some stropes and shackels ,any help and advice on a good place in the south east that would sell these would be great cheers:001_smile:
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hi david good luck with your big weekend hopefully you wont have to tow to many people out iam going to cut my hedges and get on top of garden havin my injection for my low white blood count so wont be doing to much as has side affects like flu for a few hours after takin it i getting used to it and have it every 3 weeks probly forever but better than getting ill again:001_smile:
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Hi david hows your week going and hows the new grab. i been putting loft insulation in when it was raining and finished beech and been cutting tracks back looking forward to when my grane fixed so can shift some wood got a nice amount built up now
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Great photos of the parkland setting david especialy the staghead oaks
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
Ben Ballard replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
Hi found these i know its common but it was huge so worth a photo found on a sycamore in parkland (dryad's saddle)
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well said mate
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Cheers david hope to finish it of on monday leaving the rest of the standing tree as habitat and hoping it will carry on growing as a natural pollard ,its worth havin the kit to get things done safely
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Yes its a Holder a60 with igland 5 ton winch it does me proud
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came across this in morning on way into the woods to do some pruning so had change of plan it came down last night i enjoy doing big beech so was fun day when not getting soaked in that heavey rain[attach]
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Hi i use fen traps in boxes or tunnels and cage traps both just as efective cages are good as you can see if you got anything from a distance ,use whole maze and penuts,i bait up the boxes with out traps for a week then dig a small pit and cover trap with leaves ,i find it a waist of time trapping at this time of year so i do it in winter i poison from april to august in hoppers ,i would like to try those traps that strap to tree as deer and badgers can be a pain .
