nepia
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Variably in my experience with normal sized specimens; that's a monster for the UK (assuming it is). I've hard cut limbs - much smaller ones than in your tree - and had them sprout beautifully and I've done the same to others and killed them. To leave that 'with no foliage' is a pollard! Seriously I would be suggesting staged reduction to monitor its reaction; it would be a crying shame to lose such a specimen. I'd also be suggesting a bit of tlc to the root zone and stem; son't stack stuff on the roots or against the tree.
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...plus 2, 3 or 4 and as said a few times now on various threads. If you do consider it go for the 14" bar; 16" is too much in the real world.
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If a sling will lift 5 tons it'll pull 5 tons. For a selection and a good seller have a look at slings1 on ebay. I use ones with a loop at each end for winch work (stumps, leaning trees etc).
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Good idea for a thread. Most transactions go perfectly smoothly and even if I wonder 'what more could they have done?' my own answer is usually 'not much within reasonable limits' (companies are there to make money after all, they're not charities). I find it heartwarming when an individual in a large company takes li'l ole me seriously. I see no harm in naming names here so... this evening I got a comprehensive e-mail from Jo Beau, with pics the guy had taken, in reply to a piddling little query I had: it wasn't even a moan, just a small question but the full reply must have taken him a while to cobble together. Neither had I spent huge sums on some complicated piece of kit. Well done Jo Beau: Dean at Global Recycling also deserves a mention for his prompt attention when I speak to Global about similar matters.
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I don't get it; they had a crane and still felled the stem, ripping up the lawn they could have so easily avoided doing - no?
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HIV is very short-lived outside the body but not so hepatitis - not at all. It will persist for months in completely dry blood.
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Good man getting it all out of the way in one go! Jeez Mark - sorry to hear that; big ow. I hope the 6 months is a worst case scenario and not a diagnosis; you won't be able to stay away that long though will you. Al the best to you. Jon
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Alternatives for glyphosate
nepia replied to David Dobedoe's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Since asking about the withdrawal of sodium chlorate I've looked at Wiki; it seems it's still widely used in bleaching processes in paper manufacture. -
What a way to work! From the credits at the end my guess is it's set in Switerland; the word 'canton' appears along with Luzern.
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Alternatives for glyphosate
nepia replied to David Dobedoe's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Why is sodium chlorate no longer used? Because it leaches? -
No obvious reason it shouldn't start but it may not keep going as rubbers are likely to be perished. I was given a big saw with 13-year old mix in it that hadn't been started in that time: I tipped out the filth, poured in some fresh, swilled it round, tipped it out, put in fresh and it took just 12 pulls for the machine to be purring.
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Nice job - well done. Personally I'd have pruned considerably more on the downhill side - Cornus will take it, no problem. There's still a lot of crown for the damaged root system to supply with sugars come the spring. If these words provide any food for thought my preference would be to thin the crown rather than reduce it; you'll get a better looking and more Cornus-like end product. But should the tree fail no-one can say it wasn't given a good chance.
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It's alright I s'pose Lovely stuff James; I do like that dovetailing.
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I guess some people simply feel they've said what they've got to say and have moved on; c'est la vie.
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Unless my confusion has reached new heights sean (sic) is doing OK and posting on here regularly - thankfully! Ah - just seen David H's post. I was right.
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I wonder if he's even in tree work still. Perhaps not if you of all people haven't seen him - you live on his doorstep don't you? I met him a couple of times when he did stuff for me just outside Pulborough.
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...Slightly more powerful than the 11-ton Thor Mignon, of which I have one to sell. Magnificent machine (just a bit heavy for an old fart).
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I'm sure us Arbtalk oldies often wonder about those who no longer post: remember the fun with Mr Ed?! (sorry Steve B!) More Seriously I miss the valuable input of Dean Lofthouse; I hope he's thriving.
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I wonder if they'd find a use for it in Bushy Park...
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January 7th, is it just me or is spring here !!
nepia replied to digaholedumper's topic in The Lounge
We usually have some at that stage in early November! They're fine though; they stop when the temperature drops and just pick up again where they left off in spring. I'd worry if I didn't see daff shoots before Christmas. -
Tell that to those who believe their homes have been flooded due to denudation of the water course upstream of them! I wouldn't go so far as to say this will never happen but I'm sure it won't happen in the planned format; await the political/economic watering down. An oak every 1km maybe...
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A very good idea on the face of it but there are poignant observations in the commentary, e.g. the irony of this idea being promoted by the same government that wants to drive a train - literally - through existing ancient woodlands. Also there's the small matter of the funding, much of which will surely be needed to compensate farmers for loss of production: it needs to cover many years of future loss, not just the next three or four.
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Boggle, '3/8' doesn't refer to the size of the tooth as such, it refers to drive link length - the gap between rivets so to speak. A Picco tooth is just smaller than the tooth usually associated with a 3/8" drive link. I hope!
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Does this help? https://www.stihl.co.uk/p/media/download/uk-en/0457-181-0121_02.pdf
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Sounds like something a sports physio would be good at dealing with.
