nepia
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That nails it - cedar!
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Thanks for that' I'd guessed as much.
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I'm seriously thinking in investing in a set of tripod ladders, all 3 legs adjustable. A question though: how do you get on cutting an 8' hedge off 10' ladders? Do you have any problems reaching round the ladder? Do you turn it round and stand with your back to the ladder? Do you turn it sideways? Thanks, Jon
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Wimbledon Common is one that gets suggested occasionally but I know nothing of it myself: worth exploring perhaps.
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A cu m is a slightly heaped load in my Kingcab; I can't see a double cab Nav holding that much without a mountainous load.
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Not only in Devon Beau: I've noticed many mature hollies struggling, though not dying, in the last coupe of years. Typically I've seen lower canopies dying off - the small, thin, hanging growth. But recently there seems to have been some new growth emanating from the main stems.
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I'd worry more about getting paid than any Criminal Damage etc. That couldn't be proved without the legitimate owner coming forward to be seen as such. Even then your actions would need to be shown as deliberate (in terms of damaging, not in terms of pruning etc) or reckless - as Treequip said. However, now that a person has 'informed' you that the land's owner is not who you thought it was you'd be wise to confirm ownership before doing any more: should they turn out to be correct in their assertion any further work may leave you open to the 'reckless' allegation in that having been told the property was someone else's you carried on 'damaging' it regardless. But I expect the truth is simple; you just need to find it!
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A couple from Austria in 2010.
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Beech co-dominant branches. Compression / stress fractures?
nepia replied to hesslemount's topic in Tree health care
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The log hag's better than you think mate! I have the number and have PM'd it to Kev. You having fun?
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No idea who would want them but could get you a contact number for a man with a flatbed fitted with an 8-ton hiab. Jon
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Agree: barely believable they're chainsaw trousers, more like v heavy jeans.
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The newer machines have 17" rims; my 57 plate had 16". My set of BFG ATs have lasted 45,000 miles so far and have loads left yet. The vehicle's on a 4-year lease and the plan is for one set of tyres @£1000 supplied and fitted to last the term of that lease.
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Here you go; these work.
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Turners love it! If I had time/opportunity I'd come and get as much as I could carry but I'm afraid not. Re milling Monkey Puzzle - I've asked this before but didn't get a definitive answer... don't the knots simply drop out of the sapwood as soon as they dry and shrink?
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March 29th/30th; Caterham > Newcastle > Wick, Caithness. Return trip April 5th/6th. Driving a Navara. Jon
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That vehicle description is a good lead. Even if there isn't enough to pin the break in attempt on the occupants the assault with the fire extinguisher may do the trick. The judge/magistrate can then put 2 and 2 together and sentence appropriately. Let us know if you hear of any result.
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I take it you mean the cage. It would, yes, if the cage was secured (ratchet strapped to a weighted pallet perhaps?). If not the weight of the Station would just pull it over towards you. Alternatively you could support the bottom of the Station as if it was on the ground, thus taking much of the weight off the IBC cage. That's what I do with the pickup; I put a trunk ring under the Station so I don't have the whole weight of the Station + billets simply hanging off the tailgate. Does that help? If you want to know more give a few days and I'll set up and take some more pics. Jon
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Wouldn't a Trucker's Hitch - perhaps two - have sorted that? Not to rubbish what he did - I've never seen that before - I guess he was just using it as an example; he probably knows a dozen techniques that would have worked.
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Ah - got you. I would recommend 18" bar as a iminimum and 20" as a maximum. A bit prescriptive maybe but if you fill the rack up you need 18" (16" not quite enough I've found) and if you have a bar longer than 20" you risk hitting the steel cross member. A 16" bar would be OK if you only three quarters filled the rack as it gets deeper front to back as it fills. These pics may help. The Husky there has a 15" bar. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/g7uh7h2om8smsfz/g7weg0i7ZV
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Er - yeah, maybe. I'm lost now. Kev, if you want green apple branch/trunk I should be able to grab some next Tuesday. Jon
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Hi Kev. I can't quite work out who's taken what apple from where or whether it's still standing but the only apple I'm involved in is not on here and I'm taking it down near Reigate next week! Jon
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For a 5' billet nothing thicker than 8-10" tops.
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You just need a proper splitting axe Steve; 3' is nothing - I regularly produce 5' billets with my X27 and you're twice my size and half my age!
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If you're self-operating Al have a look at what Coppards have to offer. 7.5 ton sounds big...
