nepia
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If you knowingly drove such a setup I think you could well be in the frame for Dangerous Driving as that covers the condition of the vehicle or load as well as your actual driving. I would not do it.
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Well, Mrs Treemoose did her bit so a round of applause for the new family. My thanks to dad John, who came and milled the stem on Tuesday: John, you will never find me near a 10' board again - 8' all the way from now on. My forearms were locked in the grip position after lugging those blighters out. Was a long day but it's gratifying that the timber's gone to better use than firewood. Thanks also are due to Rob D who was forthcoming with his expert advice: I've never been involved in a job involving an Alaskan before. Some pics. Jon
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Have you considered blocked sinuses? Pseudoephedrin, sold under various names such as Sudafed, will soon tell you as your nose will run a while after taking it.
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Ah scallops. Six weeks ago I removed an entire tree with 6' of straight 10" stem. It's drying nicely in about 30 bits but I'll know for next time. Jon
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I was downright shocked at how soft the blades were first time I filed them; it's very quick work - on one blade!
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I was downright shocked at how soft the blades were first time I filed them; it's very quick work - on one blade!
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I'll bet there were other exceptions during the previous 105 years!
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I'll bet there were other exceptions during the previous 105 years!
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I wasn't arguing, just making the point that 'wet' doesn't mean 'it'll kark it'.
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I wasn't arguing, just making the point that 'wet' doesn't mean 'it'll kark it'.
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...and yet the 33" dbh one I felled a few years ago was at the bottom of a gentle slope on Sussex Weald clay. But it did stink of mushroom - at 105+ years old!
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...and yet the 33" dbh one I felled a few years ago was at the bottom of a gentle slope on Sussex Weald clay. But it did stink of mushroom - at 105+ years old!
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I was thinking False Acacia - Robinia. The top pic has better colour, i.e. yellow wood in the bottom lump. The second pic's blue and white.
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I was thinking False Acacia - Robinia. The top pic has better colour, i.e. yellow wood in the bottom lump. The second pic's blue and white.
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You'll need the right one; look on the Bay - loads there.
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Magnolias can react badly to pruning; less is more. Mid to late summer is the time. If you're just doing a gentle thin - cutting small stuff - you should just about be OK. If this kind of question is likely to arise regularly for you get the RHS Pruning & Training book. Not quite a bible as I disagree with some things there but very good nonetheless.
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With yourself and Alec making encouraging noises I'm optimistic. The tree has been mulched for a few months now but the summer we've had has really helped and maybe the pruning in Feb made a difference too! It's looking more vital; new, healthy growth has been made and almost no dying of sideshoots as was happening previously. Thank you gents.
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Yes I think it looks different too but not so much so that one could definitively say 'it's not the same'. No growths on the underside: I'm sticking with Pear scab my end all considered. Thanks.
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Pear rust! Is this what I've got? http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/tree-health-care/8927-pear-leaf-blister-mite-2.html Your tree still very lucky to have met you btw! Jon
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Thanks. Chemical treatment won't happen - if you could see what's been done to the tree physically you'd see what it means to the owners! - but burning the leaves is realistic. Do you agree with the educated guess that pear scab is the culprit?
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Unfortunately the link is out of date so I can't check it out. Saw a mature but hacked pear this morning where virtually all the foliage was as per the pics, including the slight chlorosis. I'm inclined towards pear scab as per David Humphries' suggestion and Apple and Pear Scab but am open to others. If I'm right then the correct course of action for a single garden ornamental tree seems to be to destroy the fallen leaves in autumn. Comments please. Thanks, Jon
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Tell her to get on with it then - there's work to be done! Seriously, good luck with the far more important business of your new arrival; congratulations. The job doesn't have to be done tomorrow: where are you, when could you make it? Jon
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Would have gleefully done that for the brush (I believe I was one of the earliest trolleyites:001_tongue:) but there are boundary hedges back and front that effectively force 45 degree turns the moment you hit the ends of the house: anything protruding beyond the back of the trolley wouldn't make it through the gap. Also when I say the floor is uneven I mean uneven: there's a small uncovered inspection hatch (now covered with a board and an anomalous patch of flat concrete 6" higher than the rest but only laid halfway across the passage! Trust me, after 2 days dragging the brush I slept dreaming of lovely trolley loads of the stuff being drawn majestically across flat tarmac to a waiting chipper.
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Just noticed a small pictorial typo. Ignore the last pic: it's of the very top of the stem that's now in a hundred bits at home drying!
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That's good of you Rob. The actual owner of the tree - not the client! - has been very patient so anything I can do to move it for her will help. Thanks.
