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Jonesies' first pallet of 11 is in and all sold via pre-order. Let the party begin... Thanks Justin; no more nagging now I promise and I appreciate being one of the first. Cheers, Jon
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Ropeknight, thanks for your time and trouble; that's fascinating stuff but it's obviously an art that takes time and knowledge to get right. I have so many questions! How do you know how many notches to make? How do you know where to make them? Did the four cuts in this example cover the full cirumference of the branch albeit a little at a time? How far below the pruning cut? On what species do you use this technique or does it depend on individual overall circumnstances rather than species? Most of all - well done for saving the tree; clients happy (the main thing) and the only hardwood in view saved!
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That's a good idea. I recently saw a 60-year old hedge made of two espaliered ash trees: the trunks were 12" thick (not tall enough to make the 'b' of dbh) and the overall was 5' high and 30' long, kept in check by regular trimming. Different but effective (in summer). If you make a standard hedge of them then yes, they will grow overnight!
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Not being any kind of expert on the subject I've kept shtum till now but this reflects my limited experience. I have one cheap axe with a bird's beak as you call it and it's useless; the edge profile is way too flat so it just bounces off the log. But I also have a 6.25lb Faithfull with fibreglass shaft that cost me £28 about 6 years ago and I think it's excellent. Seems that price isn't everything!
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Having spent the last two weeks driving like an old lady to squeeze out the miles I've dragged 450 miles from 70 litres from my 57 plate Navvy. I think that's ~29mpg but there was no heavy work, i.e.no towing, no big loads. When the chipper goes on the back it's nearer 2.9mpg! I'm running AT2s.
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...straight up Westerham Hill, through Biggin Hill, left halfway past the aerodrome and it's a mile and a half along - just before the lovely New Addington.
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I'm no expert but that colouring is common in ash I find, though not perhaps to that extent. I would think it's due somehow to fungal activity as spalting gives the same colour but more intense and in a different way, i.e. jagged lines. Perhaps what you have is a precursor to spalting...?
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It's called triangulation I think but I'll bet the Providers don't do it for free; you'd need to get someone important kidnapped - an Arbtalker perhaps - for it to actually be used.
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Welcome to Highams Hill Farm - Bootfairs, Camping, Railway Sleepers
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polite,charming climber available wendsday 9 and friday 11
nepia replied to danroker1987's topic in Employment
How did the weekend work on the chipbox go? Go on, tell me my idea re the blacking was crap... -
Thank you.
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Isn't the bleeding-flushes-the-spores theory the whole reason for cutting Prunus spp. in late summer? On this thread tho'.... cedar bleeds with a spring cut; true? I ask as I may have a deodar reduction coming up.
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B&Q! - amongst others; DIY stores, hardware shops etc. Get a small tin and give it a go on the inside; see what you think. Jon
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Cheaper than Hammerite, have you considered black Sadolin? It's not paint but coloured oil and paints on easy peasy, soaking into the wood.
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Ropeknight, got any pics of this? The grey matter this end struggles with verbal descriptions. Ta.
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OK with willow then! Cheers.
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Genuine question; why would you plant higher rather than lower? My gardening experience would suggest planting deeper: should the existing roots struggle adventitious ones may well develop from the inch of newly buried stem in essence giving rise to an entirely new rootball should it be needed. I realise you don't want to bury most trees' stems but willow... Cheers, Jon
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Only the British would send a Royal Navy ship named after a sausage to a Muslim country to rescue foreign workers! God Bless HMS Cumberland and all who sail in her.
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Contact some local woodturning clubs (found via Google) and tell them about it. Be aware that the lower trunk tends to be of little interest due to the small size of the eyes and large size of the stem. They are what's left from the first branches to grow and hence drop off when the tree was relatively young. Good luck.
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Stereo, if you search this forum for thread title keywords like axe, boots, trousers, helmet, gloves and so on you'll get loads of info, especially what Arbtalkers like of course. You may return too many hits with some words so try qualifying them, e.g. work boots or chainsaw boots. Good luck in your venture.
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Wondered if this may be of interest to those of you that manually handle boards and planks... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwC7zJrzSw8]YouTube - Gorilla Gripper "Get A Grip"[/ame]
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If the paint's rough, which I assume it is, the Loadhandler won't be good but you'd only need to put down a sheet of marine ply. I've got a new vehicle coming soon and I'm thinking of painting the buck with Protectakote UVR, putting an underrail liner on that and using bed caps on the rails: as previously posted on this thread my current overrail liner's done horrible things to the paint. Allowing for the fact that the caps are stuck on (and apparently removeably so) does anyone have any input on them? Thanks, Jon
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The mog sitting on my lap's just turned into a panther!
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What is the max unbraked trailer for tractor ?
nepia replied to gensetsteve's topic in Large equipment
How would you get 11 tons up to 20mph with a 2140?! If you did you'd never stop it again surely. I used to haul corncarts, silage carts etc with the smaller 2130 and they were just about OK with full 6-ton trailers. But that was cross country, not too much on the road. Rather you than me with 11 tons! Jon -
Do you find it's worse when you're tired? That's when I get it - at the end of a long day - but I can't say it's severe tbh. I do have some loss of hearing (age, genetic, no protection from farm machinery noise late 70s/early 80s) and know exactly the 'can't pick out conversation from the background' scenario. Restaurants, parties etc. are a struggle. Jon
