daveindales
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Thanks a lot, am coming down on Tuesday
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works every time and is cheap, but watch out for adjacent trees of the same species as it can translocate to trees of same species, Iv'e seen it happen
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I only use a small ammount of cable and attatch to a polypropolyne rope for winching things over. It's a lot lighter that way and I just leave the cable in the winch all the time. I have a really long length of wire rope, but to be honest, it's very rare I use it.
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As the title sys, has anyone ever bought a van from Manheim. I'm interested in on at Haydock this week, but their charges seem a bit vague. If I spend around £8000 on a van, about how much would the charges be?
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I always leave the cable in the winch as it's a devil to get back in sometimes. As someone else said, wrap the cable up in an old tyre, if it's quite a length
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I sometimes wear a decent face mask when ringing up certain woods, eg dead elm. Or when chipping really dusty stuff. Last week, I chipped some philadelphus which was hard as hell and dusty, so I wore a mask when chipping that.
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me too. But Iv'e aches and pains that I did'nt have when I was 35
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Conifers like pine and spruce are readily available bare root. and are very cheap. I'm not sure about leylandii, bare root. It's usually in pots. as for the comment about leylandii and never plant it : WHY NOT. it makes an excellent hedge. Birds nest in it all the time. So do wasps, as iv'e found out. If the hedge gets out of control, then it's a job for us. I love it.
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How much grease to put in timberwolf rollers??
daveindales replied to swinny's topic in General chat
Yes, I always clean and grease the slide bits very well. Think its important as they do collect a bit of grime. I scrape it off with an old stanley blade -
How much grease to put in timberwolf rollers??
daveindales replied to swinny's topic in General chat
a few pumps of the gun every blade change. been doing this for six years with no problems -
I make the bottom cut first, always have done. However, as long as you get the gob right, I don't think it matters that much.
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don't dwell on it. nobody will ever get every job they quote for. I just accept it and move on.
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will take a look as its yorkshire based
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Took a look at vehicle 'wrapping' could just work for me. did'nt know there was such a thing
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Iv'e come across an unusual pickup that would just do me. The trouble it it's white, and I hate white. How much (ballpark figure) to spray a standard 4x4 ford ranger. I would only need to spray the cab, doors and all around the front, wings bonnet, etc. But not the rear carrying area. rough price info needed
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as stated PM me for details, rates etc
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Yes, was confused. Have never used the large mesh guards
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I'm not saying they all fall over, but confiers in Tubes 1.2m are a risk. Iv'e seen it time and time again. However, most of my experience is in upland areas.
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however, conifers and shurbs don't do too well in 1.2m guards. They tend to flop over after they emerge from top of guard. Hardwoods, no problem with 1.2m
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I once found a chainsaw tool strop. Pulled it out from under the hedge, and guess what was attached?????? Yes, a 020t. It must have been there about a year. The client had some work done the year before, and had lost the companies name and contact details. Anyhow, she got in tough with me to do some more work. It was quite a way from my normal working area . I told the lady about the saw. As we had no contact details I kept the saw. Took it home and cleaned out the tank, carb etc. The bar and chain had siezed on. But I got it going and all sorts of dead insects were ejected from the exhaust. It was ok as a backup saw, but always a bit unreliable. Also, once foud a bomb whilst tree planting. my mate said, what's that, it looks loke a bomb. I said, don't be so daft and gave it a tap. Turned out it was a morter shell. The quarry where we were working was closed and bomb squad turned up.
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Well done for posting. Iv'e just hurt myself too (also posted). Hope it makes someone else think twice.
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Not that it matters but black poplar is quite a rare tree, I could be wrong but I would be surprised if they really are black poplar.
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Interesting thread: I was'nt vat registered for years. However, about 4 years ago, I volunterely went vat registered, as I figured that about half my income came from others who were vat registered, hence charging vat was not a problem. I have no regrets at all. And frankly, I don't think I have lost many jobs over it. My van, chipper and grinder are all paid for. I would never borrow money to purchase equipment. That's my advice to anyone, start small and gradually work up until your comfortable with what you have.
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The helmet was a husqvarna climbing helmet. The cut is to the back of the scalp. about 10 or 12 staples in it. I also have a bruised right buttock (not too bad) and a bruise (painful) around my left kidney area. I landed on a previously lowered log, on my back. Urine sample showed blood in urine, but hospital did ct scan and ultrasound, results were clear. My urine still looks concentrated. I guess it's trauma to the kidney. Have to go for staples out in a weeks time, so i'll mention the urine to them. Thanks everyone for the get well messages. And yes, like some people have said, accidents always seem to happen when you least expect it, when you think most of the danger has passed, and not when your most alert
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won't be getting another
