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I thought fruit trees were exempt from TPO's and Con Areas?
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Burnley, heartbreak most seasons for me
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Just a thought, but does anyone think that when working on roads chain oil could be a potential danger for road users? I'm talking here about when working above road with saw cutting or ticking over? Is it a skid risk or am I worrying needlessly?
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Cheers, thats just what I was looking for.
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To be honest, I only need do it to continue working for the caravan club. Not really interested in becoming aa approved
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As a business of under 5 employees, I wonder if anyone else has experience of filling in the form. In particular the part about what my action plan is for the year (what the hell does this mean) Have to apply to keep working for a certain client
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Are you insured with NFU mutual Insurance
daveindales replied to Dean Lofthouse's topic in Business Management
They just put my PL insurance up from around £400 to £670. I rang the local office and they reduced it to £600 ish, so it's always ringing them -
Iv'e posted this before, but be careful with glyphosate as it can translocate to adjacent trees of the same species. It happened to me once when a few adjacent trees started to die. I'm 99% sure it was the glyphosate.
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I took my kids to flamingo land zoo a few years ago. Had a good day out. But I remember seeing a big male lion there looking so p.....d off. I have a diffeerent opinion of zoo's since then. I don't think I'll ever see one, but I'd rather see a lion in the wild than behind bars.
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I agree. I know we are slightly of topic here, but a lifetime ban for all drink drivers would be fine with me. I never even have a shandy when out. For me, it's not the fact that you may be over the limit, but the fact that you might injure or kill someone; and thats somethink I could never live with.
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What if they were a drink driver and had crashed and not hurt anyone. Would you still want them hanged?
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Lots of people don't fit into a 'normal society'. If you want to live in a safe, secure and civilized society then you would need the 'removal' of murderers, burglers, drug dealers, fraudsters, drink drivers and numerous other people. Do you propose to hang em all? I don't agree with the death penalty as there will always be doubt in certain cases as to wether a person is guilty. If new evidence came to light a few years later then it would be too late for them. However, I do agree in severe punishment for criminals. Life should mean life. Burglars and other petty criminals should be made to clean all the rubbish off our streets and roads. If they refuse to do it, then throw them in a cell with just a bed and a toilet. This is just my opinion. Changing the subject, I do agree with skyhucks opinions about NPTC tickets and refreasher training
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The scientfic world could not function without a universal language, wether it be for fungi, bacteria, trees or animals. Everyone knows some botanical names for instance Rhododendron and Magnolia. We were told at college that they were botanical names not latin as a number of trees have part non-latin names eg Malus 'Golden hornet'. Although, I dont use them day to day, they still have their place
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Bracken spraying advice needed
daveindales replied to blue beastie's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
2.5 ha is a lot to spray with a knapsack if the bracken is 5 or 6 ft high. If it's small thin stuff then you should be ok. What about a tractor mounted sprayer? is it accessable? don't forget that you won't see the results till next year. I spray bracken for about 5 weeks every year, and have done for the last 12 years. most of it is on moorland estates and we do follow-up spraying after the helicopter. I use knapsack with added dye so you dont go round in circles. We also use a wetter for a better kill. Which ever way you do it you will need to spray again in the following years to eventually kill it off. Otherwise you will be back to square one in a few years. I can't overestimate this enough. You may think you will kill off the lot in the first year. But little bits will survive and continue to multiply in the following years. The kill is best in really thick bracken. In thin stuff the kill can be hit and miss. -
Not that it matters too much, but I'd be very surprised if they are true black poplar. They are supposed to be a very rare tree.
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sounds like what I originally thought, charge VAT but will have a work with HMRC first
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I'm vat registered, If I buy a commercial vehicle with no vat on it (L200 by the way) do I charge vAT on it when I sell it? I presume so, but can anyone clarify this?
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Have just had new no-stress box on my tw chipper. I think it kicks in too late and was told by the dealer that to adjust it all you do is turn the screw on the side of the box. Now, there are two screws on the side of the box and I can't remember which one he said to turn. the other screw was not to be turned in any circumstances. can anyone help?
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one of mine was leaking once. Local mechanic put a new set of seals in it and has'nt been a problem since
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keep on at NFU. they said 15m height restriction to me and I told them this was no good. They then said 30m which is ok for me. (neck end of 100 feet)
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this was quite an old post. I have used the husky oil and have had no problem with the saw
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try greentech, but don't bother with pro biactive. Iv'e sprayed hundreds of thousands of trees and the cheaper alternatives has always worked for me. Use a dye (again available from greentech) That way you don't miss any and if you have any leaks or blue all over you, it's easy to tell. 5p a tree was the going rate about 10 years ago. get an extendable lance on your sprayer as it saves a lot of walking. If your doing it with a cooper pegler, then I don't envy you. One of the most annoying and uncomfortable sprayers Iv'e used. I use solo sprayers. far superier to CP. If the trees are close together then you should be able to do them in a good day. If planted further apart, in small clumps and rough ground then 5p a tree is too cheap
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Iv'e had l200 and hi-lux and both have been very reliable. never had a nissan but would get one if the right one turned up. I think what's just as important is do you want a single cab, (king cab type) or double cab. For my work I have a l200 club cab and it suits me fine. Theres just not enough cab space in a single cab for me, and not enough carrying space in a double cab. but thats just my personal circumstances.
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How would the Belgians like us to do this to their war memorials?
daveindales replied to Matthew Arnold's topic in The Lounge
I'm sure the majoraty of Belgians respect our war memorials, but occasionally things like this have to happen, the world changes. Time marches on. Iv'e been all around the war graves in Belgian and france and have never seen any vandalism on any of them. Take a look around any of them and you can't help but feel moved and emotional. Went round Bayeaux war cemetry once and it's huge. Someone had left flowers on one british grave saying 'to a father I never knew' and it still moves me when I think of that. I think all of theschool kids today should be made to go round the cemetries. It might just make them think what their grandparents and great grandparents went through for us all. -
I thought it was around 50p each for the .6 and .75
