daveindales
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sorry to say it but with the pith of the tree in your piece of wood, it will probably shake (crack) I used to seal ends with PVA, but in this case I think a crack is likely to happen (hope I'm wrong though)
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Think thats a pretty good summing-up Andy
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Thats exactly what I mean. Could spell anythging years age
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If you look through Yellow Pages nearly everyone claims to be a professional or an expert in tree work. Is there a definate line between being a cowboy and a professional? Do you need a 'qualification' to be considered a professional? or is possessing the relevent NPTC tickets enough? I left college in 1995 with an HND and felt very much a professional. I could reel off botanical names with ease. I knew all the ins and outs of trees and the law.The list goes on. However, when it came to practical tree surgery I had an awful lot to learn. I started working for myself straight after college and now I will tackle most trees with confidence. However, I now can't spell half the botanical names and have forgotton many of them. When it comes to phloem and xylem, I struggle to remember what it's all about. Am I more professional now or when I left collage. Or was I ever a professional?
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Perhaps you have a point 18 stoner . The digestives were good. I'm definatly going soft. But still have no regrets, and I make money on every job. Maybe not much, but I've never been that ambitious. There's more to life than money, even though it's important to me (I am from Yorkshire)
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It was also a ship. See HMS Wensleydale home page My web site (non tree related)
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Have no regrets. Hopefully get some more work off them in. I'm Yorkshire born and bred. Maybe I'm getting soft? Can't explain it as I've never felt like doing that at all in the past. Perhaps it was that they were both aged around 90
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Wensleydale: Do you mean it's just not done giving the money back?
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Put a quote in for a job last month £350.00 plus VAT. Felling 1 birch and 1 alder. Client accepted bid, and we did the job a few weeks later. Leaves had fallen and the trees looked a lot smaller. We finished the job in a couple of hours. I took the cheque. Got home and felt quite guilty. So for the first time in 15 years, I went beck to the client and gave them £70 cash back. I felt a lot better for it and my concience is clear.
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Tree man tom, I think you have made a good point. But I just had to get it off my chest
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Glad someone else feels the same. Sometimes, whenever I see a post mentioning Landrover of Husqvarna, I quite often avoid reading it. But like you say, it is a place for opinions to be expressed.
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I read these forum's most days; and have come across a lot of good advice over the time Iv'e been a member. However, I personally do get a bit sick of people knocking certain makes of equipment. Stihl V's Husqvarna, Landrover V's Hilux/L200, Jenson V's Timberwolf. I'm 40 years old and have been in this business since I was 15; but according to some members I use chainsaws that drop to bits (orange one's), I drive a Jap pickup that's not a patch on a Landrover, and I use a Tinnywolf chippper. Don't mean to upset anyone. Has anyone elso got any opinions on this?
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is listed as a business asset. accountant says I need to charge vat on it, which seems a bit unfair as I paid no vat when I bought it
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I may be selling my L200 that I bought before going vat registered. The l200 was bought with no vat on it. Now that I am vat registered, do I charge vat on it when I sell It? Have loked on revenue and customs site but still a bit confused. Anyone any thoughts?
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Road / Lane closure - how should I go about it?
daveindales replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in General chat
Get a professional firm to erect the lights and signs. I use Hatton's £205.00 plus vat for lights/sign's. Price is for whole day. Not bad I think. In North Yorks you also have to fill in a simple form to inform highways of the work you intend to do and when. -
For the price of a bench grinder and a jig, it's well worth sharpening you own. Have never paid to have mine sharpened yet; and have had no cutting problems
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Cheers Dean, looks a good set-up. Type I'll look into
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thought he may pick up on this post
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Have been looking at the thread 'Show your tractors' but can't figure oput exactly which kubota model Dean has. Any help
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If it's only 7m, and causing a light problem already, it's going to cause them a lot of work in the future. You said the right thing. Removing it would be best. If leader is removed, some of the lateral branches will only take over and the tree will look unnatural
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Alnus - blue cedar ????
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Although, I use the 3-way for tree climbing, I never had a problem when I used screwgate's. I think laziness was the biggest problem for some people with screwgates. I would not be surprised if screwgates became accepted for climbing use in the future.
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Just found out that two of my 3-way climbing carabiners were partly seized, and were not closing correctly. Could easily have had an accident with them. Have now replaced them with new. A bit of WD-40 worked wonders on them, and they now work ok. I tend to check them fairly often, but not often enough, it seems. be careful
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your views backup my thoughts, so ill just stick in some husky oil
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Have just bought brand new MS 660. Never being fired up yet. Have both stihls and husqvarna sawesrunning with no problems on Husqvarna engine oil. Will The husqvarna oil be ok in the new stihl. Would it affect the gurentee?
