tommer9

now youre talking!

I think it was too, but the nurse in a&e thought she knew best- funny thing about these health pros:001_tongue:- actually it only hurts when i trap it between 2ft wide 16ft long ash boards straight off the mill and/or whack it on the side of the feed chute on the chipper:scared1: i cant wait til its healed tho:sad:

Hey madclimber, i have just read your signature regarding northeners. So what are you saying- dont you wear your harness on the beach. I thought that was essential beach attire:confused1::001_tongue:lol

As they say down 'ere...when the needs must, the devil drives.....I was going stir crazy- couldnt do nothing any longer, and my missus has somewhere in the region of 40 yes 40 horses!!!!!

ok then. The first two are on friday morning just after the steri strips came off, and before a days work....looking fairly well re-attached i would have said, maybe out of the woods. The last pic is after a days work.......whoops:001_tongue:

Hycrack screw type splitter? I think they are around 700 new, but i have yet to find a log that they wont split. Mind your fingys tho'!

Thought i might make a few of you laugh at my stupidity/ misfortune. Carry on- i am:001_tongue: Had the dressing and steristrip removed on friday morning.........then went to work thinking all was well, with a bandage on obviously, and instructions to change it every night. Cut some trees down, fed them through the chipper, couple of knocks. Wound up in minor injuries again last night- the bit they stuck back on hadnt taken- or if it had i knocked it off again:thumbdown:Not quite square one again, but i couldnt halp reflecting on how maybe i should hold off a little longer. i've pics if you want......

Nutters. Made my palms sweat!! Good one.

nice shot samwise- i dont mean that in a bias way btw, i just like it! I am an awful photographer so wont be entering this comp sadly.

I have just read with interest this topic....... (qv grrrr-police rant!)

Likewise- my chipper was built with the ark i think:001_tongue:(620i) but dealing with b-trac is like i have a new machine:001_smile:

I wish. Belongs to carver si on this forum. Not as good off road as a mog, but good load bed. He is waiting to pick up a set of michelin mud terrains for it though!! About 1/10th the price of your mog too!! Nice isnt it.

hahahahahahahahahahaha:001_tongue: hahahahahahahahahahaha:001_tongue: nice one mick!

We've got 16 at the moment!!!!! Actually, 12 are less than a week old. Here are pics of grandad eric- the blonde one who is 4 now, his daughter pepper the black one who is 2 1/2, her son milo the brindle one who is 6 months, and the 12 new arrivals from pepper, same dad as milo. The last one is eric and pepper. The terrier is sooty who is 14 and still going very strong- hard as nails, albeit a little hard of hearing now!

Top news. Happy daze!

Man theyre great pics. Really nice bench. Dont worry if it isnt seasoned if you dont bring it in!

I tried to get a brace of tickets, but he said thay all went in the first hour:001_tongue:

Totally agree mate. Anyway, id rather but my chainsaws from a proper chainsaw manufacturer than a washing machine manufacturer like electrolux:sneaky2:Stihl all the way:001_tongue:

Yes it is- and for the reasons nick gave, plus brighton and hove council have engaged in a program of insecticidal spraying- although it is more likely that the south downs have stopped the beetles from getting to the trees, as spraying proved ineffectual in the u.s when it was discovered there, back in the 30's. Thanks for the pics btw Frank- awesome!

As i understand it, in my very limited wisdom, the "cornish elm" is believed to be resistant to d.e.d. I put it in inverted commas, as more than one variety has been touted as "cornish" elm;U. carpinifolia var. cornubiensis, Ulmus minor ssp. angustifolia,and Ulmus stricta. I am not knowledgeable enough to determine or state why three different elms are all considere cornish though. I have noticed in the last three or four years that there is a predictable amount of die-back amongst all hedgerow elms (which make up nearly all the elms) that have a trunk diameter of 6" upwards. However, i felled a beautiful straight grown, dead, specimen the other day to bring back and mill- with a base diameter of about 15", not from a hedge but in a small stand of young ish trees of various species, and next to it, growing about 10' away, was a similar specimen which showed healthy amount of bud all over it! About 100yds up the hill towards the customers house was a 20" dia. trunk about 10' loong, not felled by me but for me to mill, which had lived on its own and was dead. The living tree i just mentioned was between the other two and certainly close enough to the one i felled to have suggested that the beetle would have made its way across, and i would hesitantly suggest that the two close ones were both suckers from one tree. I will wait with baited breath for the survivng one to come into leaf and assess the mount of die back Sorry about the essay....

nah- that'll be all those clients trying to get in touch:001_tongue:

or irn-bru.: yeah i know im from the south steve, but i have heard of it. haver dared try it tho obviously.........too southern:001_tongue:

He-He!

what an answer!

We have one like that in north cornwall- i know of another in a valley up there too- magnificent sight, and as long as no others grow too close, they should survive. Fingers crossed. Thanks for the pics.