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I also think its a cricket pitch and they want to extend that metal frame to stop cricket balls going into the houses so they feel it necessary to have that lovely looking tree down.

He is. He's hiding at the back of the marquee with the caterers while the speeches ar done:lol: I bought some blaze. Too thin.

I have to say I'm with Huck on this one. If you are knocking your fencing stakes in with a rubber maul then either you arent doing a very good job, or the ground is mega mega soft lol.

I just came across this old news report.It may have been posted before but i dont recall it. TBH I wasn't too sure which part of the forum to put it in....Forestry and woodland management, Landscaping, Training and education or News:laugh1: CCTV captures chainsaw-wielding gang who chopped tree down | swns.com

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Deakin Flathers Ripper 37. Best blades i have found yet.

I use both ends of my rope, and access the tree on a prussic, then my main TIP gets friction saver and VT. I just prefer the prussic to climb on and the VT in the crown.

What Matty said.

Very much a result!!

The gransfors splitting maul is a lovely tool, but TBH i find it a little lightweight and the handle a tiny bit short for anything a bit challenging. Fine on straight grained and on any softwoods, but I find myself struggling a bit on the gnarly stuff. But then again I only really bought it as a treat, not really to use...... That one in Yvonnes post looks awesome...

Oh come on mate.....put it this way. For years I have used nothing between a 60cc saw and the 088. Its a joy to be working with the 390 after that lump. I borrowed a nirtually brand new 660 the other day while you had my 390, and although it was a very nice saw, I seemed to be filling it u with jiuce all the time. Either the tank is just way too small, or stihl have produced the thirstiest saw ever. Nice saw though, but I think i prefer the 390xp.

Love mine. Lots of lovely smooth power and really light too.

What, if anything, can be applied to leylandii with fairly small amounts of aphid attack in patches on the hedge, and when should it be applied?

Very nice indeed mate.

Interesting. I went to have a blackthorn cut out of me last year and was told that tetanus is now considered to last for life.

HAve you not got any hippy traveller sites near you? Loads of the guys I used to know lived around oxfordshire area back in the day.....Go to one of them and see what they can come up with. TBH though most of the mad old rigs have ended up in the police crusher or down in spain now I think...

Happy birthday mate. Have a good day.

Heard the trail for that, but unfortunately missed it.

Buildings like this are pretty easy to design and build yourself TBH mark. I would thing that if you trawled the net then you would find some, but if you are intending to make yours from timber it ought to be pretty easy and inexpensive to buy raw materials and go from there. (BTW did you ever get back to those people about that huge plane tree?)

What a cool truck. That would be the dogs danglies with a little bit of TLC. Imagine turning up to price in one of those, gleaming and signed....I reckon it would increase your success rate on winning work lol!

NO i dont get that, I am trying to think why it is giving you so much problem. No doubt someone who actually knows what they are talking about wil be on in a bit to help lol.

No i dont think that has anything to do with it.

Whan you have finished climbing, pull the rope backwards through the trree....i.e dont pull the shortest bit through, but all the stuff on the ground that you werent using if you get what i mean.

Turkey oak was introduced as the next best thing to be developed for construction, but it quickly became clear that it was totally unsuitable for house or ship building, having little tensile strength, and very poor decay resistance. It does, however, have fantastic figuring, with clear, widespread and large medullary rays. To this end it became known as wainscote oak, as it was felt that this was the only use to which it could be put- interior paneling. It did become somehwat prized by furniture makers too however, due to the strength of its figuring, however difficulties in successfully drying it out without the massive splitting and warping tendencies taking over, have resulted in it having little more use nowadays than firewood, although it isnt even very good firewood, as it often rots before it is actually dry!! I have successfully milled and dried it however, and furniture makers bought it off me. I have seen some of the wood in situ as extremely wide (3') window boards in a barn conversion. It has finished very well.