tommer9

YOu are welcome to bring it over at some point mate and we'll have a look. Still got another 2 bags of wood here for you too- one is just oak, the other mixed.

I DID notice a difference between my old genuine vermeer blades and saturns, the saturns deffo dulled faster. Cant tell with my new chipper as both sets are genuine.

What- from down by the estate offices etc Stu?????? Thats well off the beaten track!!!

Aah yes, but you'll never get it tight enough like that..., and its not the staples that hold it tight, its the knot you tie in it when it has passed right round the post, the staples ought never be hammered right in as this doenst allow the wire to flex at all, and also damages the wire....

Actually if you cut one side of a conny hedge back hard, yes it will look rough as rats for a while (quite a long while!) but the remaining side will turn back and grow through again, which can be managed and kept in check after time, so all would not be lost.

Working near falmouth in the wind a few years ago, we had taken out a big mac over 2 days, went back to finish the clear up on the third day, and 3 trees came down, one in moderate wind, the root plate gave up, and the other 2 when the wind started really gusting- we had to cut one up to get out of the property! Alot of trees had been taken out from that site previously apparently, evidently causing the now exposed trees more stress than they were used to. The first that came down was a tall radiata, and narrowly missed what must have been a pretty old magnolia!

Nice one for the mention Stu. I did send you a PM Mr Ozeroo, but it was on my mobile, so you may not have got it. Call me on 07875046748 if you want help with chipping. 10" vermeer and chip truck available......

Beautiful stuff there. Welcome to Arbtalk. We love Pics BTW!

Wait until you get stopped, and go from there. VOSA officials on the side of the road rarely know the law to the letter, and cops even less so, and on first offence you are almost certainly going to get away with a warning and an explanation of what you should or shouldnt have been doing. Obviously dont flount any laws, but if you ARE in doubt, but think you are within the law, then TBH you shouldnt have too much to worry about.

YOu wanna stop fiddling with yourself then Tony:lol:

I know a couple of carvers who live on the road and dont really buy into the whole technology thing, hence have no or limited internet access. I also suspect that they dont feel threatened by other forms of artistic expression.

I dont believet that overdrives are anything but a waste of money and a waste of a PTO output on a Defender. If you want an economical run around get a car FFS, if you want a capable 4x4 get a defender and dont worry about furel costs. You could fit a PTO winch to that output and actually still have a useful truck. Just my opinion.

NIce pics, nice rig.

There is no particular formation- yes they do, but they alo appear randomly all over the branches too.

The lowering was only to swing it round to the landing zone, otherwise we would have lost those bits down the hill.....ok- we did a couple of bits unnecessarily, for piccies sake, but we also knocked out some pretty big chunks........this is the 088 and 3' bar at its limit, taking out the whole stem we craned off in one hit:001_smile:

Yeah its done the rounds a few times. Another old fave is the advice i saw in Viz magazine once, for parents of babies.... "If your baby or toddler is choking on an ice-cube, pour boiling water down its throat immediately to solve the problem...."

An old nun who was living in a convent next to a construction site noticed the coarse language of the workers and decided to spend some time with them to correct their ways. She decided she would take her lunch; sit with the workers; and talk with them. She put her sandwich in a brown bag and walked over to the spot where the men were eating. Sporting a big smile, she walked up to the group and asked: "And do you men know Jesus Christ?" They shook their heads and looked at each other... very confused. One of the workers looked up into the steelworks and yelled out, "Anybody up there know Jesus Christ?" One of the steelworkers yelled down, "Why?" The worker yelled back, "'Cause his wife's here with his lunch."

Duz thoo speak Yawkshire? A Yorkshire man takes his cat to a vet. Yorkshireman: "Ayup, lad, I need to talk to thoo about me cat." Vet: "Is it a tom?" Yorkshireman: "Naw, I've browt it with us." ...................................................................................... A Yorkshire man’s dog dies and as it was a favourite pet he decides to have a gold statue made by a jeweller to remember the dog by. Yorkshireman: "Can thoo mek us a gold statue of yon dog?" Jeweller: "Do you want it 18 carat?" Yorkshireman: "No I want it chewin' a bone yer daft bug ger!" ................................................................................................... A Yorkshireman's wife dies and the widower decides that her headstone should have the words "She were thine" engraved on it. He calls the stone mason, who assures him that the headstone will be ready a few days after the funeral. True to his word the stone mason calls the widower to say that the headstone is ready and would he like to come and have a look. When the widower gets there he takes one look at the stone to see that it's been engraved "She were thin". He explodes: "'ells bells man, you've left the blood y "e" out, you've left the blood y "e" out!" The stone mason apologises profusely and assures the poor widower that it will be rectified the following morning. Next day comes and the widower returns to the stone mason: "There you go sir, I've put the "e" on the stone for you". The widower looks at the stone and then reads out aloud: "E, she were thin". ................................................................................... Bloke from Barnsley with piles asks chemist "Noo then lad, does thoo sell AR se cream?" Chemist replies "Aye, Magnum or Cornetto?" ............................................................................. Plus....................... Sitting together on a train, travelling through the Swiss Alps, were a French guy, an English bloke, a little old Greek lady, and a young blonde Swiss girl with large breasts. The Train goes into a dark tunnel and a few seconds later there is the sound of a loud slap. When the train emerges from the tunnel, the French guy has a bright red, hand print on his cheek. No one speaks. The old lady thinks: The French guy must have groped the blonde in the dark, and she slapped his cheek. The blonde Swiss girl thinks: That French guy must have tried to grope me in the dark, but missed and fondled the old lady and she slapped his cheek. The French guy thinks: That English bloke must have groped the blonde in the dark - she tried to slap him but missed and got me instead. And the English bloke thinks: I can't wait for another tunnel, just so I can smack that French bastard again!!

A beautiful woman loved growing tomatoes, but couldn't seem to get her tomatoes to turn red. One day, while taking a stroll, she came upon a gentleman neighbor who had the most beautiful garden full of huge red tomatoes. The woman asked the gentlemen, "What do you do to get your tomatoes so red?" The gentlemen responded, "Well, twice a day I stand in front of my tomato garden naked in my trench coat and flash. My tomatoes turn red from blushing so much." Well, the woman was so impressed, she decided to try doing the same thing to her tomato garden to see if it would work.. So twice a day for two weeks she flashed her garden hoping for the best. One day the gentleman was passing by and asked the woman, "By the way, how did you make out? Did your tomatoes turn red?" "No," she replied, "but my cucumbers are enormous."

These really work!! Amazing simple home remedies 1. Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold the vegetables while you chop. 2. Avoid arguments with the females about lifting the toilet seat by using the sink. 3. For high blood pressure sufferers ~ simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure on your veins. Remember to use a timer. 4. A mouse trap placed on top of your alarm clock will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. 5. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives. Then you'll be afraid to cough. 6. You only need two tools in life - wd-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and should, use the wd-40. If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape. 7. If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem. Daily thought: Some people are like slinkies - not really good for anything but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs

Just in case any of the more gullible members think I am serious....this is OBVIOUSLY a joke BTW:sneaky2:

Yes, that sounds too obvious lol. Wasn't controllable, and would have wound up tangled up in all the targets such as road, LV and phone, not to mention oak woodland that didnt want damaging.