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Link below: Jobs and Careers - Wealden District Council - Wealden District Council WWW.WEALDEN.GOV.UK Wealden District Council Assistant Tree and Landscape Officer Closing Date: 15 Nov 2023 Contract Type: Permanent / Full Time Location: Hailsham, East Sussex Salary: £32,541 - £34,914 p.a + Car Allowance Assistant Biodiversity Officer Closing Date: 15 Nov 2023 Contract Type: Permanent / Full Time Location: Hailsham, East Sussex Salary: £35,962 - £38,335 p.a + Car Allowance

We have an interesting position now available here, working with the arb team and the countryside officer/engineer. If you can think of anyone who may be suitable, we’d be very happy to hear from them – closing date is 7th Dec. Any questions, please contact the HR dept, details in attached link. Details are here: http://www.wealden.gov.uk/Wealden/Council/Jobs_and_Careers/Job_Vacancies/Job_TraineeAssistantCountrysideOfficerH4026.aspx

Yup - cheers, Leyland or Lawson Cypress (I can never tell the difference).

Hello, Sorry in advance if question appears a bit dumb. I've cut loads of hedges in my time but I now need to lower a well established Leyland hedge by at least 1M. It's actually in my garden and I want to try to give my new neighbour a bit more light - I'm happy with my cutting technique generally but I'm after any advice as to how to handle the top. It's pretty much dead inside and I know you can go too hard and end up with a real ugly beast. It's flat on top, so should I start in the middle and work out or just go for a height one end and try to keep it straight all the way along. Any other tips most welcome. I've got a decent platform ladder for getting above the hedge. Finally - has anyone got the Husky long reach hedge trimmer and is it any good? I've only used the Stihl in the past. Cheers, Dave.

Thanks guys - was trying to weigh up the effort/time spent versus damage caused ratio. Are the real Molecatchers the ones that go in the front door of a pub as everyoneelse piles out of the back?

Is there any point whatsoever spending time controlling them in a large garden? We don't have fine lawns and I'm inclined to rake over the hill and forget about it. Any naturalists out there that have a view? Surely if you kill one another one will just move in to take its place?

When I was 9 or 10 in errr 1977/8 our class were asked to write a letter to anyone they wanted to. Some wrote to nans, cousins, pen pals etc. There was no issue about who I was writng to - my hero Bodie. This was during the height of the popularity of the Profs and you know he wrote back to me. It was hand written letter with a signed pic, from memory it was a really genuine letter and said something about keeping healthy and paying attention at school would help me get into CI5. Well, I didn't and I didn't but that aside what a top bloke for writing back to a little scrote like me. Wish I still had it. I was gutted to hear that he had passed away but we have our memories from those mental car chases and wicked big collars of the Profs, the slightly dodgy acting of WDW (a film I manitain is still the UK's Top Gun) "On me boys", the super weird spaghetti western style foreign mercenary films and the slightly weird out of character role in Robin of Sherwood. RIP Lew. P.S. I seem to remeber that in the 80s he did a walk for charity from Land's End to John O' Groats with John Conteh. From memory LC took it really serioulsy and was tabbing like a b@stard but JC was out on the p1ss every night and getting up late, not sure if they ever finished - ahh, the good old days!

Thanks for that, mucho obliged.

Any help with this much appreciated growing on a mature Malus at the position of an old wound.

Thanks for the tips - are the TW tension gauges expensive?

Probably been asked a million times before , so sorry for any repetition but is there a 'rule of thumb' method for checking the belt tension on a TW150? In the manual it mentions a special Timberwolf tool for assessing the slack but we don't have one. Is it essential or has anyone got any other tips? Cheers.

Now that I have my Cert Arb, does anyone know if you can still get the RFS cert too with various units - I have CS30/31/32/38/39 and Brushcutter.

Thanks Chaps - a few things to think about, will let you know what we decide to do. Thinking that scything might be the answer

We've just had all our kit tested for vibration and our old FS90 has been given a slating. We can only use it for as long as it takes to take it out of the store and start it up - the vibes are pretty bad. Think a few of my fillings have worked loose. On a serious note, we need to replace it as soon as poss - any recommnendations (Stihl prefrred) for a grass only heavy ish duty strimmer. We have the big FS400 brushcutters but we use the FS90 for creating long grass areas beneath specimen trees and general mowing. It's got to be relatively low vibes and big enough to cope but light enough to be managable for that fine detail we all strive for. Another FS90 - straight swap?

Passed mine as well on Monday. Started off doing some Hemlock and then moved onto a private estate removing immature Oaks. One tree I left too much hinge and another I overcompensated and went through the hinge. On the day things went better although my hung up tree was almost vertical and so the winching took a looong time but lucky that I had Joe a fit younger guy to help with the winching. Really enjoyed it but think my 260 was a bit underpowered! All four of us on the course passed. Thanks to Mark P for the training and Andy G for the assessment (and useful tips along the way). Next up CS34 if I can find someone that does it!

Does anyone use a seperate system for coming down. I tend to just come down on my friction knot (I use a Klemheist) but when on high this really twists the rope. Can you use a figure of eight and if so how?

All sorted now - thanks guys. Probably won't happen again. 8-)

Right ho - think i'll start it up and leaving it running somewhere until it runs out of juice a copule of times thanks chaps.

He told me it was just fuel in the chain oil - no chain oil in the fuel and this certainly seemed to be the case when I flushed it all out. Had the saw running for five mons or so today but still a lot of smoke and oily resdidue coming out of the exhaust. No worries about the slight derail - it just shows that we can multi task.

Thanks guys. I have emptied and flushed both tanks but still lots of smoke - maybe try running it for a good lenght of time then?

My mate (honest) accidentally put a fuel mix into the chain lube tank of our little MS170 that we keep by the chipper. I didn't think it would be too much of a drama so I flushed it all out and cleaned it all up but its still smoking like a bad un. Any ideas about how to fix this or is it a full strip down?

That's a great resource - thanks matey.

Yep - need to get that soil unit done and dusted ASAP.

I am now in my second week of the online Cert Arb and am very impressed with the course. The learning materials are really good and the work flow is well pitched. Currently working on Soil unit (I know, I know...) and Tree Surgery Operations unit at the same time. The course involves self study, on line seminars through forums and on line assessments. Very impressed so far - just need to really set aside enough time in the eves and w/e rather than watching the box and opening brewskies! Any one else on this course out there?