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dumper

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  1. Or put another way client buys the timber in the round or standing and pays to have it processed and delivered
  2. So what stops you giving your wood away and charging for the delivery? A reasonable business practice
  3. It’s a yes from me
  4. £22,000 I pay my labourers more than that and all they do is get up and stand outside their house in the morning and have cscs card
  5. So what is the deal hours,bonus,holiday,wage etc, always thought of Glendale and ground control etc as where you work if you can’t get a proper job,
  6. But how have they got more power? By removing weight from engine components, increasing compression and bigger turbo running more boost, admittedly they have also tuned the engines better and they are more fuel efficient, but my recent experiences with Ford transit engines and new defender engines is that when they go wrong under warranty the dealers just exchange the engine, twice on my transit new engines have a very short working life I doubt you will see many of today's engines going to 250000 miles plus
  7. MMMMMmmmmmmmm highly volatile petrol and a 12/240 volt sparky motor rather you than me, I’m told 5 litres of petrol goes up like a kilo of dynamite perhaps you could confirm this equation !! 200 litres / 5 = 40 x 2.2 ( kilo to lbs) = 88 lbs bomb
  8. It’s not the warranty that’s a problem it’s the fiat uno they give you to replace it as a courtesy car for the 10 weeks it takes to fix
  9. But the point is thrashing the arse out of a 2.0l engine or just tickling a 3.2 there is no replacement for displacement using the turbo to uprate the power is just asking for trouble down the line big lazy engines wlll go on for years
  10. The closer you plant the better up to a point on a 2/1.5 m space the plants will soon start to shade out the grass and keep each other straight it also means less beating up required less mulch etc the trees will not be much thicker than a pencil the sooner you can stop maintaining the better but you will need to control the grass for first 4/5 years till they establish might be worth marking each tree with bamboo cane if your not going to use shelters or spirals
  11. Wrong buy 5 litre vw they ARE the best tow vehicle available end of story
  12. Think about turning circles of balers etc would plant closer trying to weave between trees with a disc mower is a recipe for disaster(for the trees) I know I've tried it I would still plant closer together and have bigger meadows you can always top up the planting later to cover more ground still think you need shrubs /hedging
  13. I would plant at 2m spacing no understory planting chuck in a few Holly Scots pine, hawthorn wayfaring tree, dog rose,gulder rose and maybe some privet (good for moths) 600mm to 750 tall, Maybe even go to 1.5 if you space to far apart the time to when the trees shade out the grass will be years 10 plus As a guide use your mower width to space rows Far right plantation I would turn 90 degrees this will give areas of wind protection to the meadows which ever way the wind blows thinking about insects Don't forget the log piles even leave some haybales make good nests for grass snakes Don't mow all the grass see what the idiot did helps with reptiles and small mammals and inverts
  14. dumper

    Hernia

    You need to follow doobins example and by more machines
  15. Shouldn’t worry about growth etc so many factors can change and putting bluntly none of us will be around to see them at full maturity plant what you like within reason and enjoy it while you can the bigger you plant the more watering it will need and the small whips will catch up and over take in size very quickly in your environment plus they are easier on your pocket
  16. If you have time remove the turf 50mm deep for a metre round each tree and replace with brown card board and mulch if you can get lots of mulch spread it over the planting areas before planting then notch through I have had good results on Sandy free draining soils doing it this way
  17. Think carefully about claim the excess and increase in premiums can make it not financially sound lost a trailer last year to a fire the excess and premium increase in premium were far more than the value of the claim
  18. Your wrong it also needs a husky transformer at £3000.00
  19. Used one not bad but heavy and battery has short life last long but very quiet
  20. Have a look you might be surprised at the price of a new hatz
  21. Don’t forget your pond great for bats etc and source of drinking water use a few land drains to fill plant right up to your hedge to break up straight lines then leave management strip think about the trees around the field see if you can use them as vistaswill make the woodland seem older quicker if you borrow them
  22. I disagree plant birch, you have looked locally and got a list I would add hawthorn and sloe don’t forget the understory, woods have little wild life value if the wind can get through I would plant in groups nothing taller than a metre, wildlife likes edges and glades so maybe only cover 60 to 70 % with trees then have rides and paths between the glades plant lots then as time goes by fell and leave so you gradually thin out the planting plant at what ever centres your budget runs to thicker on edges thinner towards the middle of the groups plant mixed and single species groups and maybe single specimen make sure all your edges are wavy no straight lines build some piles of branches and logs metre high 300 MM into the ground Chuck the soil you dig out back over the top if you can get woodchip mulch the planting if you can get only some mulch and leave in piles to rot down Read village idiots thread on here about his experiences he already has a wood dig a pond but most of all enjoy doing it it will be a big learning curve!
  23. The 90 has a seventeen by nine throat why would you want to chip bigger and I think one of the most durable on the market plus no one nicks scruffy old chippers so would forget the paint job you can even get all the transfers on ebay
  24. The client was a London barrister on a hiding to nothing from start

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