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  1. JonnyVine
    I completely overlooked that point Gary, which adds quite a sinister element to the post!
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    Hi ADB You need to be charging around £300 per day for general diagnosis work like you describe. I did work for a well known electricity Co last year to evaluate a wind farm and they wouldn't pay more than £250 per day + traveling expenses (which were minimal as only 55 miles away) but then there was nearly 5 weeks work in total so I accepted. Obviously, if the job is a BS5837 survey for a new Supermarket then you are going to charge more than you would for a PTI report on a single Beech tree in the garden of a semi. You will soon find your feet when you see what some of the bigger consultant firms get away with Hope that helps Jonny
  3. JonnyVine
    Isn't it a bit unfair and unfriendly to vote by "default"? Should there not be a list of profound reasons why someone should vote for a particular candidate? Perhaps the OP is trying to teach us Democracy!
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    I think the outcome would depend on how well you presened your case, however, technically you have broken the law as a TPO existed at the time of felling. You may be lucky and get a judge that has suffered "tardy" antics of the LA Attempting to get any information over the phone regarding anything from our LA only seems to benefit the phone company.
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    Thats quite a bulletproof camera there James and personaly if you need that level of protection I would not hesitate, I did use a small Panasonic a few years ago and it was a cracking camera. Jonny
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    Because air motors are hellish inefficient, hydraulic motors are better but as someone has pointed out, hauling 2 heavy, stiff pipes arround will soon wear you down. I thought that type of equipment was only used for underwater purposes where a petrol engine would not operate? Buy a nice little MS241 and have done with it.
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    Does it realy matter where you mark them? If the B******s get them they're just going to file off the marks or drill them out, then all the cops can say is that there had been markings but could not prove they were yours. A more secure way is the security paint that the insurance companies send out, it dries clear and has like microscopic particles infused in it with your own personal code in them, thats if they ever show up again! The best solution however is to lock them away securely.
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    Absolute rubbish, P. ostreatus can fruit at any time of the year (Lonsdale 1999 p132), clearly you have no more fungal knowledge than anyone else, you make everything up as you go. You must realy enjoy making a fool of yourself Because you just print the first thing you think of and expect people to believe you, (however its clear that quite a number do?)
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    Yes, pseudomona! It has to be be because it could not possibly be waterlogging, compaction, squirrel damage, insect damage etc, etc. Ayway, Pseudomona sounds better than the latter and adds a certain grandiousness and knowledgable touch to the diagnosis. I am a little confused by the presence of P. ostreatus and F. velutipes being present, I was told by our resident fungal "expert" that these had come to the end of their season months ago!? Strange
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    Strewth, thats revolting, it looks radioactive
  11. JonnyVine
    Lovely fish Pit, was it your first visit to the river this season? I usually wait until it gets warmer Well done
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    Well Its far from rocket science Digga, there must be some doccumentation/drawings somewhere? As far as I understand there are few componets in the system and if one wants to use it in a passenger carrying application the throttle butterfly has to be retained, otherwise the engine will run flat out!
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    Lozza, do you realise you have probably just done yourself out of a coppywrite and a million quid by publicly displaying that!
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    Its nothing new I'm affraid guys, the germans used it to run small trucks etc towards the end of WW2 when their fuel supplies were cut. There is a chap not far from me has a series 2A 109 Landie with a wood gas boiler on the back, I havent seen it on the road for years but I know he still has it, it has a huge cylinder fixed to the back and if you drove through Charring Cross in it your life expectancy would be about 3 minutes, if you didn't get shot by an ARU thinking you were going to detonate it, you would be murdered by some irate motorist as the top speed is far less than a bicycle, I noticed that the chap in the video didn't engage the alternator on that genny, the energy produced may be sufficient to run the engine only, but when you start to draw power the situation changes big time. However, when petrol runs out they're going to be a common sight.
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    Hi Gnome If you need a hand winch, don't waste time and money, buy a tirfor! You'l have it for years and it will do everything you want to do if you look after it
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    Wow Dave, I'm going to nominate that for post of the month! Well said
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    No one could disagree with what you have put Jesse, however I feel bracing deserves a little defence here as it does have a rightful place in arboriculture. Bracing a tree is, like you say, admitting that a fault exists, but no stronger admission than writing out a management plan after a tree inspection? Fortunately the law understands that trees are different to concrete structures and could never be 100% safe, or, calculable. Therefore, as long as any bracing has been done correctly and by a "competent" person then "reasonable care" has been taken. Also, there have been several instances where bracing has averted serious damage even fatalities due to the branch behaviour in the event of failure Jonny
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    Hi Jon Realy need the extra length of a 12 footer, 14 foot would be better but they do t make one Its a big disappointment to hear about the down hill build quality of the newer ones, I have a 14' flatbed about 15 years old and is still in excellent condition Jonny
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    Thanks Scraggs Absolute horror story, it just dosent make sense, I always thought you couldnt go wrong with Ifor, sounds like they are making cuts to stay profitable?
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    I couldn' agree more, there are some pretty decrepit examples around that just seem to go on and on regardless of infill, compaction etc, their achilees heel however appears to be the loss of a decent sized limb, especially when its been shabbily removed
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    Ironic that I just been pricing one today, the larger tt126 which is now called the tt3621 and is 12' x 6'6" in old money. £3700 with the 13" wheels and ramp storage Please tell more about the faults Jonny
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    Terribly sad news and so young
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    For anyone interested in the efects of Nitrogen saturation, Shigo explains this best in modern arboriculture, unfortunately I learned by bitter experience. Jonny
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    I am guessing at the majority of them, there seems to be an awful lot arround the UK Jonny
  25. JonnyVine
    I agree Phil, a reduction sounds like inviting Polyprus Squamosus or Kretz to me The only thing in need of reduction is the soil level, those stems are quite upright, just keep an eye on the included bark in that compression joint. Like Tony Sorensen said, its just a standard multi stemmed Sycamore

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