Bluedog

Good to post mate could be part of a haul someone has lost and recognises these bits from it...

I had a hilux full of fencing tools stolen from a field once, I was in the tractor on the other side of the field and didn't see who cleaned me out but some of the tools turned up for sale in a local pub (pre gumtree/ebay days) and it was a sickening feeling, we all work hard for our tools and it's just a small(ish) group of people who ruin it for everyone.

it may very well be genuine but i question as to where the boot seller got it from.

That's assuming they actually got it from a car boot. It's always an easy cop out to say, "well there was this bloke at a completely untraceable car boot who was selling it so I bought it, even though I've got no idea what most of it does"

Just smelt a bit suspect to me.

Don't post that much on here I know but I thought I'd just point everyone in the direction of this ebay add. I buy a lot of stuff from ebay and sell quite a bit too so you get a feel for ads on there but this just doesn't smell right so I thought I'd share it in case anyone recognises the kit. The seller claims they bought the job lot from a "car boot".... Perfect cover story pattern for stolen kit.

Arborist Climbing Rigging Joblot | eBay

Read their description, you'll see what I mean.

Hi

 

I am 17 years old and have always been interested in forestry and woodland management. I am looking for some woodland to coppice in west sussex. I would like to coppice the wood with hand tools such as saws and billhook.

 

Does anyone know of any woodland that I could do this in West Sussex and how much should I have to pay?

 

Thanks in advance

 

Liam

You will struggle to find someone take you seriously at your age Liam, not being funny at all just honest but I can put you in touch with people who might be able to help if you let me know what area you are looking at. You may be able to do a bit of work with/for them and that might be a way in?

Good luck. It's taken me 3 years to find something here in Norfolk... finally got something but it's not ideal.

The whole left and right thing came about because developers and local authorities wanted to standardise the rules, they wanted there to never be a dispute regarding boundaries since they were laying out set rectangular or square plots, not the organic ones that would have generally grown up long ago. It is true that generally its all a load of tosh, the title deeds should have boundary ownership and as has been said this might not necessarily denote ownership but it's very rare for it not to. If the homeowners title deeds don't have a T and subsequent red line it can often be mentioned in the deeds themselves and often an owner of a boundary will enter a covenant with their neighbour to allow them to maintain the fence or wall. Over the last 20 years as a fencer I have had this come up at least a few times a year, some years it's almost every job and generally I try and advise clients to either contact the Land Registry (not always helpful believe me) or to treat the fence as a party boundary and split the cost. Nothing makes the neighbours step back from an argument quite as much as having to split a bill!

Can't agree, sorry. I can put a nice angle strut up morticed in as tight as you like. But a box strainer is longer lasting as there is much more to rot before it can give. It's not critical where the netting is, so long as there's a pull on the top of the post it will pass that to the second post and back to it's bottom via the wire. Only if the posts are not set properly will they move.

 

Recently I've been using wire tension strainers to 40mm angle iron in the ground on some really steep hills. Much better than wooden struts- as the posts rot slowly you just tighten the tence up and also the tension strainers. Also, if you run the tension strainer wires to the top and bottom of posts, it will still be standing when the posts rot off at the bottom. Plus you don't need to dig deep holes and compact well on tricky ground. Once tensioned correctly there is not a hint of post wobble, and the posts were like loose teeth to begin with.

anecdotal tales are great and I'm glad it worked out for you but all the tests conducted by various wire manufacturers that are supplied to the Fencing Contractors group show that diagonally strutted strainers are significantly stronger than box strainers in everything except marshy wet ground.

The netting has to be strained first, the top strands are only ever strained to just bellow the same tension of the netting, a straining gauge is always a good investment and they are simple and quick to use....

As to the comments about box strainers, I know its gonna be hard to believe but a properly constructed diagonally strutted strainer is actually much stronger than a box strainer, the only exception to that is in marshy or boggy ground but even then I've yet to see one put in correctly. They work by creating an equal pull on both posts, when the netting isn't perfectly level with the top horizontal post they are simply not functioning how they should and they slowly fail and slacken. Box strainers are preferred because they are much easier to do and they are what people expect to see, I've had farmers tell me that their grandfathers put box strainers in so that's what they want... their grandfathers also used horses but they don't sell their tractors!

Not been on for a while so didn't realise we had a landscaping section... Happy days!

On a new laptop now but will get some loaded up, been fencing for 20 years so I have one or two....

Good luck. I grew up in Knoydart, cleggs and midge scars still mark my skin!

That's my good deed for the day.

Thanks a million, much appreciated.

Ha a reply from Dartmoor National Park Authority about chestnut coppice and have spoken to one of the local coppicers..... thanks to the person who gave the link to them, much appreciated, they also suggested I go on their local craftsmen's register.

Might be able to help; there's some in north cornwall I know about atm. I'm on the moor too - just - nr yelverton.

We are the other side of Princetown.

dont quite follow you:confused1:

 

i gots, 2-3foot dia trees 70foot tall... but i'm guessing what you are after is small diameter stuff, halfed/quartered and in say 6foot lengths? fence sized stuff i reckon:biggrin:

Sorry, by 2-3 I thought you meant 2-3 inch tops.... my bad.

Hi, welcome to the forum.

Your right there isn't much sweet chestnut here in Devon. it prefers to grow in Sussex, & Kent where it's a lot drier!

I did try planting some once but it got hammered by the squirrels anyway.

Cheers for the welcome Porky, yeah I know that chestnut do it a bit tough down here but if beech can thrive like it does I am sure the chestnut will do OK.... the squirrels on the other hand I'm not sure what to do about.

2-3 posts are fine, I prefer 3-4's but you have to take what you get sometimes and anything other than 6ft isn't worth using.

I would be happy to talk to you if its at all interesting to you.

Brushcutter, thanks for the link.

I'm in Mid Devon and have the same problem.

Nightmare eh?

We are contemplating bringing containers of it from Sussex but I am really worried the transport costs will be too much. If we can find some land quite cheap thats an option but its not easy for sure.

Nice gate by the way

Hi everyone, this is pretty much my first post, been here a while just lurking and I thought I would actually join in.

I am based in Dartmoor, am a fencing contractor and am wondering if you guys can help me out. I have always used chestnut products, try and stay away from softwood for numerous reasons but since moving here a couple of years ago have found it almost impossible to find a decent chestnut supplier. We are toying with the idea of maybe finding some old chestnut coppice and restoring it but have not a clue where to start looking... where I moved from in Norfolk we found loads of coppice through the land agents and estates but its proving very hard to find any down here. Any ideas please?