RobRainford
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notice how its attracted to the cracks in the bark. it must be having a field day theres so much of it!
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spoken tot he customer, they are good friends with the local greenwaste site manager which is where i dump all my arisings, he knows me too so i think i could borrow his manitou for the time on the job, for free possibly aswell. would love to ave free waste costs aswell, which may be a possibility!
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another brainwave, would a hiab be worth anything on this?
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i plan to drag as much as i can, but theres a wall and lots of aesthetics along the bank thats got the best access, i would love to drag it straight out. it looks like a very wet dismantle!
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id thought that too. i said i bet it made a hell of a splash! thats the trouble with the kretz, the crown doesnt always show the signs of decline! yet the base could be proper FUBAR
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thats not a bad idea, but that syccie is too far from the hard standing, as we lifted the pieces they would just swing onto the grass, which we cant get a machine onto. Im thinking a manitou with some nice long slings or ropes would be my best option so far, stretched out it should still lift 3-500kgs so doing small pieces and ill be happy. i guessed around 2 days to get it all done proper. the best and only access is from where im stood in pic 4, from the edge, the top part of the crown wouldnt be a worry as its quite light and some of it floats but the main stem id have fun dragging out!
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So i had a lucky moment, picked up my phone to put it in my pocket and it rings. Yippee! Its an ash that has fallen into a pond, upon further investigation its failed due to high winds and the basal decay caused by Kretzschmaria deusta. Theres a wall about 10m to the right of it, with a hard surface right next to that. The pond is said to be 1m deep around the tree. What would be the best way to get it out? There is access to a telehandler if needed. Ive got waders too! do i just sling it up and drag it out with the telehandler? the customer wants the wood. in splittable chunks! pic 2 you can see the start of the banking on the right hand side, this is a fairly steep slope which is about 2.5m high at 45 degrees. not easy to walk on. pic 4 was taken from the wall, thats how far there is to reach, pic 5 is from the top of the slope of the wall, to show a bit more of the scale of it.
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anything bigger you just drive over it i was thinking of doing this, but have no clue how and no tres fell over
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buy a shorter rope thats from this country, if you run out on the way down do a changeover!
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ive got one to reduce, its been hacked badly in the past, i wouldnt top 20ft off it though. i would rather just take it down! ever seen birch as a hedge? a previous client had 3 next to each other which he maintained as a high hedge at about 5m. clamber to the top, stand in lots of rotten water filled unions and swing the 200t around and voila a trimmed birch hedge.
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weve got a sycamore down in the woods thats pretty knackered, hoping for it to fall to bits in this wind! im hoping for a phonecall!
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swamp loggers is my favourite with shelby. something tells me he was alone for a lot of his life!
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i find the gelert kit bags to be great value for money, rival the north face bags for quality. and half the cost!
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it is, the words and phrases used are powerful, if there was enough then it would make a good book. it sparks all sorts of emotions
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the money from that job should go towards a beach rolly. to accomodate the balls you had for doing that, it looked like it was going to fit, after doing the bit of trimming, but that could have easily turned those greenhouses into drafty greenhouses! either way. luck or skill?
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Found this a while ago, cant remember where i got linked from. But i read it from time to time, really gripping stuff and also says a lot about people! InsomniacMedic
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i would be interested in this also, sounds like a good study to do, something relevant!
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tom if you need to have a look at any BS papers relevant then let me know, i get them through uni and they are mighty handy.
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our 039 has 2/3 bolts in the front, siezed a lot and when i tried to undo it just snapped off flush with the muffler, i would buy a new set of bolts, should be easy enough. attached a pic to show what its like, holds fine with just the two.
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Big Thatch fire in Sutton Waldron, Shaftesbury
RobRainford replied to Matthew Arnold's topic in The Lounge
its a shame to see old buildings like that go. but i cant help noticing how imaginitive the name of that road is! -
i stumbled on this a while ago, its way cool! Im begging one of my mates whos good on pianos to learn this whole sequence!
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i dealt with two silver birch approx 18" at the base and the other was about 20", both growing about 8 inches from a wall and on the other side of the wall was tarmac, there were no signs of any disturbance by the roots. Roots will only grow in soils with low bulk densities, they wont grow into concrete!
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i did my cscs back in 08, when i was 17. i had no clue what i was going in for and did no revision for it, but still passed! i have the basic site skills only card. Still allows me to work on sites, most ive done is clearance work and then two small takedowns. just need to sign a permit to work. mines never become invalid either even though new styles have come out?
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From my lovely hometown of st helens! When does cher Lloyd have her gypsy wedding?
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When do you plan on sticking a saw at full revs into your leg? Not trying to be stupid but more accidents can tend to happen on rundown. When your moving and not thinking about the spinning chain as much. Although the chain brake should be applied whenever you don't need to be cutting!
