RobRainford
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Make sure you do them to the 35nm torque setting. I do mine to that and when I put them in I put them in copper grease and they pop out quite easily. I rounded one off and managed to snap two torx heads by doing them too tight.
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ive been doing it for 12 months now, not every day, but enough that a full load of a big tall box you get a bit tired doing it! with the amount that can fit into a single cab pickup, a tipper is ideal for these as they are good narrow access too, and with 4x4 capability its handy for some of the work i get. id ask if you had any plans but i suppose its a case of mocking somethng together and welding up what fits. This thread has given me some good ideas for a summer project!
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thats a concern of mine, but i dislike having to move everything out of the truck just to chip into, if i leave stuff in stacked against the tailgate, everything gets full of dust and fine chip. Did you use the truck for chipping into beforehand?
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i can smell that laurel chip from here! love the smell of it!
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that is a very good job, something i am interested in doing to my navara d22, complete with toolboxes in smart places. have you an idea of the cost of this altogether?
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I'm a 32" waist and the smalls are a bit loose!
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Is that a typo?
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What is she about to do on the bonnet?
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Nice one! Need a bloke on the 'inside' to say I'm not all bad
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maybe not for you TOWIE blokes i need to take my passport now
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Apf for sure, got some purchases to make this year Maybe Justin's depending on finances and permissions! It sucks that the apf has moved further south!
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The drill leaves a hole approx 4mm, depending on the model of drill used and drill bit selected. , and as its removed the material, I don't think the compression would seal it back up, cuts made with a silky don't close up. It's certainly arguable with the picus as its nails that are being forced in, so there is no material removed, it's just squashed so the timber could close that gap easier.
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it is definately less invasive, as the resistograph has to drill right into the wood to get a reading, which can be a good site for fungal growth. it involves nails being hammered into the cambium so that the sound waves can penetrate and be read properly from each sensor, if a tree i sgetting picused then i would assume that there is already an issue and the matter of some nails knocked in slightly wouldnt cause much more of an issue.
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thats impressive, better than your run of the mill conifers! tony: they've been pruned, they must be bad, best fell and replant!
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very well done, i think its odd that you dont use a chipper, unless the wagon was more efficient.
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im not bashing it, but surely anything invasive is bad? The tree will probably overcome it anyway, but it leaves a wound, which can be colonized by pathogens. Im all for saving trees like this especially in town centres, and i think the whole path around it should be lifted and mulched then fenced off, will give the tree a much better chance. But god forbid it makes people walk a bit further around the tree
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Arboriculture and forestry operative. Covers more bases. I have the basic site skills one. Still gets accepted by any of the sites I've been on for a few different firms.
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Pto schleisings are good machines. The550zx is a monster and I think is 12".
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Would using the Picus (I'm assuming) not be more detrimental than good? Especially because it's not in brilliant shape already, and because chestnuts aren't good at compartmentalising. A possibility of a ganoderma or pseudomonas infection? Ditto tony on the reduction, it's been done before so same point again will be good. I would suggest maybe finding space for some mulch to aid the rhizosphere and mycos in the soil, although they are probably limited because of its location.
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T. Versicolor is a saprophyte so will be feeding on any dysfunctional material in the tree. You say it's been cut on that same stem as the fungus, so that's what's caused its occurrence.
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Looks nasty. Is it a reaction to the sap? Something to keep in mind for sure. I'll keep an eye on this topic!
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All the iPads can run pages, they have just updated it to be compatible with the retina display. Cross compatibility is average, you can save as a PDF which keeps all the styling, or a .doc which is an old fashioned word document, it won't look the same when you open it up in word on a pc, formatting and styling is lost a bit. Other than that, it's good!
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Good luck with that, he's got one of them galaxy s2 thingies Happy bday robin
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Hamadryads diary- a new chapter
RobRainford replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Fungi Pictures
That's what my gut said because of the green top surface. But I thought it was usually on fallen/dead timber? Unless that tree is dead! -
Hamadryads diary- a new chapter
RobRainford replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Fungi Pictures
whats on the beech in the firsts shot? cant figure it out. looked a nice day. will have to come down again in fruiting season i think!
