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  1. csservices
    Self employed groundsman available based in belper, derbyshire, cscs but no saw tickets 25 years experience on the saws, chippers and tractor and digger driving, own saws ans ppe.
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    Felled the big rotten ash today, that I put pics up of the stump of the other day.
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    If your in the market for a chainsaw there were some of those nice Irish travelling salesmen around the other day selling chainsaws and diesel generators, you'd be full equipped then wouldn't have to worry about an extension lead for the shredder be much more convenient to arrive at 6am and fire up the genny.
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    Difference is that you don't eat trees people forget that if we don't produce our own food it would all have to be imported which would mean essentially that the importers could name their price, I don't agree with subsidies either andhave never claimed them, what I want is a fair price for my produce which is what the dairy farmers want too.
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    It was supposed to be getting sorted out so as it was paid to the farmer not the landowner, but in the end the government basically wimped out, so nothings really changed if the landowner can provide invoices to show they have paid for work to be doneon the land that classifies them as an active farmer, the lease I have on the ground I rent states that I will not carry out any improvement works on the land ie fencing,drainage, fertilising, spraying even chain harrowing, rollING and spraying. I have to do it because the landlord does nothing, but because the above is stated in the lease he gets the rent, subsidies and any available grants, it's a complete pee take.
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    Yep it was stated earlier this year that the UK is only self sufficient in food for 362 days at any one time I think it was and that's something Winston Churchill said we needed to sort out at the end of the second world war!
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    Pinged a couple but not broken them, best one was on a job where we were working topside of the road and climber dropped a small branch perfectly on the phone line which then zipping downhill across the road and hit the house the otherwise of the road, at which point the bedroom window opened and the owner asked if we would mind retrieving it 😁
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    Holly bush Inn at Milford, not sure if there is one in the pub grounds but is a large holly hedge across the road from it from memory.
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    See my post further up, dairy farmers have been going out of business at approx 5 a week for last few years, the land price has nothing to do with the state of farming, it has been forced up by it being bought by investors, pension funds etc, I'm not saying there aren't farmers who play the system, personally I don't and never have claimed any subsidies, instead I work full time to support my farming and there are plenty of other small family farms in the same boat but we all get tarred with the same brush.
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    It would take years to restock dairy farms as beef farms, as the beef herd has been run down so much over the last few years and is just recovering, given the gestation of a cow is 9 months and a cow needs to be 18-24 months old to start breeding it's not a quick or simple process.
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    Did have two tanks, a his and hers, mine had ship wrecks etc and other half's had Egyptian and roman type decor, she decided wanted rid so she could keep snakes again so now got 8 vivariums instead, but we do both seem to find ourselves hanging round the fish when go to the pet shop, so there's a chance I'll get another one
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    There you go that explains it pretty clearly, dairy farms have been going out of business at an average of 5 a week for a good few years now, I've never farmed dairy, I use to farmers which had the exact same problem, when I first kept them when I was at school you could expect £1.50+ a kilo, think highest it's got in last few years is maybe 75p per kilo when all the inputs have gone up, I had until 2 years ago a herd of Gloucestershire old spots, had pretty much all the blood lines some of which are very rare now but in the 3-4 years we had them feed went from £5 to nearly £10 per bag at its highest and yet the price of the pigs didn't move and at the end we were selling 8 week old pedigree weaners at £25 each which is half what they needed to be to make anything them.
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    We've got a 575 at work and no one will use it unless really desperate as it's just a big ungainly lump compared to the 365's with out aby real gain in power or performance.
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    Had the same this morning, had to book a job at short notice as planned work for this weekend went pointy bits up last night, so rang customer and she checked with tenant who said they would be in this morning, got there and no car and no answer at door so cracked on regardless.
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    Rotten old hollow ash and a twisted old willow that's taken some serious damage over the years.
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    Not tried the 576xp but the 372xp is an awesome saw :-)
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    I thought I did spell Erbauer apparently autocorrect thought better :@
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    I've been running an Eraser for 6-7 years I think 18v one, been used with 19mm auger bit for ganging gates does that no problem and all the general drilling and screwing, has had alot of use, one battery is just starting to fail but can't fault it for the money.
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    I've had one other day flailed it last year but this year they want the grass taking off to make it less fertile to encourage wildflowers, thing is its full of ragwort,dock and thistle, builders rubble dropped down one side and fenced out trees mean you can't cut it properly with a hay mower and I have no wish to import that much weed seed to the farm to spend weeks burning it all, so have convinced them to have it flailed again.
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    I don't know if he has or not Steve, I know he said has got them listed.
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    Sounds like the lads at work, all turn up in the morning and say got no dinner need a shop and then munch on any mix of the above and then moan about spending 5-10 quid a day and having no money left, think I'm the only one who makes a flask and a pack up.
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    Yep I know did my yard which is round the corner from his about ten years ago, didn't get anything second time though as I wasn't insured for enough so couldn't replace them.
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    Hi Dan, weren't mine there the guy I sub too, 9 saws and 3 blowers was the final count, had undone sheets on the gable end and worked out where the sensors were then climbed in avoiding them.
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    Got to work today to find the shed had been burgled, took 5 husqvarna 365's and 2 ms 200, two of huskies have employee names on in permanent marker and one has an h shaped scratch on the back handle. Keep an I eye on your gear guys.
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    I can't manage a big meal at dinner, usually have a pasta salad and a yoghurt or couple of pieces of home made quiche and yoghurt or tin of mackerel in sauce with few slices of bread and butter for a change, usually take a scotch egg for morning break, don't tend to take anything for afternoon break now as tend not to eat it.

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