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  1. Gareth Dalzell
    Nice bit of milling. Andy I have a confession to make:blushing:. It must be nearly two years since I bought my mill and I haven't used it yet. Threads like this remind me that everytime I see a decent bit of timber I must learn to resist the easy option to ring and process it into firewood and put the mill onto the big saw and do a bit of planking. This winter when things get less hectic, the mill has to come out.
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    If nothing else, just makes sure its well tied on to the forks and the forks can't release in this position. I know someone who had a similar arrangement and got tipped out and then had the crate land on top of them..
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    I was in my first term at Writtle College, Essex. Sleep right through the whole storm. Woke up in the morning to the sound of the fire alarm panel buzzer going off - I just thought some agric student had burnt his toast again in the Dent Hostel kitchen. Then walked across the quad to the dining hall for breakfast and noticed a tree lying flat and again thought somebodies in for a right bollocking from the warden for dropping that one last night. It wasn't until I looked a little further around I noticed the devastation that was all around the campus.
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    I work with a cost spreadsheet to keep an eye our our operating costs. It has all our business costs dropped in and it is a dynamic tool meaning that it gets updated monthly. When our insurance comes in if it's changed the figure is amended on the spread sheet. The last columns on the spread sheet give a cost rate for a man, a two man team and a three man team. there,s a % profit box to adjust this, a box for number of weeks worked in a year and another for chargeable/operatives. It,s great fun seeing what difference a certain percentage of pay increase will do the final charge out rates or the difference the statutory increase in holidays will do. This is how we ensure we,re maintaining a business that is not losing money at any point through the year or if we are how much we need to create to catch up.
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    It just seems to simple - but it,s got to worth a try. We have large batch of Quercus palustris (about 100) on a site that could down with a pick me up and they would be easy to monitor as they are all in identical tree pits 2m x2m x3m. I feel a local trial coming on. Anyone else tried this?
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    Just wondering if anyone else has read the report on using ordinary sugar as tree feed/growth stimulant and freshly chipped mulch as opposed to composed mulches. It,s in Hort Week page 14 based on a talk by Dr Glynn Percival. Makes interesting reading; anyone tried or have any experience on this?
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    Ms460

    Gareth Dalzell replied to WorcsWuss's topic in Chainsaws

    Don't know about a 25" bar - we run ours with a 20" and it rips through hardwood. The 460 is by far the most overpowered saw we have so I'd guess there's spare capacity in the bar length department. If I had to have one saw on my desert island - it would be a 460:biggrin:
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    If this is the same one it looks like its got loads of vents and a certain "Flash Gordon" type thing going on:biggrin: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5GKZAu_tqc]TREEGEAR TV | Pfanner Protos Integral Climbing Arborist Helmet - YouTube[/ame]
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    "it must be lovely working outside in the sunshine everyday" directed at us on one of two sunny days we had this summer.
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    yes I spent a couple of days chipping gorse through our salean cougar chipper. Found it fed much better feeding it in green/bushy end first. I,ve run a bit through one of our 200mxs without any problems. Big welding gauntlets made it much less painful. As for another day chipping gorse- I think I,m busy that day:biggrin:
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    Just popped in Belfast for a nosey. That's an interesting set of charts to plan work with. Thanks for that.
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    I think its pathetic spending good money on a number plate that someone probably got for nothing when they got their motor. It takes a real muppet to drive about with a personalised plate on their van - here's one of ours!
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    Excellent. Big congratulations.
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    Excellent. Big congratulations.
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    Do you mean that the leaves still have their rigidity even though they have been shed? I thought a lot of trees did this? Maybe that's not what you mean.
  17. Gareth Dalzell
    Do you mean that the leaves still have their rigidity even though they have been shed? I thought a lot of trees did this? Maybe that's not what you mean.
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    Lantra are up and running as of last week with some of their units. ?nptc seem to be lagging a bit behind at present. I have to admit I find it a little confusing and as for work books and costs, I,m lost completely. I know what the outcome model is they are both aiming for, but am not sure how it will play out at this stage.
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    In relation to Japanese Knotweed I'd recommend: - RICS Professional Information - Japanese Knotweed and residential property, and The Japanese Knotweed Manual: The Management and Control of an Invasive Alien Weed (Fallopia japonica) [Paperback] Lois Elizabeth Child (Author), Paul Maxwell Wade (Author) Then there is all the burb on the internet from varies environmental agencies and forum (like Quercus) also Monsanto do quite a bit of research info on treatment techniques. There is also a certified course from SLIC training
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    Sounds like a great evening. Happy Birthday and enjoy.
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    Could it be they are not the same dimensions as the old ones, with lower guides. Is it possible to get it onto some dry concrete and track the point of derrail and watch to see where its all going wrong. We,ve got cheaper after market tracks on two of our machines without any problems.
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    We have one of the Black Halford industrial cabinets on wheels. About 3 ft high and the same wide. Must be at least 10-12 years old now. The drawer motion is still as smooth as the day I bought it. I'd have no hesitation being another.
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    I,ve had mostly good experiences and normally bring an interesting range of life experiences to the teams. The core values required are very simple, - honesty, integrity and ability. This may be ability to learn, absorb information and progress without being over confident. Good luck.
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    Sod them. Kick back, have a few beers and grab yourself a burger. They probably don,t mean to offend, but it is very rude.
  25. Gareth Dalzell
    Congratulations and good luck in your new job. I can still remember my last days at college 22years ago. Keep yourself up to date and keep on learning and you,ll go far on this industry

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