armchairarborist
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my bro is a big fan of aftermarket remapping, he has had his two late model transits done, an iveco, the wifes freelander and his M5 before he sold it, and it made a difference for the better on each vehicle:thumbup1: all my vehicles are too old for this witchcraft:thumbup:
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i had to search google earth for the restaurant but we visited the north beach and used the library for internet connection, some ace books on the old logging there, i was really taken with the coast redwoods in the area and even planted some here lastyear for a client to eventually block out a new 4 storey apartment block near his boundary, he wanted something that gets really big so i took him a pair of 10ft sequoia sempervirens which he liked, he loves telling everyone they are the tallest trees on the planet:thumbup1:
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there's always loads of driftwood on the beach at crescent city, did all that get dumped further in then? i believe they stuff it in containers and ship it around the world from there too. i did some exploring round that area a few years ago and loved it, all the huge trees and the many huge old stumps. cool place:thumbup1:
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Urgent Jensen Failure Check yours ASAP
armchairarborist replied to Treegeek's topic in Large equipment
there's a lot of potholes about at the moment:thumbdown:, it's amazing how high trailers bounce on bumps, i'd love to put some big soft 4x4tyres on the chipper to soak up some of them. and a bucket of soapy water does nothing compared to a karcher steam cleaner:thumbup: -
yeah nick at 0:37 and 0:52, he borrowed some muppets climbing kit for the pine one, who would lend their kit eh ross?
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slap your mate round the head and tell him bonfires are bad for trees, then charge him for felling them:001_smile:
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The travellers have now got uniforms
armchairarborist replied to redmoosefaction's topic in General chat
four men fighting with a twig, once its on the ground it takes up half the road, ah well put some more tape round it:thumbdown: we got called to a pussy rescue where the pussy firemen had took four hours to establish it wasn't safe to climb a ladder and rescue a cat. five mins later the cat was down and safe:thumbup: and the firemen went back to their nice warm bunks to get some shuteye for the cashjob treework they do on their days off, because we all know their wage that they striked for isn't enough -
either that chipper is small or you are a giant:thumbup:
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black tape wins every time:thumbup:
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Ever had a problem with charpening whilst out in the sticks?
armchairarborist replied to Xerxses's topic in Video forum
i like to park ass and have the bar vertical, back handle on the floor to sharpen, no vice needed, but dry seat essential, if in doubt sit on gloves -
Ever had a problem with charpening whilst out in the sticks?
armchairarborist replied to Xerxses's topic in Video forum
only problem i find is there's nowhere dry to sit ..ever -
oh there was also a 50yr old manicured privet that we dragged out with the landy:thumbup:
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another from 2wks ago, the last one had lasted 50yrs so we concreted the posts 750mm into the ground, bolted all the joints, screwed all the palings/lats and used galvy fixings, fingers crossed it'll be there for a while:thumbup1:
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can't think of anything right now.. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWWk9N5JLzo&NR=1]YouTube - Best Car Ad Ever[/ame]
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i hate it when the bike breaks just there.! thats some gravel rash
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i only ever climb on my weaver too:thumbup1:
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not bad for a lump of what looks like leylandii
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we had one like that this week but it stayed put, had a large stepladder so managed to untangle it but surprised it didn't snap as it took two of us to lift it over the wall
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some say he can install bt lines in his sleep and that he follows waz77 round for work, all we know is he's called the ginner:thumbup:
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is your mate called peter? i use a guy called peter (ex bt engineer too) to put lines back up, we snapped one that was frayed through to the copper wire from rubbing on a spruce branch, as soon as i climbed the tree it just twanged away but was over a factory roof so was fun to fix. another one got snagged by a branch from a beech and was left mashed up with inner wires poking through the sheath but still worked:biggrin:
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if bats by their nature choose trees that have defects to roost in does this mean they are used to or expect the natural disturbance caused by the natural environment i.e. trees failing in high wind/rotting/failing? i assume this is why certain bats have more than one roost.
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Hi Ray, hows it going? nice idea but the police would have to foot the bill of tracing the mobile, i heard of a case of a car getting stolen recently with a phone in it and the police wouldn't trace it as it was not high priority and would cost them too much in the wake of recent cutbacks. Ed.
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on a happy note a fuel station near me has a superfast fuel pump with twin pipes to the nozzle, i stuffed £91 quid in the landy in just over a minute this morning. at least i'm not paying to stand there in tears for longer than neccessary.
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when i was over there i was amazed by how cheap they were, i even asked if the shop needed to see my certs to buy a top handle saw and being the land of the free and home of the brave.. the guy said 'whats one of them?'
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Anyone heard of a Highwayman Chipper?
armchairarborist replied to charlie batten's topic in Large equipment
does it chip highwaymen quite well?
