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  1. delabodge

    spooky

    delabodge posted a topic in General chat

    hi bizarre thing happened today,,went to see a client,today who is local land owner, his land runs parrellell to a dodgy bit of road,,,and we have to dead oaks to come down over it,,,,I was running through our options with him,,,road traffic management etc,,,,,when I spotted a large chestnut further down the lane with a nice lean on it,,,,,,towards a busy junction,,,,(country lane junction) I went over to investigate and found the whole tree had a cavity big enough to stand in,,,,,I mentioned to the client that I was amazed it hadnt fallen over yet,,and with a bit of luck it would blow over and save us doing a dangerous tree,,,,he laughed,,we decided to inform council of how bad it was,,etc,,,,anyway went off to take out a prunus,,,,hour later got a call from him to say tree had fallen over in wind,,and blocked the whole rd,,,,SPOOKY,,, glad I hadnt climbed it!!!!!! time to buy lottery ticket,,me thinks.
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    wraptor girls rock,,,funny man,,,,,
  3. delabodge
    unreal,,,hear of everything now,,,,,had our sky dish nicked the other day...think yours is more bizarre,,,,,,,
  4. delabodge
    true talent,,,well done mate,,top draw......
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    well said,,,,degrees nowadays are multiply answers,,,,,maybe two hours a week,,then learing time on your own??= 10 mins down loading from net,,who`s kidding who,,,give us your tuition fees,,and help yourself to £30000 debt,,,,I`d rather my aprenticeship,,,with an old school forrestor any day,,and i dont read the sun either,,,,(nice pics though lol)
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    would like to see anybody call me and my team "semi-skilled " for the way we did a take down of a large Oak,,today without any damage,,to patio,,crap slabs,and neighbours immaculte lawn, bloody cheek,,,,,
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    have same problems as everyone else,,,,,currently got a bloke who was let go from steel frabrication company who`s 54,,,he works his nuts off,,,,(and gets paid well for it),,,had various other blokes try,,,most of the youngsters are always on there mobiles,,,,or late,,or come out with "I`m not qualified to climb a ladder"??????what????see ya,,,,,,absolutely no savo,,,,,,yesterday i was topping a silver birch out,,,all regrowth with a silky,,and he watched till I got down,,then said,,can I have some lunch????had to walk off before I put him through the chipper,,,,,arrrrrgghhhhh.....
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    love the bangers pic,,very cool....
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    hear hear,,,,only was given one back,,and Ive screwed that one,,,come on log splitter,,,,
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    i turn it all the time,,lovely wood,,dust mask,,and your fine,,,
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    awsome vid mate,,,got me stoked for today,,,,my wee oaks not going to feel so big today,,lol
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    theres a market for the hazel at all ages from 2yrs onwards,,you just need to understand the markets,,,,smaller rods,,to basket makers,,,,3yr rods for plant supports,,,5 yr old hedging stakes etc,,,,straight rods,,,,evergrowing allotment market,,,,so on,so on,,,,can be just as profitable as firewood,,,
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    Take em a green log sliced like a big stepping stone,,get em to weight it green,,then again in three weeks time,,educate em about trees liking water,,hence the loss when left to dry,,without roots etc,,,,,im lucky enough to use a pole lathe so useally give em a demo on that,,making them a rounders bat out of a piece of ash,,so they can play with it,,,,,but mabye thats a little advanced,,lol,,good luck,,,
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    jep ive got the riko A11 VTR....top machine,,,,,
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    same old story,,they want supply to be dirt cheap so there profit is huge,,,,let em pay your fuel bill,,,,,"£1.21 a litre round here now,,,,,
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    I agree...theres more customers than supply,,,,surely hes not a threat,,,,sometimes think this forum is a little "in house"...all though personelly eveyone mainly has been helpful,,,,,few jobsworths,,,,,but hey ,,,,too be expected,,,,
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    sh.t i should stick to tree work....lol
  18. delabodge
    nice pics....
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    its not recommended treating any bird boxes,,,,but I use an organic oil on mine,,and the birds havnt had any complaints in the last ten yrs,,,,the yew will be fine,,,,,
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    have used lycetts too,,there v,reasonable,,,,,,
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    like i said,,,agree totally,,,,
  22. delabodge
    all a bit weird for my liking????
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    mate theres two schools of thought from what I can work out,,,,colleges etc say prune in autumn,,,but many of my old customers ,,who have lovely cordens ,,faned pears etc,,prune in march to encourage vigourous regrowth,,,,but have to acept limited or no fruit,,,for first year,,,,,i generally go with old school as they have experience,,,and hands on knowledge....two day courses tell you to prune a third of growth,,,so I go with customers requests,,(after my advice),,and making sure growth points etc,,,,have had repeat custom,,,so,,,good luck
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    id burn em with the stolen logs,,robbing,gits,,,,,
  25. delabodge
    same here cant wait to get me bandit 1200 on rd,,,,just odd bit of ice on rds still yet,,,,and cant afford to break my thumbs a third time,,lol

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