Ian Flatters
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Probably mid next year I'll be in Durham again. I never even envisaged it was as big as it is. Next year I'm either going as a paratrooper or desert rat. Got told off playing on the anti air has powered gun (after a good few beers) for....... Shooting it at the ss on the beach. I did state that I thought they were invading.
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I attended the weekend as we live so close by. Great time had and some awesome trucks. We even saw the spitfire on both days. It flew really low because it was over farmland. We even decided to attended a church service to renew our wedding vows. Oh and the train in front managed to crash into the barriers due to a brake failure. The towns that get involved were Sheringham, holt and weybourne station. Very unique and great fun. Hope you enjoy the pictures.
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Loving the saw mick, probably will last longer than most new saws too. Bits and bobs from today including me having to go recover the skid steer after the hydraulic cooling radiator blew out. Again. But I always stick major part spares luckily.
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A few from today. A quick hedge removal then the apprentice climbers first solo reduction on a small pyrus and then as a reward I let him go retrieve this large section of a poplar that failed.
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Unhitching the chipper whilst chipping.
Ian Flatters replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in Large equipment
£80.00 mine cost to replace and my chippers 2 years old working 6 days a week normally. So factored in replacing a damper isn't a huge cost. About 11p per day. -
Screwed us more and more 😂
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Road rage tonight Who should given away thanks
Ian Flatters replied to mendiplogs's topic in The Lounge
The bit that always makes me laugh is in the Highway Code. If you are on their side of the road, passing a parked object it is your responsibility to give way to them. Basically if he insists you should reverse up because they are in the eyes of the law right. Now think of that as stupid. Regularly there is a shop on my way to work which has 5-6 cars parked outside on my side. Normally 4 cars get through at once and you'll be surprised how many cars just keep coming, go on he pavement and seemingly most have wrist ache.... Too many people rushing around, thinking that their thing is so important no seconds can be wasted. -
A quick eucalyptus removal today.
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Cheers, wife's learning to carve so I'm normally cutting wood or planking timber. I think in a week she will be wanting me to teach her an Easter Island head.
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Nice result hodge, let one of the apprentices deadwood a mulberry today, then a quick speed carve of a 1.2m high mushroom
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Yeah, lovely oak, nearly annoying to climb. An old boy was telling us it blocked the road for a whole day.
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Today limited reduction, under the supervision of the tree officer, I was taking about 1m maximum just to retain its shape. (Although IMO it almost looks exactly the same... However 1/2 ton of chip and 3hrs later. The goal was to inspect damage from the Christmas lights and the lightning strike area.
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I assume the middle was already cleared out when you did it? To do the tips over the road would ruin it's shape so bracing seems the logical choice.
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Seems healthy enough so maybe not. Probably going to recommend bracing over the road and that's it.
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Yeah, only if your felling commercially. Yeah dressing the hinge properly I found is quite important for teaching the apprentices. I've always started them of that way.
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Most the trees are of this age and its now a council estate. It's got 100 stunt fell points though. Down the road. Hahah
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An afternoon surveying sites and came across these beautiful trees and random old building parts.
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Nice set of pics, just imagine not having a lorry there. 😖
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Just for accuracy, for me personally I prefer it.
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Just because I had time in all honesty. I took onboard tonnes of advice at the UK loggers and wanted to have a cheeky practice. Although I probably still would knock it's front 3 sides into a square as it makes teaching the apprentices easier because I can accurately draw over it. (Angles, depth of facecut, hinge width and height). Other than that I find on a full crowned tree it does help a lot if your trying to stunt fell it. But for most fells, just the standard 3 cuts will do.
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Today's easy task. All done comfortably by 14:00. I was glad I took the top out early on because the sea breeze was wicked mid morning. I then moved the yew planks into the barn so we can plane them down before making them into mantle pieces.
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Today's pine stem fell, normally id of just destabilised the cog but thought I'd try and do a better than normal fell.
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Time will tell although I have sold about 100t of woodchip to a compost company. So even as a one off that was worth it. I do a lot of small shows mainly because I'm seen about. My wife actually sold loads of stuff. She brought up some mushrooms she had carved and she had some planks of yew, oak and beech that all sold. She only brought them up to make the stand look busier to get people to look closer. We had acle garden machinery with us too this year so we were demonstrating the battery range which obviously helped us draw in a lot more people than you would normally.
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Last day of the show.
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Up at the national trusts felbrigg hall today. The show is the greenbuild and its all about green energy/ recycling products. We even got the head of the district council to pose with the mouse.
