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  1. richyrich
    Do you live offshore?
  2. richyrich
    It's the neighbour's, so might be issue.
  3. richyrich
    Atlas Cedar
  4. richyrich
    Your insurance company would prob need to be notified when taking out home insurance. It looks like it could be a problem if it gets much bigger.
  5. richyrich
    No prob. See if it gets new leaves in Spring. If by Summer it's looking poor then it is prob on it's way out...
  6. richyrich
    Check near the base of trunk for signs of decay. I felled a similar one other day with leaf loss. Prob only 15% of 'healthy' trunk keeping it alive...
  7. richyrich
    Prob not- i would think leaves have dropped..
  8. richyrich
    Poss a Cockspur Thorn..
  9. richyrich
    Poss a willow
  10. richyrich
    As previously mentioned- can you post some photos of the trees?
  11. richyrich
    Ok- prob not it.
  12. richyrich
    Sorbus x intermedia?https://images.app.goo.gl/WW3ewsgxQWuaweGy8 Bark similar to this web image, although not quite the same.
  13. richyrich
    Looks a bit like Portuguese Laurel ( there's 2 'types'). Not sure though...
  14. richyrich
    Small scale burning of firewood must be preferable to burning fossil fuels. If it's a 20 year old branch you burn then it is only releasing carbon in it's structure captured over 20 years. This is better than releasing carbon that's been stored underground for millions of years- i think. The more i can put on my woodburner the less oil the boiler burns. As for industrial scale burning- i don't think felling whole forests is the future. Also scientists say the global lockdowns have had little effect on reducing co2 emmissions. Perhaps the sceptics are more right than people think and the planet is doing 'it's own thing' which we have little influence over.- not saying it's true...
  15. richyrich
    What happened to all the schemes for willow biomass powerstations- i think the subsidies were removed on them maybe?
  16. richyrich
    Ok thanks- i tried bigshot once and did not like it much. I will make the spud gun👍
  17. richyrich
    Are you still using the air cannon? Just looked on Youtube and a guy in US had retired his to use Bigshot instead...cheers
  18. richyrich
    Ok- misread - tis a poplar.
  19. richyrich
    Willow is hard work to cut along the grain. Find a nice piece of poplar. Also i would think poplar is fair bit lighter than willow when dry and very different sound be achieved than from willow. Alternative- hollow a cricket bat.🎻
  20. richyrich
    Not alot for them to work with- basically it's glorified pollarding. They look to have cleared growth away from roof and left a bit for shape. It's not that bad. Street trees in Europe are cut right back every few years. Yes it could have been done to leave a better shape but i don't think it's owt to get nobbed off about.
  21. richyrich
    It's been pollarded to fence height previously- so if it can survive that it demonstrates how it will/should grow back again. All ivy could have been removed. Many European street trees are pruned back hard and regularly. Not saying it is great, just it'll be right.
  22. richyrich
    This old article off web is quite informative on some aspects of SRT- https://treetools.co.nz/_blog/Blog/post/The_7_deadly_sins_of_SRT_Ascent/
  23. richyrich
    Cheers Dan?
  24. richyrich
    I haven't, but i will do- thanks for the advice? Does the sprocket need changing as well?
  25. richyrich
    I have the Makita 18v top handle- saves using the Silky, just not as neat cutting for pruning. Also got the 36v top handle- only used it once other day but impressed with speed and power. Bit heavy when cutting horizontally, but for £200 i think its v good value. Also gone mainly cordless with the hedgecutters- for much lower vibes. Not quite got the power of petrol but job times similar and much better re carpal tunnel symptoms. ?

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