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just that, although at the moment you can get upto 80% off due to govenment funding right now. thats all cs's by the way.

hey tell us what you know! unless this is for the youngsters among us...

have found jones' are good for purchases, untried on after sales

but i have found both Abbey Pro and Stanton Hope *loody outstanding on after sales and most places will price match anyway

which is why poplars are so poor at dealing with pruning wounds, once aerated the bacteria dont do so well.

interesting hama - when it comes to pruning pops is there ever a case for leaving stubs on smaller stuff to help compartmentalise/barrier etc?

this is a bit optimistic by chrimbo mr. wood seasons an inch a year in the air

plank it

stack it

season it

ripsaw it to width

thickness it to depth

rout it for rebate for glass, pic and backing

mitre it

sand it

wrap it

drying it by the fire is a bit quick! splits all over the place, unless you want to call it rustic

YAWN chief safety officer mcautiousness here thinks thats pretty lame! Agree with robarb about leaving a few branches either on the ground or on the stem, also shallower gob for a flatter landing would have got a 10. or even a wide gob + phatish hinge at the base to keep attachment/absorb torque. basic stuff, several better options. that said if this 'confidence' keeps this guy alive its probably a good thing

mental! bud's for life

blimey tommer if it has to all be heartwood and squared up then you are talking massive surely, but you seem to have the trees already in mind, so its probably the big ones! short of climbing up, topping them off and having a look i dunno mr!

once i walked out the kitchen door to see a barn owl sat in the barn opposite, looking at me. so for a laugh i put my hand up and it swooped down.....awestruck and feeling a bit dr dolittle, i left my hand out to meet this coming together of man and beast. of course it sank its talons deep in for stability and i dropped the poor thing on the floor! it forgave me and we did the trick a few times to show off to friends, with a gauntlet. the pain was then bearable. it stuck around for a month but then did a littlest hobo and moved on. maybe cos the chickens beat the hell out of it. must have been a rescue/escapee. awesome sight out hunting at dusk.

looks like an old pruning cut - just goes to show wildlife likes bad tree surgery. awesome shot sir

tutor fail

Wood is perfectly sustainable as fuel. BUT we are not sustainable as a species

as long as you fell it with your fingernails and light it with a bowdrill:biggrin:

Just want my own bit of land!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

remember the feeling. its a very worthy pursuit. agricultural land is expensive now, especially for small acreages. i have a 3.5 acre plot with about an acre of alder 'carr'. not that interesting! i really need to get the grassland grazed to maintan the mixed flora. have planted an orchard and a block of new woodland. all good

this the sort of ting you wanna do? it might make good financially to buy a large plot and sell off most of it, but who can afford that!? for a smallholder withonly a small plot i guess it makes sense to keep the pigs mainly on grassland and let them go in part of the woodland.....?

then you gotta get planning permission for any buildings, hardstanding, relandscaping etc. if its already got a building, you'll pay more for it

surely the pull line went slack after a few degrees. its a very nice neat little jump but how does the line help? was it tensioned near the butt? awesome belly flop

whatever you decide just remember you get what you pay for! something around the 40-45cc mark would do you. 15/16inch bar. theres a pretty reasonable tanaka, went on for ages the one i had, and abused for about five years. now a mate has it and its still going i believe. if it wasnt for the hand vibration stuff id still be using it.

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Just as a thought for you, I was on site in a wood with one of the FC Woodland managers in Bewdley a couple of months ago, and there was a herd of pigs in the woods, he explained that they had allowed a local farmer to keep his pigs in the woods to graze because it benefited both the farmer and the wood. I thought it was a really nice idea, thought I'd mention it to you in case you have any FC woodland nearby.

does sound nice. can you add anything to how they benefit the wood - i always thought they were pretty destructive at anything less than minimal stocking densities?

Dont underestimate your value due to army training and fitness. If I had a choice I would have an ex squaddie over a civvy any day

yea the nights are getting colder

Nice little job Simon. I always think god im glad its not a gleditsia after the 5 thorn rips into my hand.

tactfully put:lol:

isnt this what everyone who leaves the army does and i heard you get everything you need to set up your own business, or maybe thats just a rumour!

But in answer to your question, if you can take a massive drop in salary and are prepared to fill your sarnis with hedge clippings and scrumping off the odd plum tree you get to prune for pudding, welcome. You'll have to start at or near the bottom though, like anything. Honestly you'll make as much money as a gardener without an admin care in the world. But if youre dead into it, arb is much more fun.

ah buxus i should have known you were enjoying grasping that large stem!

someone asked me the difference the other day and before i could say well..., the cheeky wotsit said about £5 an hour. i guess some joes find arborist a bit poncey. they know where they are with tree surgeon.

My vote: tree surgeon does the surgery, pruning etc. so what about grundies? i guess they are in

arborist says climber to me.

arboriculturist - broader knowledge of ecology, disease and management, reporting, more grey hairs:laugh1:

i wouldnt worry too much. if the grass comes out the top of the tubes you can catch it with a bit of spray. The trees roots will still make it out past the competing grass. Clumping grasses are the worst but usuallly they appear out the top of the guards due to their vigour. I wouldnt agree about docks and nettles being the worst, their roots arent as dominating and water demanding as say cocksfoot grass.

Losses just mean less thinning later if you have planted pretty close. This spring will be telling if you need to beat up.

Dropping herbicide granules in the tubes, right next to or touching the tree? wouldnt be my solution i expect the grass would do a lot less harm to trees and soil.

no 2 is awful unless you remove the chain cover and it pulls small stuff up into the saw and jams the chain. i would choose the first one or make one simlyer, or even better make a large cutting rack with an end to butt the end of the logs up then you so you can cut several in one go.

the last one looks tricky to load and the third almost def requires two guys!

so i recon 1

I'd find you local agents - Woodlandsdot are marketing to londoners wanting a campsite to themselves.

may i suggest a polite modicum of reservation....pigs can make a bit of a mess of a small woodland ecosystem. ok i'm a partypooper. your call. your yummy bacon.

On the up side,those Police Cars could have some Wicked Seat Covers!

i cant be that sad i LOL'd at that one! Fair comments i blame the owner too.

sad, some rare tigers ther ,what a waste of wild animals ,death by humans again !!!!!

yea especially the tigers, bad juju. how rare are they now?couldnt tranquilize them in the dark? they got guns but they aint got torches. Pretty sure i could find a grumpy 8ft long tiger with a maglite. They all want to be tommy lee jones. still what did the owner expect? i suppose loss in the wild population would be worse than those never destined to breed and resigned to captivity.

If i ruled the world they'd still be out there clearing up the massive human overpopulation problem.:sneaky2:

seen this!?!?

World Population Clock