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thanks treeseer. Quite a weighty extended limb over a quiet country lane. Low risk, obviously we dont want it to fail. It is part of a hedge line, and it is growing out to find light under competition from the beech next to it. ta for the input.
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I found this fork on Common Beech and went up to have a closer look as there was staining coming down the truck. (first pic - lowest union left hand side) Couldn't detect any decay with the probe and the bark seemed intact down in the compost pool but what do you reckon about the adaptive growth (pic 2) and flattening of the branch people (last pic)? It is twice as wide as it is deep. Are those bark healings signs of cracks underneath? Far rib looks good but nothing much on near side, prob due to lack of wind loading as partly protected by another smaller tree. Pool is approx 250mm deep. I should have got some more photos from other angles but any advice welcome. Cheers Mark.
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if it was just for personal use i'd probably keep the rightsized stuff from jobs and stuff that splits nicely like chestnut ash sycamore.....and do it by hand. If you need a fair bit then get the staff on it! Youre paying them. I know you like to crack the whip only a friendly jab mate. If you do buy get one with resale value but decide on a budget
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Ha ha just seen this thread, another of my tumbleweed strewn offerings! Luckily i found the saw much later on, now the scabbard is worn so the saw never stays it. Moved onto sugois since too...but to answer the questions, no i never found a source for replacements and stubby you wouldnt want it! Getting the bolts must be tricky as ideally they need to be snug in the tang holes
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you get what you pay for really, i think transporters are very reliable, but i had a high top sprinter camper till 5 years ago......lovely, no stooping. cost me a fortune in maintenance, although it was an N reg!
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totally disagree with that. i'd fell boring healthy mature trees and leave the ropey & biodiverse ones for habitat. Leave plenty of young growth to replace what you take.....that would be the long run. woodland management is a terrible excuse to tell yourself you are doing good when all you want to do is go choppy and plunder....utter b+++++++. still, the OP is going to have a massive effect on the woodland felling, chipping, extracting. It'll make a right mess.
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like. how have you attached the legs?
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thats what i thought or maybe montezuma If you do decide to reduce it, it will take some time to do it well, allow for that in your pricing, there will be some secateur work! definitely do not remove the low laterals, that would look awful. i think i would go for a bit of a thin, about 20%, reducing any slender extending growth good luck
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Short-rotation coppice - impact on land use?
arbmark replied to agg221's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
not sure for SRC but agriculture /forestry interchangeable unless you are talking buildings/development isnt it? i would have thought it would do the soil some good, in lieu of arable! -
Thanks David, The site is on the Northern fringe of Exmoor, close to the sea. An oak was removed within 20ft years ago which had been killed but the owners naturally didnt know much about the cause of its demise. It may have been involved in the death of the oak and now is having a go at the chestnut, perhaps even having trouble getting a foothold, hence the small pocket of fruiting bodies. Famous last words.....! I will have a better look, sound, prod when we go back. Cheers M
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What famous landmark do you live closest too
arbmark replied to chrisgilltreesurgery's topic in The Lounge
That sir is a 60ft niggling invitation to a tree surgeon to strategically place a traffic cone, or pair of! not that i would dare, as i have friend who works for the artist...... -
What famous landmark do you live closest too
arbmark replied to chrisgilltreesurgery's topic in The Lounge
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you.........Verity!
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David, Do you have any experience of grifola on sweet chestnut. On a site where we are doing work to almost all the other trees, one S.C has a single small cluster 35cm acrosss on the tension side on one of the buttresses. Ive got it down as one to monitor as it has has had a fair few limbs removed previously - any decay characteristic advice is welcome kind sir! Thanks Mark
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its really easy. when i had more time i used to make mine. you need a straight grained piece of ash, a drawknife and a spoke shave. enjoy - fitting the head is the tedious bit. takes ages and you need one of those little steel wedges with the teeth on to hammer into the wood in the axe head.
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the chances are the field is agricultural so you'd need to apply for change of use. Once rumbled you'd have to explain yourself, you would be forced to stop or apply but probably get refused and go back to the drawing board. If you can keep it low key you may get away with it. change from agricultural is pretty hard to achieve to conserve the rural landscape , maybe if you state you will return the land to original use one you are done with it......
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oo BAM! he's down with that one!
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dunno! one of natures nice blokes, you'll have no problems - google him. I think he has a lucas mill from memory - havent seen him for a coupla years.
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Nice one jonathan, thank you. In true arbmark style, i'll try a bit of both - didnt know its whiteness was a boon!
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anyone milled one? is it better to let it mellow and stain up / figure? Thanks M
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try a nice chap julian moles, ex forester, now instructor assessor, trading as spindlewood
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definately datura - came up in my veg patch, and eventually came across it's identity. impressive weed
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Well you are supposed to wait till leaf drop - but hey - you didnt say it was sycamore - Get choppy! Nothings going to set them back nearly enough! I'd be ring barking them all year
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its a bit early for laying hedges but anyway how are the root systems going to store energy over winter if you are cutting the bark away now. good idea thinning in a forest, not great for a hedge/coppice is my thinking......... cheers mark
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a level load of softy in the pickup of a double cab, about 50?!
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I can see your point but, what about what you are actually wearing right now Daniel - i bet it involved sweatshops, high transportation miles, persistent chemicals....or nice warm environmentally friendly fur!!!!
