arbmark

come on peeps - 86 nibbles and not a single bite!

Eevnin!

As above - we have a tip site sorted - just need someone to ground & chip for us and to get probably two tip loads away from Tiverton. Easy day for someone. PM here or text me details & rates - 07810 798782

Cheers

Mark

I know its bad timing to start up , but been in the industry nearly 20 years always employed, so I thought if I don't do it now i never will.and i cant climb forever.

....know that feeling. whereabouts are you? I need a guy, with a decent sized tipper this saturday in devon.....

anyone done this?

and has anyone managed to get theirs insured without needing to be kept in a locked compound or building?

cheers

mark

I would - sounds like it may have been planted too deep (trop profond?) ha cant remember le spelling. - get some big stakes and straps on it - 4 would be ideal but allow just un petit peu de movement - crown thin/reduce too. apples are good transplanters

bon chance old bean

could somebody confirm what these are - I don't think these are hispidus and perenniporea in the photos which means they probably are! tried to show the brittle fracture on this basal ash limb that failed. Hispidus would be black now wouldn't it?

apologies for the qualities of the photos - the tree hangs over a ravine and I was stretching with the phone.

going back to cut the limb up, strip the ivy off and get the mallet out tomorrow.

hope the pics appear below

Murky buckets in advance

Mark

Let me ask a farmer: I'll get back to you.

 

 

Jon

This isn't who want to be a millionaire Jon, I just want to get rid of some wood chip!!!!!!! Thanks for going to the trouble.

Graham I'll text you a little later on, nice one thanks......

More sites the merrier - there is about 5 transit loads in all - we will have to bring home what we cant give away.

Evening treelurvers,

Can anyone help out or suggest a place here - and yep i'm afraid it's conny - leylandii. Working a bit out of our normal range, hence the request.

Cheers in advance

Mark

ditto the above - the only timber that should be removed from the wood is living stuff - there is no way of guessing the amount of deadwood to any degree of certainty- if its in a wild state there should be loads of deadwood - great. If it has to be tidied so it can look like a greeting card then at least stack the deadwood on site, eh!?!

The 150 I can say is a stonkingly good machine

 

 

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thanks m8y. the 150 is the one they are bringing unfortunately there isn't a 130 demo for some reason, perhaps for the reasons Pete mentioned above!!!

I expect I can only afford the 130 I'm looking for a machine that will see out my tree surgery years....

Thanks Pete,

Liam from MST Tiverton is coming up next week for a demo.

Reminds me - must get some sleepers / old oak beams in..... Got a good variety of brush to try out.

so i'm well on the path to the green side......good to hear you're candidly airing the teething problems and getting them fixed.

What's the experience from the fields people?

Cheers

Mark

How is it going with the new greenmechs people? I am looking at the 130. Did the diesel version of the 130 get manufactured anyone know?

Cheers

Mark

Looks good if you can preserve the looks. As an aside do you mill healthy holly? I know a few turners like it but not many because it's difficult to dry without splitting.

I ask as I felled a 16"dbh specimen in West Sussex last week (yes, I know: I'd rather not have done but the owner was adamant that it was in the way) and have left it in lengths to maximise potential use.

 

Thanks,

 

Jon

You'll need to leave it to rot for years to become as interesting as the one in this thread...4 or 5 years my guess otherwise its just p.l.a.i.n!

C'est la bloody vie, eh! All play and no work frog-side then!!!

I got a taste for pineau de charantes when i was wwoofing down that way near ruffec.

i know its warmer in france but my plums will be rock hard till august! Sounds simple - when my trees are bigger i might like to try that.

Cheers for posting!

Mark

Get an accountant for God sake Mark. He will advise perfect balance between profit and tax credits, with tax credits it is not only based on income but working hours you will also get standard child tax credits. Also with a big chipper he will claim for it year after year as deprecation and will advise you best way to buy it to limit tax bill. Every situation is different so we can only advise from personal circumstances which may not reflect your situation, rant over. How's life treating you being a dad, has the misses found a new hobby in expensive change bags and prams yet?

 

 

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always bringing god into it......!

yea all good - havent chopped anything off in the sleep-deprived haze yet. i just read that to her and she went 'oh that reminds me im bidding on something on ebay....'

Congratulations Mark! She (?) arrived then!

No idea on the tax side of things though I'm afraid mate....

Thanks Simon,

Big hands Ben (he!) is doing fine!!! Cant wait to train him up

self-emloyed and just had a kid....anyone know how much you lose for every extra £1000 profit you make?

is this a good excuse to tell the missus i should buy a bigger chipper as its going to be half price or whatever!??!?!?!

taking into account 20%tax, 9% NI already.....

i'd be interested to know how other people look at this....probably through and accountant!

Cheers

Mark

nice one peeps there is some great advice on here - many thanks - and very much appreciated

Grad a spade and start digging. If the handle starts to get hot quick you have found power. If it hisses. You have found gas and if you get wet but its now raining you have hit water.

 

And if the bloke next door hits you on the nose you have hit the tv/phone cable.:lol::lol::lol:

love it! lets just say i wont be making pilot holes for the stakes with an iron bar!!!!!!

cheers for all the replies.....i just need to avoid by 6m for planting some standard trees - i hope that this will make it simpler......

i better just hope the hire company can explain the lights and buttons to mr thicky here

might print out your advice and take it with me!!!!

They are easy. Hire one and have a bit of a play first if never used one. Find a service you know is there then wave it over the top.

 

Can of spray is essential aswell. Just spray when ever it bleeps and you markers will give it away.

thanks v much - i got the sheep marker....

thanks, love the optimism! can you back it up wth any words of advice!!??

without doing a course first? i urgently need to scan some sites after a mate of mine got the hump with me over somthing i know nothing about and wont do it? can i just hire one and go for it?

alternatively, anyone think where i can get it done?

anyone able to do it urgently in north devon?

agghh help!

cheers, mark

How does the White Pearl-Bordered Fritiladmiral benefit?! More food due to less competition from the trees or does it need the open space for courtship etc?

Har Har - what a dork! How did i miss that!?!? Long day, new baby, dozy disposition - its a bad combo

great thread (i wrote 'threat' first time but actually noticed!)

not as good as a white admiral though

:trytofly:tree work-schweework man what are the butterflies?!?! Please say its white admirals i bludy loves them