rapalaman
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Advice needed on how to remove a large uprooted tree base from site.
rapalaman replied to handymidi's topic in General chat
A decent stump grinder would sort that in a morning. Whereabouts is it located? What’s the width of access? -
They’ll be busy during the day, probably still off loading tools and getting ready for the morning. I may check messages during the day but only reply to urgent ones. If you were near us you could have your pick - I have supplied dozens to a couple of forest areas in schools locally for the kids to use as seats, woodchips to cover the mud, logs for burning, pine cones for education etc. never asked for anything in return but did get some chocolates from the kids at one school 😁
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A lot of the biggest ones seem to get darker and a bit more gnarly bark like in your picture - pretty sure it’s birch
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60 in a few months - learning to delegate as much as I can and vary the work to change muscle use. Try to finish early a couple of days a week. Still doing most Saturdays though and pricing at weekends/evenings too. my wife got me this T shirt as its very appropriate 👍
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Try offering to do a couple of trial days for free to see how you like it first. We all started off dragging brash and I’ll still muck in to clear up as will my main climber. As woody says above too 👍
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Neck oil is in loads of pubs round here but I can’t stomach it 🤮 mind you I won’t drink fosters or Budweiser either. A nice dark or amber ale, stout, mild, old ale or decent quality cold lager in the summer goes down a treat 👍 Bar oil I use Gator or Rotatech
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I’ve always found hawthorn splits really easily when green but goes like concrete when seasoned. Best get it split early 👍
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One of my favourites when out there - along with spicy beef salad and Tom yung khun- spicy king prawn clear soup
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At least with a printed cheque you know the app will accept it. Some customers writing is like a doctors prescription- not a hope of putting that cheque in online ☹️
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Label on the tank filler saying petrol only?
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Tipped Your Grinder? Cheers to Dumb Luck!
rapalaman replied to Stefan Palokangas's topic in General chat
Me too - learnt quite a bit from reading your posts over the years. As I’m getting older and climbing is getting harder year by year, I find it easier to be on the grinder - hope to upgrade to a tracked or wheeled non pedestrian for the bigger jobs 👍 -
Tipped Your Grinder? Cheers to Dumb Luck!
rapalaman replied to Stefan Palokangas's topic in General chat
Good to see you posting again Stefan - hope you’re ok and have learned from this! All machinery is dangerous and we can all be guilty of complacency at times 👍 -
Wow that’s just mad- what with buyer protection fees as well, sales have literally fallen off a cliff this last month. i only do a few bits on there but I’ve only had one sale since Christmas
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Live and learn I’m afraid - get recommendations, more than one quote etc and go with who you feel can do what you want/gives ideas and opinions for the desired outcome Had similar- quoted a prunus reduction, they couldn’t wait till I could get there so had some Romanian gardeners do it. wouldnt take the waste away and the tree was appalling - got me in to chip the waste and try to salvage a shape from the wreckage
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Ooh that looks a bit shit to be honest - not a proper reduction, just a “topping” Did they have their caravan with them?
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Kombis are a bit of a pain in the arse - handy as good for storage and adaptable with different heads but not really up to the job. Driveshafts snap, plastic bushes need replacing, extensions have very limited life. ok for homeowner diy but not good enough for serious use. I have several and they are gradually being replaced with stand alone machines as they wear out.
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Cutting a Japanese pagoda tree in my garden
rapalaman replied to Ab2da's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
No way is that 55m high - 55ft more like it. Best to find out what type of soil you’re on first, ie shrinkable clay, sandy etc and I’m sure someone with far more knowledge than me will be along to advise in due course. location will help 👍 -
Yes I use the 6ft - very useful for lower stuff. Have 8ft x 2, 14ft x 2 and considering a 16ft for the future
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Almost every time to be fair - my first was single leg adjustable, after my 2nd, all 3 adjustable I couldn’t believe how more useful it was to be able to get level on even the most awkward areas. I have three different heights now. Think steps, rockeries, even slight slopes - would never go back to just the one leg.
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Probably confused threads as there was another fella returning from Canada in a different thread?
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Yeah the tip site I use sells arb waste and chip to Jenkinsons - seen them loading up with a bucket on a tractor. All the stuff we don’t want goes there and can tip almost anytime day or night. Saves trying to organise getting allotments gates open etc. Handy to have a mix of places across the areas we cover
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It does seem that more customers are keeping logs - perhaps 25% as opposed to 5% in previous years. Also they can be worth more chipped for biomass maybe? Whereabouts are you located?
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That looks very much like my Narvik. It took my chimney sweep a little while to figure out how to open up to get the rods up - said it was a bit fiddly but I wasn’t there to watch unfortunately
