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Hi all, I have my own idea but wondered what you might consider a reasonable price for some fencing. 8 or 9 metres of 3 foot close board with a gravel board. No existing fence to remove, no tree roots to contend with. I have done fencing in the past (old company had tree side and fencing side, we helped each other out when needed) and know I could do a decent job in a day, day and a half tops if working alone. My elderly grandmother in law has out of the blue asked a local guy to do it and I was shocked. Despite me saying I'll do it free for the cost of materials, she feels commited to this other guy. My wife convinced her to cancel until talking to me, the fencer said he'd already custom made the fence and he would charge for materials and drop them off. Then he called back this morning with a significantly lower price?! I'm going to drop by this afternoon when he drops off the fence for a Friday start (hope it doesn't go missing from the front garden before then!) and have a chat. It stinks to me, or am I being paranoid? So, reasonable prices?

Good question. I assumed they wouldn't, but it would be worth seeing one in the flesh before buying. ..

A first for me, O mucida on beech

Good to know the nylon is ok. However for the extra pennies that hultafor looks great Cheers lads

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The estwings do look like nice hammers, as do the thors which I'm familiar with. Neither look they have what I'm after though; A dual purpose hammer when surveying snd tagging trees. I'd like a soft face one side for tapping trees, and a hard (steel) face opposite for knocking in nails. Do you think the hard nylon face would knock in many nails for tree tags before becoming a mangled mess?

Im after a hammer with two faces, ideally nylon and steel if such a thing exists. I'd like to carry just one hammer to knock nails for tree tags and as a sounding hammer/mallet. Any ideas or other suggestions much appreciated thanks...

How's this for stone walling? http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/04/16/the-postman-who-built-a-palace-made-of-pebbles/

Cheers for the replies guys. Eddie they did have it in stock I noticed they have labels advertising aspen on all the husky and none of the stihl, I didnt think to ask why. Odd. Btw, saw seems to run sweeter and with a little more grunt than it ever did with petrol

Piston good as new, cleared out old petrol and used aspen. Running sweet, dare I say, better than ever! Seems to have a little more grunt than it ever did with petrol. Cheers:thumbup:

Nice

As he waved his wooden leg in the air... ...and don't look at me in that tone of voice, it smells a funny colour. Something my dad used to say, no idea of its origins though, anyone?

Hornbeam, clearly...

As no one else is replying I'll stick my neck out. The third pic almost looks like old laeti, but the rest do look like dessicated dryadeus to me. Especially from below with the discolouration on the pores. I suppose a sample to http://www.treehelp.info/ the tree advice trust may be an option. I'd be wary of any tree with both merip and dryadeus, or chicken, whichever it may be...

...tell the owners? Normally I dont point out every fungal infected tree I see to the owners, but this time I did. It has heavy merip fruiting around the base, and a slight weight bias toward the road. Not the biggest beech, 30-40 foot, with a hefty trunk around 3-4 foot dbh. What prompted me to stop and alert the owner is that this is beside a main road, and is a very busy school run for a junior and secondary school. The teenager who answered didnt seem to grasp I dont want the job of removal, I was just trying to let his parents know incase they wanted to prevent damage to their own property or passersby. Proper grumpy little sod left me quite irrate with his 'whats it gotta do with me' attitude. Anyway, I digress, do you/would you bother pointing out dodgy trees in dodgy areas? I kind of wish I hadnt bothered. Oh well...

Then it's at one of the best times in its life for suporting a huge range of different species. From insects to algae, bats to owls; some of which may be entirely dependant on not just decaying trees but oak (or a particular fungi etc) for their survival. There is not necessarily any need to create large heartwood exposing wounds to make a tree safe, and even if the options are fell or leave a large lump of dead/dying stem, if the owners are happy and the location allows why not? As a nation we are too 'ecologically tidy'. Check the beauty of standing deadwood thread for inspiration. ..

Hi all, I've received before reports which have the body of the report in a4, but with a3 maps at the end. Does anyo know how this is possible? I cant seem to figure it out. I believe I can merge pdf files together, but then it wouldn't be in the contents of the report. And would the different page sizes be s problem, particularly when it vomes to printing. The other issue is saving maps as 'actual size' pdfs keeps scales correct, but .pdf wont import to word and if I save/import as .bmp or .jpeg etc it screws the scale. Does that make sense, any suggestions?

The first I. dryadeus I've ever found in Colchester lovely guttation and showing discolouration on the pore layer. This tree is getting fairly hollow and there are fruit bodies old and new 360º. I wont show how it's being managed as it would break forum rules. Who can spot the insect drowned in a guttation droplet?

I think the fungi directory can be accessed through your web browser, worth a try...

Really cant say based on one pic and a little info, chicken and beefsteak together at the base of a large scaffold branch is not ideal though. If reduction or removal is not desired get a local surveyor to have a look maybe?

Have you looked at Laetiporous sulphureus, chicken of the woods, in the fungi directory? A very likely candidate, if so and at the base of that same branch it would probably warrant a reduction, complete branch removal may be a bit extreme. Depending on targets should it fail of course...

Seriously:confused:

Cheers mate

Hi all, might have some work for him but I don't think he's been on in a while. If anyone could pm me his number it'd be good. Ta

Ill get a donation on later, I cant help her catch up with someone who has the support of a wealthy businessman, but every little helps. If it's any consolation she's ahead in the cute race!