doobin
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Pretty uncommon bit of kit. Are you looking to rake strimmed grass off a bank?
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There isn’t one. It’s a conflict between two protected things. If you don’t cut the roots back they’ll keep pushing on the wall. You can’t build the wall further away cause it’s not the wall owners land. you could potentially airspade back and then build a secondary retaining wall that the tree can’t push over. Lots of work and mega money just because common sense can’t be applied by the council.
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My point is that staying in a nursing home costs upwards of 2k a week, whilst the people wiping the arses are on a pittance. Big profits for the owners.
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Should have been a percentage tax on the estate IMHO. What is it, a 72k cap? 72k is naff all of a house in Brighton, but a wacking great lump of the same house in Huddersfield. And another thing- who here thinks any of this will reach the front line care workers? The hell it will. They'll still be on minimum wage, topped up by our taxes so that they can just about afford to exist. Yet another Tory subsidy to big business (and care is going to be very big indeed).
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As someone who likes to sharpen their blades regularly (shock, horror!) I found suitable torque on the nut to be sufficient. Of course, there is the argument that the blade boss pins are there to prevent damage to the engine should you twat a stump, and therefore the nut shouldn't be too tight. But I never had any problems running just on nut torque. Anyway, the only rotary mowing I do now is with a John Deere ride on or a Kubota compact with midmount and collector 🤣
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Can't beat a decent stem you can just yank with the digger, especially if you price it!
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One is a handmade one peice laminate jobby I bought from a new age traveller at age 15. Signed by the maker- "the crested flamingo' is the model I think. 35lbs The other is a standard modern take down recurve, I think the limbs are 60lbs. I'll have to get them down from the rafters at the yard!
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The only way to run a profitable small tree business is illegally- renting from a farmer without paying business rates. All the stuff needs so much space.
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A good bow and decent hunting arrow will take down most things. In the right hands of course and those hands aren't mine. Yup, if I had to rely upon my bow for food I’d be pretty hungry a lot of the time!
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Screwfix just gave me a new one in a box when I had my only issue- a failed spot weld. A season is a year anyhow, so I always reasoned that it doesn't matter much when you buy it. Screwfix were 3 years if you told them you were domestic also. Just send the woman to the trade counter 🤣 I had your problem with blade bosses on the Vikings- that was a major gripe. Realistically however, they still work just fine if you tighten the nut up with an impact gun- that's all we've ever done on any pedestrian mower with the blade boss pins sheared, and never had any issues. I never changed a boss on either of my two mountfields.
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They were well over £100 when I bought one probably ten years back! My once in a blue moon job was using it to grind down rotten timber posts set in a line as a (failed) retaining wall in some hard concrete. Nothing else would have done it. We broke out concrete and dug in for new steel supports for the oak sleepers we were replacing it with- just needed to get the bottom sleeper down to a sensible height, and couldn't get the micro in there. We also used it for chopping roots out of the way when creating a footpath in what was almost pure flint shale. Those are the only two jobs I can remember in over ten years. Paid for itself though.
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A lot lot slower. I have one but hardly use it, easier to use a chainsaw and bin the chain after, particularly on large roots. Often you need the plunge depth of the saw also.
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40lb is a good starter weight. Draw length is more important.
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Gone up a bit but then so has the Viking I’ll wager. https://www.screwfix.com/p/mountfield-sp53h-51cm-167cc-self-propelled-rotary-petrol-lawn-mower/976fy
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I really rate my mountfield screwfix special with Honda engine. Only £350 and better then a £600 Viking at the time.
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Those arrows will be terrible. Decent carbon arrows a onner for a set. A decent enough stater bow can be had for a onner though.
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The Kohler engines are terrible and parts availability is non existent.
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Got to be a group of rugby lads on the way home from the pub.
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Woodland coppice time scales
doobin replied to Sam Setford's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Depends entirely upon the spec! If they’re that worried about cost get a small harvester in for a day and biomass the lot. -
Sorry mate, this is a Brit forum. We've never seen something so exotic!
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It’s not a bargaining thing- it’s legalised extortion.
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Never known anyone use square posts for net fencing. Loads of extra work for no benefit whatsoever. And would look stupid.
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That's exactly the kind of thing. I have a 12 foot tipper trailer so would run it up the ramps to fill from the front, then tip the last bit over the tailgate. If you are willing to run it up ramps, then a muck truck max with compost sides would be perfect for you. Wheeled so no mess, spin it on the spot, get it through some real tight gaps too. Flatbed attachment is great for rings also, and 2k buys a new one leaving plenty in the savings pot for other toys.
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If you keep looking you might get a secondhand kanga or similar at that money though. The other thing to consider is tracks. Tracks make a mess making any sort of turn in a garden.
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A high tip dumper can’t carry logs or pick things up. What about something like a stand on skid steer with bulk bucket? That’d be the route I’d take, a few grand more but so much more useful.
