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can you not get hold of any old telegraph poles - never seen one rot, other than on the inside and even then the surrounding wood is still structurally supporting.

does anyone know who is doing the ash tree felling (200 trees) on the A420, nr Chippenham next week? Thanks.

We need a few loads of wood chip for mulching. Very easy site to tip and go. All hard-standing and only a few metres from the main road.

Looking for local arb waste supplies. Ideally we would like a regular drop and could arrange for access code to come in and drop as needed.

Hi, I havn't been online for a while but did someone set up a directory of tip sites? If so, i am trying to add my site: suitable for all types of chipping/ shredder waste yew, conifer etc Just outside of Chippenham towards Bristol: SN14 7AA Thanks

The trick being that when you hit a bump or pebble that jams it up, you drop the pallet and then pull the forks out by about a foot and then repump and off you go; rather than trying to haul it over. I shift 1 tonne pallets over a rough old flor and even a packed gravel pathway. Pallet trucks do vary a lot though, perhaps the older varities work better.

Most often successful people are successful because they didn't realise that they had to ask permission to be successful. Or, they are the sort of people that have an obnoxious streak, that are motivated by reactance, ie tell those people they can't do something, limit his options and he'll bloody well do what he wants. You can use that method with the car space. Imagine a car space and then some idiot, stealing it from you, just about pulling into it, then in the corner of the picture you image a small postcard of you nipping into that space just before the other car, with a zoom pfft you imagine that small card instantly magnified to overwhelm the big picture. It's a method that works especially well with job interviews. The reactance comes from the righteous indignation of having your options limited by the assumption of someone else. That is powerful motivational stuff. Righteous indignation is not negative, or maybe it is, but very powerful and the sort of thing that countries are built from.

You mention 'extending it' the LA would assess that differently to the development rights or usual planning on a non agric condition property; when permission was originally granted it would have been the minimum size needed to house a family, you would have to prove a need as to why it should be bigger. You don't get the usual permitted development rights. Also, how far you need to prove that you work in agriculture or are getting your income from the tied land depends on the clause in the original planning permission. A lot depends on the LA and also any neighbours with an agenda to hold over the buyer and that might include the seller; stranger things have happened. So less said to the agent/seller the better. One last thing. To get the clause lifted the seller needs to prove that they attempted to sell as agicultural, but there were no buyers forthcoming, about 4-5 years or so. Often, even if you make an offer it won't be accepted because the seller is just going through this process with the agent, most often, complicit in this deceit. I say deceit because it can waste a lot of potential buyers time. It did mine:thumbdown:. Good luck.

I can use a few loads of wood chip (free), easy access: 07434 518481

Hi, Is anyone available in the Devizes area (Wilts) my parents need someone to lop 20 foot off some 50ft conifers, about six of them. Too much for me. I'd guess quotes over £1000 mark for the work. Start asap. pm me if interested/available.

bump^ Site is near to SN14 7HR

Another option is to get a jcb in to to scrape off some of the top soil to make banks around the edge of the land; if you have bunnies in the area they'll soon move in and establish themselves thereby keeping the edges grazed low. The other option is to burn small sections off in January. I do this on a 9 acre site - burning about 1 acre per year; keeps the fertility low and kills off any small trees that are starting to grow. Not possible near to main roads and worth letting the firebrigade know before hand - otherwise someone will give them a call while you are doing it.