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  1. Green man 1970
    I will collect some either tomorrow or friday for you. PM me your address and I'll pop them out to you.
  2. Green man 1970
    There is an identical area to this on Broughton Bay, north west tip of the Gower Peninsula. It was caused by an earthquake in the atlantic in 1607. The land dropped by aproximately 1 metre and the resulting tsunami washed away the old natural coastal defences of the sand dunes and permentantly flooded vast tracts of former forest and pasture land. Where the trunks remain exposed you will usually see they all face the same direction, that of direction of wave travel. It is believed that as many as 6000 people may have died in the Bristol Channel area alone, mostly on the upper tidal stretches of the Severn estuary up as far as Gloucester. I must get a life!!!
  3. Green man 1970
    Weald Woodfair, 16th - 18th September Soth West Woodland Show, Longleat Estate, Wiltshire, 9th September
  4. Green man 1970
    I Have found I can turn some woods, such as sycamore, maple and beech when green but to prevent them splitting I coat them in wax, both inside and out. This drastically slows the water loss and rarely suffer from cracking. Once dried it's then easy to clean off the wax and finish off the bowl! Simples!!
  5. Green man 1970
    First & foremost, thank you to all the people who took the time at the Arb Association trade fair to complete the survey on the GreenMech stand. All those who took part were entered into a draw for a GreenMech jacket and fleece. The winner is Richard Tate of Taw Trees, Devon. Well done to Richard and again, thanks for everyones support!! Julian:thumbup:
  6. Green man 1970
    Sod it......... some of us poor sods will still be manning our trade stands while you're knocking one back!! Bring a couple over to the stand with grass coloured wood chippers on it!!!
  7. Green man 1970
    The RRP is £19950 + vat.
  8. Green man 1970
    Sorry to read of your trouble, but admiring your attitude to adversity! Good luck mate, hope normal service resumes for you soon!
  9. Green man 1970
    Thats exactly what I've done on the few occasions I've had to deal with it. Providing you make your cuts with secateurs to prevent fragments being created, and you're scruplous about burning everything then it does seem to work well.
  10. Green man 1970
    Pete, there isn't a tree surgeon alive you haven't met a some point! Lets face it, you're a chipper whore!!:thumbup:
  11. Green man 1970
    Glad you're ok! I was out with a dealer doing a demo for an authority last week when we went past some "tree surgeons" on the side of a busy main road, section felling a horse chestnut. No signs, no cones, no stop/go board. Just an unmarked, fixed bed white transit parked on the pavement, two guys on the floor in jeans and trainers and the climber dressed exactly the same and none with any form of ear/eye/head protection........ How you professional tree surgeons manage to still make a living when there are idiots out there prepared to cut every corner is beyond me.
  12. Green man 1970
    I've only been asked to remove it a few times in the past and I've cut the stems off with secateurs to prevent debris being spread, then filled each stem with Round-Up. Don't forget to burn all the waste! This will work on small patches of it, but I don't know about the wholesale removal of the stuff. I'm sure there are plenty of people on here who have plenty of experience of this!
  13. Green man 1970
    The Stroud area really does have hardly any in it at the moment but I'm sure its going to change at some point. I spend quite a lot of time in and around Swansea, they seem to be suffering more than most areas. There is a churchyard down there which is now completely obliterated, not a single stone visible. Do you know when it was first introduced to the UK?
  14. Green man 1970
    I'm going to have to try it out now.......... if I can find some!! The Five Valleys is thankfully free of any major infestation as of yet.
  15. Green man 1970
    So thats a yes, then!!!:thumbup:
  16. Green man 1970
    Just seen a story on BBC West but I can't find a link to it yet........ A chap in the west country is apprently making crumbles, jam & beer out of Japanese Knotweed. Anyone ever heard of this before, or even tried it themselves?
  17. Green man 1970
    A lesson in bad taste by myself. Sometimes, when things are at their bleakest, a sense of humour is all that remains. My comment was in no way intended to insult or ridicle the poor fellow or make light of the fact that his error of judgement has permenantly altered his, and his families lives for ever. For those who are offended by my comments I appologise.
  18. Green man 1970
    On the positive side, it'll save money on shoes.
  19. Green man 1970
    Only 6 days to go, hope to see a few of you there!
  20. Green man 1970
    So, did you knock the staples in with the tensioning tool?!
  21. Green man 1970
    Interesting concept and long overdue John. There is only so much you can do with a woodchipper designed to quickly reduce large volumes of waste in the chip quality department while still keeping it fast and efficent. The way I see it the changes needed to utilise all unrefined or pelletised woodchip as fuel really needs to come from the boiler manufacturers. In theory it's much simpler to build a burner to automatically feed, dry and burn green chip than it is to build a general purpose chipper that will separate the green waste from the wood and produce a very fine chip.
  22. Green man 1970
    Following on from a very successful Arboricultural Demo Day at Buckfast Racecourse last October, Medland, Sanders & Twose are putting on a demo day at Cricket St. Thomas, Chard, Somerset from 10am on 15th March 2011. There will be a large range of GreenMech chippers, Stihl & Makita products, log splitters, Quads, Scags and more. Free entry to the newly landscaped hotel gardens and woodlands and free food for all visitors. Sat Nav users :TA20 4DD For further info call me on 07774 282488 or MST on 01884 254444
  23. Green man 1970
    "Since I got my 110 pickup I have driven down to Bristol and back in it once, which involved going across the (old) Severn Bridge. I paid roughly £11 for the toll, which I was expecting to as a commercial vehicle." I'm a regular user of this bridge whilst driving a Ford Ranger crew cab pickup. Is your 110 with a single or double cab? I've also found that my brothers Toyota Hi-Ace panel van, which he has fitted side windows and a rear bench seat in, is classed as a car even though it has an LGV taxation class. My ford is on a PLG class. Either I'm missing an obvious point or the department responsible for setting the pricing bands are losing the plot over too many focus groups and wellbing meetings!
  24. Green man 1970
    Before you do buy one, try looking at the GreenMech CS100 and trailer. Same power, much larger in feed capacity and around the same price.
  25. Green man 1970
    Following on from a very successful Arboricultural Demo Day at Buckfast Racecourse last October, Medland, Sanders & Twose are putting on a demo day at Cricket St. Thomas, Chard, Somerset from 10am on 15th March 2011. There will be a large range of GreenMech chippers, Stihl & Makita products, log splitters, Quads, Scags and more. Free entry to the newly landscaped hotel gardens and woodlands and free food for all visitors. Sat Nav users :TA20 4DD

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