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Most disgraceful customer supplied refreshments.
scbk replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in General chat
So long as it's warm and wet, that'll do for me. I kinda like the fact it's different everywhere you go. Always makes me smile when the sweet little old lady comes out to the garden with a tray containing what looks like the entire contents of the kitchen: Cup Saucer Tea pot Tea cosy Milk jug Sugar bowl Spoon Plate with carefully chosen selection of "posh" biscuits Crackers Butter Jam Scone Napkin Cuddly toy etc etc -
It sounds a pretty dangerous situation. I suppose the only thing to do to keep the public safe and prevent litigation is cordon off the area to your front door with heras fencing and warning signs until such a time as a full and through raking can be carried out. Once complete, the works will have to be signed off by an authorised competent person. They might see it fit to arrange for a skid test to be carried out on the surface. If/when the path meets the required standards, the inspector will issue you with a "Pafftag", which you can hang on your handrail, the next inspection is due 7 days later;
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I'm not on facebook but can see the link, it's the video from 5yrs ago of a tree being felled next to a road, and a punter nearly gets squashed https://twitter.com/itvlondon/status/1050725133369966592?lang=en
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Found a new hi vis vest for when working in public areas 👍
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You'll need a good hi vis vest for that
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For outside work in the pissing rain, around stone, soil, etc just get cheap ones, they won't last long anyway. Buy a nice one to keep dry inside the shed for sunday best
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Chain link is horrible to work with, you don't need it 7/8ft high if the guard is set back from the tree. I can't remember exactly, probably 6"-8" gap, their heads can only reach so far? I think it was the BTCV book on fencing that has a page or two discussing tree guards etc. And also deer fence height depending on deer species and area fenced, they won't jump a low fence if it's only a small area? Fencing By Elizabeth Agate | Used | 9780946752294 | World of Books WWW.WOB.COM Buy Fencing: A Practical Handbook By Elizabeth Agate. Available in used condition with free delivery in the UK. ISBN: 9780946752294. ISBN-10: 094675229X
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I've also done it for stock/deer in a parkland with 4 fenceposts in the ground, and 4 timber rails on each side. To get in for maintenance you climb the timber
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I've done rings of heavy grade weldmesh, 4ft wide rolls so that is the height, which I think is ok for roe deer if the ring is wide enough. You only need 1, maybe 2 posts to keep the ring in the right place. The heavy gauge weldmesh is pricey, but could be reused in the future. I was using 2" weldmesh, don't know if that is rabbit proof, but you could clip rabbit netting to it To get in for maintenance you untie one end of the mesh and pull it back
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You know it's a good movie when the crowd gets the pyrotechnics out https://www.reddit.com/r/Whatcouldgowrong/comments/17u9sjo/wcgw_bursting_crackers_inside_a_movie_hall/
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Husky 540ixp is a great saw, its equivalent power to a 40cc. But without the exhaust fumes, less noise, less vibrations, no ticking over, no pull starting all day long, cheaper to run (esp. compared to aspen), can refuel from home (so you're ready to go every morning), less maintenance. For any cutting below a foot diameter I would rather do it with the 540 battery saw than any petrol saw. I think you can also get it as a "G" version (heated handles)
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Log burner back boiler only heating radiators
scbk replied to scoobysrt's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
Just out of interest, why don't you want to heat the hot water with the fire? More work, but would it not be worth it long term with the savings on the leccy? -
Plant a Douglas Fir, by the time it's a decent size it'll be someone else's problem anyway
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What is it your using the chip for? You mention biomass, and short rotation coppice? Have you looked at the branch loggers? Chunker not a chipper...
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Have you already got the container? Have you looked at getting a refrigerated lorry/trailer body? Insulated shipping container 40/45ft box body storage fridge freezer prefab. WWW.EBAY.CO.UK All at really cheap trade prices to all. So, if you’re after a storage solution that’s secure, watertight, windproof, and heavily insulated, look no further. It won’t sweat and drip condensation...
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OP could combine trees and welding, get a job in forestry engineering, making/mending forest machines and their attachments
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Keep the saws as spares/backups, selling them you're going to take a hit. You only need to use them a couple of times for paid work and they will have paid for themselves
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There's "snaw on the ben" (wyvis) so I'm assuming there must be something down in the cairngorms by now
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A couple weeks of leaves on the ground for 365 days of oxygen seems a reasonable trade off to me
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For all the new forum members looking for free firewood......
scbk replied to scbk's topic in Firewood forum
It's only a small area, I don't have a branch logger, I would get one if I thought there was much paid work with it, but I'm not sure. I think a good size to let them grow to would be the biggest you get without having to split them. -
For all the new forum members looking for free firewood......
scbk replied to scbk's topic in Firewood forum
Well it's the end of season weigh in for the willow regrowth The biggest stems are just over 5m tall, and up to 50mm / 2" thick, they were cut about 11 months ago
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You can have a halfway house by towing a cs100 with a muck truck. It will pull it over surprisingly rough ground, won't churn up a lawn when turning, and is still narrow access
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Badly sited tree and housebuying
scbk replied to BobApple2023's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Post a photo of the tree, let us all see the location
