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  1. They told me to check the tree's menstruation
  2. Wait you guys are wearing pants? Weirdos
  3. Rare sight in the Highlands of a lorry load of beech
  4. I've got a Honda ed400, little suitcase generator, not made anymore. The only outputs on it are 12v and 24v. You can hook it up to a dead battery, go off have a cup of tea and come back to a charged battery. Handy if you can't get another machine/vehicle to the dead one for a conventional jump start with leads
  5. This is now up on the Carr's website, £480 Logger Frame Pack | Carr's Billington Safety CARRS-BILLINGTON-SAFETY.COM
  6. If you had the young females you wouldn't need a heater! I keep getting told there's a rake load of horny milfs within 200yds of me. I don't know who they are, and why they're in a field at this time of night
  7. A woman was playing a round of golf when a bee stung her. Fearing an allergic reaction she ran to the clubhouse and told the pro that she had been stung. He asked where and she said between the first and second holes. He replied "your stance is too wide".
  8. scbk

    Jokes???

  9. 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
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    Jokes???

    Rate my hinge:
  11. 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;
  12. 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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    Jokes???

    Found a new hi vis vest for when working in public areas 👍
  14. You'll need a good hi vis vest for that
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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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    Jokes???

    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/
  20. 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)
  21. 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?
  22. Plant a Douglas Fir, by the time it's a decent size it'll be someone else's problem anyway
  23. 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...
  24. 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...
  25. OP could combine trees and welding, get a job in forestry engineering, making/mending forest machines and their attachments

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