Goaty

I looked you up the other day, wondered where you were. Sorry to hear of the business fail. You do need a big rainy day fund sometimes to get airborne. Glad you've found something, self employed isn't for everyone and it's not always great!

Where abouts are you roughly? Just to help out.

North of London makes more sense to expand airports geographically the travelling to get to any London airport can be hassle. I know this from the time we set off from central London one Saturday about 2 o clock to LHR. 22miles took over 4 hours and we got the plane with under 10 mins to spare. The Wombles had the m4 shut down, but no mention of it in the media ever. If a major terrorist threat or event happened London would be stuck with more people in it than nessasary due to international travellers. Manchester, Leeds, Doncaster. Birmingham could shift a heck of a lot of air travel. But the powers that be seem to want to funnel through the overpriced bottleneck. Personally as an experienced long haul flight passenger I don't care where the lands/connects. I just want the least hassle. London is hassle and is only going to get worse if they keep piling it on.

It twists a lot maybe ok for railway sleepers for garden beds. There was a thread on turkey oak sleepers a few weeks ago. Lots of comments there you would find helpful

Our Iseki has an underneath mounted pto. It's always been an irritation, recently it started to leak the trans oil. I took it off as a unit and made a plate to replace it. Gained 150mm ground clearance so won't be grounding it anymore. Plus when ploughing with it the pto rubbed the ridge and hindered positive traction. If you do get a compact you can always hire rotavator or other kit as you need without the dealer having to deliver the full kit. Sent from my iPad using Arbtalk

Accreditation will still leave loopholes for failure. A company round here that grows plants for retail has an investor in people award. Yet it abuses foreign migrant workers in a way the English would not tolerate and the French would go on strike. Probably the biggest fencing outfit round here I recently noticed had done some fencing adjacent to some work I did and put those business advertising boards on the fence we did. I just laugh it off, they have memberships with various organisations, for accreditation they would use their best lads, then send out the poor untrained minimum wage lads on jobs. They don't do a lot of agricultural fencing, quite simply they haven't got the skills or gear. Yes people say anyone can put a fence up. The few that do it well. Have the reputation. Sent from my iPad using Arbtalk

Will struggle to tick all boxes. An alpine with a loader will be nearest. Plant trailer will need to be long and light! You could use hydraulic oil flow to power motors and even a pto gearbox. Wouldn't be power efficient. I'd prioritise criteria. E.g weight, power and the various tasks, post it here then we can bash out better solutions as bear to ideal as possible.

Id fell it. Use a winch if needed to be sure of direction. Worse case scenario is fixing a drain. I know it threatens to be expensive. I'd rather gamble on the money side than the not being able to work ever again. I speak as someone that has a friend that fell off a ladder a few years ago(not arb) and now is a quaraplegic that struggles to keep alive and in pain. £200 out of pocket is a temporary worst case scenario. Do the job you will build on your experience. However if your not confident pass it on. Ayton Senna was a pro racing driver who was feeling uncomfortable yet went ahead and lost his life that day. Morbid post maybe and over the top, but evaluate it wrong big changes could happen. I'm a nutter and have done crazy things. But now older and wiser, less bravado and more calculated.

Whilst it's very annoying when your stuff doesn't come when expected. I sympathise with the drivers. Too much is expected of them and as a truck driver I've been at the receiving end of customers "your late" when it's actually been down to the previous incompetent customers. It would be best to of taken it up with f.r Jones after the first failure. Then request not to use interlink. We all want cheap delivery yet who wants the Agro these people get on low wages. If we paid more for delivery, retired F1 drivers would perhaps consider it😀

Classified ads are no feedback sales. Some motor traders have only used classified ads and been on there a while hence 0 feedback. You need to shift your motor, first come first served in the sense of who actually comes for it. You do get the odd self centred universe person on eBay now and again. However I find it like this forum, met some fab people. But there will always be a nuisance pop up now and again! Sent from my iPad using Arbtalk

Newt fences in soft ground thought presume?

Reality distortion syndrome. Everything arrives quietly, hygenically prepackaged in retail outlets. Yeah right! I do some felling in the woods nr my parents. If the wind is one way they hear nothing. If it's the other way it's sounds louder than it does in the woods, due to echoes and such. Also if I chip at my parents yard the village over a mile away here it if wind is that way. In between is fields, trees and hedges.

Surely it's not that rare??? I've been I involved in growing hundreds of the things over the years until ash dieback. Fraxinus ornus. A pig to train into a straight specimen

Saw this or something very similar at Driffield show this week. Appalling I reckon. Rather use a hand held mandraulic thumper. 1. Cost 2. Heavy power pack to lug about. 3. Noise 4. In fairness I have the use of a tractor mounted kit and would want to use this. It's a step backwards. 5. Saw two people try it. Neither looked impressed and it didn't drive them in far when they had a go. Sent from my iPad using Arbtalk

Hawick museum is run by council and free. Has exhibits on Jim guthrie and ian "hizzy" hislop the bike racers. Dundee has the discovery. The wooden ship that was used for South Pole adventures. Botanic gardens at Peebles port Logan and benmore, some impressive trees😀

I was going to put a witty comment along those kinda lines, then thought maybe the got him for putting info on the web. Sent from my iPad using Arbtalk

How's it go??

This maybe different scenario. The root zone got glyphosphate early In Season then battered with a roller Tall guards help! This is 15/6/16 mid roll to show difference. Then at end Will try and get back for another photo.

Second photo failed and I've lost it. Will try and put it on in good daylight. (Can't be bothered to go back outside )

This is the crummy neglected plant that flowered. The buds sat looking dead for two years. Annual pruning would of stopped it flowering. Second photo is flowerstalk

I'm still on the old iPhone version. My wife's iPad invited me to update on it. I was just on browser as its not my pad. I quite liked it. But need a bit more practice before I upgrade confidently.

Hence stevie used too! It's either expense and good gear or extra time and cheaper tackle. Stevies business evolution is a case point. If your going to be in the game for a long time to come, get the best gear you can. Work hard and progress. Wheelie bins and faffing about will hinder productivity no end. I dread to think of the efficiency of hand unloading. Caravan mover will probably burn out on a steep drive. Keep it robust simple and effective. Less maintainence. A quicker way I found was my ordinary low side plant trailer lay ratchet straps across it in two places. 3 if needed. Stack it well. Strap round it to make a bale. Strap bale down tight. Undo then retension the bale . Redo outer straps. It's amazing what you get on compressed. Back at yard either fork it off. Or attach a rope at one side. Pull from other with a vehicle it rolls off. Go back for logs. Chipping increases load volume needed. Because you can cut to trailer lengths less handling on site. Then have a day in yard firing(NZ remember folks) or chip it. Only chip if your set up for it. i.e tipper or customer wants it leaving. Utilise what you have best you can. Upgrade when it's viable. Or get something like the load handler.

Did you come to any conclusion ninja strike. I've rolled it flat it hates it. Not every site will allow it.

It's the same tree probably. I havnt looked it up. I grew some from seed years ago and the one I have left is in a ten litre pot stunted. It flowered last year and set seed in the cases you showed. The wood is hollow at least on the branches.

Yes oak and beech are notoriously prone to transplant failure. As mentioned it's a plan ahead job. Severe roots early autumn. Leave a year then lift a bigger ball than the severed zone. Prune by reducing the amount of crown to compensate and reduce stress.