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As seventh says assuming you its conker ok for firewood to burn yourself. It used to be used for false legs as it tends not to splinter, rather it breaks in a block like way saving injury when the leg fails. But these days false limbs are synthetic.

From this thread I get the vibe a chipper is useful for handling waste saving time. But I question whether everyone is charging out the use of the chipper. I bought a pto chipper 15 years ago and financially it was a dead loss really for me, because at that time we went from no one having a chipper to every outfit having one. Yet on many threads on here it's stressed factor in depreciation and running costs. If I not mistaken chippers can be hired for less than the cost or thereabouts of a labourer. Surely it's better to break even (excluding wages) for a week or 2 and keep chipping? Personally I'm non committal and flexible with as much work as I can be. I'd swop jobs around and explain to the client it will be more cost effective for them, quicker etc when the machine is back. I appreciate many don't have the luxury of such flexibility and the jobs are priced. Chippers were few and far between 20 years ago. Lots of fires I reckon.

That was my thought, also a years notice! That's probably a Guinness book of records nomination, very good of you to be straight up front with current employer.

A general web search issue in some sites is were you type in a code or abbreviation, then it insists on making a word in common use out of it. The intelligent predictive is useful. I can't think of a website that does this at the moment. But some change it to the word when click search.

Yeah, there is all these out of control yet cotton wool wrapped brats to consider as well as cats toilet and dogs that have never been trained. But that's the customers issue. In the good old days they would of been glad of a heap of chip to spread after it had cooled on other parts of the garden. The kids would of either been told not to touch the heap and obeyed or been allowed to have fun. We used to take our pedal car to the top of a 4 m high spoil heap in our back garden and ride down it.

Sorry to hear about another tree succumbing to fatalities. This is why I have long been a advocate for aboretums and not always planting native species as a hard inflexible rule in woodlands. If we have pockets of species planted around the globe it will give more time to deal with particuly insect spread diseases and a higher possibility of reintroducing species back to their native habitat. Plus say a Ginkgo or Araucaria in a woodland is a feature or an excellent landmark.

Have you tried these Alec? They only a few miles down the road from me, it's been on my to do list for a few years now:blushing:

A few years ago we chipped a load around the bottom of a rubbish living sycamore. The heap heat killed it then within a year or 2months it fell over rotten. It was a healthy stem about a foot across. Cut them close to the ground, pile wood chip as high as customer will let you. Heat followed by fungal transfer from the chip. It is much quicker and dead easy to do. I'd like to research it more. Cheap, natural. As long as it fits in what's to lose. A stump versus a mound of chip the chip probably looks better.

I thought it was 5 cubes a quarter. Am I not keeping up with the red tape?

It's worth contacting a mechanic from a dealership . Maybe a known problem such as a soft crown. Management aren't as likely to be up front. How old is the tractor? Has the oil been changed. I don't know if they still do break in oil. But it was better suited to bedding in.

I hate to see infrastructure affect trees. I would suggest reinstalling it in such a way it can be slackened off annually and moved up and down. The trees could be eating the metal in a weakening way. If it's reinstalled with good practice and components. You will be safer as well.

Turkey oak. Quercus cherries if I'm on the same page, is an impressive tree, however I understand it twists and cracks a lot drying and isn't good for firewood. Never used or dealt with it myself..

DVLA are unhelpful/useless at this sort of thing. Do you want to register it for the road? I tried to fill a form in to register a tractor. They sent it back and basically said get a tractor club to sort it. I sent photos. Serial numbers, receipt for purchase. Even contacted the uk agent to get a production date from manufacturer. Printed that off still not good enough. I have read somewhere that DVLA contact tractor clubs to ask for help! As for whether it's stolen. Give serial number to police is about it.

It's screened to a size spec, needs to be dried. Some have tried most have given up. Unless you have a source of waste heat to dry it. It's probably more viable to get rid in other ways.

Flail pedestrian or tractor. Width?

A lot of the self proclaimed experts in this arena will be experts at the talk and juggling government grants and various schemes, but not a great deal of depth to their knowledge. my parents for one were sold an air source heat pump setup, which was to be connected to the existing woodstove with integral boiler. It's 2 years on and it's still not sorted. A waste company round here was one of 4 that invested in a company that built waste to electric power stations. None were ever commissioned the company did go bust in the end but was clueless all along. I have little confidence in any "green" or "bio" firm. I bought my own solar hot water system fitted it to my woodstove setup and got a plumber to do a few bits. It works and I know were I am with it. That is the way forward do it privately.

I'm no expert, given an opportunity I'd build the Jean pain mound. It's a heap of woodchip with a pipe coiled through it and gives 6 months of hot water. You end up with a useful pile of composted chip. Won't get you any grant or subsidy, which seems to be the motivator these days.

A chap goes by the arbtalk name DN22 not seen him on the forum for a bit. Pm him

These hobby conservationists have plenty of time and make a mornings project out of it. They can drill a tight hole.

Suprised anybody is interested in them. Mine were a joke and a waste of time. 23 years still waiting for someone to ask to see them. Same goes for the school results. That was the culmination of ten wasted years talking and writing about everything but actually doing very little for real. Must be doing a job for a jobsworth clipboard noughts and crosses person eh Eggs! Hope they retrieve them quickly. Just name the training provider, they will have an address.

People only care about what they are doing in their own little world. If they researched before putting up bird boxes they would find out aluminium is kinder to the equipment that may have to cut through the timber one day

If you type "valiant" "volcan" "alpine"in the search box on this forum it has been discussed a few times. I know the tractors I mention are now 12 and 14 years old

Agreed, it will look like a lass with a fake tangerine tan that shows a bit of white flesh she thought she wasn't going to.

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I wouldn't discriminate against an employee or anyone for a tattoo. I grew up with the sailor, jailbird era. Personally I'm not keen, they date, fade and some are so chaotic it's like looking at newspaper print. I'd rather change the scenery and wear a different t-shirt. Also it doesn't matter how smart a suit you buy, I don't think you look smart if you have tattoos creeping out of your cuffs or collar. It's a bit like wearing your trousers half down your backside. The rebel uncontained, creeping out from underneath. Best tattoo I was ever wowed by was a Maltese guy on a dive crew in NZ. he had a really well done string ray on his back. It was a work of art.