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I had my first full. Day on saws in about 5 months. I'm no were near pension age but I will suffer aches for a few days. Either little and often or build up to full days. It's like any exercise, the more I do it. The better I cope with it. Just thought this might be worth a mention. As Steve and stubby recommend a ported saw is above it's tier. I have a 346xp ported and it glides through the work better than a 357xp non ported. It all depends in what you are cutting , bar size etc. most of mine is done with a 13inch bar. Then when I need bigger I go though other saws up to 36inch.

Euclyptus felling for firewood for a client. I'd forgotten how heavy it is freshly felled. I like the aroma though.

He would learn more that week than in the rest of his adult life.

Some eccentric somewhere will, it's finding them. It's the sort if thing you get in these wannabe country TV shows. Bracken is supposed to be carcogenic as well.

I would mulch with organic matter when the weather starts to dry up. Watering them too much will encourage only local root growth not self sustaining deeper roots. If it's an absolute drought they may need twice a week. But personally I would not water at all unless they start to show stress. The leaves will go dull. I assume the roots were plentiful already. Clay holds water for a long time but is a pig to moisten once dry. The surface is nothing to go by.

Mmmh! But I couldn't do with all that shouting and discipline. It must be like going to school for you.(& me)

Younger brother the sensible one I take it mark???

It's the moan brigade, can't have fun. They need real jobs to keep em busy. The amount of negative people out there is unreal. Live and let live we used to say. Now it's, you can't do that!

Depending on his gear he used. It was probably the easiest and quickest job to bang posts in. If you want someone else let me know Dave I will put an work request out for professional contractors, probably nearby. Just pm me if needed.

Common thing of not enough compromises. Skyline the butts out?

It used to get cut in the summer for winter animal bedding.

Tell him you will hire ground mats and scaffold boards and a big amount it will cost him.

Agree entirely. Also keep an eye on it and follow up with swift action.

That's a fantastick result.

Who is jepsom, baraneck and shigo??? I only know of Flatters!

No regulations as such, because it's "temporary." But your will need to be away from moaning type neighbours. For odour and vermin reasons. I used to take skips to a landscape firm based in a farm yard. I said why don't you get a 40 yard ro to. They did and still get it. Easier to load than a skip if you have the gear. There are rules in heaping waste and composting which need a licence, so for you a 40 yard with the paperwork saves the hassle. You may need to get a 20yd for soil and heavy waste as the bin loaded can only be around 18-20 ton. Keeping green waste seperate will make it cheaper as well. Don't let the lads sling in plastic, metal etc. Depending on how frequent it gets emptied there may be a hire charge as well. It will pay perhaps to only have it when you need it. For example grasscutting season, or big hedge trimming contracts. Whilst it is a big invoice. Time and fuel saved it should be cost effective.

Hi vis jacket on. People would think it was legit. They may also know a way to overcome it. I have figured what I would do. Not going to post it on here for obvious reasons. But reckon I could be done and away in 5 - 10 minutes.

Definitely don't do day rate in summer. 16hrs of daylight. December is best month for day rate! 9-3.

And roof water or yard as well? I've always thought it makes sense to intercept it and use it at a later date. Other countries it's a survival need.

Start small, if it snowballs you will accumulate as you go. Need to build confidence as well.

Not for you maybe. I only work local. When I did away from home work, me and the lad I worked with did long days by mutual consent and got home as early as possible. Maybe did the job a day or two quicker. In contrast to the other lads who spun it out whilst the boss wasn't around.

The modern mentality is more often more take than give. My rights and all that. You have to pay them contracted hours, as most mention I've always been flexible to do other stuff when employed or holidays. Now self employed I work for people by the hour and when not able to due to the weather I do other things that tend to get neglected. Maintainence, repairs DIY etc. I'm only passing through once and hate wasting time idling. But many folk now can't miss a weeks pay because they spent it already innit!

For small low height jobs http://www.del-mar.ws/images/Tractors/773Trencher.JPG

I'm with this. On an MF 135 many years ago two of us wrestled at the end of a winch cable to steer a tree under cutter lifting plough by hand. I kept asking the boss to just try the lower range. He pig headed refused so we kept wildly dashing through trees wrecking many in the process. Me being a teenager what did I know about tractors was the attitude! Then one day we had a serene glide up the row. It was the difference between a cruise up the Nile and white water rafting. Definitely try the lower range, if it works use it for the tougher pieces. The boss noticed that on the rev counter the pto speed was only shown in the low range section.

It does depend in the variables, seed source, temperature etc. I live a mile away from my parents, they have a more exposed garden their rhubarb is dormant pretty much, whereas ours has opened leaves. But I'm thinking with the mild winter nut type seeds should have root tips emerging by now.