Goaty
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Petty dealer! Does he offer any advantage with the dealership? Sounds a bit like the Stihl dealer in Scotland that was slinging all his toys out the pram in here a while back. If I remember I think big j is going to Germany to pick up his new trailer about now. Pm him.
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Until it gets the saw treatment. Sexual discrimination in the plant world. Get rid of those dirty smelly females. what a childish attitude. But it still exists in human society in various places. Who in the wilds of China actually eats these nuts? A special squad of nasally blocked tree pandas perhaps?
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I read a logical article about using shipping around Britain take traffic off the roads. We are an Island just circumnavigate it. People just won't embrace change. Mull would be a drop off point then. It would be slower but once the flow was establish goods would flow regularly.
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Modern efficiencies of scale etc. Its something that is a cutthroat market delivering. Some businesses are precious about their time and make out they walk to the postbox with each package. Also it takes them hours to lovingly slap it in a jiffy and seal it with a loving kiss. I tend to go elsewhere. As Global says a pallet can get across most of the country for less than £40. And the rates of fuel consumption with trucks @ 9-17mpg its staggering they can do it sometimes, but they can make a profit apparently.
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I picked some up in Kew about ten years ago they were frozen as it was late December. They thawed and stank. I recently visited The Botanical Gardens - Best of Sicily Magazine Botanical garden, it was impressive. What stuck me was it said only Male Ginkgos where planted in public gardens because of the fruit. Yet elsewhere I've read until they mature you do not know:confused1:
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My Dads vietnamese pot belied pig likes it as well I think. When Ive presoaked chains and shes invaded the workshop the container always gets scaled.
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Mr Humphries, You missed a Thor like photo opportunity with that split. You could of posed with the crummiest of axes wedged in the bottom after the mighty strike. Demonstrating you physical vigor and dominance of your domain. We could of had hours of fun with a captions competition.
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Trim them when you plant then. Beech stress with transplanting from root disruption. The roots struggle to keep the leaves going due to being top heavy. You will be helping them.
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Dismantled old fences. Just watched a bit of Fred Dibnah having a proper fire. With tyres to bring chimmey down. Now we send em to landfill or abroad. Don't let anyone kid you. I see it happen regularly. We just waste more energy cating them around.
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Yes I would go single row wide spacings probably a minimum of 3 ft apart or you aren't going to see the wall much. I dare go 6ft personally but customers always want instant effect. Staggered is an ancient stockproof spec and if your doing stockproof you are going to have to lay it for it to be reliable and use spikey plants.
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Bonfire party. Charge for admission. Shame they have bulldozed it. Material could of been utilized.
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Northern tree transplanters website is northerntreetransplanters. They are near Durham.
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That's fair enough Graham. Must be a newer adjustment in legalisation. It probably won't be long before it's undone by a counter adjustment. I read in a farming magazine a comparison test between an MF telehandler and a MF tractor with a loader fitted. A big plus of the loader was you don't need training and testing to drive one. It adds up.
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Unless it has changed. Telehandlers are registered as mobile crane or plant, so by law can only carry equipment used to do its job. e.g. pallet forks, bucket etc. Its the same as a tractor excavator towing. However it happens often with a dolly and artic trailer. Can be expensive to repair transmissions ruined this way.
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How long do you keep trying with a trainee
Goaty replied to knightstreeservices's topic in General chat
I reckon the OP has been fair putting this up. I have worked with alot of different people over the years and 1 in 20 or more are actually any good. You really need automatic team players always ready to roll, there to back you up with support and vice versa. However I always live in high hopes they are going to bloom soon but rarely they do. Sad fact of life. Probably gather the lad and his family together if they where involved in the beginning. Explain you like the lad. But the future isn't there. Hopefully all parties will keep respect for each other and move on. I have had a lot of experience working with mentally less able people for about 20 years. They always sent them to agricultural colleges it seemed to be distributed where they could amongst hazards and machinery. Whereas when do you see them in construction or other industries? Sorry for derail, just how i have found it. -
Ive only used BCS out of the ones you mention. I did mention it in a thread a couple of years ago. The console is plastic, along with the steering column and the 02 plate I sometimes drive it is cracked and wobbles everywhere, it would be useless to hang on to in a roll over situation. This tractor is the high end 80hp version. Also the geometry of the 3 point linkage on these tractors is very short in length and the pto angles are acute resulting in the guards just rubbing themselves off and to pieces. The lift height is naff as well for many compact implements. In the other thread found here. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/large-equipment/51061-bcs-valiant-650-alpine-tractor.htmlPlease note the tractor in the image is different to the one I mention above and Buzzsurgeon correctly mentions another hole is available on the mower, but then the toplink frame goes through the back window!!!!
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I looked for strimmer cord in google. It came with results which I manually filtered down. Mister solutions direct was more expensive than buying from amazon which did free delivery. I purchased from amazon. It was fulfilled by mister solutions!!!!
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How long do you keep trying with a trainee
Goaty replied to knightstreeservices's topic in General chat
I think its what is being reared these days, no flexing or trying life/survival skills. We see them everywhere. The only thing I would want to verify if that does he have any disability. Obviously its not fair him being in a situation where he needs to be sharp. Tree equipment and work requires nanosecond responses. But if you let him go and the discrimination card comes back, it could be messy. I would personally say how you feel, commend him for the good qualities he has and then discuss areas of concern. Probably chat to him the 1st thing one morning. Then he has the day to mull it over rather than going home freshly dejected and angry. -
If you buy 2nd hand gear off ebay etc probably £600 if you DIY or less.. You can buy a larger one off a transit and reduce size. Just make sure tipping gear will fit.
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Wanted 1749 Arbtalkers with a grand
Goaty replied to renewablejohn's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
It would have to be majority shareholders with little active involvement and a parish council style bossy nucleus. -
Wanted 1749 Arbtalkers with a grand
Goaty replied to renewablejohn's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
What are the trees doing in the 3rd paragraph under subheading Description on page 6 of the document!!!!!!! The spruce and pine that is. -
How many of us in the massive was there? Glad to see you got the job done. Why did you want climbers when you used a platform Back in 7 years for another go. Leylandii arbs cash trees.
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It was 18 stoner in the disabled arbs thread.
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Round here East riding horticulture take some beating. At least you would get a good guide price. As for trees I buy local if i can. But you have some big boys in the nursery game out your way. I would try them because even the mature tree sellers have to buy in stock to grow on. They may get you them at a better price than you can as they will be buying thousands upon thousands. Also they won't buy rubbish. Or they may point you in the right direction. But when dealing with a wholesale nursery, know your stuff what you want. Numbers sizes species etc. They tend not to waste time like retailers. They have better things to do than chat to someone who wants trees of some sort. Let us know what you do and how it works out.
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Look at what the misses bought me for my birthday :)
Goaty replied to WillTimberlake's topic in General chat
Yer big softee, take it you are still honeymoon days:001_wub: I was expecting some arb gear. We need benchmarks. e.g "O look what Bolam's missus bought him, thats just brilliant. I hav'nt got one of those yet!" hint hint.
