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Coppicing for butterfly habitat - pictures
john k replied to john k's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Thanks. It's been a couple of weeks in total so far, but we've been doing odd days here and there. We've got a couple more days lined up to finish tidying up and take down some edge trees that were left on the next coupe along. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App -
Coppicing for butterfly habitat - pictures
john k replied to john k's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
And a few pictures of us finishing off on site . . .
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Coppicing for butterfly habitat - pictures
john k replied to john k's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
A bit of cunning extraction using a 4x$ and a redirect in a handy Douglas Fir The site was sloping and slippery, with a rideside ditch to negotiate. No wonder there hadn't been much recent interest in working it commercially!
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Coppicing for butterfly habitat - pictures
john k replied to john k's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Some work in progress . . .
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Coppicing for butterfly habitat - pictures
john k posted a topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Here are some pictures from a job I have been working on for the South Downs National Park. It's at Henley Copse near Midhurst in West Sussex, on the Cowdray Estate. We were cutting chestnut coppice to improve the habitat for the local Pearl-bordered Fritillary Colony. Here are a few pictures of before we started:
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1 ton winch cable - use less than the recommended diameter?
john k replied to Rhob the Log's topic in Maintenance help
I've got one of these, and it's a great bit of kit - relatively light too which is a bonus. I suspect that the rope diameter (and the layup) will be quite critical. I don't know what you could get away with, but I'm not sure I'd want to risk it though. The UK distributor is: Austin & McLean Limited 3 Old Barn Farm Road Three Legged Cross, Wimborne Dorset BH21 6SP 01202 828 700 The manufacturers are pretty helpful too for technical info [email protected] Good luck! -
I have given up with filling out on-line forms for my insurance as they just can't cope with the businesses that I'm involved with. Needing business use for two unrelated businesses seems to make it even more difficult. This time round I managed to find a proper broker who I can actually talk to and explain what I do.
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...and here's the picture Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Here's my Suzuki. It's no gnarly off-roader, but all terrain tyres on it gets me in and out of the woods OK. And of course it comes in handy for any hairdressing jobs in the side! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Scrap that. All seems fine again now!
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The Arbtalk app won't connect for me at the moment. Is there a problem, or is it something at my end?
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You can't get size 14 chainsaw wellies, but they are horrible and you don't want them anyway. There are size 14 chainsaw boots, but they are extra expensive. I wear Haix Protector Pro which are very comfortable and waterproof. Got them from Jonesies. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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I dabble a bit. We've got a couple of sit on tops, but I've booked a week at Plas Y Brenin in the summer for the kids and me to do some proper paddling.
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Duh, sorry! Posting before coffee...
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Oh, and the arbtalk app seems to be Tapatalk2 already - at least that's what it says in the title bar...
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Just downloaded the app. Not sure about the colour scheme though!
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Aaarrh. Does your PPE still include an eye patch? How's the driving coming on?
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In the same way that the three knot system isn't extinct. We all know it exists, but who would actually use it? Generally speaking if most people here have a problem with a chainsaw they'll get another one out rather than resorting to the trusty felling axe and broad saw. I suspect that climbing will go the same way before too many years go by.
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Genius. Where's Dadio when he's needed?
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Do you make sure you always ask people where they found your number?
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It certainly opened my eyes. Between two of us on the saws and a third on the digger it felt like we could do the work of ten men.
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You can't beat a real bit of precision drill
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Have you managed to get any good feedback from customers? I used Checkatrade recently when I wanted a plumber and only called people who were well established with plenty of good feedback. My guess is that it takes a bit of determination to get it working properly for you but should get easier with time if you stick with it.
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Here's one on a job I was working on recently. It's 2.5t and has a proper grab. It was mainly for pulling up Rhodendron and piling it in the fire, but also did a very efficient job of tidying up the trees that we were felling too .
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The choke-on-then-off just sets it to half throttle. I haven't found any need to do that on warm starts, just decomp and pull. If it doesn't start on second pull then a couple of squishes on the primer bulb and you're away.
