Dowie

Hi, could someone give me an idea of what this fungi is on the base of an oak, I’m assuming there’s two different types, tree is leaning towards the house and the home owner is concerned about possible failure. Tia.

Thanks for that, I'll give him a call. Cheers

Hi, just wondered if anyone is selling any ibc cages for storing logs in... I'm located about 20mins from gatwick airport. I'm happy to collect. The ones I've seen on eBay etc all seem to be up north. Any help appreciated

It's a shame to hear this..... I've worked with Harry on a couple of occasions whilst subbing to other companies and always found him to be decent and hard working.

I recently bought a 560, we use it for clearing long grass & nettles, and have used it with a blade for clearing brambles and scrub. Can't fault it really has bags of power, took me a while to set the harness up to get it at the right angle but once that's done it's not missed a beat.

It's frustrating when it happens, I went through a bt cable that was under a connie stump, the stump was well proud of the soil level so the cable ended up about 4in deep! We scanned it first but didn't show up, the customer was fine about it as she saw how shallow it was. She said she would contact bt direct and get it sorted. I would only attemp a repair if you know for sure it will work otherwise it could come back to bite you later.

Hi David, what is the plan for the oak in the picture? I went to see a large oak today, that shed a large limb, (approx 1/3 of the crown) back in June, it has what appears to be cubical rot in the shed limb. Would be interested what plans if any you have for your oak? Thanks Ollie

My airstreams are 10.5 uk size, so they do half sizes, ideal as I found the 11's too big.

"Internet insurance is dangerous. Anyone with a tipper insured by Direct Line? You're not insured." Ain't that the truth, I would definitely speak to the insurance company and not use comparison sites, half of them don't know what a tipper is!

I'm in the process of buying a second hand transit at the moment, and I know exactly what you mean. Really depends on your budget, I've bought the newest lowest mileage one I could afford if that makes sense. For me it's important to be able to go into the lez around London so that was a consideration as well. Mine is ex bt and used to be a Luton which is having tipping gear put on as we speak, I will defo go for aluminium chip box as it's light and strong. My old transit has a steel box section and ply chip box which is strong but quite heavy, truck empty weighs 2600kg. Try not to get one that's been used as a tree wagon as more than likely it will have had a hard life and if it's done close to the mileage your are talking about then it's not going to last long before your having spend on it. Good luck with you hunt.

Nice job to start the year,

As above really, just looking for somewhere that takes chip,logs and burnables. Any help appreciated Ollie.

Hi I might have a job near Horam East Sussex and will need to get rid of several loads of oak, all log wood, but will be as cut from a tree we may be dismantling. Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks Ollie

Shocking mate, will keep an eye out

Hi just had to replaceable muffler on my 200t got the parts through my local stihl dealer, with the gaskets it was about £45.00 got them to fit it and tune now runs sweet. good luck with your repair:thumbup:

Just wanted to know if any of you have used eco plugs to kill off stumps and what you thought of them, did they work. I've got two ash stumps and a couple of goat willow stumps to kill off that the grinder cant get to. cheers

Cheers mate will give it a go.

Hi mate, how do you wash your ropes in the machine, water temp, detergent etc Thanks.

Looks identical to the AMA top handle saw.

I have obviously misunderstood what he was getting at, he didnt really make the distinction between poles with lots of flex and more study stuff. I can see what you mean in the vid with the movement back and then the push forward. Thanks for explaining that.

Really surprised that a training company is encouraging people to cut through a hinge for what is essentially entree level climbing (CS). Not to suggest you're an entree level climber, Dowie. Small tops (6in) in an open space is fine, but with big stuff you could get seriously hurt, or worse. As Pete said, miss timed, a gust of wind or worst of all your Top gets caught in another tree and is left just sitting on your stump severed That's what they had us doing to reduce the push back, I totally take on board what you and Pete have said, and on balance I will leave the hinge alone in future. Thanks for the comments.

I have always wondered why americians do that cut, i always got taught that the bottom of the gob is what breaks the hinge. But it seems that is not the case if that cut throws the stumps off further? When I did the dismantling course cs41, the instructor had us throwing tops using two 45 degree cuts like an open bird beak, the idea of it was as you do the back cut and the top goes over you blast through the hinge so the top slides off the stem rather than snapping off. This reduces the movement of the stem and stops you going for a ride as the top leaves. I think this may happen if fell with the humbolt on the ground hence the tree ends up further from the stump. May be wrong and not trying to teach you to suck eggs:thumbup1: Nice vid as always Reg

When you guys workout your costs per day how many working days do you base it on?

Morning all, Just thought I would share this with you and hopefully none else is in the same situation. I was sorting out public liability insurance this week and it was just as I was finalising the details of the policy with the guy from Trust, that he asked me when my truck insurance was due, I explained that I had just taken out a policy with a company through a comparison web site. Now for those of you that are old hands at this game alarm bells may well be ringing. The guy from Trust then enquired as to the company and asked if I was sure they insured tippers, I explained that I had filled the form in and specified under "body Type" Tipper. He urged me to check the paper work they had sent me and said that it may well be ok but work checking. To cut an already long story a bit shorter, the paper work said "body type: Van" so I phoned up to queiry this, the lady on the phone didnt know the difference between a van and a tipper and said "I'm sure it will be fine" when pushed a bit further she checked with her manager and turns out they dont insure them. Where the confusion lies is that when they put the reg through their system it comes up as a van, as originally it was a BT box van and has later had the tipping gear added after BT fininshed with it. Obviously I did not realise this untill I look at the V5. So the long and the short of it is, it has cost £130.00 to cancel a policy I had for 19 days. Why? because I said on the form it was not modified and it is, thus supplying, albeit unknowingly, false information, so had to pay the cancellation fine. I am now insured with Trust as the vehicle is, and for its correct use, towing, flammable liquids etc. I would recommend anyone who has done similar to me in insuring this type of vehicle to check and double check your insurance, because the consequences of not being insured can be a hell of a lot worse than this. Thanks to the man at Trust for pointing it out. A very important and expensive lesson learned......

Tell me about it, had my mate moaning about the weather yesterday and he works for a bank, I was like you ain't got to work in it all day! At least you have the Landy, doubt I will get the transit off my drive and out to the main road this morning they are rubbish in the snow. Better get the shovel out:biggrin: