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Interesting read- Brewdog forest in Scotland
AHPP replied to richyrich's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
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Unless he fancies a line of lombardy poplar of course.
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Yew way too slow. Could be 5m. Could be less. Probably not more. As long as you can get a ladder to the top knuckle, it's sustainable IF you stay on top of it. In the client's words: "Really just something skinny and tall with a bit of green is what we're thinking as the mid level will be blocked by the plants." https://www.thompson-morgan.com/p/eucalyptus-gunnii-azura/KB2693TM?acq_source=[med:ad][src:g][cid:1604080446][gid:63528923489]&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_id=1604080446&adgroup_id=63528923489&source=google&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwoPOwBhAeEiwAJuXRh_pWyyRUVC2D8DIWa3JgBrsCLxlmiD26bUwHExuhc4NE2X9U6kx7IxoCOQwQAvD_BwE He can brash up to fence height himself and have lovely scented fronds for around the house.
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Hoping six potted pauciflora come in cheaper than that.
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Laurel is too deep and sprawly and too hard to work on at height to be economic I'd say. Hence looking at straighter up and down stuff.
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5m a number I plucked out of my arse. Waiting on a map so I can work out the sight lines and heights more accurately.
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Willow or lime at slightly wider planting spacing? Slower but sort of safer. Could probably push the pollard cycle to three or four years but probably a more three dimensional job by then.
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A client asked for a recommendation of some screening for the end of their garden, 5-7m run maybe, to reach 5m high as quickly as possible and be maintained there. My first thought was a line of eucs, planted every 1m ish, pollarded at desired height and then every two years, definitely top and probably sides. Ladder, strop and silky work. Evergreen, fragrant, easy to work on. I put it to them but with the obvious warning that they couldn't be left to get away, which they understood. They'd run up to the corner of three properties. Fence behind/under them, no wires, neighbour's house 6m ish away. Now I'd call that easy to work on but I'm still worried I've made a slightly dangerous recommendation. Eucs tick the boxes but they are eucs. I can't think of anything that will reach the height in the next say three years and either stay at that height or be easy to maintain at that height. Any better ideas?
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Extra thing to think about. Base of tree relatively inaccessible. Up and down to settle pieces, fence in the way, in the way of rigging bollard. Just hassle. Picker and rasher it.
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"There is a remote but serious risk that if the cargo explodes a tidal wave could surge towards the Kent and Essex shorelines and onwards to the capital's Thames Barrier." Really?
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I've spiked in riggers. Crap, obviously.
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A lot of modern things are shit but Fiskars X splitting axes aren't.
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They're not stupid at all.
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You can power a GRCS with an electric or petrol drill. I like electric. Peace and quiet.
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My way into lifting rigging was a petrol capstan with no clutch. Got some lifts done but was a pain for groundsmen. Can't easily restart under load, had to slip on the drum etc. Too much to think about. With a clutch would be better but still loud and not on the tree. Went on to a Hobbs because it's indestructible and easy for groundsmen to understand. Just gone to a GRCS. Looks more complicated but is only actually a tiny bit more to remember. Will come apart into more pieces, more expensively if abused. But it makes a nice clicking sound, self-tails, lifts more and I have it set up to be easier to move around than a Hobbs or a standard GRCS.
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Can't find the Dropkicks version.
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Drink drivers don't claim.
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Standing there cheerfully and gormlessly while a Honda GX390 clone turns him surely deaf.
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Came here to post just about exactly what Mark did. Good skills floating right out there on nothing and doing an aesthetically pleasing job but I can't do that sort of thing because it just shoves it in your face how much of a dancing monkey you are to a client with more money than sense. Don't get me wrong, I'm a free marketeer and if someone wants to pay and you want to do it, great. But I'm too mentally tripped up for it. I can't do things I know achieve nothing except make me tired. Not until the money becomes unreasonably good anyway.
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AIN'T NO SALT ON THESE CHIPS I WISH MY WIFE TOOK MY WOOD THIS ENTHUSIASTICALLY DON'T MAKE ME SPRAY IT AGAIN! etc
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What's the crassest thing we can think of to put on them? Then have a set made half that and half doobin's business livery. He loves the funny slogans.
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ATGATT btw. Wasn't bothering on the first day. Put it down and about five seconds later a bit at least as big as a squash ball hit the visor hard enough to make it kiss my top lip. Would have hurt.
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I'm leaning quite heavily into not rushing atm so no charging at it like I never want it holding full revs. I had some danger lumps to get rid of this afternoon and the hopper was pointing at a conservatory. Chucked one in and blocked the hopper with a supermarket crate until the drum fell silent. Did five or six like that. Had a couple kick back. The flaps on mine are a bit weedy. Would like heavier. Maybe even a fold over lid to take the place of the crate. I could walk off and do something else while chogs bounce around then. Have been meaning for ages to buy stokbord (6mm) for general ground and stuff protection. Perhaps a bit of that could be flaps. Or perhaps I should dispense with these half measures and go straight to the premium option.
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I keep lag screws and rock climbing bolt hangers in the van for stuff you can't easily choke. I also keep a canoe on the van, which is arguably over the top.
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Half threads. Small neck though. Need a bottle brush to clean the females. Satisfying clunk.
