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Another example, presented to me only this morning.

I’ve done the world the greater disservice by not mentioning it more forcefully before. He’s been talking weapons grade rot on here for years.

Could you zipline it? Rope tied high up a strong tree at the top, choker your wood and clip onto the rope, have someone at the bottom tension the rope (car, digger etc). You’d only have to carry rope, choker rope/slings and biners up the hill. Obviously take care to not bombard the car with sliding logs. Redirect pulley not very high up a tree or something. Edit: The more I think about it, the more I think you’ll be lucky to get away without a haul line of some kind. Adds complexity. Pulling downhill with a Norwegian reeve most realistic but if you have the inclination, the full English (reeve) is available.

MOT testing. You can drone on about excessive corrosion within 30cm of prescribed areas and people will have to listen. And it’s state sponsored so should fit well with your current working ethos of doing nothing actually productive.

Do Timberwolf not tell you to use new bolts too? Torque specs for stuff that you really don’t want to come off accidentally are often such that the bolt will stretch and become a use once item.

Khriss, you absolute waste of space charlatan. You've just trotted out a truism to try to look clever and then got something completely wrong. There's a pruning wound in the photo and the lack of deadwood in a cedar that size is itself a strong indicator it's been deadwooded at some point. Cedars that size will almost always have deadwood. And something you just can't help yourself from doing is attempting to throw a spanner (any spanner) in the works with some legal/eco bollocks. And it's not merely a meticulous consideration of all factors. You just love it. You remind me of an archaeologist I once had the displeasure of meeting, who proudly proclaimed that his job was to stand in the way of progress and waste people's money. He was a twat too. You only take in idiots with scummy blarney like this. The rest of us aren't impressed and would rather you took your corporate shitehawkery to an industry that's already full of it. Maybe building snagging or insurance sales.

Unleaded fuel duty of 58p/l and 20% VAT on petrol and diesel. 5% VAT on domestic electricity. They’re thinking ahead about how to tax motorists.

I’m enormously sympathetic with you about your chipper btw. I’d be furious. I’m currently looking at buying a comparable piece of equipment and I’m negotiating money off purchase prices in exchange for not having a warranty. I read some warranty documents. Utterly worthless.

Merde?

One bump for a weekend. Private messages please.

Deposits focus the minds of people engaging freelancers.

I’ve recently coined a phrase for disappointing spectacles, Cumbrian Tourist Attractions. They’ll slap up a sign and tourist map for anything over there. The Hanging Walls of Mark Anthony is a prime example.

Various religious/biblical phrases, stories, fables, anecdotes etc. I still think religions are a load of nonsense (only when they’re not being actively evil) but they spin good yarns. God speed, insh’allah, it’s god plan for you etc.

There’s no excuse for it with the accuracy of mapping, gps etc these days. I’m constantly amazed at people’s lax attitudes towards it. One of my ideas for making money is offering a combined surveying and property litigation service. I could go round country pubs, stirring up trouble for people stealing field boundaries from each other etc.

Sounds well organised. Well done.

Ah. Hang on. It’s probably one of those conventions where the property line falls on one side of the wall rather than down the middle?

Who owns the trees on the line? It’s the sort of thing I’d do if I wanted to stir up an argument with a neighbour.

Curious as to why you have the trees bang on the line?

Someone on here has a cabin made from poplar.

I built a trailer out of poplar about fifteen years ago. Still in good shape. Shrank a lot. I think lorries use it for decks because it’s cheap.

What do coconuts grow on then? Ship coconut shells half way round the world and then tell the locals it’s eco because it’s not a tree. Vacuous horseshit.

Could do with a few bits: Steel biners, ovals and big ones Small portawrap Pulleys Ropes and dead eyes Those are the things I can think of but probably can make use of other stuff. Try me. Offers of second hand stuff by private message please. No other input required thanks.

That’s not business. That’s taxvictim funded twatting about. His business is firewood wholesaling.

If you really want legal advice, ask lawyers. Before that though, consider the relationship you have and want with your neighbour. It'll only go one way once solicitors are involved. Suggest you find some way to call it a win in your head. Maybe "let" them cut it on the basis that they do it once a year at an agreed height and shape. They're then paying for your property to look neat.

Nice enough trees. I'd keep them for as long as they don't show bad dieback. If/when they do, twiglet them to ladder height and hope they survive as pollards. Whatever you do, don't read the advice to remove, the advice to leave alone and take a straight-down-the-middle average of reducing them for the sake of something to do. You'll get the worst of all worlds. Edit to add: Sorry. Didn’t read original post properly. Remove what you want. Advice on pruning remainders remains same. You just invite disease, unsightly regrowth etc.