Daniël Bos

How do you mean "not there yet"? A jib is what you need!

You want one of these, a forklift jib! Easy to make yourself if need be a and very versatile bit of kit to have if you have a forklift.

GensetSteve, do you know anything about the countryman generators? I've acquired some, ex army and though rated to 1.9KVA officially I reckon they'll do a lot more than that as the generator cooling has three filters blocking flow as it was made for powering radar sets in desert conditions? They're powered by an 8hp kohler magnum. PS, do you know a company called Harath, now Harath Choride?

Husqvarna 560XPG chainsaw (59.8cc) | F R Jones and Son

To me it looks like the knackers' van. It looks smart, professional and like it'll hold a few dead things.

Well, It Has Begun! Got there yesterday morning scrambled through the gap at the very end to find the electric fence has been moved.... about 6ft! I'd asked it to be moved 10m and was told all the fence had been moved. Went on to find three! layers of old fencing left stuck in the hedge, a normal stockwire, a chickenwire, a very old stockwire and a barbed wire. All stuck together in various states of disrepair. Phoned my client to advise him I can't start working to be told to just move the fence to where I want it. Fine, but there are animals in the fence (small paddock fence off in bigger field) so he sent a chap to come and sort it. Said client runs a large business and has a plethora of chaps to send. We'd started clearing up the stuck fence by the time chap turned up, two hours later. He was rather clueless so I told him what I wanted, then how I wanted him to do it, then ended up just doing it myself with him being "helpful" where he could. I was hoping that this way it was still him and the client what officially did it... Moved all the fencing to have a clear space to work in, had some trouble as there were three paddocks with stallions in (one in each) all in the bigger field, which in turn has about 15 mares in, and the lonely chaps would prefer not to be enclosed as the need to fight their rivals. One particularly stroppy shetland type thing was a right pain. Got told by the man who mans the level crossing and overlooks the filed that one has been responsible for the death of one horse, and lost another one (twice his size+) an ear , such fun. Phoned the RSPCA about one animal who has three split hooves all the way up to the top, and another stuck in a stable in the corner, faeces knee-high and lots of holes eaten and kicked through the wall, no food or water:thumbdown: Spent the whole day clearing crap fencing, bits of barbwire everywhere! Made sure to finish the electric fence in such a way that my first few day of work are fenced off. I've decided my day-rate for the "equestrian fence event" might be quite steep:sneaky2: Got there again this morning to find some of the bits of scrap metal stuck back against the hedge and after an hour or so a very cross looking woman stomped in to hand me a letter, it said: That I would be held fully responsible if any of her horses fight, escape etc because they may now get through the hedge. That I was tresspassing That I have moved and/or broken her property without her consent. etc etc etc, I handed it to the client, he's put it in the hands of his legal team and said not to worry, just carry on. If any of her horses escape etc it's her problem as she's tresspassing on my land and has been served plenty of notice of work commencing etc. Got a visit from the police in the afternoon, as apparently "some guys just attacked the hedge with chainsaws and left huge gaps for the horses to escape":lol: Phoned the RSPCA again as no action taken, and still nothing when I left at 4:30 So, another fun-filled day at the office! Now legally, it's all a bit wobbly I reckon. Coz even if she's no longer allowed to be there, it would be my liability if her horses escaped due to my work? I'm not too worried as the client is fully behind me. I have all his instructions in writing (email) and am trying as well as I can to prevent such an event but would like to know definitely where I stand legally, anyone?

I have a "Bu@@er off, you're in my way and I'm a deranged axe-murderer" sign I put out when hedglaying. I'll try and get you a pic on here in a bit.

Nonsens! First you say you've been using saws for 30 years. Then you say "just a moment distraction..." So, Say you've had the formal training (the way you post makes me think you've not) it would have been 30-odd years ago! In the 30 years you've been using saw you'll have been aware of the fact that trying to grab something off a moving chain, or starting the saw with the brake off were not the best of ideas? What I'm trying to say is your argument is flawed. No amount of training will help with that kind of incident. Yo knew full well it was stupid, yet without thinking you did it anyway. This is how a lot of accidents happen, the end of the day, a distraction, tired etc. All excuses for lapsed attention, not lack of training/awareness.

Bollocks! It's perfectly legal for anyone to own/use a top-handled saw. The manufacturers have put restrictions on their sale, and the resellers (dealers) have voluntarily chosen to uphold these. There is no such thing as a chainsaw/tophandle license.

I was told I'd never be able to whistle unless I'd eat all my crusts!

Should have just gone round the whole of it once then:biggrin:

stihl ms 192CE-CARVING | eBay

I'm no monkey (no offence meant, other primate-related insults are available:biggrin:) either, but I believe the risk is mainly due to the decreased control. Because you don't have a back handle the saw has much more leverage when it kicks back, which makes it a lot harder to stop. You're holding it near the pivoting point, whereas with a rear handle you have the leverage of the handle away from the pivot. With a relatively powerful saw like a 200T in a small package that could easily catch the unaware. I do think the price difference between a 2nd hand rear handle of similar size/power would discourage the unaware from buying a 200t as a first saw though.... I hope!

I'd be hard pressed to choose between my first own saw, an ms180 and my 346xpg. Obviously the 346 is the bees knees but the loyal service the 180 has given, the ease of operating and the fact that whatever I've done to it, it just keeps going! The ms180! or the 346, or...

Like I said in my first post, I know sweet FA about poisoning stuff:001_huh: I thought it may still work on the Ivy as it's still in full leaf (obviously)

I think you had the answer all along:biggrin:

Any progress on this, I'm keen to see pics:001_smile:

Thanks guys, some really helpful stuff there. So: Just dousing the lot is likely to affect the hedge itself but will it kill the ivy? If it does, it may be worth knocking the hedge a bit if it means it's recovery will be ivy-free? There is also another section that's equally or even worse affected and still upright. Would the same go for that or would it be safe to treat as no large cut surfaces? It's about 500m so the hoe, Dutch or other can stay in the shed I fear. The owner cares for his hedges but that would be taking it a bit too far. The same goes for other manual means of attack really. I've severed all at the base when laying, and removed where appropriate but I'm worried the Ivy might grow back quite quickly as it was very well established.

I've only had two dealings with them. Last year I had a lad that had come to learn a bit about hedgelaying and was quite usefull. I bought him a nice GB axe (from elsewhere) a silky gomtaro and a sharpening kit for his ms180 from abbey. The axe was there next day, the kit from abbey took 16 days to arrive, 4 phonecalls. First I was told they were short on staff because of the holidays, then the item was not in stock, then they'd forgotten about my order! Next and last thing was a couple of months ago I bought a set of husky radio-muffs. I was a bit hesitant because of previous experience but they were the only stockists I could find that did them. I ordered a new stump-vice as well. 7 days later, no muffs no vice! Phoned them to be told the vice was out of stock! I gave them a bit of an earfull and got sent an "upgrade" ("a much better vice sir, and we'll charge you no extra" £1.25 difference in price!) 11 days after my order I got my stuff. I don't like this online slating of suppliers lark, as it's now out there for the world to see and will stay out there, but this way of treating customers is just not acceptable so sod it! I'd never buy from them again, even if they'd offer an 880 for £50 !!

Hazel uprights are not likely to last very long, 3-5 years perhaps, depending on size and soil conditions etc. But is cheap as SC should last 15-20 at least really. A bit dearer.

I was kind of hoping to souse the lot and kill the stuff or at least knock it for 6!

Hi all, I've been working on a hedge (I'm a hedgelayer) that's been rather smothered with Ivy. Groundworks on one side of the hedge gave it a bit of a knock and tipped the balance to favour the Ivy which took over. I've laid the hedge and removed loads of Ivy, but there's still loads left. Because the hedge is not in great condition (the groundworks caused some other issues as well) I'd like to try and give it the best chance possible. I know sweet fa about herbicides but wondered if a foliar herbicide such as roundup was applied now, when it's just the Ivy that's in leaf, would it damage anything else? Would it hurt the Ivy at all (she's a tenacious bugger). All advise appreciated (but not the "you need tickets x, y, and z" preaching, thanks. I'd let someone else do it:biggrin:) Thanks, Daniel

Fair enough, and yes perhaps it was a (more than a) little naive to expect people to behave as they would when meeting face to face. I think it's rather offensive to both me and my wife to suggest I'm a liar and she's over-inflated though. I understand you did not mean your comment to be offensive, but it was (to me). I don't hate you for it but I was offended. Lets leave it there. Anyone want to talk about my 91 year old grandmother who's pissing herself with laughter as she's falling of my daughters' swing? No? Well lets get back to this awesome bridge then, I did not see it but would have though at such dimensions it would easily hold the weight of a man and then some?

I find it hard not to take that as offensive to be honest. I suppose you're fortunate Mrs Rover is away for the week:sneaky2: I put the pic up as my avatar so I can still look at her while she's away:001_smile:

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