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Daniël Bos

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  1. Is a Kilmarnock the little weeping one? If so, I'd try to make sure the pot is bigger than the "head" of branches/leaves. I'd try and get as big a root-ball as you can manage. If it's temporary one of those flexible garden trug bucket things is excellent and available in a few different sizes. As Steve says, water it plenty.
  2. FORE, not Four Foreign Object Returning to Earth.
  3. Sugi bars are excellent, very good value for money. If you're just having a go to see if you like it, I'd find an old ms180 or a new 181. Plenty of grunt for carving and much easier to handle. If its not for you then it'll sell on ebay for not much less than new price.
  4. I drove a chassis cab merc lorry from Nottingham to Harwich, crossed to NL on the ferry, then across the Netherlands to Germany. Saw quite a few police, had customs check at both ends and all was fine. Don't know if its technically legal though...
  5. I think it's a rubbish idea:lol: I'll get my coat...
  6. What for? Not meaning to pry, I'm just insatiably curious. :smile:
  7. Crane at the back would also limit load length.
  8. Why? In the case of 365's there is no reason or logic to follow:biggrin: You'd have to be quite sad to know it all by hart:sneaky2: Anyway, from the 365 special owners manual:
  9. I've been bitten on the toe after standing on one whilst barefoot (was walking through peat, very good for foot issues) and it was like a bee sting. Forgotten about it an hour later and no I'll effects. Same field a few months later we had a cow die after she got bitten on the neck and it swelled so much she choked.
  10. Sorry, I forgot to edit my post after I'd decided against making a pedantic point about whether your business is called "sheasby's" or "sheasby tree surgery ltd". I'd rolled that in with the fact that the header on all your pages states tree surgey, not surgery:001_smile:
  11. Damn, too slow:biggrin: I've used it on hay, straw, wood and even a load of wool. It does not get any condensation build up, but you do have to make sure water doesn't pool.
  12. Ten cate TopTex. It's not 100% watertight but 99% of water will just run off it as long as it's not got the chance to pool anywhere. It's a felt-like cloth that lets air through so timber dries a lot better than either uncovered or under tarps. The other advantage of not being airtight is that it's a lot easier to tie down as it won't catch the wind like a tarp does. The stuff I have is a reasonable green colour as well so not too much of an eyesore.
  13. Could be just my computer, but when I click the link supplied above I don't get to your "home" page. I get a page with no useful information and a request to "click here to continue" Whenever I see "click here to continue" on a normal web page alarm bells start ringing and a big "SCAM" alert sign flashes in my head... I was wondering why it's there, what does it add for your potential customers, how does it convince them to ask you to work for them?
  14. You reckon:sneaky2: It's 3 years old, has seen unknown use ("it's like new" without meaning to insult I'll take that with a pinch of salt...), ran out of warranty a year ago, is less powerful than the new one would be. All that for only £90 less than new. If my 365 only loses £30 a year I'd be well pleased.
  15. Put in on Arbtrader open to offers. you'll either get what you want for it, or just keep it.
  16. Seems a good service to offer, I hope it does well for you. The finish in your picture is not what I'd call "a good clear finish" though...
  17. For the same reason Argos's catalogues are laminated: To catch the tears of joy!
  18. The path to Enlightenment is here: http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/chainsaws/68761-husq-365-x-torq-modding.html
  19. -I don't see the point of the "page in front"? why, what does it add? -On the top of each page page you refer to yourselves as both "Sheasby Tree Surgey" -On the emergency page you offer "piece of mind" to your customers. Unless you do a sideline in brain surgery "peace of mind" is probably more suitable. -On the tree surgery page, the first sentence is grammatically odd: ...best for trees environment... -On Crown thinning, should it be "tree's crown" not "trees crown" I'm a bit of a pedant, so my wife tells me...
  20. A 545 wit an 18" will be underpowered:thumbdown: A 365 with a 20" will be just fine, it's nearly got half as much cc's again as the 545! In my opinion a 365 xt is the best value for money saw there is at the moment. Convert it to a 372 for no pennies at all, give it a gentle exhaust mod while you're there and it'll master that 20" in good style.
  21. Couple of years ago I did just that. 4ft Ash, 25mm rope, tracked 500hp tractor= sorted. Unless the ground is very mucky and slippery a challenger would pull over any tree given the rope is strong enough, long enough and set right. As long as you can set the rope high enough without fear of snapping out the top it doesn't normally take that much to pull them over in my experience? We had a quadtrack though, not a challenger as 4 tracks are better than 2 according to the farmer.
  22. All true, however the question was not "what should a dealer do?" but "how much for an oil change and fuel filter":sneaky2: So, how much?
  23. I'd have a go first with some scaffold netting tied or bungeed on, just to see if it helps and if it does it it helps enough prior to spending seriously.
  24. Presuming you are vat reg'd this is only 30 quid past your budget: Husqvarna 550XP chainsaw (50.1cc) | F R Jones and Son and the very best you can buy in my opinion. Yes the bar is made of swiss cheese, just replace it when it's worn or ad a sugihara bar to your order (again, the best value for money by far) Or if you can stretch to 50 quid over £400 the 365 XT can be very easily modified to be a 372 XT and is the best value by far of any saw. Husqvarna 365 X Torq chainsaw (70.7cc) | F R Jones and Son Jones's have an extra discount on at the moment so good prices!
  25. Seems clear enough to me and I'm not that smart (as my wife keeps reminding me) I'm not saying you mustn't get your driver CPC, it may well come in handy sometime, just like a pilot's license, or an Ice-Dancing qualification, or a firearms license. But like the pilot's license, you won't need one to drive a vehicle with a mam of 3500kgs or less:001_smile:

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