Daniël Bos

It was fact... The neighbour was right, I was working on council land. I think however the fact that what I was doing on that council land was seen as such an improvement that it was actively decided to not take any action at all. The posh 130 I'd seen driving past most days belongs to the council and is used by their environmental officer... I finished, got paid, and found out some more. The land I was working on/beside is owned by a local farmer business magnate. I was working after his son had asked me to do so. The father and a son in law had meanwhile decided to apply for PA for a large green waste and wood recycling site on that land (outgrown current premises) which caused locals to protest loudly and angrily and is what brought on the neighbours irateness. A serious No-campaign is ongoing. (NIMBY reaction, the site is ideal) The man is not generally liked a lot locally, both through envy and the fact he's not that friendly. The son I was working for had not been informed as he's a council member and such info would have caused him a conflict of interest. Anyway, only two things matter now: job finished, invoice paid.

April 15, north Bedfordshire. Long time ago now, we've got elder out in blossom (but some ash yet to flush)

I'm a bit simple so forgive me if this is obvious but: 6-way stretch? I thought there were only 3 dimensions, 4 if you count time as well?

Thanks chaps, had looked at their website and decided they were out if my price range... Phoned him up, explained my needs and "would he like my big hard butt?" Thus happened this morn: Some larch coming and some oak going:

Fuel cost for my merc 814 (6l 6cyl, 8,5t permanent weight...) were scarily similar to what I get from the defender+trailer!

The mighty Ford Rs3000 TDI cosworth! "Assisting the utility companies with streamlining their distribution network..."

For me the fuel/running costs are not the issue. When it works it'll be priced to earn good money. But in my current situation that would only be about half the year so low overheads is what I need. If in that half year I'd need to pay for a years worth of o-license inspections etc I'd soon be too expensive for a lot of jobs.

I think I'm allowed to carry "goods associated with the activity the vehicle was intended for" not sure if that would include materials or just tools etc. I'm allowed yo carry them on the trailer though.

I don't do much tree work at all and as such the cost of an o license would add a lot to my fixed overheads. If I can setup like above it won't matter much if it works hard for 6 months and then sits idle for 6more.

Could it be this: A vehicle between 3500 and 7500kgs, with a huge hiab (as big as you can fit on, no payload needed) preferably with the option of a man-basket as well? You'll have spare space aplenty to fit a big chipper at the back of this truck. This vehicle would be classed as a "tower crane" hence no mot, ved £165pa, no "O license required" This vehicle can tow a trailer of up to 4000 kgs under those regs without changing ved class etc. As long as that trailer is less than 1020kgs the combination is still "O exempt". So you'd have 3000kgs payload on the trailer, massive lifting cap and a mewp/crane fed chipper wagon, but without needing an o-license:thumbup: Any issue with the above or shall I start welding?

teabags at colleagues is what they're really meant for...

Tsurugi. I used to be all for Gomtaro's but the tsurugi is a step up and the sheath is really good too. I prefer a straight blade to a curved one.

As far as I know the backplate changed design to accommodate the HD2 filter. Only older saws are different I think. If you have the HD2, that's as good as mr Stihl can do it seems:thumbdown: The foam or felty wrap thingies take a fair bit of power, more noticeably so when milling as you're cutting at max power for much longer then when felling/crosscutting etc. This is why I use tights as a pre-filter as I can swap them as often as I want, paying for a dozen stihl wraps to remedy a problem that should have been designed out of these saws is not on imo:thumbdown: HD2 after three tankfulls of crosscutting (I change it continuously when milling..)

What filter has it got at the moment? The old style green ones are poo, the HD2 ones are better, but depending on the age of your saw may need a different backplate to fit properly I think? Both are not good enough imo, especially when milling. I use a piece of ladies' tights and swap that every tankfull as an extra filter.

Unless you also find a fossilized cross-cut saw, I doubt you'd ever get a fossilized cross section like that (trees failing in a more ragged way generally) but I'm no expert at all.

Cheers David, I'll go out in a minute and plait a twig:biggrin:

Nice, any particular species that it seems to be more prevalent in? I quite fancy "inducing" the odd one in my plantings:001_smile:

Is that not a Bay (laurel)?

I had some green oak grading queries a while ago, and a member on here (Who's not posted since, and this was his first and most excellent contribution) put me on to this: www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/GreenoakAppendicesRefsGlossary.pdf/$FILE/GreenoakAppendicesRefsGlossary.pdf It's a PDF with an excellent guide to green oak grading.

Worth keeping! Elwell Axes are amongst the most highly regarded, on par with the current Gransfors Bruks Axes and quite sought after. Good quality tool that will hold (probably increase) it's value for many years to come. Don't be tempted to clean it with abrasives (angle grinder, sander, wire brush on drill) if you wish to sell it, have a look at the best way to clean it up. Collectors like to see the ageing of the metal so it's value will only decrease if you sand it to a bright finish. Having said that, it's not worth a fortune, but I'd say at least £50.

My dad used to have a saab 99. If you take the (massive!) front bumper off it's decidedly boat-shaped. So he put a ply board from the bumper back under the engine and had a good go at crossing the ford at as high a speed as possible. At 100km/h he could cross the ford (about 2ft deep about 8m across) without getting the sills wet. It did affect the high speed handling a little due to the lift generated and the mot man didn't like the absence of a bumper for some reason?

I take it you didn't follow the link, about how they moved a Moreton Bay Fig?

Me and 'er once left a small festival in our peugeot 306, towing a vintage caravan packed with a 24ft yurt in and on it. It had rained a fair bit and the access tracks had become quagmired. I placed my dearest on the bonnet for more weight and thus traction and on our way out we drove past a landrover and trailer that was being towed by another landrover that was being towed by a tractor (all were spinning wheels at different rates...) We drove straight out without any issues whatsoever.

I live on the corner of "gorse drove" and "gorse lane" the thing that seems to do best here and what they've replaced all the gorse with is tarmac! not a gorse bush left within at least 20 miles of here.

I thought the 555 was a detuned 560? which means it still has autotune electrickery which the OP wanted to avoid? Anyway, a 555 is within £20 of a 365XT (presuming 18")... Can a detuned 560 outcut a 372...?