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If he had gone to the trouble of jacking it up and taking a couple of wheels indoors may have helped, although if they broke into the barn or whatever and found a nice new quad on axle stands at the front maybe they would look into acquiring 2 suitable wheels to bring with them next time. It is inconvenient and takes time and thought, but I imagine there are many ways to make engine disabling switchable out of sight, a good auto electrician maybe. All this assuming it was driven off each time.

If Arbtalk's Mr Johnson is right the con/brexit coalition odds are good too get 12 back for every pound. Im not sure Id want to put say 3 grand on an election this year to make 300 quid or lose the lot, worse than penny shares

had to re-watch and this time I couldn't see any climbing line, only a line guying the dead tree, scary shit

Interesting, like your can do attitude, although iirc that sky walk tree he had his line in a good tree nearby

Nice size tree. And didn't look too decayed, although the yellow rope one cant quite see. Do you ever turn up and the contractor has booked you to climb a big tree that looks healthy leaf wise, but when you start cutting have decided too much decay to be roped in to it?

Not the same tracks, but these wheel to triangular track units be handy offroading a 2wd van https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atruT7EcoS0

If we do leave can the navy fire on fishing vessels poaching, or would they just be escorted back to international waters?

it's thick enough to slow someone with a 4 1/2 inch battery grinder, so they try a bigger grinder (230mm)

maybe scaffolding to make a footbridge to walk stuff back

I would only be about £140 for that, nothing taken away. The dedicated tree firms with mobile platforms a lot more. Personally I would try to jam a ladder in there and top them from a rope and harness, perhaps tripod ladder and hedgecutter on a ht131 polesaw for the sides. Jameson poles and pulley pruner in the tree to get the frondy bits far from trunk. Your talk about having the luxury of a MEWP, picker then tying in as well sounds dodgy, you shouldn't need to. You can learn tree cutting from a rope and harness from books e.g 'Tree Climbers Companion' and there are books on tree work from MEWPS(platforms) too e.g, https://www.trees.org.uk/Book-Shop/Products/A-Guide-to-the-use-of-MEWPs-in-Arboriculture It is worth paying for training and certificates in aerial tree cutting if you think it's work you would like to tackle confidently. I did those size trees before having any tickets, but you can still break your neck falling fifteen feet. If you have to ask how much to charge for that, say to the farmer 'I haven't got a clue, but am willing to tackle it for free to get the experience.'

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Nietzsche (Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (1886),

only in the same way that all assets are currently artificially inflated - by the effects of quantitative easing and historically record low interest rates. The easiest way to crash house and land prices would be to put the base rate back to a more normal 5%

If a gardener keeps their machinery in the garage do they have to apply for a change of use for their house from purely residential, as they are now operating a commercial enterprise from their driveway?

What I meant is if a stranger (not integrated into the rural community) as you put it, just went along and asked several local farmers to rent some space for machinery and timber storage how much more would they expect to pay? I've rented a container and space for a trailer, not at mates rates and that £500 seems like there is some other element to the transaction - you love the people and they love you back

if you don't want to be friendly and talk to people how much extra on top of that 500 would you estimate the business rent to be?

yes - or as above rent from a farmer - the biggest tree firm near me rents a big yard at a farm, tractors , biomass chippers, timber trailers, piles of wood everywhere, I haven't read them moaning about 17k a year rent denting the profits. The subject reminds me of Mick on here out in France - looks like he's got a nice barn store and field for a yard, maybe he should spend his time moaning about how he could never go back to a dear part of the UK and buy similar premises

I wonder what the yellow one weighs with a mesh bin? My Iveco tipper single cab no crane or arb body, is 2.5 ton. At least the crane could load an additional trailer if wanting to avoid O licence

I like the price and mileage of the Iveco yellow one, but what is the point of the crane on a 3.5 ton tree cutting rig if you want to stay legal?

Maybe our laws on foreign ownership of land and residential property don't help. Also the goverment arent considering food security with all the relaxed planning. A serious drought all accross europe, or even warfare.

It's not good being wrong on the internet, potentially 7 billion people now know I didn't know what I was talking about, not suicidal about it, but not happy, will have to thoroughy research each post in future, even if it takes 2 weeks

I stand corrected. Looks fiddly. Maybe a lazy muscle car owner would just order a chinese copy carb

A car carb doesnt have the little rubber diaphragms, often its these are knackered by stale fuel. The good thing now is Stihl, Echo, Husky pro models Chinese carbs for 6 to 15 quid delivered and job done. V 90 for oem. Bet the manufacturers are sick losing all that dosh to the Chinese

Criterion in the singular. For punters not buying in bulk what about all these plastic containers? Surely Stihl and Aspen should look at making them reusable with a deposit?

When windspeed over 8.5 mph fumes cant be much of an issue.