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  1. tree-fancier123
    Its a nice island with comfortable climate, plentiful flora and fauna. If you believe the boffins the early settlers arrived here millions of years ago unshaven and could have quite easily gone elsewhere, as there were no passports Edit - maybe it wasn't a proper island when the first hairy apes were mooching about?
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    Mauseth - Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology. This is an undergraduate text c800 pages. It is in its 6 edition now and over 60 to buy new. An edition from the end of last century is probably good enough to start with and from £10 second hand on bay of thieves or Amazon, or 'free' via criminal deeds electronically I started reading Botany For Gardeners, but gave up because it seemed too dumbed down, then started reading Mauseth and gave up because its 800 pages to get through and my van needed fixing... The nitty gritty of how plants work is physics, chemistry and molecular biology. The microscopic and submicroscopic details of the physical world are fascinating and I too hope to learn more in future Also Hirons and Thomas - Applied Tree Biology, for more focused treatment, good info on planting
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    good info - I like the benefit of being able to finish in a downpour if needs be. How do you get on in neat gardens hiding or losing the spoil? Do you try to ram some back in once the repair spur is fitted before concreting or just luz it under a bush when no one's looking?
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    although the dear breakers can be lighter, what I was getting at is can you pay a lot more for a much more powerful electric breaker that digs it out quicker? Possibly ending up with an even heavier machine than the Titan. I agree the Titan is such good value that in terms of profit per £ spent it seems a no brainer. Actually looking at the specs of the biggest Bosch it is rated at 60J impact energy, compared to the Titan at 45J, so maybe it wouldn't justify the cost, not like twice as powerful. Also weighs 29 and a bit kg, bit of lump. Edit the Makita is even more powerful with 72.8Joules impact energy (nearly twice the power of a Titan). If I get a big fencing job I may look to hire a Makita and a JCB beaver to compare - if I can even drag them out the van that is
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    Im surprised the amount of fencing you do, but if a thousand pound machine doesnt pay back with increased productivity, then less attractive. On a nerdy note, the energy ratings impact i seem to remember the titan is quite high. The big Bosch looks good. I would like to try top of the range Bosch and Hilti, just to see if its quicker. I also prefer flat chisel. Wonder if a slightly wider one 600mm long like a giant bolster available. The point ones seem too slow sliding off lumps in the hole. It does seem mad to spend 12 times a titan on just one, but if its like on steroids....
  6. tree-fancier123
    I like the concrete posts. Any tips for digging the hole to fit repair spurs? Do you use an expensive breaker? Ive got a cheap Titan breaker and use a digging bar too, but breaking out the old concrete down to say 14 inches takes me ages. Whats best chisel type?
  7. tree-fancier123
    So do you think any of the rich try to hide income or assets from the taxman? All the clever accountants booking big PLC profits overseas. On a smaller scale, wealthy individuals using tax havens. Maybe greed doesnt exist - its just business values according to you
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    they won't be out on a stormy night cutting the lock off your shed, but they probably are involved in some tax evasion, thus robbing all the public in one go. The locum GP charging £1400 a shift because there's a shortage 'pay my ransom or let the patients die'. The bankers who caused the financial crisis by gambling on risky debt. People often use their brain power to grab the greatest share of resources they can with no regard for anyone else
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    possibly the only reason the French came up with the guillotine?
  10. tree-fancier123
    hard working, educated psychopaths, bending a lot of people to their will. Making sure they get most of the cake, because they deserve it, brushing off the least amount of crumbs they can get away with to feed the unintelligent lazy creatures with muscles, hands and eyes
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    there's also a free 374 page tree species selection guide, published last year, was posted here by Sean a while ago. Can be downloaded from this page http://www.tdag.org.uk/species-selection-for-green-infrastructure.html
  12. tree-fancier123
    Good tip - I haven't read it and must do - may help me have more of a clue when people ask 'what would you do with it?' Copeability Braun
  13. tree-fancier123
    What a dream machine, a video on youtube of the 480EX described it as 'a groundsmans dream' the new price of that would take some graft to clear, looks like Germanys' answer to a Bandit 90.
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    thinking about it, it would be fantastic to do that, but at 47 years old I still haven't bought a house. I've just about payed for my flat, but the next step up involves somehow coming up with another 140k, so I will have to restric myself to hitch hiking to the local botanic gardens
  15. tree-fancier123
    evil surrounds us
  16. tree-fancier123
    only if I can take my big shot and 660 copy, try to get them down to a more manageable height
  17. tree-fancier123
    I wouldn't say all trees are evil - but most of them have evil moods. I always remember the young woman who died at Kew gardens from a 'summer branch drop'. I wouldn't trust anything over 15ft
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    thanks for reply - I appreciate all the engineering and parts sourcing is a big investment to produce your machines, so deciding what to build and what to leave can be the difference between profit or loss https://www.hydro-gear.com/residential/ probably expensive, I can appreciate your 2000 figure now I've looked into it a bit more, some of the pumps are almost a thousand on their own. Needs a copy one made by some poor soul living in a dormitory
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    And photo from a different angle.
  20. tree-fancier123
    Yeah trad way axe only
  21. tree-fancier123
    Item no longer available another coincidence along with identical galv showing under black paint of already unique spout extension. Got worried or just sold elsewhere. Im saying scum to be on the safe side. Scum scum scum scum
  22. tree-fancier123
    the control box looks identical to me, zoom in. If was dealing with stolen machinery maybe i would consider paint stripper or a heat gun to remove all traces of the original colour
  23. tree-fancier123
    If you asked the seller for engine serial number and they dont reply they are scum. Any honest person would simply go and take a photo.
  24. tree-fancier123
    sounds good - they should have called you in, 250 a day - death or glory
  25. tree-fancier123
    You're only saying that to try to make friends

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