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  1. tree-fancier123
    thanks - was a variegated maple that prompted the question - nice big white one with a few green leaves appearing here and there, hopefully theyll pay me to keep it to the cultivar mostly patio variegated willows ive seen so far
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    what if its a variegated willow - are you allowed to cut out genetic reversions to stop the wild type taking over?
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    something not right with this tree, maybe it would have worked if they'd have fed and watered it after halving it.
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    either its a piece of sh1t or you're a workaholic i like my Komet Miller, Dragonfly - the fact that Miller manufacture industrial safety gear for decades is reassuring, some of these companies that make arb saddles and boots dont seem to have a background in industrial safety i see courant are into fire and rescue equipment too, so should know their stuff - like Stubby says, maybe a Silky
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    if its only 3m high you can duck tape or clamp a bit of ply say 4 ft x 18"" onto the top of a ladder and lean onto the hedge if its got a reasonable face - I would be between the two prices - as long as its only a yearly trim - the waste would cost a bit - guess 1/2 ton to a ton of clippings. The hs 87t on a 40" blade would face that up from the ground or on a crate at most. Seems a low hedge to need hiring in a tower, and a faff even if you own one.
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    none of them had any social engineering in their manifesto - how to stop the country becoming a place where people who don't worship at the mosque are a minority, maybe if they outbreed the atheists and Christians etc it is just part of nature and nothing to worry about, Donald Trump is not a complete idiot. At least he articulated not wanting to be invaded very slowly
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    132 hours on a 2008 chipper why
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    and what about the aid ships helping the boat people - send in the navy to mine the area?
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    Ropes

    tree-fancier123 replied to Nikk's topic in General chat

    It wasn't a doddle for me - failed CS39 the first time, cutting too close to leg, poor work positioning - some of the instructors and assessors are fairly rigorous about it
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    thanks for the data I thought there must be something to what I'd read re weeping willows getting infected through pruning wounds - if I get the opportunity to cut a big specimen maybe I will say something along the lines of ' willow can become infected following pruning, can't guarantee it will be ok'. A lot of the weeping willows aren't what I'd call precious, but ocaisionally see a magnificent specimen
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    interesting you've had no patients die on you - that has to be good for business. The reference in my first post was incorrect - the picture I had seen of death due to severe topping was poplar not willow, and in Brown and Kirkhams pruning book
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    although willows are with eucalypts some of most vigorous fighters after being decaptitated, is it true that willows, particularly babylonica and chrysocoma weeping willows are among the most susceptiple to fungal colonization of the open pruning wounds? When people with big weeping willows say ' I want it cut, but I don't want to lose it' all I've been able to say so far is 'well should be ok, willows usually grow back' , but in Lonsdale there is a picture of a dead willow ' from severe topping' it says. I'm just curious if many people have shortened the branches on weeping willows and the tree has become infected in the following years.
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    no need for the entire thread:laugh1:
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    manuals online google etc model user manual pdf e.g from 200t For periods of 3 months or longer N Drain and clean the fuel tank in a well ventilated area. N Dispose of fuel properly in accordance with local environmental requirements. N Run the engine until the carburetor is dry – this helps prevent the carburetor diaphragms sticking together. N Remove the saw chain and guide bar, clean them and spray with corrosion inhibiting oil. N Thoroughly clean the machine – pay special attention to the cylinder fins and air filter. N If you use a biological chain and bar lubricant, e.g. STIHL BioPlus, completely fill the chain oil tank. N Store the machine in a dry, high or locked location, out of the reach of children and other unauthorized persons
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    read some of the Stihl user manuals - most of the two stroke stuff there is a section in the manual that talks about long term storage
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    you don't have to store them with Aspen in - its not 100% safe, but what I do is if I've got something I don't use much, say clearing saw, I start it then open fuel cap while running and tip the fuel onto rough ground and keep running it till it stops - with no fuel in carbs the diaphragms wont stick, have never caught fire doing this - mowers obviously you'd need to syphon to run dry. With dry stored petrol machinery manufacureres sometimes recommend a syringe with 20ml 2 stroke oil in through spark plug hole and pull it over to oil the bores before replacing plug and laying up. The environmentally ones will say don't tip waste fuel onto the ground - but they should stop breathing to keep the CO2 down.
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    looks like it would retrieve easy too, good one
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    exactly - if it was a clear spar much easier, personally I would get my triple ladder and perch precariously, or if needs be climb above it. £200 ladder and you're 25 ft up the tree, they don't often slip at the base on turf, the top is another matter, if you make it to the top you can tie it off while you work, maybe hire or borrow a ladder, depends how high your final cut to how useful a ladder is
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    I had this once - saved stuff I wanted to an external drive then formatted the computer disk and did a fresh install of windows and other software, acrobat, firefox, office etc. Once windows and other programs installed again from scratch, backed the whole disk up I used Acronis Disk Director and Acronis True Image, but several vendors software does similar. Now if it looks like malware has got in I just recover from a recovery partition on my computer, using Acronis True Image to both create the initial back up and then restore from it. Takes a while to reinstall your whole PC, but once its done and backed up you have a ready made mirror image of your software, free from viruses, to recover from
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    if you want power test drive a 35C18 Iveco - I picked up an older chain driven 3 litre 35C14 and that pulls well, bet the 180hp version is a goer only occasionally see the biggest hp Daily at 3.5 ton tipper come up second hand, this went for 4k, they do need to sort out the rust proofing though - mine needs welding and complete underseal after 10 years, ONE OWNER IVECO DAILY 35C18 LWB TIPPER 2008 (FULL HISTORY) | eBay a brand new one near £30,000, seems sensible to spend a few grand restoring an older one here's a brand new one of the boy racer truck, personally would prefer a single cab and bigger loadspace NEW & UNREGISTERED IVECO Daily 35C18 Crewcab Tipper Euro 6 International Pack Hi | eBay
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    its like those sudoku - what is the point of trying to make both diagonals have the same sum? Probably honing the brains of the next astronauts ok so when the horizontals and verticals are subtracted they match, but still seems pointless
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    looks like you mean business, I'd have been struggling all week with the pines
  24. tree-fancier123
    little trimming job over a garage roof, my hand sharpening of the Sugoi wasn't too good, cant bear to part with £40 odd for a new blade, must watch the beard man sharpening video again
  25. tree-fancier123
    ok, so some jobs do need people who aren't just gardeners with ropes maybe Bartletts should get their guys this book (To Fell A Tree)

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