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  1. tree-fancier123
    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.
  2. tree-fancier123
    no need for the entire thread:laugh1:
  3. tree-fancier123
    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
  9. tree-fancier123
    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
  11. tree-fancier123
    looks like you mean business, I'd have been struggling all week with the pines
  12. 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
  13. 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)
  14. tree-fancier123
    maybe this if you can wade through 30 odd pages http://www.itto.int/files/itto_project_db_input/2560/Technical/Chainsaw%20Use,%20Safety%20%20&%20Directional%20Tree%20Felling%20Technology,%20March%202010.pdf
  15. tree-fancier123
    I am only a gardener with ropes - I know I'll never be as skilled as an arborist. When I do a pruning cut it's only rough and ready - when an arborist does it , it's actually good for the tree.
  16. tree-fancier123
    that seems fair comment - if the probabiltly of an injury could be given a figure where 1 means it will always happen every day and 0 never, then if its say 0.0001 - this means statistically after ten thousand days each worker will have had an average of one accident. The good news is that the probability of having an accident two days in a row is very low.
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    like Mick, I've never undone knots, but if kit not to be used for weeks or months, storage has to be dry and dark - UV from the sun is supposed to degrade rope and textiles
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    if you have flooded it - constant pulling with choke then take plug out and dry it and pull a few times no choke with plug removed. Then Holts Easy Start aerosol sprayed into air intake (remove filter cover) Easy Start usually starts most garden machinery that has been left a while I have fitted one of the cheap import carbs to a Stihll hedgecutter, works fine a complete replacement carb on ebay for £7 e.g may fit yours New Carb Carburteor For STIHL FS38 FS45 FS46 FS46C FS55 FS55R C1QS153 Trimmer | eBay i can't find a listing specifically for FS36 only FS38, so if you want to try a carb, check out part numbers before ordering a non genuine replacement
  19. tree-fancier123
    i thought it was funny when the guy came on saying he was the one who felled a huge redwood - a few year old thread he had trawled up from somewhere - i was a bit sceptical, someone said 'is that you out there Cody' the poster replied 'sure to god is'
  20. tree-fancier123
    i read about Duck Oil on here a while ago - been good keeping hedgecutter blades from rusting, freeing up carb springs - 5l tub with a sprayer to decant into for 25 on ebay, probably last me a few years unless i use it up before Swarfega duck oil 5lt with FOC sprayer 5 litre penetrant releasing lubricant oil | eBay
  21. tree-fancier123
    interesting to learn about where teak comes from, my grandad fought in Burma - he hated the Japs for the rest of his life
  22. tree-fancier123
    I think your maid did alright with that, 500 not too steep, nice picture of you - dont look like someone who would nick anything, although you can never tell. You were number 6 on google - tree surgeon exeter, not bad at all
  23. tree-fancier123
    Simon above with the Isuzu posted a good thing a while back re capacity - he said get a big tipping trailer put tracked chipper in and on big jobs leave chipper on site (with minders) and take full tipper and high side tipping trailer away - so if the tipper (like Simons at 170bhp) is pokey enough and can legally tow 3.5ton, then you have maybe just under a ton in the back plus 2.5 ton on the trailer, so 3.5ton legally of chip without operating centre or o licence. Of course elaborate tool boxes and over specced greedy board frames, crew cabs etc mean less than a ton of chip in the truck, legally. However, on this point if the fine is a few grand this would have to be factored in to see if increased profits could cover it - obviously if you wipe out a family on the pavement overloaded it wouldn't
  24. tree-fancier123
    at least they are advertising in winter, some desperate people may hack away at them and try to burn it green
  25. tree-fancier123
    just picked up a ten year old 35c14 Daily tipper - 140bhp 3 litre , pulls much better up hills than my transit , and 3.5 ton towing on the Iveco. Pleased with it. Paid just under £3k, even if I end up spending another £3 on repairs over the next few years, still cheaper than a newer truck. this place looks very good to me for arb, gardening trucks - they wash down, rust treat (obviously not welding) and prime then coat with epoxy mastic (same stuff applied to RNLI Ford Rangers) costs about 2000, seems a lot, but considering it for the Iveco (whole chassis, underside of tipper bed too), if it means it will give it years of protection and keep it from needing welding up. EPOXY MASTIC EM121 RUST PROOFING PRICE LIST

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