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wow, just need to invent something, or learn the stock market and I can have a garden like that
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Would cable bracing save Oak tree?
tree-fancier123 replied to Nick Connell's topic in Tree health care
there's 20mm stainless steel threaded bar on ebay, but that fork looks pretty far gone, this is what I would call proper tree surgery, as anyone like me can guess, but only like the ones above who've seen loads of cabled trees after storms, can you begin to know how much different hardware can stand up to. Good point also about the wounds occluding. If the wind was naturally going to destroy the tree, maybe the tree is done, no need add a human element and prolong it, grow another tree, doesn't have to be a big tree to be a good one. I can see why people want to interfere and prolong the life of a nice veteran tree, but the big oaks in fields that are still growing with stems snapped and ragged seem to me just right -
24k is loads already, admittedly not enough to buy a nice home, but compared to other jobs after 2 years on the books it's very good. Considering the various accident threads on here, chewed up hands, broken ribs, smashed backs, maybe the fact you're earning ok money already reflects a bit of danger money thrown in. Mind you, how much does a soldier with 2 years experience get? However much you get, spend some of it on non fiction books, trees, engineering, botany, mycology, or stuff in a completely unrelated field - accountancy, the great thing about books is they take so long to read, so you aren't constantly shopping.
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I'm only just getting into heavier tree cutting - I knew of tree workers with injuries and near misses, but some of the threads on here have really brought it home. Many motorbike racers die doing the Isle of Man TT, so it's not that bad tree cutting. I don't think it matters at all if you decide to do something else, so many great professions out there, all a bit risky, even the hansome porn stars sometimes go down with hiv.
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mines a key lock - I think the idea above of steel boxes around the padlocks would at least slow them down. An oversize high security mortice lock (set in hard timber, or welded on) like for a house front door may be doable, not sure if any are unpickable. With the amount of money at stake I would take a few pictures or do a drawing of the site and type of door constructions and go to a couple of good locksmith shops and ask their advice.
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I rent a container and have a squire exterior padlock on it, I would rather have a container where there is a lock welded on and key to poke through. My guess is anyone with a battery angle grinder could cut whatever padlock, be a bit noisy for 40 seconds. Couldn't believe the stumpgrinder story on arbsafe, people with dodgy reg no's make cctv only partly useful.
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quite a stylish website, looks classy, not cobbled together. Only thing the bit on ash dieback - seemed a bit alarmist, sure maybe it will result in 90% death of all uk ash, but this is such a complex process, even the full time research biologists probably don't really know at the moment. Why commit to such an exact prediction? You have 'If you believe you have a case of ash die back on your property please contact us so we can take the relents steps to try and slow the spread' relents to relevant
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someone posted a pic a while back using the blue plastic water pipe threaded thru the loops formed into a circle, not sure what they improvised to hold the ends to close the circle, maybe drilling and something velcro, or just mole grips
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good tip, had some ply for carrying woodchip in a trailer and it started to warp, that stockboard stuff, had I known about it, would have been a better buy from a supplier 'The product is extremely durable, flexible and comes in a 3 thickness's, being 6mm, 9mm and 12mm thick. We are also able to produce 18mm thick' solwayrecycling
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there does look to be quite a thickness of sound wood on that ash cylinder, maybe it wouldn't have failed any time soon. p52 Lonsdale suggests not less than 30-35% stem radius of sound wood, or safety is compromised. Mind you, if someone had offered me the work I would have gritted my teeth and taken the money.
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a nobel prize would have been nice, always wanted to be buried in Westminster Abbey, or have a statue outside the British Library, like Newton. Still, missed out on the noise of the guns and the smell of the gas, so can't complain
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http://http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/large-equipment/85178-home-made-log-splitter-saw-genius.html remember thinking my old van sat outside home with a nice 1.9 diesel just asking to be put to use in a homemade chipper, it's the chipper disc and electrics that are holding me back, need to get my head down and study some auto electrics
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No surprises... Environment Agency Fracking Pie
tree-fancier123 replied to SteveA's topic in General chat
fracking is no worse than building loads of new housing estates - like a concrete cancer spreading out across the countryside. Compulsory sterilization after x number of kids would help, the number x being negotiable dependent on the size of your wallet£, no that's not right -
get well soon I appreciate that tree stems and crowns can behave unpredictably when the weight distribution changes during cutting and lowering, but as always, want to learn what I can from the write up of this. The guy who posted his chewed up hand after one handing a block with a topper so his saw wouldn't get trapped has made me wake up to the dangers, seemed no problem to do it before I saw that.
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thanks for info - good to know for the pops, not done one yet, watching one in a customers garden in the wind, didn't like the look of it. Also appreciate the comment about not if it's somewhere a bit posh
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thanks for sharing about these hooks - I've been struggling with trees where a limb grows out from the trunk, with the top a long way from rest of canopy, side branches are too high and not good enough yet to swing for it. These hooks. What a profit margin though - used to do fabrication and welding, 100 euros wow
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Beautiful location, made quick work of the removal. How could I compete handballing? Nice iron muscles on the never never. Enjoyed the song, good acoustic cover
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I thought the police had to deal with a lot of gore up and down the motorways, wouldn't think sailing so hazardous - if I make my mark I'll have a gin palace instead
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thanks for the heads up - you are correct the door pillar plate says 2.25, was getting it confused with what the loaded van can weigh. Still just about legal to tow most of the 9 and 10 inch chippers, but I would not be ok with a decent mini digger on my Ifor trailer.
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good tip - thanks
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thanks, good point
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makes me want to learn mechanics - such a valuable skill, anyone can take something apart, but to reassemble and get it working is worth thousands of hours of study, what a complex beast that is
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thanks for the reply Old Mill - impressed with the 70 ton shock load on a sailing winch. Those Harken 46 winches alone are around £800, plus time to fabricate a bit of half inch plate for the mount, or pay for it. Seems one of those and a separate RC3000 would be fine, all for under £1200. Maybe a bit of clutter carrying two units and sets of straps, but with a saving of £1400 on Smartwinch or GRCS seems worth it. In fact even at £800 for a 'bare' winch, if they really can take some punishment circa 70 ton it seems safe enough just to drop big timber with them too and dispense with the bollard ( providing the mounting is substantial).
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is it ever acceptable to spike up a tree to cut bits off if aim is to retain(prune, re pollard etc) I mean are any species going to not be bothered about it too much? Just wondered as with a lime, poplar, chestnut, re-pollard so many wounds anyway, or is it when spikes go into trunk cambium danger of innoculating with nasties or opening main trunk up to air borne insects and fungi/bacteria?
