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  1. openspaceman
    Probably witches broom. Normally the growing tip sends down a hormone to stop lower buds from growing, if this is disrupted all the suppressed buds burst and try and make growth.
  2. openspaceman
    Yes I agree. It needs a niche though because if you can get a 100hp 4wd tractor in there productivity increases many fold. I ran, and still have somewhere, an ag A55 with hydratongs and an ex FC A55F with igland 3000/2 but they didn't get a lot of work after 87 as things moved to accommodate forwarders. Mind Surrey isn't renowned for steep hills either.
  3. openspaceman
    Which one?? I'll probably not as they are now terribly tatty, that one was the one that has been looked after for the last few (is it 5) years by @farmer rod
  4. openspaceman
    Not to mention Bevan Boys down the mines. There were two in my family that had been heavily influenced by my grandfather, a socialist pacifist, and were exempted service as conscientious objectors but as they left their teens they both joined up, one came back, so I'm here, the other didn't. As far as I can see the unarmed policeman stood little chance but probably halted the carnage and by that stage intervention by an unarmed old man wouldn't have served any purpose. If he left the scene before the murderer was shot then I'll be surprised if he can stay in his job.
  5. openspaceman
    As Petecb says it's in the ACOP and that has much the same status as the highway code, i.e. the bits in it are not law but not following them can result in a prosecution for dangerous driving etc. You are quite right though that the legislation is not as specific as the likes of NPTC or LANTRA might imply and so it would need a precedent set in court to establish what level of training and assessment of competence was deemed adequate other than the aforementioned. We had some kiwis working for us and they had proof of training from new Zealand yet our clients would not accept it was adequate.
  6. openspaceman
    Yes you are right, he says one possibly over 2m. Evenso I'd still go for a smaller saw for general use. If the final use is only firewood I'd chog my way in with a smaller saw before buying a big brute.
  7. openspaceman
    I'm a bit surprised you are being advised to go for such large saws. I'm 20 years out of date and the only modern saws I have used are Husqvarne 545 and 395 and Stihl 261. Back in the day I used a 60cc saw and 18" bar and 3/8 chain for most things and it came out last week to get some firewood from a failed beech pollard, it cut out these: and it was only pieces over 30" diameter the 395 was used for, >80% of the work done with the 25 year old saw. Now it just might be the modern saws are much lighter but I wouldn't carry a Stihl 044 around all day back then but was happy to do so with the Husqvarna 262.
  8. openspaceman
    Well this is currently the case if you are an employee or self employed working commercially, HSaW 1974 requires training and competence and PUWER 1998 requires those using chainsaws to show that competence by being assessed under a recognised scheme. Given that H&S now charge for interventions then even if everything else is squeaky clean... In 1983 I was brought up for having a tractor with a step more than 21" from the ground, he could find nothing else wrong, now I would be charged for that advice (though it is no longer a requirement as the regulations were superseded by the working at height regs.)
  9. openspaceman
    That's a brief resume but it seems to miss a bit of the detail: as I see it the firm brought it on themselves because they provided him with a van and dictated how and when he should work. When he became infirm they wouldn't allow him to reduce his hours nor for him to appoint another to undertake any work. These are the points which established employment, that he was gre^H^H^H well paid for his efforts was irrelevant
  10. openspaceman
    Yes the climber certainly gives an indication of scale, I'm enjoying the views vicariously from your drone as I'll never see such grand trees myself.
  11. openspaceman
    The BL 200 battery is rated as 36V and 5.4Ah so at full charge it holds about 200Wh of energy. Now what I cannot see is how far it can be discharged and it is probably only 50%. It is probably a good idea to keep the battery topped up even in lunch breaks as deep discharges tend to shorten battery life. The charger QC 330 is rated at 330W yet it claims to take 50 mins to recharge from flat to 100% which would point to an average charge power of 2/3 it's capacity. I'm sure there are better ways of charging from 12V than an inverter and 240V charger but if I only wanted to pay for one charger I'd go down the inverter and leisure battery route with split charge and low voltage battery protection as advised above. Worst case it means running the vehicle engine for 15 minutes or so. I doubt it would be good enough to run off a standard cigar lighter circuit as it will probably draw 30A initially and most cars are fused for 10A.
  12. openspaceman
    I don't think he has experienced burning sweet chestnut.
  13. openspaceman
    I would always change from 7/32 to a 3/16 file when half way through a .404 or 3/8 chain but stick with 3/16 for .325 chain. I did try the smaller 5/32 and 4.5mm files as the tooth of the .325 got worn but as I file freehand with no guide I was forever snapping these. This is why I do use a file guide when doing low profile and 1/4" chains. I don't think I have snapped a tie strap weakened by filing as when I have broken a chain it tended to be on the heel of a cutter or drive link on the rivet hole.
  14. openspaceman
    Well I suggest you have the splash guard up and the tonneau on. I suspect that launching it into deep water like this is not as bad as slipping off the side of the Itchenor slipway like Mark did.
  15. openspaceman
    Storing coppice (selecting one stem and removing the rest) was a common method of reverting to high forest when coppice markets faded. I also stored some beech coppice which was 90 years old (about 3 times the age of a traditional rotation) as beech of that age will seldom regrow and in an attempt to get them to sawlog sizes. Problem was the 1987 storm...
  16. openspaceman
    Well the cost of £15 for a chain against the risk of totalling a saw made it worthwhile befor pulling the butt off with a tractor.
  17. openspaceman
    I imagined you would have a cunning plan, my comments remain the same, if it has been sitting for a while the steel fuel pipes may have rotted . Also the B81 max power was at 3750 RPM from a bit of googling the 6BT is redlined at 2600. This is why the aussies put a slim (sun and annulus I think) step up between the diesel and standard gear train. Has yours still got the swim jets and gearboxes? Most were removed before being cast.
  18. openspaceman
    I only had to do this once and I resorted to cutting the tie link with felcos.
  19. openspaceman
    There was a (breakers?)yard just off the A286 by West Dean that had a couple of Thorneycroft nubian fire tenders for ages, these too had the B81, and must have been in your locale.
  20. openspaceman
    Yes the B81 as standard, a local chap fitted a K60 diesel to one but didn't change the gearing so the engine screamed. The Aussies fitted an speed increaser and used Cummings V8s IIRC.
  21. openspaceman
    ... born under a bad sign?
  22. openspaceman
    Beware the fuel lines having corroded. Like most things being used keeps problems at bay but at 3MPG it works out expensive, especially if the fuel lines leak.
  23. openspaceman
    No room to change the angle of slope
  24. openspaceman
    I was wondering how you would prevent concrete slumping down the hill.
  25. openspaceman
    Petersfield What's that to a lay man? Yes just for cars but I expect delivery drivers will use it and a lorry tried to back in today but failed. Clay over chalk I think It does at present and I cannot see an obvious way to prevent it.

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