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  1. My 1989 ex mod one does about 19 poodling on petrol and 13MPG on LPG, the economy doesn't change much with the lpg whether you do 70 (if you dare) or just potter. I didn't do a lot of towing but that did drag it down. Haven't used it other than drive to the MOT station and back for 4 years, since becoming sedentary. I think it would be considered underpowered ( about 120BHP with the choke restrictors taken out) compared with a modern diesel, though I did commute round the M25 45 miles a day for three months at Hatfield park, 45 miles and almost dead on an hour.
  2. I doubt there was much trade in native species in 1970, it's grown with globalisation. GATT in 1994 brought a lot of imports in. This business of shutting the door after the horse had bolted is similar to how FMD got out in 2001, the government announce a transport ban for the following day at midnight and a haulier decided to load animals up and make the trip to Devon, dropping off some near Liverpool. The FC scientist on BBC tonight was suggesting the ban would start before the November start of planting but that has allowed a lot of pot grown stock to continue in. From 10 years back my brother in law was finding it was pot grown native standards from Italy that were out competing him.
  3. You may be after one of the divisions of ISS, they took over waterers tree business many years back , I didn't know they were into ua mostly facilities management, Swedish owners I think. I remember them when they just did those continuous toilet towels in schools. The Recruitment Department ISS Facility Services Landscaping ISS House Genesis Business Park Albert Drive Woking GU21 5RW
  4. I'm embarrassingly poor at this myco recognition, without looking anything up: Meripilus giganteum Parasol Piptoporus betulinus Oyster Pass Pass ??
  5. Has anyone used one of these? The idea seems sound, the offset converts some of the kinetic energy into a sideways force and the piece at the rear stops the axe following through.
  6. Good point but the same is not true of golf courses or university campuses where I see herbicides used excessively, nitwork rail seem fairly liberal too.
  7. That is the UK rules page and for most people this will not apply, if you follow the flow chart on page 11 you will see all commercial vehicles over 3.5 tonnes MAM have to comply with EU rules unless they come under one of the exemptions or derogations. The exemptions for class of vehicles will not apply to most of us but if you scan on down to page 15 we have: "Vehicles or combinations of vehicles with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 7.5 tonnes that are used: by universal service providers as defined in Article 2(13) of Directive 96/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the development of the internal market of community postal services and the improvement of quality service to deliver items as part of the universal service; or for carrying materials, equipment or machinery for the driver’s use in the course of his work. These vehicles shall be used only within a 50 km radius of the base of the undertaking and on the condition that driving the vehicle does not constitute the driver’s main activity." The 4 hour limit mentioned in UK rules has gone. so one could drive 4 hours to work, take a break and cut a tree and drive 4 hours home and still not need to use the tacho if you are within 50km of base and the MAM is less than 7.5 tonnes. Not that my boss believes me
  8. That was my understanding, so it's alright to compost stumps in situ? We've lost many herbicides for use in forestry because the market is relatively small and not worth the suppliers pursuing a licence. Others like the residual ones went because they were found in groundwater/aquifers. The bracken control group appear to have successfully fought a rearguard action to continue using asulam for the time being
  9. From the soft texture of the fruit I was thinking viburnum but the obovate leaves aren't right for common ones
  10. So the MAM was more than 7.5 tonnes because the weight of the trailer is added to the gross weight of the truck. The derogation for carrying tools for the driver's use is only for a MAM of less than 7.5 tonnes. I have taken this to mean that as soon as I couple our 750kg chipper to the 7.5 tonne I must use the tachograph.
  11. I'd agree, also I think he is confused about esters as I think you would be up into pyrolysis temperatures for organic compounds to crack this far, I thing he means Volatile Organic Compounds which are driven off before any pyrolysis starts, these can be a bit nasty but their calorific value is pretty insignificant and we didn't notice much even at 150C.
  12. Kerb weight of 35C is slightly more than transit chassis cab at 1925kg for the 3450mm wheelbase but is mostly scores on towing capacity 3500kg on paper, I've driven plenty of ldv, transit, lt35s but not an Iveco. I'd go down this route with a tacho for those jobs a bit further from home and avoid the O licence.
  13. Safest to ask the local FC private woodlands bod, they tend to be reasonable about licences in my area. When I have discussed it in the past the criteria were if there were any fences/hedges between the woodland and the house, was the woodland maintained as a garden, with paths and mown rides. The legislation mentions within the curtilage of the dwelling, to qualify the garden has to be enjoyed by the inhabitants. Mind there are precious few successful prosecutions of felling licence offences.
  14. Me too, big mistake You're not wrong IMO as that is what I believe happened
  15. I used to load an old Dosko this way and it was a bit hairy it got better with the magnetic clutch conversion.
  16. I seem to recall an article in the RFS journal a year or so back which supported the idea for root development. I also have an Indian acquaintance, Dr. A D Karve, who is a proponent of using green leaves and sugar for manuring in the India. No experience myself.
  17. I wondered if our local car park oaks had succumbed to a disease with the regular tar spots all over the stems, then I walked up and saw the bleeds close up and realised a utility arb team had been at work and gaffed the lot.
  18. Me, 15 quid down and then 8 minutes in a smelly cabin sitting next to sweaty oiks listening to some saddo remonstrating with invigilator You won't get onto a civils site without one and nowadays that includes many house builders. Also you cannot get into cpcs qualifications without having sat one in the last 2 years and the big boys often don't recognise other awarding bodies for things like driving tractors, dumpers telehandlers etc,
  19. I asked about one on show at the woodfair with a chip box and the salesman said the kerb weight was 2.7 tonnes.
  20. Touché I'm not sure which picture you are referring to when you say that. Anyway that was my question, was something lost in translation? The only image I saw on the site of the same picture but with other language seemed to be in Japanese
  21. Hard to say, the original Botex cranes were drawn up by Gordon Hoy, in Exeter, he used to say he could draught a plan from a photograph. The thing was though they worked and had good lift they never quite hackled right, the relationship between the actions of the rams never flowed quite as well as the cranab. The early spool blocks he used were similarly awkward, spring pressures too high and the high pressure carry over didn't seem right. The production run was probably too low to benefit from experience that the scandinavian kit had evolved through. This was back in 87 so things must have moved on a lot since then.
  22. Are they exempt from felling licence ( e.g. within the curtilage of a dwelling)?

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