openspaceman
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In 1974 the government proposed changing the tax status of forestry land, to close a loophole which was the basis of funding for The Economic Forestry Group, for which I worked, So my foreman and area manager took off with others to protest at the houses of parliament. Said foreman equipped himself with the Jonsered 621, bar mounted minus chain and off they went by train and tube leaving me to bash my way through goat willow encroaching the rides with a long handled hook (known as a horse tripper in the trade). Apparently engines were revved (silly thing to do with no chain and a screwed on clutch) but lawmakers were not impressed.
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Yes, I ran a couple of tanks of fuel through the one you deleted the accelerator pump on and for simple logging I could not notice the lack of accelerator pump. The lady owner hasn't used it yet but I'm sure she will not feel it at all lacking.
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I was thinking more likely Austrian in a garden setting.
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The front one looks like scots with the thinner orange bark higher up but the coarser barked one behind may be P nigra of some variety unless it too has orange bark higher up. As Stubby says the grouping of the needles would help.
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Still on the subject of shake in sweet chestnut here is a picture, it's just a bit of branch wood that I am splitting for firewood. You can see the grey patches mottling the sound wood where the shake is a bit random and not showing much in the end grain. This is of course a separation within the wood; when you are felling you often become aware of it as a tannin rich liquid seeps out of the cut from where it has filled the shake in the standing tree. Incidentally I used to sell sweet chestnut for export to Portugal in the early 80s, their buyers were blissfully unaware of ring shake as it seems it does not occur in their trees but also they were milling thin random width boards for draw bottoms as well as table tops (and castanets 🙂) so they may have worked around it..
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That just about sums up my experience with my garden boundary hedge on poor soil. Over 40 years with light annual clipping it had grown up and wider. Mixed holly and hawthorn and ivy which completed covered a small building with stems 100mm had expanded into the hedge and completely smothered two hawthorn plants without my being properly aware. I have now reduced the height and width severely and am controlling the ivy ground layer to some extent as it takes advantage of the extra light before the holly and hawthorn establish a thicker matrix. I have a feeling the hedge was previously all hawthorn as it was a field before the house was built in 1862.
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Would the top stratification choke tube with the purge line fit the new carb?
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Looks like a Ganoderma infestation and a bit of lean Google Maps GOO.GL Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. I don't envy those London tree carers looking after these old specimens , especially after the history they have been through. I rarely venture into London but when partaking of lunch in one of these squares on a sunny summer's day and seeing all the people sunbathing I do worry.
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It looks like it was held up by only one substantial root, all the other major roots showing white patches yet the surface feeder roots all seem to be functioning and thus the crown still looks sound. Streetview from last May Google Maps GOO.GL Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.
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Roads shut as huge tree falls on building in Soho Square WWW.BBC.CO.UK Firefighters searched the building it fell on and found no-one had been injured. It looks like a large London plane just flushing has fallen. Looking at the root plate are those white patches mycelium?
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My thoughts too
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Double funny but I had to look it up
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Swallowing what ?😀
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Crane fly?
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I have bought through Aliexpress a couple of times with no problems. I'm wary of over dependence on China now and anyway lots of stuff seems out of stock now. However I also had problems with a MS181C which we discussed here for a while on the what's on my bench thread. Eventually I gave up and took an offer from @bmp01 to look at it. He found a number of faults but the principal one was a worn accelerator pump piston letting air past and weakening the mixture. Rather than replace the carb, as it was an old saw and uneconomic to replace, he somehow deleted the accelerator pump. It works fine now but less zippy to rev up.
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Heard my first yesterday, I think they like the warbler nests on Chobham NNR
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One of my points of contention with the two "mechanics" at my last job was that oil jugs were left open and caps left off cans, all within range of the dust from frequently used angle grinders.
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Photo Competition - 🤑Win money for your tree work shots 🌳 😁
openspaceman replied to KateH's topic in General chat
Whale of a time -
We had a Hikvision sytem in the yard and my main criticism of it was the time it took to review the footage. When something went missing I would have to take screenshots and flip between them so the missing item appeared at the frames were swapped and narrow the search down by finding the moment the item was last in view and then reviewing from that moment.
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I just tell my mate he's still spritely just to annoy him, it's become a euphemism for someone old and nearly decrepit trying to soldier on. I take it spritely and sprightly have the same root? As of a sprite. I wish until I look into the mirror. I never did climb daily after about 1980 but did the occasional bit when no one else was available on the firm up till 60. By then I only did take down and never progressed beyond double rope and shunt, now a rare outing.
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The best bet is to ask the client for a copy of their farm grant schemes maps, when I dealt with them they were on a CD. Currently it looks like the FC felling licence consultation mapping is straightforward. The maps in the base layer are as MAGIC but without watermark and in colour. Experience EXPERIENCE.ARCGIS.COM You can register for one of the OS agents like Emapsite and buy .pdf as planning extracts. In the past you could register with them and get a preview prior to purchasing a licence which you could save using printscrn and print.
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One from my youth, different war then
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Replacement for awful Stihl KM 130 R 4-Mix?
openspaceman replied to Barcombeboy's topic in General chat
I think you missed an "m". Do any of the battery ones cut that thick easily? -
Does that get you better than 1:25k? I have the leisure map subscription but don't have access to any larger scale mapping.
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Conversion to multi fuel
openspaceman replied to Cath11's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
Yes softwoods may start with a higher moisture content but then dry much faster, given given good airflow in the store. You will need about 1.5 times the volume stacked of softwood compared with a dense hardwood like beech, oak or ash so you will be feeding the stove more frequently and remember to split the wood as rounds with bark on hold onto the moisture.
