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Pedroski

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  1. My Mrs is extremely offended by all this talk of a ropeywench.
  2. That's what I was thinking Paul. They are definitely outside the conservation area, and the landowner is absolutely certain there is no TPO but I will check with the TO tomorrow morning just in case his view is different to that of the FC bloke. I've been hunting on the LA website for a TPO search but can't find anything...I'll check again when I get back home this afternoon! Thanks.
  3. How about this... I have a job booked in. It's big pops in a field just off a lane. There are some really nice trees in the field (Pines and Oaks etc, that we are not touching). Owner had a felling licence from the FC for these pops, only the 5 years ran out last year. We met with the chap from the FC who said there shouldn't be any problem with renewal of the felling licence, however he told us we could reduce them without the felling licence. They have a tons of dead wood and damage so the work needs to be done. What I want to know is this..... if they are under the jurisdiction of the FC and they have said it's ok to reduce them, am I ok to just go ahead and do that? We already pollarded one on the say so of the FC as it was falling apart, close to the road and neighbouring property (it's the only property in close proximity and owner wanted it gone). Another option is to check with the council to see if there are TPOs covering them, but then there could be a problem in view of the fact one has been pollarded already, and if there aren't TPOs then it's a pain in the butt if they put one on! To cut to the chase, would you go ahead on the say so of the FC inspector and licencing bloke in view of the fact they had previously granted a felling licence that ran out last year?
  4. I think it's the "Value of a tree scale" or something
  5. Are you sure? It's not like building a house without planning permission. If you do that, even to building control standards, put in a retrospective app, and it gets turned down then you get fined and have the expense of demolishing it. You can't just go and unprune a tree, surely, even if it was pruned to BS.
  6. I've had drenched air filters caused knackered diaphragm in the carb. Bought carb service kit and problem solved.
  7. That's no problem.... he'll just take the elastic out of his knickers.
  8. The prunus isn't removed. I know it's wrong time to prune a prunus (in case of frost and poss of silver leaf disease) but what I did do is remove the offending branch which was virtually resting on top of the apple, removed a ton of dead wood and reduced back a couple of other branches that were taking over the garden and blocking light. There is a hell of a lot more light coming through now, and much more head room for the apple. I hadn't considered bark nicks. That's something I'll consider.... just about to read up more!
  9. I'm holding it in the same way as a Wii Nunchuck, with thumb on top of line.
  10. Pleeeeease, tell me where I've been going wrong! I swing the line back and forth, underarm, then let it go on the up-swing. It goes where I want, but I nearly always burn the end of my forefinger as I let the line go. It's almost just as if I don't let go quick enough.
  11. SAR.ISC Rocker
  12. Thanks chaps. Alec, that's really useful information and much appreciated. I'm looking forward to summer when we can start to see what water shoots it gets, and I'll make sure I take some pictures. Strangely, I'm feeling quite excited about how it might turn out in time!
  13. That's just what I do - chuck the throwline, burn my fingers then put gloves on Stoopid! Funny thing is, mate of mine (an experience arb) hadn't used a throwline at all before. He kept his gloves on, chucked the line but didn't release properly and burnt straight through the the glove and got a burn on his finger
  14. Is it likely to recover.... an apple tree that had been forced in an inverted L shape by an overpowering prunus. Also loads of rot in it. It was maybe about 15ft tall, had been bearing fruit, but the inverted L shape was making it wobbly as hell. In the past it has been really badly hacked and there's a lot of damage in the trunk. The homeowner (a mate of mine) gave me the choice of just cutting it down, or doing what I could with it (and he wanted it done now, not spread over 3 years). So I decided to do what I could which has basically left a trunk and half a dozen more upright branches that are going more or less in the right direction. The trunk is 12 inches diameter, and the branches about 2 to 3 inches diameter. The trunk is about 6ft tall and the branches add another 4 to 5 feet. There is virtually no new growth as this was all at the ends of the tree. I know this is a really heavy prune, and there is going to be epicormic growth and no fruit for a year or two or more, but in your experience, have you been able to make something of a tree like this by selectively pruning the new shoots as they appear? I'm wondering whether it might have been better to cut down and replant another apple.
  15. Does anyone burn their fingers with throwline? I keep on doing it despite trying my hardest to not let the line run through them. Wondering about upgrading to a catapult!
  16. Shane, you probably need to speak to the Environment Agency to see what they want you to do with arisings. It may be a case of having to have them treated as contaminated waste and being taken away in a big skip. Composting facility will be pi55ed off if you take them there. The trees won't have taken up much in the way of lead as it's not very bioavailable unless the soil is treated with a chelating agent. But they could have taken up a fair amount of arsenic, cadmium and other heavy metals (if present). Is this the former Caffyns site?
  17. Why is it a poor tree? In the right place it's really nice and is useful too. Don't be a hater on a tree. See The World's Biggest Leylandii Site - Leylandii.com and order yourself some.
  18. We've ordered from Ready Hedge Ltd several times. Very good service and prices. ReadyHedge : Instant Hedging UK : Ready Spaced, Ready To Plant, Ready When You Are for instant hedging
  19. My Mrs
  20. Lidl W5 heavy duty hand cleaner - it's brilliant. Comes in a tub, only need a tiny amount and it works like magic, as well as leaving yer hands feeling nice. Dead cheap too. And it's made using wood pulp or something. I know loads of people who use it, and they all thinks it's the dog's nads.
  21. Good news! 'tis nice to read a happy ending
  22. Timb, are you thinking of buying or hiring? We always hire from Travis Perkins down here, and don't pay much (less than half of the rate they give in the book). Good thing about hiring is that they have the expense of maintenance. We pay something like £70 for a day, whereas to buy a good one costs a hell of a lot and it would take years of occasional use to get that back. If using every single day then buying would be an option.
  23. We use tree tubs. They come free with a tree. Lots have handles. The ones that don't then you can drill a couple of holes in top of each side and thread rope through for handles. Seem to last forever, and don't split when you drop stuff in them or drop full ones on the ground or when they get really cold.
  24. Probably to do with cutbacks - I expect they've had to take away tree officer funding so they can pay the new head of services for the multi-cultural LGBT population of Chorley.
  25. Hi Simon. We have the 3301S. Re oil... sometimes it oils, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes it seems to just pour it out. We keep it clean and I really don't know what was going on with it. It is now sitting on the bench while we decide whether to bother ordering a new clutch housing for it. I'd be interested to know if there are any improvements now they're Hitachi.

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