kentjames
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Accurate it may be, but the cutter I have has proven to be good for all sizes of trimming and cutting. Its all down to keeping the edge well honed with a file. No need to buy two in my opinion.
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I use Easyspace to host mine and several others websites, I build them myself using Drupal as a free CMS platform, ideal for pretty much anything!
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I have the HS81R CE, been perfect for cutting thick and thin material and never missed a beat, easy to start easy to maintain, reliable. I got mine at Jones' who seem to offer the best prices going for most things Stihl HS 81R CE hedgecutter (24" cut, 22.7cc) | F R Jones and Son
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I couldn't agree more, I have an 8 x 6 shed full of clutter which needs another going through before any of it makes it to the new workshop I look forward to the day when things are organised, shelved and lockered... Good luck with the floor clearance Rich, mines limited to the desk but the laptop is slowly disappearing
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Mine, when its finished!, will be around 4.5m long x 2.5m wide with 7.5ft high front doors and a 7ft x 3ft pedestrian door garden side (can you tell i get peed off with hitting my head on my current shed!) Its an odd one insomuch that it used to be an indoor koi pond with a timber and polycarbonate building over the top. The pond was block built and so required some bashing around and filling up with hardcore to make it work. Then I redid the roof and clad the sides. Doors were made to size and have been out there for about 12 months now, need to concrete the floor this month and finally get it finished for the 2013 season. I should really be out there now and not doing paperwork but such is life
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This question came up a while back during my training for cs30/31. After a few days, and several calls around to other assessors and verifiers, it was decided the EN number on the aerial lids exceeded that on the ground helmet and therefore it was deemed fine to use an aerial lid with chin strap on the ground. Since that day i've always gone by that.
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Sub surface drainage using perforated pipes into a structured soak away, or pond with bog plants, and then manure manure manure manure manure the hell out of it. Its possible to turn any soil around to a decent growing medium, it purely needs organic matter. I've done it on a few large gardens I maintain where we had 20tons and 30 tons of manure in to beef up the new borders before rotovating it in and mulch mulch mulch with more manure or wood chips. Manure works for dry ground which is like concrete too!
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Numerius Maccius Nobilior
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Thats a fantastic visual and written guide to anyone new to mulching and its benefits. Thanks for posting
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the last thing you expect when you up a tree!
kentjames replied to Quercus-90's topic in Video forum
Tis a shame its a bit unstable, you could make some great movies with this and various head and ground cams -
Today I am mostly enjoying the first decent sun in ages and cooking a full beef roast for the inlaws, its their last Sunday before they head out to Oz for 3 months - everyones at it
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Impressive... I am all for ecofriendlyness, noise reduction, fume elimination etc, however for me its a snail verses hare race... which last longer on one charge / tank of fuel while working? Also be interested how the temperature affects the batteries, ie cold weather, will they last as long?
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I know but its still amazing
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Sounds like a knee jerk reaction by the contractors to prevent future recourse back to them, and I agree with Tony that its a massive waste of resources. I too somewhat suspect that Chalara came into this country via an airbourne vector some years ago, and if it didnt and even there was no human interaction / importation of diseased timber or plant matter, that it would have got here eventually anyway! My thoughts are currently the outbreak will snowball next year and there will be no stopping the spread of it. I still find its amazing that there is a percentage of the population which survives / immune to it. Its like nature always has a plan and this is simply another part of it
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'Chip' just dont call it 'Below' or 'timber' cos that could result in a nasty ending..
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Yes, I am aware of the Chalara in the area and will be checking it properly before commencing to ensure we adhere to current guidelines. As for the prospective regrowth, well that's going to have to risk it, or else we would be ultimately felling trees for the sake of it before its infected, just in case the regrowth gets infected.
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Jon! Welcome to arbtalk buddy! Me and Jon did our CS30-31 together so its great to see a face i know so to speak on here! Edit - Did you make it down to Oz in the end mate? Keep in touch dude J
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Thanks for all your replies I too think a more drastic pollard would be best to reduce the size of the tree once its rebounded with fresh regrowth. I like Tony's idea (to quote one, i know someone else said similar) of bringing back down to growth points and restructuring the framework from there to form a better scaffold. Will take the ideas back to the client and see how we get on. Will post pics up when we do the job. Thanks folks James
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nice chunk of driftwood, not sure it'll fit in the car for the coffee table tho
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moons up, must be time to go home...
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Just to clarify that was after it was done previously by someone else, the tree currently looks like the top pics...
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Here's a pic from google streetview shortly after it was done last time. (the water mark shows google copyright 2009 but client says it was before that )
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Hi all I am after some advice / opinions of the best thing to do to this Ash tree. It was pollarded around 5 - 6 years ago by someone else and now its blocking out light and requires attention once more. One concern is its dropped some regrowth this year just gone, think this may be just wind effect on sail area of the poorly anchored regrowth, however targets are road, pedestrians and sheds so need the best action for this tree? What would you do? Take it back and re-pollard or crown reduce to reduce sail area, or just thin it? (yes it would make nice fire wood but felling isnt an option ) Sorry bout the pics, only had me mobile phone James
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too excited to think of a good name for a thread, thread
kentjames replied to Stephen Blair's topic in Large equipment
makes me wanna get the welder out, scrapheap challenge styli -
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