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Gary Prentice

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  1. Gary Prentice
    Maybe they need better trained groundsmen, or to adapt their methods to make life easy for the lads on the floor so there's little to do when they're done.
  2. Gary Prentice
    Without a doubt Steve, but they are odd days IME There should probably be a fourth category, the S/E climber - I don't remember doing the easy stuff so much when I was S/E. Lets have everyones order though, not just hardest, and what their normal job is. I'd like to see if climbers rank climbing as hardest, groundsman grounding and cutters cutting to see how much bias there may be
  3. Gary Prentice
    Just out of interest, and after reading a post on the number of trees that a decent hand-cutter will/could/should do per hour (30!), what's peoples opinions on the hardest/most physical job in arb/forestry? To start the debate, being from an arb background I'd rate the order as hardest - hand-cutter, easiest -climber. I'm not talking about the ivy infested dead tree/big rigging jobs in soaring/freezing temperatures, but the general day to day average jobs. (And lets leave all the mechanical/plant assistance out of the equation too! )
  4. Gary Prentice
    Couple of cold beers will soon revolve that.
  5. Gary Prentice
    In region assistance doesn’t work, too many tribal/religous factions or dictatorships are involved and abuse any aid system. If the the rest of the world get involved, then they need to get involved properly and take out whoever needs taking out. Pouring money and aid into a country didn’t work thirty years ago and still doesn’t. It will never happen though because even the first world nations squabble like kids in the playground in a continual game of brinksmanship. We’ll just continue, firefighting the issue but never resolving the problem
  6. Gary Prentice
    Never have! I really can't imagine why anyone would think that it was a good idea in the first place. Okay, fifty years ago when we (well not me personally) were still cutting the branch collar off maybe, but in 2018!!
  7. Gary Prentice
    I'm just glad I'm getting on in years and won't be around in another 20-30 years. the worlds turning into a pretty unpleasant place.
  8. Gary Prentice
    Yeah, it's one mans 'terrifying' take on a situation. If he is correct in his opinion.....
  9. Gary Prentice
    I'm not sure that 'interesting' is the word I'd use. It's certainly a viewpoint that's concerning.
  10. Gary Prentice
    It's quite cool sat in the office Although it was rather warm driving around looking at trees earlier - sorted that by opening all the windows and running the heater on cold. I do sympathise, I don't miss sweaty c/s trousers and helmets on days like these.
  11. Gary Prentice
    Not being argumentative eggs, but do you reckon that that pipe, in the video, is as stiff as the blue MDPE stuff. Reason I ask is that I've found the yellow gas pipes under stumps with very little deformity although they were almost fully occluded. Well until they were ground through.
  12. Gary Prentice
    I'm crap at estimating sizes Eggs, but yeah after looking at what 2.5 in is on ruler, I may have overestimated My missus has always been a bit disappointed with my ten inch.... Going back to the original question, I'd doubt that trees roots would compress a MDPE pipe unless it was actually growing under the stump or really close, and then I'd still be doubtful.
  13. Gary Prentice
    What’s the pipe made of, that blue plastic stuff about 2.5 inc dia. ?
  14. Gary Prentice
    T-cut and a raw egg in the radiator, get years outa that yet
  15. Gary Prentice
    Am I the only one seeing a mastiff type dog and a King Charles spaniel in those boards.?
  16. Gary Prentice
    Chainsaws don't kill trees. People with chainsaws kill trees..... Chainsaws just get a bad press!
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  18. Gary Prentice
    Maybe the money needs to be better, down in the 'smoke', to pay for the extras Mark?
  19. Gary Prentice
    That's naughty, I'm sure that the courts have already decided that service work doesn't have to be done by the manufacturers franchised garage to maintain the warranty. I remember my old dad getting written agreement to do his own oil changes and minor service items. Although that might have been after he painted some bolts, prior to taking it in, that the dealer should have tightened/undone to do something which they charged him for and didn't do
  20. Gary Prentice
    And mine, I like the unicorn too, but the turtle is just something else.
  21. Gary Prentice
    What Steve said. It's done in the US where the pavements are more often concrete cast in situ slabs, but often leads to initiating root decay. Can you avoid it by using an engineering solution, although that would probably raise levels to some extent. On the plus side, if the tree is mature already the roots are probably not going to enlarge significantly in the future. You might be able to use Cellweb TRP over the roots, then a wearing course of blocks, gravel or permeable asphalt, rather that messing with the tree. The engineers at Cellweb (geosynthetics) are very helpful if you call them.
  22. Gary Prentice
    I wondered that, but healthy trees are the same. I'm not sure if ash have mast years or whether it's just that environmental conditions have been ideal this year? Or maybe we're paying a bit more attention to them, than previously.
  23. Gary Prentice
    It seems to be a bumper crop year for ash, I can’t remember observing as much seed before. Tree vitality seems to have little impact, those with sparse crowns and a bit of dieback are still seeding profusely.
  24. Gary Prentice
    I'd consider it, but TO's are such an endangered species they're probably protected under the wildlife acts!
  25. Gary Prentice
    Sorry to hear this. Good luck in you current quest and for whatever you decide longer term. Gary

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