woodyguy
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Sorry I thought you said you had a felling application on another plot. Your 5cum per calendar quarter applies to all of your woodland holdings not just this one. The power companies tend to cut back to between 3-5 metres of the line. When they did mine I was able to negotiate to keep or lose trees near to the line according to the long term issues with managing them. They are aiming to do the work and not have to consider it again for at least 5 years.
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I think its most refreshing on here that people's views, opinions and knowledge are what are valued rather than their fine words, grammar and spelling. I find that I learn some of the most useful things on here from some of the worst spellers.
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The power company wont need to bother with felling licenses, which is another reason to let them get on with it, especially if you already have a licence application in place.
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The power company will sort it. They will send out a surveyor and you can negotiate which you want removing or cutting back. Start from there as it's free. If your tree falls over they're not going to charge you anyway. I've got the same situation and the powerline trees are less hassle than the others, I've got to sort out!!
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Red oak have a pretty dominant leader, so you can probably just leave them for a year and see what they do. The ones I did that to this year are growing away strongly with only one leader.
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Protected flying rats with potential fines for disturbing their nests. Bizarre that they can be vermin yet protected, but that is the law.
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I'm amazed by the answers. The 560 is a professional 60cc saw costing £700 and designed to be used all day by professionals, felling trees. He wants to cut down the odd apple tree and slats for kindling and has a few small logs to cut up. The tiny stihl can do it but a slightly more powerful saw would be nicer to use. Anything above a 211 for a couple of hundred would be overkill. Spend the £500 difference on something you'll use.
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Pragmasis chain, ground anchor and padlock bundle best value.
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You haven't really defined what you will be cutting. You say however that your "seriously heavy lumbar" can be cut with an 181, so that gives us a clue. If that's what you wish to cut then a 461 maybe slight overkill. The more powerful small saw would be a 211 or the best small saw in stihl is a 241.
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I get that. It's my age.
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Ash are tough as old boots. They look like the ones I dig up and plant in my wood. They grow away like crazy after a year. I agree that I wouldn't buy 1000 ash and 1000 tree shelter and pay £100's to have them planted. Can't see the harm in a few transplants if like me you don't have much ash in your wood.
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Actually that customer has done you a favour. There are three options. 1 - he has or hasn't had a quote. He may just think that is the price he'd like to pay. You might have been planning to quote £500 but now you'll put in a cheeky £700, reasonably sure of getting it. 2- he has had a quote. You can't see how you can do it for less than £900 say. You now have an opportunity to explain why your price is higher eg full insurance, proper clear up, experience and references. You know exactly how much ie £150 you have to explain away and you have the chance to explain that you can do it for £750 if you leave the brash/chipppings etc. 3- he has had a quote. You can't see anyway of doing it for less than £1500. Walk away. On none of these are you the loser. Know the price you need to cover costs and make a fair profit and quote that price. Otherwise walk.
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Don't unwrap them as they'll be well wrapped for travel. Put somewhere cool but frost free and they'll be fine for a few days. I do that regularly as can only plant at weekends. I only heel into the vegetable bed if it's going to be more than a week. Don't let them dry out, don't lay them out in the sun and soak roots in a bucket of water for an hour before you plant them.
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Looks impressive. You drilled one hole. Do we know how it compares with two or three or four holes?
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Is anyone burning wood they planted themselves?
woodyguy replied to spandit's topic in Firewood forum
Don't buy wood, that really hurts! You should be looking at 6-8 dry tonnes per year of poplar from your 2 acres. That's about what I use in a cold winter so would do for me. You would however have to plant it well and keep it weed free. You'd need about 6000 to plant though rather than 1500. -
Is anyone burning wood they planted themselves?
woodyguy replied to spandit's topic in Firewood forum
Short rotation coppice with poplar is really quick. Logs within 4 years is no exaggeration. Problem is it aint pretty. Our ideas of traditional managed woods is very different to close planted poplar. I've done it on a small waste area with poor soil. They grow prodigiously and will supply a healthy fraction of my logs but I certainly wouldn't wish to do 2 acres (to be self sufficient in logs). I am burning some paulownia today I planted as coppice but weird wood that burns very very fast. -
Share your concern that French hunters are terrifying (often terrifyingly drunks as well). Do you have any users of le furet locally?
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Weird that the same tree has been posted with the same question twice. Is that a record?
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Yes I've read her thesis before but again it does nothing to address the age old received wisdom that cutting low is best. What she does show is that yield class is vital if you are doing it commercially. The problem is that in the heyday of coppicing, there were few rabbits and fewer deer. We live in a very different world these days and when I compare fencing vs cutting higher, the later has a real appeal.
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That link to forestry commission was interesting. Thanks for sharing. Unfortunately telling me how many shoots grow after one year is of little interest if I wish to cut them after say 7 years for hazel. As we know they self prune, I'm much more interested in yield class of hazel after 7 years not one year.
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Maybe. In the past, coppicing had a need for very straight poles to rive, so cutting really low produced them. I agree that you get a lesser number of regrowths but not convinced that they grow slower. A stool with 50 regrowths will self prune down to about 20 anyway. If you aren't bothered about straightness for logs then I'm not sure it matters. Do you have any evidence to support that view apart from tradition (which is often right!!) ?
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Sorry to hijack but I love my 241, really powerful for the size and cuts great. Only issue I have is that it runs on when I take my finger off the throttle. Is there anything that helps with that?
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Everythings fair in love, war and coppicing.
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Should be fine. I do it a lot as I'm rabbit infested but not tried it with ash (as don't have any). As I get older with a worse back I'm thinking of doing them at waist height to make working easier!!
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Is anyone burning wood they planted themselves?
woodyguy replied to spandit's topic in Firewood forum
For short rotation coppice it is selections of S. Viminalis that can be bought cheaply from specialist growers. For logs 4yr cycle poplar hybrids (also from specialist growers) is easier, but depends on how wet your soil is. I've got 100 planted up for logs, put in 1yr ago.
