hedgesparrow
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for beacons go LED have the normal flashing and the elastic bands have broke so it now not working and only a year old and hardley used so i will be going down the LED route on top and in grill. as for work lights be interested to hear what others use.
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Optimum diameter to coppice
hedgesparrow replied to Marko's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
just read post again so sorry for ny confusion. if its the first time then what will you use the coppice for will depend when you cut it. and the ground it is on some ground it will grow much quicker than others so may need cutting only after say 3 years if its to the size you need. have a hedge i am laying and first part was 2 to 3 inch diamiter as i get down field its more open and bigger trunks up to 4inch this is after 12 years. but this is not coppice material but thorn wayfaring,hazel not big and maple which has grown big. -
depends what you need to sell them for. if you want to get a market for them take say 50 to a local farm sale see how they sale. bound to go but at the price you want or take some round local estates show them may get some orders for them its getting a name for qality once you have it it soon gets around and they will be knocking at your door other places fencing firms if your price is keen and again quality its a foot in door
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inearly went battery route but cost of one can get a good petrol one and have change to go towards something else. for carving stick with petrol
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hi Dorset have phanner gladiators good but bum gets cold so there out. son in law has just got a pair of sthils have to say very nice slim fitting and class c so protection in back and keeps you warm. his oregens he had has had them 4 years and still going strong getting dog eared but very comfy so if it was me oregens or sthils class c Oregon-Yukon-Trousers Oregon Yukon Type C Chainsaw Trousers All round protection 5 layer protective material EN381-5 20m/s protection RRP £130.00 Ex VAT ForestAndArb Price £89.00 Ex Vat Stihl Hiflex Chainsaw Trousers Stihl Hiflex Trousers Type C Chainsaw Protection Type C Breathable & Water Resistant Available Small to XXLarge Colour:Black/Anthracite/Orange RRP £183.33 Ex VAT ForestAndArb Price £150.00 Ex Vat may get a deAl on these prices.
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Optimum diameter to coppice
hedgesparrow replied to Marko's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
for hazel to get the best materials for hurdles,spars etc 7 year rotation is ideal any older and its getting big thats what the coppicer want to achieve in hampshire -
yes i knowsomeone who did a job asked how he wanted paying cash be ok few weeks later got a letter from HMRC asking to look at his books. his job was not in the books. they dug there talons in
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give it a go just have your pleaches about 18inches two foot. and a good side axe over chainsaw will go with grain unlike chainsaw againts grain. i have a chainsaw but use my axes majority of the time just use saw for cutting back of pleaches off and clearing what is not needed.find it as quick if not quicker and have more control. let us know how you get on be very interested in results
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or the fuse is the wrong type or is to high and instead of fuse blowing its cooking the fuse board.
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i have a sucker on my sthil its a total pain in neck blocks up all the time. i find getting them in heaps a builders bag and jobs done much quicker. just need a big back pack blower to make job easier as the br is hard work on arms and shoulders after using it for a few hours
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what a good idear does the arb asocation not do such a thing to loose your tools you need for work and to find that the insurance will not pay out or only part fund it it could break some people. i only lost £500 strimmer but it hit me as could not aford anew one insurance excess was £500 so out of pocket and no hedge trimmer to do work. luck had it that i got hold of a second hand tanaka. and works fine so can carry on doing hedges. but hearing what some have lost and in the thousands to be thinking covered only to find there is a loophole in the insurance to pay out
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the council do not want to fund it but you can go ahead and do it for free. yes be very carefull all of you if anything happens the muck spreader will stop at your doors. just readibg it A makes me mad that the council know it needs doing but will not fund it to be done and that they can let residents do it on there behalf for nowt. thats a good one. if you do decide to carry on then make sure that all of you are insured to the hilt.any chink found in armour if someone gets injured then no fee no win will be drooling to be let in to feast on you lot.if i was the residents then i would have a survey done of the trees and then drop it on the councils door to recitify any faults found its then them who have to carry the can. not you lot good for being proactive but please be very very careful. got a cold feeling going down back
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looks like woody woodpecker. or nuthatch. i put it on a woodpecker doing it
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read your post and council is mentioned. i work for local councils and the county say that it has to be 10mil PL liability insurance to do work. as its a volentry post you are doing. are those who are doing the work not able to get the funding to have those doing volenteer work insured. they should have the insurance to cover there backs in case of a acident. not cheap 10mil mine was around £500 for year and thats not felling as you wish to do but felling when coppicing in woods so no joe public around. i would double check who you are doing the work for could be a minefield.
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as other post go with a coppicer to learn the craft. there s the surrey and sussex hedgelaying group if you contact them there may be a coppicer who is willing for you to help out. but do not expect to get paid as such as its slow in some of the coppicing. so some finding it a struggle to make ends meet. you may then see a door open when you get older. one of the older coppicers may let you take over when they retire. as for price anything from nout for a neglected wood to £300 a acre for prime sites.
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day using the reipor gloves and good is a understatment doing blackthorn not a hint of any getting in and after 2 hours now getting soft so brill to use even wore them using chainsaw struggled with welding gauntlets. so no contest they win best buy i have made thanks Digga and rover. so forget the welding gloves get a pair of the reiper gloves will not be disapointed
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had the allen version usless on grass ok on hard surface. quicker to blow in rows and two greedy boards and pick up or as other posts lawn mower with collector save your money on a billygoat lot of money and will get used very little. the only other thing is a paddock cleaner they will suck them up but not cheap back pack blower and boards
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Difference between NCFE and OCN hedgelaying?
hedgesparrow replied to Rebel_Commando's topic in Hedgelaying
what style do they lay in your area is it a form of welsh or midland. guy you could ask if you could do a few days to practice binding is eifhan Jones near oxford very good cutter on nhls contractor list. did midland once now doing SOE would have to watch it being done to be able to do it as it is twisted over and under. -
i will wait for one of the other cutters to comment never laid yew but should lay only thing can not lay is box and elder. be interesting to have a go if its as big as you say pleaches will need to be long to avoid splitting. i would think it would be similar to thorn. its being a evergreen if it would stand being laid. i wait to find out myself
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my 576 is like that can be a pig to pull over and get started and looking at specs as other posts just a detuned 560 rather have the 550 if using a smaller bar. and go for a 372 if needing a bigger bar better tha the 56oxp
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well having used welding gloves and good at £3 one week on thorn hedge 2 pairs in back of van ripped to shreds now have the rieper gloves bring the thorn on they are the dogs do da of gloves and last a lot longer than normal welging gloves. will report back at end of week as back on hedge tommorow for week so he how they go
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<p>hi just got some reiper gloves wish i had got some a long time ago what a difference do not get anything through gloves even grabbed brambles and did not do a thing chers chris</p>
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<p>hi left messag on your phone all i will say is if not to far to come and look then ok</p>
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what ideal for doing gutters you could go over bungalow and do the back from front ideal tool and good price apart from how much fuel it would burn.
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can not have bonfires as under aproach to airport, have to fill out forms in triplicate on why i wish to have a fire. how big dimensions acros fire what wood burning how high will smoke go:confused1: well i bet that be the qestions asked. can not be asked to go throught all the hoops for a small fire so going in with a flail is the better option. clearing saws be there ages with one. need something i can just drive into and knock it down. so flail on a alpine looks the job just need to find a local firm to hire one
