hedgesparrow
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hi get a pair of chainsaw arm gauntlets. stop everything if gloves short. saw them in action on the IOW idela when a bit warm and you do not want to wear a jacket
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you are now a honorable member of the mermaids club:laugh1: a fine club for those who fall into water. welcome fellow new member. still to see a mermaid:biggrin:
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db owners club will be able to help
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they have not stopped swamp loggers love it but like all the american arb programmes. new one i like dangerous flights total bonkers what they do. how come there is not a british version of the axe men or like must be something similar going on over hear
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Loggers back problems - suggestions for healing up...?
hedgesparrow replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in General chat
find a Mctimonty chripractor. they work with you and some use heated oils first to massage the area to get the mussels relaxed then by getting you to do certain things help to put what is out back. not a first visit fix but good. i have had syatic nerve problems and it still tingles now and again. i found the NHS a waste of space. but the best chap i had worked on horses as well and he fixed my syatic nerve and did not come back for over 10 years. but lower back strength exercise are the key. work with someone doing light things first then build up hope your back gets better soon. not nice and bloody painful -
all land is owned by someone even common land. the client who has asked you to fell these beeches can not legally ask you to fell them as they are not his but a unknown person or persons. he needs to do the ground work even if it means going to the archive office to see who has owned it going back in time. he may be able to find out that lord sod it all owned it in 1800 then sold it to a trust for bewildered birdies. or such like. it may even be crown land if so crown estates would be able to tell him its there's but to cut them down you could be in a right legal minefield and as you cut them down the blame will lay at your feet. even if you have a letter in writing from chap who wants them down.
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+1 the flat hose is good for directional work. as for shreeding leaves unless dry forget it just as quick to blow and pick up plus the suction unit is a pain to put on and off and on wet leaves blocks up all the time. given up using it unless dry then saves a lot of time.
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you can buy cracking little dumpers cheap. i have a 1 tonne highlift and its brill in woods use bin for timber and hitch longer stuff on back and haul out. and does not leave much of a footprint. as for going over garden. small compact 20hp with grass tyres will do the job and not leave any marks on lawn. unless lke now its so wet best to avoid. could wat untill warmer and cut grass while towing trailor of wood.
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look at a honda 4 stroke so no mixing and plenty of power and less money then the sthil have the strimmer and good bits of kit . if using it a lot like for a hour or so then look at a backpack one the handhelds can become heavy after using one for a time. been doing leaves and my shoulders ached after using it most of the day. will for this leaf fall be looking at getting a honda back pack blower. have a lot more power than the hand helds.
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if you want a good tool for picking up chip and co get a ballast fork i sold loads to arb boys for this job. wish i could get more. bought a load from the rail boys as handles all broke.
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where do you buy them doing hedgelaying as you know. i use welding gauntlets and good but be good to have a very good pair that last. how long do they last for
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i use welding gauntlets from tool station £3 a pair brill for blackthorn. as i lay hedges and blackthorn is the norm i find these very good not had a thorn go in them and for £3 can not go wrong. last a good time and once you have used them become easier to work in them. as for thorn beware keep a eye out and if it goes red go to doctor. blackthorn this time of year is nasty all the sap is rising so more potent than normal.
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only found out a couple of weeks back that privet can be laid. just need to cut side growth off cut the stems as for laying and lay it. and put small stakes diameter wise to weave the hedge so it keeps it firm. will regrow ok and will be firm close gaps and will not be holy in the bottom. and no need for binders on top
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have a look at the toro good mowers.
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Mini diggers, anybody using them for tree work?
hedgesparrow replied to dave28's topic in General chat
+1 for kubota has more power than the rest. more like a 2.5 tonne machine ang goes on a trailor no prob used a lot for grave digging due to its long reach. when i have he cash thats what i will get. takachi good machines. -
+1 to all above. my decking i used a nail gun mistake big time. used proper decking screws as boards just started to lift. if i was asked to do a decking screws all the time pre drilled so wood does not split. as for in concrete or out mine is big and i sat it on 2x2 granite paving slabs which i sat on concrete. as for treating i use bedec barn paint preserves and gives colour very good product
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i have to say that with what i have read on hydro power and the latest units that a small mill stream is capable of producing more than a kv of power per hour. i wanted to find out what some of the mill races round here could produce i di have the formula to do it it was width of stream x depth x speed last bit was how to work out speed without having a knot meter. but water is there harness it not just let if flow out to sea doing nothing apart from the nature side of things. what would the cost be for a small hydro power unit for a mill stream. has to be as cheap as solar and far cheaper than wind. as for nuke power. rather use something else.
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have one pub i took him cracking dry beech he left it outside to get wet complained wood was wet yes you left it outside. now got someone else supplying wood just as wet and its mouldy. was local no more. all my pub logs now go in big bags with cover to go over. all like it and keep taking more.
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are you looking to use it for work and using it a lot. if yes. Honda roller good mower poor discharge ok in dry but wet grass can block up. John Deer very good mowers. but tad on dear side. if you can find one a Toro very good mowers. do roller one. stear clear of mountfield domestic. try a guy called DJ Scott nr Winchester main toro dealer may have a second hand mower for sale. speak to Darren. do not think you will be disapointed with one lawnflite ok but a bit on the domestic side like mountfield Viking not had much to do with them so will not comment. just go on what i have seen and used
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i know hydropower is not the bee all but i have only to drive a mile and i know of at least 7 old flourmills which used water to drive the stone. where we have old mill races just with water rushing through doing nothing then what could 50 mills dotted around hampshire produce. we have coal mines. with coal but ot being used. with all the new filtration system we could burn this. its joke that a power station in calshot is running on gas ol rfinery next door. they put a pipeline from milford haven to it 160miles of pipe to feed it gas imported from abroad what was wrong with next door unloading it, take gas .
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re waste from households at marchwood those local is a large dome like tent with a chimney sticking out of top a large amount of waste normal for landfill is taken there and burnt, to generate electricity. its only a small piece in jigsaw. as for generating power we have so many rivers with mill streams once used for making flour or driving the looms. with the generators out now we could generate so much electricity form using water. without having tidal booms. but thats simple and those in power do not look at simple things. biomass came about good idear lets have biomass without looking where does all the chip going to come from. you need to have tree surgeons with chippers going 7 days a week in all the uk and still not keep up with demand.
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pm me be more than happy to talk. will take wood chip aswellmuch as you want to get rid off
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that size would not go in my woodburner to big mine are 6" long between 4" and 9" dia depending on size of ring split in half or 4 go in nice and burn well. mine is a 4kva stove and british made that size be ok as other post for a big open fire. go to a woodburning stove shop and see what size they use. then you know that majority of woodburners will use that size
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once had two dogs both resce one came from portsmouth so called him port the next one came along so called him starbourd or starby. cracking dogs both of them. had a lab called Cai cornish for dog. as for names wedge,oak,rowen,alder
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with spring on the horizon all you folks out there if messing with blackthorn this time of year. be careful handling it and wear thick gloves. so the thorns can not get through. speaking to a rhuematologist. she was saying that if you do get one go in any joint get the thorn out clean it and keep a eye on it if it does go red go to your doctor. blackthorn can damage the tendon in joints so making the joint become stiff and not work properly or loose all movement in that joint.
