castanea
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Thanks for the responses. Will give Majestic a call tomorrow, had a look at their stocklist and they have a good range of full mature trees.
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Have a client who wants an instant garden for his ailing parents new home. He is not short of a bob or two and is looking for mature trees. He wants broadleaves with a full canopy not some scrawny stick. He will then get them craned into the garden. I have done some research with the local nurseries who were unable to help. Can anyone advise where in the UK (if anywhere)stocks and supplies large mature trees?
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Having issues with my 560xp. Have owned and run it for a good few years now. Has run pretty spot on the whole time. Run a 9tooth sprocket on 18" bar, full chisel. Was snedding out some big spruce on a site a while back and it started hunting for fuel and failing to hold its revs. Went to refuel and it still had half a tank. Fired up fine and then ran for a few minutes before the same issue and it cut out. So I replaced the filters and fuel line in case of a split. Haven't changed the breather line out the fuel tank. Replaced av mounts as they needed it and a clutch bearing. New air filter and back out cutting today. Ran fine felling and cross cutting but when trying to hold high revs and sned out branches on a monterey cypress it started to sound lean and then cut out. Would like some advice what to check next? thanks
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Dolmars that we run are powerful saws, great for cross cutting. They are noticeably wider in the body and slightly heavier than their equivalent huskies but reliability has been good thus far. The 7910 is a great medium/large saw.
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Laburnum the first thing that came to mind
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Beinn Narnain and A'Chrois. The last shot is looking south east to Ben Lomond with the loch in the foreground.
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Tcharka be her name. She was rescued to a sanctuary run by friends of ours in Bulgaria, near the Pirin mountains. Her name translates roughly as colourful.
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Nicely done. Would have been a bit different without the TIP you had. Sounds like it maxed you out mentally. Well done getting it done, as always
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Been with us for the past four years, we reckon she is about seven. Rescue, with a lot of nervous behaviours and anxiety for the first while. Far more confident these days and very dog social, playful. Great company and loves the space out in the hills. A mongrel but there is some collie in there with the way she moves and a bit of foxhound.
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Yep. Got me one of these last week as well. Better click the link and claim my moneys
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Brilliant to see this much of the rooting structure, not from trees point of view mind. Is it an atypical rooting structure due to focussing lots of energy on root growth back into the embankment to race the erosion?
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Rope bag should be self supporting with a wide mouth to make it easier to feed your rope back in. I do like a section for shiny stuffs and gadgets that I don't use everyday, that way they don't wear and rust just because my standard gear was in there soaking wet.
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
castanea replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
castanea replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
Came across this today on a cidrus libani. It is located a couple of feet off the ground. I wondered about whether it was phaeolus schweinitzii. The tree is a mature specimen showing signs of sirococcus tsugae. Over half the foliage has been affected and I believe it will be removed based on this alone and that the fungus is a secondary attack. The second mature cedar of Lebanon we have dealt with recently due to this needle blight. Also two young atlas cedars in the garden showing pink needles too, a beautiful if untimely demise. -
Having some issues with our 150t. If run held on its side, clutch down, then after a while it will begin to labour and eventually cut out. Fuel is finding it's way to the air filter and soaking it. Dry it out and saw is fine for a while. Not too sure what my next step is. If I run it with the filter off on its side then I can see fuel leaking back through the air intake.
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I tend towards a shallow angle for general use. Would rather sharpen more often and have a saw which pulls itself through the wood. Site clearance, scrub, dirty low level cutting all week and I will open the angle to avoid spending all day sharpening. Maybe even chuck on a semi chisel if it's real grubby.
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that'll be nice
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You could have raked it up by now.
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Warm :-)
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Never had a problem with them digging in, even when blunt. If I was to sharpen I figure a flat file followed by diamond stone should see you good.
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Impressive lift. Poor cuts though, thought that top might have taken out the drone.
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People don't listen. If I want walkers and cyclists to actually stop, a physical barrier of a branch is utilised. Have had a car drive through three foot high tips of brash before, may have been a rental car but I think more likely just impatience. Never mind the public though, usually its the boss wandering onto site on the phone! only half a mind on what's going on and ending up in the drop zone standing about like a snowman!
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Is it worth digging round the root ball and winching over the butt log with it intact. Will the value increase or can a normal sawmill not process it? It mentions in Sylva about the value being in the timber low down, like ground level.
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Elm reduction from yesterday. Really enjoyable climb. Spec was 2 to 3m reduction all round and 6m end weight off lower limb in south canopy due to a cavity from an old tear out. A before and after and one half way done.
