Andymacp
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The best way I found is to get someone who is a bit down and out, 16/17ish flunked at school, been in a bit of bother with the the cops, not had the luckiest of upbringings. But is a good lad at heart (this is the key). Take him in and explain if you work hard I'll give you minimum wage but I'll teach you how to be a tree surgeon in 3 ish years. Hopefully he'll appreciate the work you put in and you'll get the benefit the other end.
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That's very tempting
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Problems is if Jimmy's a ***** and leaves owing time or money for a course your never going to get it back even with a contract. I'm trying to put down, just making aware of the pitfalls
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I'm not sure about the law of it but it's not an apprenticeship if you don't that's just a worker.
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One danger is your going to yeah someone everything and train them to do everything the right way give them all there tickets then they leave and start up against you or go freelance. No way of stopping it, I've always had apprentices that come from the other side of the country and stay for a few years then go back home or abroad.
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Chainsaw/ clearing saw operator and greenmech safetrak with operator. done plenty and this is the quicker option even clearing the chip off site compared to burning Would you agree on 4 guys 4/5 days ? I was way more.
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Assuming there's no trees etc nearby, wonder how well it would work if you cut a nice wide border round the hectare then set fire to the lot in situ!? It's a SSSI and SNH said they didn't want us to burn in the area but would let us burn off the rock, the rock being special! Closest a tracked chipper would get is 30 yards, it's a serious slope.
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Merry Xmas everyone I've got a hectare of gorse to clear for a friend, very rocky and too steep for a mulcher. No bigger than 5ft, 80% coverage. my plan is two guys chainsawing two guys burning. Just wondered if anyone had a better idea or had done a lot in the past and knew of any tips ? Cheers
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Reading that seems to suggest that if the pollarding cycle has lapses your best to crown thin and reduce.
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I'm not college taught and neither were the guys that taught me. I think it's just my personal preference.
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I was always taught by better men than myself never to pollard always thin and reduce. Most of the issues are light getting through to houses. Granted pollarding it'll be cured for a few years but when it comes back it's heavier than before. I'd much rather see a tree shaped tree than a pollarded one. Ironically I have to do my first pollard next month.
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I get 15mpg from our daf Looking at £150 every 6 weekly. We have a 12ft bed and approx 8ft wide. Don't have a chip box as we use a hiab.
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Not to turn this into a pollarding debate but it was our decision to reduce and thin. I prefer it aesthetically and I think it's better for the tree.
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5 days of thinning and reducing these Limes. Now for the Xmas party.
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/321863304459 Had these about 4 months now, they keep out the noise and play radio. Decent !
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Fitted a brace and removed a limb on this monster today. 145 ft to the top and a bhd of 6.5m.
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Is there any guidance from an industry body saying m3 is the way. Can't really go back saying "arbtalk said"
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Aye it was from trading standards which are the council and she phoned cause where would she get my address from.
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No that's quite sensible reasoning.
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Apparently it was an anonymous complaint by someone who thought 2m3 was 2m X 2m x 2m even had chalk lines drawn up in his garage with the sticks in the middle ?!?! I said it has to be by measured bag but she said that was for sand and building materials.
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Had a call today from the council advising me not to sell my firewood by the m3. Obviously I asked what I should sell it by and they said it should be large/medium/small bags. She said weights and measures act doesn't cover firewood so I don't have to say.
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Given the price of 1m3 hardwood in England being double what it is in Scotland do or would any of you be interested in buying large quantities of dry split wood from up here and shipping it? Would save hassle on both sides
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I had the equivalent oxdale splitter out today, some good some bad. The small head means the log gets stuck in between the ram and the head on the return stroke. The head stops about 0.4 of a foot from the base plate so if your splitting stringy stuff like birch Or pop then you need to spin it over. We ended up putting another block down. The 12t is nowhere near enough, got stuck in rings a lot. Positives It's fast !
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It's interesting stuff and certainly not fully researched yet. I can see what you mean about horizontal limbs. Did they have examples of failed cobra?
