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  1. devon TWiG
    definitely walnut ....... chambered pith is distinctive
  2. devon TWiG
    Got about a dozen fair size Douglas fir windblow and some are smashed and others have to be cut for safe removal but there is quite a lot of wood ( too much for firewood ) and was wondering what lengths they would best to be cut to and rough value , can make a 20 ton load
  3. devon TWiG
    Check out this lady .......... Prints — Sarah Woolfenden WWW.SARAHWOOLFENDEN.CO.UK What is a giclee print? The word giclee ("g-clay"), is derived from the French verb gicler meaning "to squirt or spray"...
  4. devon TWiG
    clean air here then !!
  5. devon TWiG
    I always have my own supply of wood cut and split ( fairly small ) by Easter and stacked on pallets with tin sheets on top , fairly good airflow ( not too broad a stack ) and when it comes to burning ( Autumn ) I have a days supply in house near woodburner which dries further still , never measure moisture , it just feels right and burns well ...any wood that is , oak does best is split smaller as it does not like to lose its moisture ..
  6. devon TWiG
    There is some very nice wood in that log , the burring although not major will add considerable figuring to the wood esp waney edge boards , there appears to be brown / tiger oak looking at the top end of the log and there is plenty of good wood around the decay area ,,,if you have plans for your own use and are willing to pay for milling then I think it would be worth it , if however you are speculating on selling wood after paying for milling to make a profit then it is a chance you will have to take ...it always is though !!!
  7. devon TWiG
    If it is to protect a new planting site , it will only need protecting from browsing/ fraying for approx 10 years so is there any real need for it to last a very long time ? This will of course depend on species and site !! Also deer stalking will obviously help and allowing brambles to grow instead of constantly cutting back once trees have established for a few years .
  8. devon TWiG
    some owners seem so convinced it is worth a lot of money that they refuse all offers and leave it until it is worthless !!!?
  9. devon TWiG
    Devon is the same as it has been for the last 4 months , wet and windy and bloody depressing !!!
  10. devon TWiG
    It is one option , but it will need a fair outreach as well as height , will do some more research ...
  11. devon TWiG
    no ...the wall is at least 10 foot tall and would take an awful lot of bales !! I will be guying it then climbing it ....if it stays up over the weekend ?
  12. devon TWiG
    and another beaut nearby !! approx 25+ metres tall hung up and split from ground level to about 17 -18 mmetres up in a spiral ....nice ?
  13. devon TWiG
    This is the other side of major stem above fork , which is in effect only half round in cross section !!!
  14. devon TWiG
    Whilst clearing a 5m wide strip around the edge of a woodland to allow for fencing works I found this beauty ( Ash , approx 750 mm DBH and 20 metres tall very unbalanced , not actually touching the wall which belongs to neighbour , no access for any big machines ...eg MEWP either side , it is quite astonishing to me that it has split this far and not gone completely !!!!!
  15. devon TWiG
    my understanding is that it is not about just a quicker journey but greatly increased carrying capacity !
  16. devon TWiG
    I really loved multiplat , and did my own eye splices as well , although it will be rubbished by todays youngsters it was perfectly safe and I made a living using it !!
  17. devon TWiG
    I think less and less landowners would be willing to have fallen trees tidied up , most consider them to have "enormous value"? , others wish them to be left for wildlife ( good idea for brash ! ) and most would expect you to be insured , qualified etc etc to work on their land ! so often a non starter .....
  18. devon TWiG
    first one looks like Lawsons cypress
  19. devon TWiG
    It really has been an incredibly prolonged wet spell ...since Sept ..demoralising to say the least , not just for work , quite a few jobs put off by myself and customers and others taking longer to do than planned due to conditions and just horrible ,driving lorries part time more often now , easy life , sat down staring out of window ( at rain !! ) listening to radio ?
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    Harness

    devon TWiG replied to Hendrix's topic in General chat

    I used a willans for decades ....replaced it with a petzl sequoia .....seems fine but no where near as robust !!! however having a rope bridge seems weird at first and they do not seem to last very long , no real advantages / disadvantages
  21. devon TWiG
    where did you get the wood , and is it fully dry / seasoned ? it looks like laburnum to me ( esp bark ) , but photos are not very good !
  22. devon TWiG
    Green man wales .....have you got back to your trainer and informed him of what happened ?? he really should no longer be teaching methods which are out of date with H&S , neither should he be out of touch as to what the exam entails !! there could be a case if you failed your assessment that you could make him reimburse you .....perhaps get in touch with which ever training body he is from and make them aware of the situation ....
  23. devon TWiG
    It can also be a problem for normal works if such things as bats , badgers certain bird species etc etc are present , with ever increasing rules I fear even more woodland will become neglected as costs for such things as surveys etc rule out any possible small profit that may be gained from working the woodland ....
  24. devon TWiG
    Simple Simon ....if you live in a mostly rural area ( as I am ) then farmers are often in need of our services , and this will become more so as ADB takes hold , some trees will be too difficult for them to do , some farmers are too busy , some too old to be doing the hard work etc etc , you can keep prices low by not needing much machinery as they have tractors etc and brash can be left or burnt in situ , very few farmers will pay full "pro arb team " rates ....I do quite a bit of work for farmers now ...hedgelaying esp on one site , cutting firewood etc no sweeping up at end of day , no road signs etc etc ?
  25. devon TWiG
    A big woodland near me was cleared of its dead Elms in the late 70s and is now a stand of perfect tall straight Sycamore and looks great and cost nothing to plant !!

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