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I have often thought it is strange that if some one crashes a car whilst drunk the insurers will pay for the damage they have done ....

When you used to watch comedians ( Bernard Manning etc ) on TV on a prime time Saturday night family show tell jokes that you laughed at .....but if you were to repeat them nowadays you could cause such a level of offence in some people that you could be in serious legal trouble !!! however words such as F%*K and C?@T do not seem to cause the offence they used too !!!

I also start at the top and then on the way down kick out the hangers and remove broken branches they were stuck in !!! ... on a bad day !!!

There is plenty of work out there , just see how many tree surgeons / outfits there are ...getting a share of the market is one challenge , doing it for fair / decent financial reward is another challenge again !! loads and loads of Leylandiis out there that get bigger every year ....

Snow on beaches , sand dunes , cliffs and coastal fields today in S Devon , but very little on Dartmoor ...that is rare ....awful weather .....luckily I am driving a lorry most of this week !!

Liberon finishing oil , then waxed and then cut back with wire wool , I do not really like glossy finishes much .....

The one at Tarr Steps ..Exmoor ..

A few recently finished pieces ...a 10"dia bowl in rippled Ash , and a Hollow form in Spalted Beech approx 10" tall

just wanted to say I think it is great that on this thread , that politics and religion, usually 2 subjects that are avoided , are discussed without many being oversensitive or offensive , just goes to show what a nice bunch of lib-tard fascist , snowflake god-bothering tree butchers we all are !!!

I have spent time in South Africa and a few neighbouring countries and the logic / mentality of the indigenous population would simply astound anyone, for example .......when the AIDS crisis developed the government advised use of condoms , however black tribal / religous leaders claimed this was a plot to breed them in to extinction so was ignored , it was believed by some that they could be "cured " of AIDS by having sex with a virgin , subsequently many young / teenage girls were raped by infected men making the situation worse .... how can any one deal with a large proportion of the population with that kind of mentality , to some extent it comes down to education but the whole culture of Africa is of a different planet to our own and it is not really our right to impose our ways upon them however sympathetic we may feel to their plight , but it seems Charities are very good at making appealing cases with scenes of starvation to tug at our heartstrings to help keep themselves funded .

Kevin , a while back I believe the councils in Cornwall ( N.Coast ) put forward proposals to charge surf schools etc for using the beach and sea for providing a facility , not sure if it came in to effect though , that would have been similar to charging commercial operators for using parks ...

If you came across this piece of woodland and saw all these mutated / butchered trees whilst out for a walk and had no knowledge that it was some kind of eco-experiment I think most peoples reaction would be WTF is going on here !!!! interesting though ....

Dalton trees .....it would appear from what you have said that "acts of god" are not covered by insurance then why have insurance ? I would assume you personally would act in a non negligent way with regards to your own trees and if it was a storm which caused them to fall and cause injury / damage to others then your insurers would say they will not accept any claim against you , or could the injured party then attempt to sue ,by trying to prove negligence ?? ... If the situation is such that any damage caused by falling trees / branches was always the responsibility of the owners / insurers then surely many would find this unacceptable and who would then have trees on their property ??, especially in high risk target areas ( roads for example ) . It does surprise me whilst travelling around how many trees I see that to me are a bit dodgy and would not like to be responsible for , yet , it is rare to hear of any incidents .

A fascinating thread this one !! .... The OP's title was a bit mis-leading which seems to have got a few members wound up , however only 1 person has actually looked at this job and it would appear ( by price ) he has assessed it is a day for 2 , which too me seems excessive for a cut and drop job , no chipping, rigging etc etc ...If the one who priced it was a "PRO " why was he offering cash no VAT !? ..... it would appear to me that this job would suit a subby / freelance climber , without the overheads of a fully tooled up company . The point of needing a "rescue climber " present was raised by several respondents , which is legitimately correct , yet a while back Reg Coates did a thread about lone climbing and the majority agreed that it was OK. Glad the OP got back to this thread and is not "offended " too much , but i am curious as to why he wants it cut in this manner and not felled ??

A mate of mine uses a pecker on large rings , just to break in to liftable lumps to put on the splitter bench , starts on the edge usually to avoid getting stuck , also the digger ( 3 ton ) is the power pack for the hydraulic splitter and is used with a reverse bucket for loading / shifting , in effect the one machine does a lot as well as digging when required , seems pretty efficient to me but however you do it logs are a LOT of work !!!!

was it painted by "barksy "?

You could try a bit of carving and light work , walking sticks , spoons and the like , that can be done sat down and quite an "in" thing at the moment ,a few months and you could be quite proficient and possibly have some for sale ....just a suggestion ....

Police arrested 2 men for theft , 1 was caught with a load of batteries and the other had fireworks ......they "charged " the first 1,and the second 1 got "let off " !!!

Are the Ash being felled as an attempt at disease control ? or are they dead and a safety issue ? and how big are they ?

I really enjoy it when some one makes it very apparent that they are very left wing now ...I take almost immediate dislike to them and they are just so easy to offend with just a few comments / opinions !!!!! In their opinion I should hang my head in shame because I watched "it aint half hot mum" 30 years ago ....

Glue - titebond ( waterproof )----Finish - Chestnut ( brand ) food safe finish , see Axminster powertools ... I do not know about routing , possible hygiene problem in recesses ??

In addition to the above ....you can only sell 2 m3 per calendar quarter without felling license ...

Really sorry to hear that Gobby .... hope things improve swiftly .... amazing/ unfortunate to get so much damage from only 3 metres , nasty stuff is gravity !! I bet your head will be overloaded with ideas of things to make and how to do them etc etc by the time you are back at it again ....Terry ..

I remember that name ....I was felling a big Beech tree in Dartmouth Naval College ...a long time ago and got something in my eye and was sent to the medical centre on campus and it was him who sorted it out .....

My uncle was in a hunt on Exmoor and every year for many years he said they lost / put down more horses and dogs than the number of foxes killed !!