devon TWiG
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So eloquently put !!😂
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no it's not !!! 😂
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I was at a farm yesterday near Exeter and they just combined their crop and yield was down mostly due to drought , livestock farmers are in a worse situation due to lack of grass ....another told me that chips will be shorter this year because spuds were small !!😆
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The raw material ( trees) will /have been rising in price and owners of resource will soon realise they can demand more after seeing the cost of rival energy sources ....homeowners will want us to pay to take trees away soon as they realise the value of the wood !!!😃 there is no good outcome for anyone really ...unless you own a lot of trees !!
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I do not think Rishi needs any more money , or Boris ...Teresa May is still an MP and does not exactly fit that description !!
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Does make you wonder why any one would want the job !!!!! a thankless task , attempting to do the impossible ...
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This book might help ......😂 Amazon.co.uk WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK
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Anyone still climbing with knots these days?
devon TWiG replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
If you have a long drag up after lunch , do you get the groundies / team mates to help pull you up or freeclimb on spikes whilst being belayed ...we use either system on bigger trees ...definitely not prussic all the way !!!!! -
I already have enough wood cut/split/stacked for the next 3 years for my own use , If worldwide energy prices keep rising then surely they will reach an unaffordable point for most of the world and surely the West (EU and US ) will be the only ones able to buy and the price will surely plateau at what they can / will pay ....which could leave poorer countries in deep trouble !!...
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I have been in outdoor cafes in many places in Europe in town squares where Planes are present and have felt just how bloody awful they are ( it is the hairs on the underside of the new leaves I believe ) others around me were snotting , coughing and sneezing and probably had no idea why !!
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Anyone still climbing with knots these days?
devon TWiG replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
I do not climb much nowadays ...but still use blakes hitch as I have done for many , many years and have no problems , I use a foot ascender if a longer ascent , I like to keep things simple and think the knots are beautifully simple . I use both ends of the rope and no cambium saver unless it is necessary ... -
Monkey ...Dax are not available in UK yet ( I think)
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New toy !!!
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I am sad to hear he is going but relieved that he is not being replaced by that ryan thing with the bleached teeth ..I suspected it would be a woman or some one gay though !!! doesn't really matter if they are ethnic on the radio I suppose !!!!😂
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Recent commission for a bench as a gift for customers friends .....Made from Sequoia I helped to take down about 5 years ago ...I got a nearby workshop to do the carving with a big , fancy machine ....It needed great care to get the name precise and the L and the I not too close together !!!😂
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I do not know of any finish applied to wood that keep it looking natural , esp oils / varnishes etc ...perhaps some clear satin/matt sprays , For driftwood and "bone " Oak I scrub them well with a stiff brush with a strong ( almost neat ) domestic bleach then rinse and dry then lightly sand to remove sharp bits . This will depend if final location is indoors or outdoors . There is some really fabulous characterful bits of wood to be found in many locations mostly free!! Scorching can work depending on required look ...lots of potential with bits of wood ...
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I once saw about 7-8 all swallowed whole and live by Seagulls !!!!☹️
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No one wakes up in the morning and then climbs a tree ....getting to work , loading kit , hooking up the chipper etc is a bit of a warm up , so is getting ladder up tree or trying to throw a rope or throwbag up the tree , I get what a warm up is and sometimes just stretch because I feel like it or it feels like I need to rather than a routine , never had a joint , muscle problem associated with that aspect of work , starting saws is probably as hard on joints etc ....Heavy lifting is the worst for damaging your body ...
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Ash die back is keeping the industry much busier than usual , it is a tragedy losing so many of them though !!! Also the industry is much more mechanised nowadays so a good team with kit scoff the work faster than ever before . There is plenty of work but getting a share is more competitive than ever , and keeping reasonable profit harder still ....
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it's still alive ? !!!
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I have found that AG 's drain batteries faster than anything else ...
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I am sure most chainsaw carvers use an angle grinder as well as a chainsaw , for shaping and sanding , just wondering what generator any one uses or would recommend , I would only need to run one AG and would like a lightweight genny to take to and fro my woods ...thinking Honda or Hyundai ...
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somewhere back in the last century it would appear ...😁
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I started climbing over 35 years ago ..and I have never heard of it !!!!!!
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My reply was about this scenario in general.." fell for the value of the wood " ..maybe the site the OP referred to may be FL exempt but many / most sites will not be , birds nest on the ground and in the understory so can easily be killed / disturbed by felling activity ....to me as an old timer this is a pretty sad side of modern rules and regs but just things that need to be considered to avoid problems but make such situations not economically viable and as a result much work will not be done unless essential ... owning trees can be more of a liability rather than an asset , which does not seem right to me !!!
