spandit
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Now you're taking the mickey... as if I'd just chip that beautiful slab of timber (although my woodchipper makes short shrift of apples etc. as long as they're not too big or solid
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It's a big truck, virtually a monster truck
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Not sure it's big enough
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Just mention this thread when you ask for my autograph during my inspirational talk tour
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Not big enough, that's a kindling saw
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I know most of you probably don't agree with muggles having chainsaws but I've still got most of my limbs and flip-flops are really practical for cutting in hot weather, although with missing toes it's sometimes difficult to keep them on... Anyway, I've got a Stihl MS-181 (better than Husqvarna? Discuss... ) and have been using their Rollomatic anti kickback chains until now but wondered whether there are options out there that would cut more efficiently? I'm mainly cross cutting firewood but potentially some light felling in the future.
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Took me quite a while to sned but you can appreciate the scale next to my 4x4...
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Chain sharpening is for wimps. Real men just force it through & make dust
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Yep, showing now... Here's one down locally but didn't make the news & the bloke who owns the property is a tree surgeon!
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It was dead, unfortunately. Also, it was in the wrong place I stand corrected and feel ashamed
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Don't know what all the fuss is about qualifications, I brought this behemoth crashing down without damaging anything or anyone
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Are you able to rehandle an old one? They often appear at boot sales very cheaply. My Brades was £2
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Looking for chip to use for pathways/mulch or anything worth burning HGV access and we have a kettle PM for details
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Yes it will probably sprout new growth and if you do it, do it now as Spring is very much in the ascendency
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Cut the fence either side with something and then get a friend with a knackered chainsaw to remove the stump, unless you can cut underneath the fenceline? Actually, once the fence is cut, could you try splitting the stump or putting a barrel over it and burning it out?
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OK, I'll do that but I'll probably put another post on here which is a bit more obvious
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There was something like this on an AWDC play day at Bordon a couple of years ago. In the middle of the site there was a small lake (that for most of the day had a V8 Disco immobile in it). I got the Pinzgauer through, but not comfortably. This thing didn't even get the hubcaps wet...
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Reading on here there are some people who pay to tip their chips, some who get paid for it and some who give it away for free. I could do with a few tonnes of mulch, is this the kind of thing that I could get for free (East Sussex?) I'm aware that it needs to be composted for a while before use, by the way
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Conflicting advice about coppicing alder
spandit replied to spandit's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
For the £2 or so per tree, I'm prepared to take the risk if it dies following coppicing. Should at least nitrogenate the soil for other species and hopefully dry it up a bit. I agree, more trees everywhere! -
(First post) Planting a native woodland, East Sussex
spandit replied to spandit's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
All good advice and most of it too late as have already ordered tubes/spirals. The matting cost me about £150 - don't know how that compares to spraying 1500 trees several times with glyphosate. Ring fencing not really an option as I've already identified 12 different sites where the trees will be planted. The entire perimeter is about half a mile, I think. The spaniels and the .22LR will keep the rabbits at bay and I have a friend who would jump at the chance to shoot deer if they appear, which in East Sussex is more than likely. I'm told the soil is pretty fertile. The rushes seem to like it anyway! When I say we're on sand, it's an extremely fine sand that holds the moisture quite well. It's covered by a good few inches of sticky sod anyway -
Conflicting advice about coppicing alder
spandit replied to spandit's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
That's why I'm planting such a high proportion! -
From What is coppicing? | coppice.co.uk "...For example, common alder coppices poorly..." From http://www.forestryjournal.co.uk/newsitefiles/2010/0410/Coppicing.pdf "...a relatively few species like common alder which strongly coppice..." In fairness, the first link is the only one that said it wasn't suitable for coppicing but with a domain name like that, you'd expect it to be an authority...
