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They look perfectly normal to me not esp spindly. Hormbeam are fairly slow growing, I think nothing needs doing. Branches will thicken up with time, its not something you can acelerate much. Watering in summer and a mulch/feed may help abit to increase growth rate.

What does PHC mean & irrigation is this in the USA? Iv'e not much idea about solutions to the question, but how about just checking a % of jobs at rdm of each work crew not all jobs? If anyjob done has the potential to be checked it would motivate quality?

Ash will mostly die brambless and pioneer trees like birch or blackthorn scrub with take over dependent on local seed sources soil type etc them will return to another dominant tree species mix eventually Wasteslands are seldom barren for nature & 20 slope doesn't mean you could'n do some planting or felling if you wanted.

Plenty of casting foundries still about theese guys are making axe heads in UK Hand Tools - UK Manufacturer | Brooks Forgings BROOKSFORGINGS.CO.UK We specialise in the manufacture and import of Non-Standard Hand Tools, producing unique sizes and types to suit our... Actually they look the same.....

Meatgrinder: Russian Tactics in the Second Year of Its Invasion of Ukraine WWW.RUSI.ORG Russian tactics are changing as lessons are learned from military failures in the war in Ukraine. Some on electronic warfare here & how the russians have adapted there sytems & tactics to counter the Ukrainian weapon systems.

Anyone know much about them? Visa Tools Ltd About Us WWW.VISATOOLS.CO.UK Visa Tools Ltd is part of the Gibson Group of Companies The Gibson Group companies all manufacture specialist hand... They say made in UK was a Bristol based company factory now is in Leeds https://shop.g-gibson.com/about-us-1-w.asp Axes look pretty roughly finished but some uncommon axe head weighs not seen a mini 3lbs maul like this anywhere else so maybe still forged in the UK?

How about tree planting bags pretty basic but they look very sturdy & are UK made Tree Planter Bags (Orange - Standard) CHEVIOT-TREES.CO.UK Our tree planter bags are manufactured in the UK from extremely durable and hard wearing orange plasticotta fabric.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/t-d/pubs/pdfpubs/pdf18232812P/Part05_Types.pdf Axmen will probably always debate the proper sharp- ening techniques for a double-bit ax. The Forest Service’s preferred method is to leave one edge thin- ner and sharper and the other edge thicker so that it doesn’t have as sharp a cutting angle. Ax nomencla- ture refers to the thinner, sharper edge as the “keen” edge and the thicker edge as the “stunt” edge. The difference in cutting edges allows axmen to use the proper edge for the type of wood they cut. The keen edge sinks deeper into wood that is free of knots and allows the axman to remove bigger chips. The stunt edge is better in harder, dense wood, such as tree limbs or knots, and allows the axman to work without bending, chipping, or otherwise damaging the cutting edge of the ax. The visual differences between the keen and stunt edges can be subtle. Many experienced axmen rely on other visual indicators to identify the cutting edge they wish to use. These visual indicators could corre- spond with the side of the ax that has the manufac- turer’s mark or may be a mark the axmen place on the side of the ax or ax handle (figure 5–7). Personal- izing the ax handle is a good way to identify which is the stunt edge and which is the keen edge. About axe grinds for different woods uses etc: https://www.fs.usda.gov/t-d/pubs/pdfpubs/pdf18232812P/Part08_Sharpening.pdf:

Front lines has being very static for months similar condtions to WW1 trenches mud artillery barrages etc.

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Yeah it also has wood boss so the middle model i think.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/com.bryanequipment.cms.public/bryanequipment/media/bes-media/marketing/pdfs/2019-technicalreferenceguide-finalweb_12-14-18-compressed.pdf So 3 different versions might narrow it down if you know which one it is?

Its a garden dibber for planting. Shavey you have burnt the handles they look cool.....? & whats your go 2 rust removing methods?

New fancy one TASK AR2.0

Are they all bare root that 100cm size? 100 sounds about right to do in a day with bigger bare root trees and fiddling with fitting guards over branchy tops etc. Id guess maybe 150-200 max going flat using all the sunrise to sunset daylight hrs this time of year, & about 100 taking it easy. Using this type of spade with cell grown trees are alot faster than bare root.

Shame Spear & jackson or any other UK company doesn't make useful quality hand agri or forestry tools anymore. Where as Sneeboer Dutch and SHW & baack from Germany Falci Italy still do etc. I was looking for a new fork handle for a monster of an old fork and couldn't find anywhere in UK selling the appropiate ash style D handle, the original had one like the pic below: Unlike pic the metal strapping went all the way up to the top handle so was flat nor curved right at the top where it was riveted onto the bottom of the D handle. Baack in germany still sell the same style Baack Spaten - home WWW.BAACKSPATEN.DE BAACK SPATEN forge since 1878. The main page with informations about the manufacting process and products. Kindling axes, I find not many smaller hatchet axes have the ideal head profile most hatchets are too narrow cheeked a profile like a felling axes rather than the more obtuse angle splitting axes or mauls. Ochsenkopf do one with a wider splitting head profile rebaged as stihl ive got & is & its very effective. Stihl (Ochsenkopf) Axe/Hatchet, 1250g Head, Made In Germany by Ochsenkopf WWW.EBAY.CO.UK <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">Stihl (Ochsenkopf) 1250g head Hatchet/ Axe, Made in Germany by... Roughneck also do one but is looks extremely broad maybe to much....

A broadly agree but I think its still an issue esp with an urban pop density if too many stoves are running even the new eco ones. In cities with mains gas and where stoves are often a new trendy lifestyle choice of the wealthy, more than an economical pratical one, maybe they should be discouraged even if all are eco stoves? A co2 footprint between imported kiln dired wood from lithuania V some arb waste from 1 miles away wood be interesting? Obiviously the most eco log would be from a coppiced wood close to the property, harvested & by an axe and horse logging or another very low co2 way but that is taking it to extremes. Its viable imo that ideally each village or farm could have a managed woodlot located close by, producing enough to supply its needs but this doesn't scale up so well to towns & cities logistically or pollution impact wise. Woodlots are a concept often promoted in third world places to relieve fuel poverty. On the other hand I think shipping & harvesting in bulk may be less carbon intesive than many think? Might give some effiency bonus with a large volume of product versus the fossil fuels burnt by harvest machinary & transport per log etc but im just guessing.....

I have a piece of perforated steel metal as a grate has lasted ages. This type of stuff:

Seems you are right also good for starching ruffs! 🙂

Can you still get the parts for them?

Here loads of woodchip from ADB felled roadside was left. Previously practice was normally smallr piles direct from chipper but theese were larger mutiple van load piles tipped, enough to get over a tonne load from one single heap. Now you can see all the bigger heaps have being hollowed out by being shovelled at. Probably over 50% has now gone along a 15mile stretch of road. Maybe not suprising considering a tonne bag of woodchip costs, but I was impressed by the industrious of it dissapearing fairly rapidly.

Any bare ground will naturally reseed it self with weeds/wildflowers, Bark doesn't last long & when it rots down the area will be extra soft and get churned up easier than before Meadow would have to be off limits as it wouldn't like being trampled id think....compared to grass esp some species selected for there tolerance to heavy foot traffic etc Areas probably now really compacted would need cultivating digging over & prepared to get a meadow seed mix to thrive etc

Id just leave it be unless all the work traffic has mades it a muddy swamp. If so then id put some drainage/hard standing in under the "grass" or topsoil layer so it does not get churned up by doing logs there

What do you mean by them being weak?

As often as not with people who want to keep wood it is still there yrs later as a unintentional "bug hotel" I notice when passing. Often a penny pincher who ends up letting it it all rot.