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Stere

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  1. Hazel needs some light to regen as it isn't a very shade tolerant species so cutting them but not the overhead canopy won't do them much good. For decent healthy hazel growth & coppice poles material zero to a max 20% canopy cover is best. Posting some pictures up may be helpful. Is it hazel with standards or two distinct species blocks?
  2. The track chisel has th edge the other way like an axe? Looks abit like this sledge hammer Products | Picard Hammer WWW.PICARD-HAMMER.DE
  3. ‘Britain’s tallest magnolia tree’ cut down because of fears it would fall | Dorset | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM ‘Magnificent’ tree in Lilliput, Poole, planted more than 50 years ago, became an attraction due to its pink flowers Had a TPO
  4. I prefer 15" more handy esp if siding up hedges / reaching into blackthorn scrub to cut it at base or cutting across larger diameter hazel coppice stools. OP probably will want a decent brushcutter also.
  5. ms261 or 550xp Then maybe also the new small husky for doing the hazel sticks would be my ideal. Husqvarna 540XP Mark III but its very expensive for a small saw. Echo don't yet have a 50cc or 60cc with modern AV? But there 40cc are 70cc models are new. The makita EA4300 is good but no longer available.
  6. That was my first thought also 😊
  7. Very hard to say from only the picture but that particular tree doesn't look too affected or unsafe atm with regards to adb.
  8. I was under the impression alot of it was overstood and derelict & not heard of any new land planted so not sure if it is thriving or in decline as a industry?
  9. Robinia pseudoacacia - Black locust or False Acacia Castanea sativa - Sweet Chestnut Bit about Sweet Chesnut coppice: Coppicing - Hampshire Chestnut WWW.HAMPSHIRECHESTNUT.CO.UK Sweet chestnut coppice is cut in rotation much like Hazel. In this case the stools are around 22yrs in age, a good time to... There are a few UK suppliers that import Robinia & Ive seem them used for playground structures. Robinia Timber | agricultural-fencing WWW.AGRIFENCING.CO.UK From the look of it the poles, also sand down really smooth so are ideally suited. Looks alot better aesthetically than tanalized, & will last longer plus more eco. Id be happy to pay a few quid more over tanalized for fence posts etc that lasted better. Loads grown in Hungary even though its a non native has become there "national tree". Dunno why or if it could not also be grown in the UK but I suppose we already have Sweet Chestnut that does a similar job.
  10. Any Sweet chesnut coppice about in Romania? Or black locust, & acacia.. Acacia Poles - Products WWW.ACACIABOIS.COM Poles (round, peeled, pointy): small diameters for fencing, large diameters for earthworks, river bank restoration (tunnage). If so you could make a nice shed from the round poles etc.
  11. I was thinking a bath full of water must weigh about the same or more esp if an old cast iron one?
  12. Stere

    Grants

    Heard there is some grant funding for new forestry equipment. I don't know the finer details but the items are listed below: (click the crown image) Productivity items and specifications – Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2024 - GOV.UK WWW.GOV.UK
  13. Yeah seems a fair price and will be a test to see if the hyundai works ok, i'd take along any other saws also.
  14. Get a decent 60cc saw
  15. Binders & stakes would make it more stock proof as well as looking tidy but as you already have pig netting I suppose its not needed.
  16. Zomax catalogue: https://www.zomaxtool.com/uploads/Gasoline-Chainsaws_opt.pdf Ok why does this one have 3 fuel caps? 16.9KW! 🤔?
  17. Ewincher 2 - Electric Winch Handle WWW.OCEANCHANDLERY.COM Ocean Chandlery (formerly Sea Teach), has been based in Emsworth, UK since 1981. UK agents for the Istec Parasailor... £2000! Anyhing cheap that has the same specs?
  18. According to this its got sunnier in winter which i find suprising but annual variation is pretty big. UK temperature, rainfall and sunshine time series WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK Time series graphs of climate variables for previous months, seasons and years
  19. Same here I have tried some & it hates waterlogged clay . & for some reason no chesnut coppices in the north either maybe doesn't like colder weather not sure as see some SC trees doing fine & thriving, on "better" soils. So i think it would do fine in the north generallly but just on different soil.
  20. Think the oregon type design or a homemade version the same from wood is better just chuck a whole pile in an then cut all at once. Why cut one at a time? Good for a load of thin branches etc
  21. Leicester pattern billhook maybe? & Im guessing the axe might be a miners axe head pattern?
  22. Never seen that any pictures anywhere of that technique with the 180 degree pleach sounds abit hard to do....
  23. Nice work shame its from hazel not chesnut though for durability...... I did a continious weave fence from hazel id planted lasted about 3yrs but had the bark still on, I think bark traps moisture & makes it rot faster. The stripped stuff may last abit longer.... Chesnut pailing on the other hand has lasted well over a decade.

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