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  1. Will C
    Uke in the wet is like trying to climb a sheet of glass covered in snot! There’s not many I won’t go at in any weather but uke is just crap. However the longer in the tooth I get the less I like working in the rain, especially if it’s coming sideways
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    I met Henry on my LOLER course, you couldn’t ask to meet a nicer guy. Whoever goes for this could do far worse for themselves. 👍
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    Does this come in metal or plastic drums? We are thinking of switching over. I hadn’t realised Stihl did bigger than 5l until a few days ago.
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    Remove the infeed hopper, you can get in through there no bother. Order a load of spare bolts, there is always a few that don’t come undone and round the heads. In that case I’ve welded a 17mm nut to the bolt by welding through the centre of the nut until it’s filled the nut, the heat also loosens the stud. Remember to check the anvil clearance after changing the blades. also remove the battery before welding next to it they can go bang! ive only had to remove the cassette after a dumpy bag went through 🤦‍♂️
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    @Rhyanna96 have you seen this? Seem to remember that you are in the smoke.
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    You just end up with plastic pollution at the end, but if it's your own garden the pull them out after a few years when the stumps have started to rot. That is a problem, is it worse than chemical pollution from spraying herbicide on a fresh cut stump? It’s a difficult one to answer.
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    Try Paisley freight. They do all kinds of odd shape parcels Paisley Freight - Alloy Wheel Courier, Bike Courier, Car Parts Courier WWW.PAISLEYFREIGHT.COM Paisley Freight are a UK specialist goods courier sending alloy wheels, tyres, bikes, car parts and sports equipment.
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    Yes poisoning the stumps will be cheaper than grinding them out buy a long way. There are a few options on the market, we use eco plugs due to the low contamination risk to people, pets and wildlife. Your contractor will advise you of their there preferred option and the cost implications of each.
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    Found it for trucks as well. Been putting off doing mine, going to wait and do class 1 👍 links are for truck followed by trailer. Driver testing changes - GOV.UK WWW.GOV.UK Introducing measures to substantially increase the number of vocational driving tests available. New rules for towing a trailer or caravan with a car from autumn 2021 - GOV.UK WWW.GOV.UK There will be new rules about towing a trailer or caravan with a car later in 2021. Find out how the changes affect you.
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    Does any one know if this came to anything? @Justme guessing you have been watching it closely?
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    Good luck with the next chapter @Rough Hewn. It’s hard selling up to restart, just remember as one door closes another one opens.
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    9/11

    Will C replied to sime42's topic in General chat

    I was driving a tractor and potato harvester around Elvedon in Suffolk. I listened to it on the radio thinking it was Chris Moyles having a wind up to start with. A couple of weeks later I clipped the fence at Lakenheath air base with the harvester and put a hole in it. You have never seen so many humvee and squadies armed to the hilt! It turns out they were on high alert and thought we were going to blow the place up 😂
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    Fell fell the pops they will get much bigger (read more expensive) to do so later. Eco plug to kill or grind out the stumps depending on budget and future plans. If you want to keep them small it will be a ongoing cost. The cherry is a cracker, if it’s not killed any animals yet your fairly safe. If you must prune it do so in summer after it has flowered (look up silver leaf in cherry trees).
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    Minimum of 50m in good going if you use cell grown plants and a planter equally ive been down to 10m/day in chalk/flint with2 inch of top soil digging planting holes with a bar and heeling in with a sledge hammer 😏 (always take a spade to quote) but the hedge still survives 10 years on!
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    Follow Marks advice, if not you will wreck you elbows and shoulders longer term. Your climbing with a horse n cart get with the times and help your self. as to the ascender I reckon you get more rope wear from the bark than you will from an ascender
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    That must make the tree he best part of 18ft wide! I’ve seen a picture of it before but never registered it’s magnitude. It’s bloody huge!
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    I can’t comment on the smart winch but the grcs has allowed us to do jobs we could only of dreamed of with out hiring a crane before having it, it’s a real game changer.
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    TICKET BOOTH AT RED FUNNEL'S SOUTHAMPTON TERMINAL DESTROYED BY LORRY WWW.ISLANDECHO.CO.UK The ticket booth at Red Funnel's Southampton terminal has collapsed after being struck by a lorry. A cabin building used to collect tickets when customers check-in for their sailing has... I bet the people in there shat themselves 😳
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    Big connifer and Mac removals I find can be easier srt when there is a lot of up to tip tie and down to cut, a spready oak I do stick to double rope. I have done reductions srt but Im always busy doing what I know to slow down a notch and get my head round something else, I know I should but I just never have done much, maybe I will once I decided what to get to climb on next, reckon the rope runner pro may be the ticket to make me reteach myself srt for reductions.
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    I was thinking more along the lines of not having to bend so far and being more user friendly than the effort needed to use it.
  21. Will C
    I would make a longer handle if it was me 🤔 looks like a cracking bit of kit 👍
  22. Will C
    Have it out, it will be cheaper in the long run to replant now than try and battle to keep it alive to then fell and replant in 2 or 3 years time. By which point the new hedge will already start to look something instead of a crap box hedge followed by another couple of years of the new hedge establishing.
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    What is the alternative that can switch between srt and drt easy in the tree? I never got my head round srt on tip end jobs, I’m quicker on a double rope. However for access or a dismantle I like srt. mine zz plus has slipped a touch from new, reckon it probably should go back but not till I’ve got something else to climb with, a hitch climber seems like a huge backwards step to me. Does any one in the uk stock the rope runner pro?
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    Quiet times

    Will C replied to Excels1or's topic in General chat

    I think @kevinjohnsonmbe has just hit the nail on he head. as well as looking after the good customers don’t be afraid to walk away from the bad ones or price your self out of the market for there job, occasionally this bites you on the arse with the Stella Artois reassurance. I once had a customer that I didn’t want say they came to us because we were 50% more expensive so the other bloke must of missed something! I thought to myself Yes he missed the fact you are a right twonk (as did I the first time working there)
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    Quiet times

    Will C replied to Excels1or's topic in General chat

    Adverts in Parish mags are cheap for getting your name out there to get a start. clean truck and look smart goes a long way for reputation. The biggest thing do a good job and tidy up to a ocd level and word of mouth will do the rest, leave a mess or be unreliable and that news will spread even quicker.

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