The avantgardener

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I have a better pair of long reach tongs from Clark Forest in Dumfries, no import tariffs from Scotland Kriss. 😉

Don’t get the larger tongs, they encourage you to lift timber that is way too heavy, get the standard size, if it fits lift it, if it doesn’t leave it and get two people on it. There is also the ‘Logjaw’, comes as a pair for two people, I used them on a RSPB site, really good for moving lots of timber.

I make my own up from internet medical sites for a fraction of anything shop bought, and better. Ex army supplies to have packs to house personal kits, I have a Pelican case in the truck that is properly stocked as a squad kit with Tourniquets/Woundclot Guazes/Icepacks etc

There are loads of ‘point and shoot’ apps available now, RFS & RHS websites should also have lots of ident info. When I started out I always had a good ident book in the truck. If I didn’t know the tree I would look it up rather than try and bullshit the customer. Take a cutting home when you are pricing it up and confirm the ID before doing any cutting, you don’t want to remove all the flowering/fruiting buds by pruning at the wrong time of year.

You should have a completed ‘ARAS’ form with the result achieved written on it, given to you by the Assessor on the day. This is evidence to a potential employer until you certificate arrives.

I would add some Quercus ilex, good cover, good firewood and full of acorns over Winter. If you want to see how Eucalyptus glaucescens performs in the South East, pop your head round the back of the walled garden at Bedgebury Pinetum. I planted a couple there a while back, the growth rate is actually unbelievable for the time scale, good for quick firewood but sod all else.

Mars bars?

Second hand Husqvarna 346xp or new from some EU websites (France). Non auto tune, 13” narrow kerf bar, job done.

Good condition CS100 on eBay earlier for under £1200, spare blades and belts, its gone now. Either a bargain or a blag?

There was one on Arbtrader a couple of weeks ago, very low hours. Derbyshire way so no closer. You could have it palleted and driven though, they are excellent machines.

I use ported saws at work all the time, I have done for a few years.

So the scientists are now saying that up to 80% of the population needs to have the COVID vaccine in order to create herd immunity. At current inoculation rates that will take until the end of August this year, that’s pretty much as long as the entire lockdown process so far, with no actual confirmation that the lockdowns will cease afterwards. I have just looked at the ONS website for COVID deaths in my area. The whole of Hastings has had 2, yes that’s right, a whole 2 deaths since the inception of this claptrap, they may even have been ill previously. Adverts are already linking the vaccine to travel limitations. Have you seen the Ryanair Ads for the Benidorm brigade? “Just jab and go!” In the meantime, some not so breaking news about the pressure put on the NHS at this time of year, every year.

Same people that got all the track and trace money and investors in vaccines I expect.

The Eder 1800 is the best winch of this type that I have used also.