The avantgardener
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Theoben made some excellent guns before they went bust. The ‘Evolution’ was available in left and right hand stocks, gas ram instead of spring, a real piece of beauty, might be worth looking for a good second hand one on the shooting forums.
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I have a HW77 that I have owned since 1988, I still enjoy using it, really well built. The underlever makes it slightly slower to load than the break barrel HW80, both are excellent guns though.
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I have been planting Eucalyptus in the test plots at Bedgebury Pinetum for a good few years. There where two small compartments that stood up to the 87 storm that we extended. The growth rate on some types has been spectacular. One thing that I have learned about Eucalyptus, although they are hardwoods, not all will readily coppice at stump, but these will respond well to a high pollard. As you have a local expert, that’s great help.
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Tetchy sod too. ?
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I think so, they had lovely glistening droplets on the base. The trees had been hit back so hard and possibly in the summer heat, the bark was peeling off with no signs of regeneration.
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Just got back from Athens. Noticed these growing on some heavily pruned hybrid black poplars. First tree shows fruiting bodies that where 16-18” diameter.
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A novice chestnut cutter I recently worked with bought a couple of bar/chain combos to save some money. The bars where poor, the rails pitted and where brittle, didn’t wear well at all, the chains where aggressive from the box, depth gauges set very low, threw chip like a beaver or bogged the saw down and snatched, the last Rotatech chain that I saw looked like this! Spot the difference.
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They will probably ask if you mean “Imported” saws.? Be interesting what they come back with.
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the best water proof arborist jacket to date
The avantgardener replied to markrufrider's topic in General chat
I dropped the idea of waterproof outers altogether, I have tried all kinds of breathable/gortex outers, they all work fine if you aren’t moving that much, when your working on piece rate in Forestry they all fail, you end up so hot and wet with sweat from the inside, you take it off. I moved over to the Buffalo System, used by SAS/Special Forces all over the world. I have several jackets for different uses, the Special 6 is the one I work in most. They are not waterproof but don’t alter their warmth when soaked, and wind proof to 50 mph, the pretext outer dries off in no time, and vented to aid cooling. You wear them tight fitting with nothing underneath, being soaking wet but warm takes a bit of getting used to. -
Both my 346xpg’s are ported, they still just about outperform my 550xpg mk2’s. They are the first saws I grab when I am cutting chestnut coppice. They are always sharp, why wouldn’t a saw be? And I cut more, quicker and therefore expose myself to less time on the trigger, therefore less exposure to HAVS than my stock saws. No one else picks up and uses my saws, no one, so no problem.
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It’s about PUWER Regs, if you modify a saw to improve performance outside of the manufacturers recommendations it could put you in that grey area, “Fit for purpose”. A guy I met a while back does investigations for HSE as a professional witness in chainsaw accidents. He said the first thing he checks are the depth gauges, I don’t think he would know the saw was ported unless he was told so or compared it with a stock version.
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Yes
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Recommendations on small (5.5) Chainsaw Boots ?
The avantgardener replied to Gajji's topic in General chat
Husqvarna Technical 24 and Arbortec Boots come in size 5.5. -
They usually sign up with the scope of works/maps etc explaining the works/location/contact numbers, I would be surprised if they haven’t.
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Contact Euroforest stating you are a close neighbour and would like some information on the level of disruption you may endure and why, they may or not explain the reason. Doubt anyone from Euroforest will be replying on here though.
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I have cut some stuff there in the past. Felling nice straight Sessile/English Oak to reveal the older and massively suppressed Oak for wildlife habitat. There where some monster Turkey’s on there, the whole lot need to go.
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Are these Turkey Oak’s at Bookham Commons?
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A mechanic who knows how to repair and maintain large Arb machinery would be a great asset to any company, certainly a good selling point if your looking for employment, enjoy your training at Kingswood, they have a tight ship at the minute.
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If your Kent based, speak with Kingswood Training or Scott Fraser Training and look into the availability of a flexible combined ground based and aerial unit training/certification. It will give you a taster of the physical/technical level that you would be expected to be at as a starting point for a career in Arb.
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CS30 And CS31 Training In Derbyshire
The avantgardener replied to sbforestry1's topic in Training & education
No they can’t, not for CS31 anyway, CS32 yes, you can do an Integrated assessment with an NPTC Assessor performing both roles, CS31 must be assessed by someone who isn’t the trainer. -
We’ve had that in place for years under both Labour and Conservative Governments.
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I work at Bedgebury Pinetum quite a lot, an FC site that just happens have the largest collection of conifers anywhere in the world. I have been planting in experimental plots there for a decade now looking into new possible crops species, so this work is ongoing. The problem is that Sitka/Corsican etc gives the largest yields over the short period for the large harvesting companies, they largely have no interest in biodiversity or ecology, just profit margins, I think that is the biggest problem moving forward.
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I don’t know anyone who is desperate for this to be like DED, everyone I know would rather we didn’t have ADB at all. Two years ago I was involved on an Ash thinning job on the Glynde Estate near Lewes, East Sussex. It was by far the worst infection that I have seen anywhere in the country, with huge standing dead seed trees. This is within the South Downs National Park. On completion, Natural England decided that it was so bad/dangerous that they issued a notice to clear fell it all, which was finished this year, It really is an environmental disaster that will be felt for decades to come, all very sad.
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Rhody makes a very high quality charcoal too.
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Hornbeam, Yew and Hawthorn work best for me, greenheart is even better if I can acquire some. I burn large amounts of Sweet chestnut in my burner because I have unlimited access to it, splits easier than any wood I know, dries quickly, has hardly any sap band and burns so cleanly it leaves hardly any ash.
