The avantgardener
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So the young ones are spreading Covid 19 around and causing this spike, nothing to do with more testing? More testing automatically produces more positive results. We are due a normal spike in seasonal flu/common colds at this time of year anytime now. If the kids are causing this spike why send them all back to school? My friends kid is in a bubble of two whole year groups, that equates to 180 kids congregating and playing together with no masks or social distancing, then going home to parents/grandparents and spreading the Covid, then onto a mix in supermarkets, play parks and public places/transport. What a total crock of shit.
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If I remember right, they jailed the guy to make it look like they had done the job, then released him on appeal, when it became obvious the evidence was dubious. They found a fall guy who was a bit ‘touched’ and had a changed his name by deed poll to Barry Bulsara because he loved Queen so much, his real name was Barry George, he sued for damages but got nowhere, no killer caught.
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A guy at work managed to bust the handle on my dead blow wedge hammer. I have ordered a replacement but will need to remove the coiled spring steel retainer to allow for the new one. Is there a recommended technique to remove it or is it just a case of bashing it out with a hammer and punch?
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Sweet Chestnut and Walnut
The avantgardener replied to trigger_andy's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Walnuts can grow very large (100ft), but tend to spread from young. You can selectively prune it to maintain the desired size, as long as you don’t let it get too big and then keep hacking it back it should still yield nuts. There are also hazel trees with truffle mycorrhiza impregnated in the root system, if you get the soil right you could be shaving truffle on your neeps and tatties. Kent cobnuts are very heavy yielding large hazelnuts, you can hit them back hard every 5 years and get a good supply of bean/pea poles, stakes and binders for the allotment. -
Sweet Chestnut and Walnut
The avantgardener replied to trigger_andy's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Make sure of the right final location for the Walnut, they don’t like competition and hate being lifted and replanted after they have established. Try and source a Sweet Chestnut that is specifically grown for the nut, the UK coppice stock is grown for timber so tends to have too many small nuts instead of the twin/triple sets you get in France/Italy etc. We do have decent crops down in Sussex after a long hot Summer though. -
What would be suitable
The avantgardener replied to Lfservices's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Wilson’s did a fantastic job of guarding my mates Valtra. -
Black poplars - beyond help?
The avantgardener replied to albion-20's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
If you know you have ecology issues, bats/birds etc I would get a survey done. These trees respond very well to being hit hard, (look at the regrowth you have), I would hit them hard again, you will have less issues with birds in the Winter period, you don’t have to do all at once, prioritise the largest with the biggest weight before they shed limbs themselves. When the work has been done on each tree and cleared up, plant another on either side, they are very quick growing and cheap. Try and locate some native Black Poplar stock instead of the hybrids, they won’t grow as tall and give you less problems long term. -
On paper it is quicker, by a tiny fraction that you need a computer to check.
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This, I suspect is where the 500i really was made for. Dismantling large stems without having to haul a 660 up there.
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Black poplars - beyond help?
The avantgardener replied to albion-20's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
They look like they have been hit right back to the main stem at some point. Re pollard them and manage the regrowth, it’s the weight of the unmanaged regrowth that’s causing them to fall apart. -
Where abouts on the South Downs are you cutting?
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The sweep cut is when you bore from one side to form half of the hinge then sweep round the tree with the saw until you create an equal hinge on the other side, usually putting wedges in as you go. Boring the heartwood from the front (gob) is actually called a ‘key hole cut’ rather than ‘letterbox’ trying to keep as much of the hinge wood intact as possible, especially if the hinge is side loaded. The aim is to cut the heartwood that you couldn’t reach with the saw from the sweep cut and to prevent timber plucking.
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They mainly concentrate on a ‘sweep cut’ after boring out the heartwood from the front (gob), this allows you to fell a tree more than double the guide bar on the saw. Also a Danish Cut and Dogs Tooth Cut if there is the right training material, boring in from both sides to meet Cleanly. Also setting up a winch/ offset pulley to roll out or drag back a deliberately hung tree.
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The 462 is a very good saw, very Husqvarna like in its pick up/chain speed, and light. On paper the 500i edges it on speed but has 10cc more grunt so will run a bigger bar, it is juicey though. I tried the 462 and 572 together, I bought the 572 in the end because it just handled so well and feels so much more solid. The 500i is a good saw, puts a smile on your face every time you pull the trigger, I am still not convinced on its service life as a flat out forestry saw though, only time will tell.
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They are different skill sets though. I know guys who are excellent aerial cutters/climbers, but I wouldn’t let them anywhere near a large tree clearfell or storm damaged site. A lot of guys just want to climb, they have no interest in forestry or ground based work so just won’t apply themselves to it.
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I know very few domestic Arbs with CS32, just a big saw and a standard felling cut with a rope on the pole. It’s all okay until there is a claim, then suddenly it isn’t. I think this is the next glaringly obviously thing for HSE to get stuck into when they have finished meddling with the two rope system.
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Half a kilo!!! Barely noticeable, all the pro 50cc saws are light, the power difference of the 550 is certainly noticeable though, why would you not want it?
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Except a Husqvarna 550xp mk2, which walks all over the pair of them.
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Section fell the poles with the 261 until you are at the 2.4m of the standing stem. Sweep cut the stem with the 20” on the 461, job done no extra kit required.
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Where in France are you heading?
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Email them and ask. Have you got any charts showing how many of these survivors didn’t have these underlying issues before they got Covid?
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This is a pretty straightforward chart from the University of Stockholm with predictions of just how likely you are to die from Covid, I bet seasonal flu would show similar numbers.
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Stihl 261 or Husqvarna 550xp, best 50cc saws on the market, I prefer the Husky for Forestry work, whichever you end up with get a semi chisel chain on it, you will find it easier to do the bore cuts if you are felling hardwoods.
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Bounce Back Loan?
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That looks fantastic, good luck with it.
