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Looks like silver birch Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

21 inch deck, but really whatever suits your needs. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Honda pro roller me old fruit they are the best. Or if you can't afford that get a lawnflite pro roller it's basically the same as the Honda just a different name. Or a hayter harrier 56, I wouldn't bother with this as when it rains it can't throw the grass in the bag very well and you are always unblocking it. Plus everytime you empty the bag you have to re-start it again where on the Hondas and lawnflite they have a blade brake clutch which keeps the engine running and stops the blade at the same time. Good luck Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

It's a great experience for the first time but be confident, and as long as the crane driver has done similar jobs before that helps allot with your confidence so choose you operator wisely. You will find out soon but you won't believe how quick you get the work done with a crane and the backbreaking labour it saves you. I did a similar size beech before Christmas with a crane and we had it all on the deck chipped up and tidy in 3 and 1/2 hours, all ready to load the timber wagon the next day. Have fun;) Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Stretch airs are very strong slightly heavier than the hi flex but worth it. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

The videos show you in a bad light, you should take note of the comments because if they were promoting your company in a good way and the standard of work you produce was good and safe the comments would be different. You look like you need to go back to the beginning with climbing and your cuts. It sounds like you were taught by the wrong company in the first place which is where most of your bad habits will come from. You take too many risks, cutting big branches, using the wrong cuts, which is why your saw gets pinched and you drop it! if you were a better climber and arborist you would and could dismantle most of those trees in smaller more manageable sections, which in turn shows you have a better ability. This will also reflect on the way others see how you are working and promote a safer working attitude. You will also have more respect for the job you are doing. Smashing down big trees and earning top money isn't the be all and end all. doing a job in the right way and teaching others the right techniques to pass on to the next generation is more rewarding and professional than what is depicted in your videos. Remember every day you learn something, and fair play to you for starting from scratch, sounds like your doing well but sometimes everyone needs pointing in the right direction. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Yep no doubt it's a plane Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

I do my own, generally every ten to fifteen hours of work on each set then I grind them back sharp. They only take about 1/2 hour per set depending on the damage! Just make sure you don't cook them, take your time and make a jig up. Use an old knackered set to practice on then start saving on sharpening charges;) Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Looks like alder to me, always that orangey colour and bark very similar. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Clearview me old fruit, they are the mutts nuts 5kw will sort you out a treat Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Nhbc doesn't stand for much if you see how some house builders throw up houses;) Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

If you love the tree keep, it as there is no point taking down a perfectly healthy tree. The house builders who built the new development should of addressed this as a possible problem ( if deemed one at the time) but generally it is personal preference. You are doing the right thing though, get a qualified person to survey the tree and hopefully give it a clean bill of health, as if you tick all the boxes you will satisfy the most persistent neighbours. Plus should they really of built the new house that close to an established tree in the first place knowing?? If it was my tree I would get it surveyed and cavity read and all being well keep it Hope this helps Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Here's some from last week Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Here's some from last week Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk