TreeAbility

13 hours ago, Excels1or said:

Should you be loading docs with clients details/contacts on?

They gave me permission to post on here!  But yes valid question!  

Advice please for how a homeowner can respond to next doors insurers telling them to fell 2 very large Oaks 100 plus years old. 

The insurers have dug trial pits and found Oak roots so asking for the removal of both trees. My customers not keen to remove them as beautiful trees. 

Don't think crack monitoring has been done to establish if there is seasonal movement. 

Would a root barrier be an option instead of removal or fairly robust Crown reduction? 

How can the customers get advice without it costing thousands or do they just acquiesce to the insurers demands as they don't want to take liability for any more damage if they leave the trees? 

Any thoughts appreciated.

Riding Oaks Site Investigations.pdf

Surveyed a beautiful walnut today with big pocket of decay. Buttress roots are fine, decay is between the buttresses so was thinking maybe reduction to retain it. Then pulled some dead Ivy away and found Kretzschmaria on the side. Sounding test seemed good but not sure how aggressive the Kretzschmaria is going to be. 

Could recommend decay detection or just remove as it's close to buildings. Would be nice to keep it if possible

Any thoughts appreciated! 

3 minutes ago, adw said:

So I guess you have a huge air leak, or you have no impulse for some reason.

Air leak could be possible. I've got anither 2511 with Artur at the moment and that's got a leak in the carburetor manifold. Not sure what bit that is though! 

My saw did run briefly but I'd not done the clutch up tight enough, it came loose, I did it up again but now no joy 😔

28 minutes ago, adw said:

Did you remove the flywheel at any time? if so has it sheared the flywheel key?

Yes did take off the flywheel but the key was fine and put it back in correctly. 

Fuel isn't getting to the spark plug, it's dry when I check or just slightly damp once after I'd done about 20 pumps on the bulb.

Pipes all seem OK, the bulb is pulling the fuel through fine (now I know which direction and what pipe does what 🤣)

Very frustrating 🤯

6 minutes ago, spudulike said:

Sod off, I once had one of these in and after pissing around with it, getting it running and it flooding etc etc, I realised someone had cocked around with the fuel pipes and had to work out what they were doing and what they should be doing. 

It transpired that the owner had swapped them all around when he tried to "fix" it!!!!

All you have to do is connect the pipe connected to the fuel filter, to the PUMP part of the carb and the other one needs to go to the bulb and then return to the tank. 

Basically, the bulb draws the fuel from the tank through the carb and then returns it to the tank if my memory serves me right. 

Next time...take a photo before stripping it!!

Great, thanks Spud. I think the problem may be in the carb then as the pipes are all correct. I did photo it all and it seemed OK. It ran briefly then stopped and won't run at all now. Got a tiny fire from it after repeated pulls on the starter. Compression seems fine. Have checked the spark and changed plugs as well. Stumped now 🤦‍♂️ and not confident to pull apart the carb apart from checking the gauze which was clean. 

Hi any thoughts people in this problem. 
I've changed the whole casing of my 2511 as it got dropped and broken. 
Had to strip pretty much everything off and put it back together. 
It ran once briefly but now won't run. There doesn't look to be any fuel getting to the spark plug. I don't think the pipes are pinched but there's nothing coming out of the fuel pipe from the pump Prime bulb. The other pipe has plenty of fuel coming out and there's fuel in the rubber bulb when you pump it. 
Should there be fuel coming from this short pipe? Could the New bulb be faulty??? 
 

Any help or thoughts appreciated. The pic is the old broken case BTW not the new one! 
 

Sorry forgot to put in pay scale... £20-22 basic trainee with no experience up to 40k if you can actually climb well and not break stuff!  Somewhere in the middle if you're no so experienced...

Looking for a qualified climber and/or trainee for an Arb Approved company in Sevenoaks. Ideally with climbing tickets if you're a trainee but can put you through them. Must have driving licence.

Doing mainly private residential work and some commercial. 

Contact Nick for more info. 07974 918879

Is this powdery mildew or something else??

Large parts of a Laurel hedge affected.

I'm struggling to find anything in law that says who should pay for the clear up of the fallen tree?

It's the neighbours insurance to pay for any property damage, got that, but nothing concrete on tree clear up.

Has anyone got any legal case or info that makes it clear?

Tia

Are they very heavy to use compared to the normal long reach battery ones? They look to be almost 2kg heavier.

from tip to tip they are 2.3m....cutters are 56cm...
 
i've got a set.....nice that they are articulated......got these and a set of the 70cm regular cutters and a tripod ladder.......not much we can't get to with them.
 
 
 
 

Try adding codacide oil to roundup. Mix it 1:1 with the herbicide. Makes it much more effective and also need less product. It's organic so eco too [emoji2]

anyone with the above trimmers help please?

Need to know how long these are with the head open ready to cut? All the online measurements give the wrong size, stating 3.5m which is the extendable version not the fixed shaft! [emoji51]

I'm looking to go electric and currently use petrol Stihl Combi trimmers which are 234cm from top to bottom. Don't want to lose much reach with new ones.

The telescopic ones are much heavier so trying to avoid those.

Tia

Pretty sure it's not phillyrea latifolia. Evergreen small tree

Pretty sure it's not phillyrea latifolia. Evergreen small tree

Think you’re on about the ones at the top? Ankle straps just on a big ring I think?

Hey all
 
Bottoms straps are getting knackered now and want to replace.
Can’t seem to get hold of actual Distel straps and the Buckingham ones I just got from Honeys don’t seem all that good compared to the originals, and I think they’ll be going back.
 
Anyone replaced theirs? Any suggestions on alternatives?
 
Seems a bit mad to buy new just for some straps
Cheers

Looking for a second climber or trainee for an Arb approved company in Sevenoaks. Ideally with climbing tickets. Must have driving licence.

Contact me for more info.

Are you able to go back and see how this has developed ina a few weeks time?
 

Worth a read as I learnt the id from one of David's posts a while back.
 

Any thoughts on this fungus ID? On oak, SE England, and there's lots of possibly pin hole borer Frass all around the base. One side of the fence is a school, other side a busy park so could important!

What's people's thoughts on this Oak problem. Large number of twigs snapped off all over the crown.

I have been asked to price the removal of Ash trees at various sites, including Narrow leaved Ash. ( Fraxinus angustifolia )  The Narrow leaved Ash seem to be unaffected by die back at the moment. Does anyone know, are they going to die too, or are they possibly resistant ?