Tim Stobart Tree Surgery

are they type A or C saw protection?

I'll be there every day, as a volunteer for my Mrs/the Rural Parliment. I think they're sharing some space on the Rural Churches stand. I'm the scruffy guy with messy hair and a big beard with a couple of braids in it, stop me and say hi if you see me about.

Aye, £80 a day is what I've been charging, though just moved to £96, plus the cost of the chemical.

Aye, I'll agree with that, but it'd make sense to give the customer the option of them doing a few hours work that I guess they'd be capable of, rather than the time it'd take to strip it back carefully (looks like a good few branches over that fence). Probably know a few hundred off, and it may get you the job over someone else who has the same price but not the angle! Glad you got it. Enjoy.

It's one of those things I remember to look for in shops but never on a computer, I'll get one if things ever slow up a bit and I get some time to build and spend in the workshop. Wow, I'd considered trying to do this with a star of plunge cuts and a carving bar, but figured it'd be, virtually impossible, dangerous and leave a rubbish finish. That looks like a great bar attachment. Is it a stihl product or a custom made piece?

I feel a bit stupid now asking about sourcing the bit, I've looked in a few hardware/DIY stores, but never got round to an internet search for one. Don't mind me!

cheers

To joe blogs on the street, the simplest way of doing it is to spread a load of rock salt over the area of the roots. that'll kill the grass as well. I'd report it to the council tree officer (ensure your customer/tree owner does this not you), and ask them to tpo it and investigate.

I've got a lathe sitting in the shed, waiting for me to build the workshop, that'll do it.

I usually do, but not company written (I've been meaning to get round to this for ages, but it's just me an my groundie). Yesterday I climbed in a T-shirt and had sawdust in my armpit for half the day. You can get summer base layers as well as winter ones, and they are the best in this heat.:thumbup:

Where did you get the bit from?

My ex's mum (a crazy wee Chinese lady) always used to bbq on wood. It worked fine, I often do when I'm out of charcoal, it's not as good as lumpwood, but about ten times better than charcoal briquettes.

I have been after a bit for the lathe that's big enough to do that to big half round for a while. A good use of knotty unions and worth a few quid for not a huge amount of time. I had nae thought of the side on bottles mind! I can't wait to get my workshop up and running (bloody customers wanting trees done, fences built and grass cut!)

If you do this, fill it with water first to ensure that all the gas is out of it before you 'cut the head of(f)', otherwise......................................:angryfire:

I'd get a small cylinder (3lt) from a SCUBA center and rig that up. Having said that I'm a diver with plenty of such kit kicking around. Another option would be a 12v tyre inflator type thing.

If it were local I'd be tempted. How bad are the brakes?

I always have my groundie wearing hi vis, after a guy I used to work with (note used to) walked in to a drop zone while I was on the back cut of a 30' top without looking up (the last thing I'd said to him was get clear, which he did). As I say, now they always have to wear them. It's amazing how often i just see a glimpse of it through foliage and know where they are. I keep meaning to have some orange polo shirts made up to make the halfway, but the hi vis ones look good. As for singlets, why not go by a travelers camp and nick them from their washing lines? It may make up for all our kit they nick!

I was once asked, is Entomology the study of talking trees? I said "I'm not sure, your Tolkein to the wrong guy!"

I wasnae gonna comment, but hey, Firstly, GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. After that, no bugger here has done any thing wrong, yes they should've just got the job done rather than ring barking, but I can understand (if not justify, or agree with) them doing it (as Arbs, as developers it makes sense). As for the council, if they are in such a situation then it simply makes the case for creating a 'conservation area', whereby any tree has to be considered for a TPO before any work is completed on it. Yes, I believe the fines are less/will be accepted development costs, but that's the courts problem, not the process (and the courts should address this with larger fines), but to get a working process then I believe that all urban area's should have this basic status, to stop such practices. As I say no wrong doers, just loopholes in the system that need blocking. I used to work in Sussex ( and I kid you not got asked "could you do the job on a Sunday?" more than once), I really don't miss it, I now love my little island (Bute) even with it's conservation area. At least here, you know a wrong 'un when you're dealing with them. Down south it's every man for himself. Good luck down there!

There was a load of this a few years ago down in Sussex, mainly in hedgerows, and it all came back fine.

I'd be tempted to give them a price with the fence there, and a price with them removing/risking the fence. If they say they'll take it down or risk it, then just bosh it down. If they want the fence saved, either take it down and re-do it, or take the time and be careful of it. Makes a difference, hence the 2 prices.

You won't make a fortune, but you can make some money from it, it depends what you can do to add value to the timber, not just selling planks!

I cannae disagree with any of those last three comments, I must agree that the idea of an independent Scotland sounds good to me. Letting the SNP run it sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. The land reform debate is an interesting topic and huge bone of contention for a lot of people, I think anything that is done must be done in a way where by the above (Tom D) does not happen. I think derelict/unmanaged land, or land that is up for sale is one thing, but compulsory purchases (do I hear clearances in the highlands) is a nightmare if that ever comes about. Thanks for your support, lets hope this one works out. ps, did any of you fill in the survey?

Interestingly with this project the managing organisation has been created for it, but the directors (who are all volunteers) have been drawn from all over Scotland, with, as far as I know, no previous connections to each other. As I say, it may be another project that goes the same way, but I know Emma will do her best to stop that. Anyway, the point of my post was to get people to fill in the survey so that as many people could put forward their opinion and bump forestry (land use) up the list, if they felt it worthy. I thought it was a bit of a tenuous link to the forum so sorry if it's gone off track!

Sadly this is too often true, and it's something that Emma (my partner) is keen to avoid (the venue is to be a community owned leisure center in Oban over a lush, multi-national owned hotel in Aviemore). The difficulty is engaging such widespread and diverse group of people, in less than twelve months. Where these projects have been successful they have built up over a number of years, and been community led, so the key at the moment is engaging as many people as possible in the process. My post is just that, trying to help get the project into peoples minds and get people contributing to it by filling in the survey, but it's gaining some insight to how these projects are viewed. Interestingly, this project has got Emma working 5 and her assistant 3 days a week. Apart from that everyone else involved is a volunteer. Cheers