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  1. Mountain man
    Kerikey! I've often wondered if I'd have the presence of mind to cut through a line if I had to. Good thinking, well done.
  2. Mountain man
    Service tree maybe.............BEECH.
  3. Mountain man
    I like an ident quiz, but I cannot understand why we only get a twig in the picture, every one has camera phones right? Give us something to work on.
  4. Mountain man
    You're going to have to tell us what machine it is.
  5. Mountain man
    But unlike beech and oak (and ash to a certain extent) it will regenerate from a coppice, meaning turnaround times from nothing to usable firewood is much less then the others.
  6. Mountain man
    Perfect firewood...in a woodburner, spits on an open fire.
  7. Mountain man
    You're right to get a pro, to do it, I did my own, got it wrong and a thousand miles later the same thing happened.........muppet!
  8. Mountain man
    Joking aside its something that gets forgotten about a lot. I've had a bearing disintegrate and let go on a TW, I'd had the machine 10 years and never gave it a thought. I've seen pictures on here of a GM where the same thing happened. If it happens in the wrong place at the wrong speed some very expensive damage can result. Anyway good luck with it.
  9. Mountain man
    I'm all for fracking, cheap energy under our feet.
  10. Mountain man
    Some boyos in Switzerland apparently...or Austria. Plant Taxonomy: Why Plant Names Change (CNPS-CI)
  11. Mountain man
    Fwiw I would sell them both, buy a decent Yankee grinder 35/45 hp (or more) and sub out the little stuff. Plenty of guys around with pedestrian grinders.
  12. Mountain man
    Terrible news. I've spent time in a hospital bed myself Sean after an accident in the trees. I hope you have a full recovery. Lot of people on here rooting for you.
  13. Mountain man
    Thank you, all is clear. Here is a picture of a kitten.
  14. Mountain man
    Yeah probably (he says having no idea what Mark Bolam is referring to)
  15. Mountain man
    Dull old night on here.
  16. Mountain man
    [ame] [/ame]This looks handy
  17. Mountain man
    "we always make the mistake of interpreting tree value as something that must be equated to human value" How else can we interpret tree value in an urban setting? It's there for our benefit, (be it planted or left there by developers) to provide shade, to be a pleasure to look at, nesting for birds, insects, give us a signpost to the changing seasons etc, I believe amenity value is the terminology. Once it doesn't do some or any of these it has no purpose and no matter how many college trained tree workers blather on about "intrinsic value" it can be felled. (should the owner desire it of course!)
  18. Mountain man
    BTGAZ, nobody is make decisions, just playing the game, practicing if you like, a bit like all the "how much would you charge" threads. When we're in the mood I think they're a useful exercise.
  19. Mountain man
    Aesthetics should be very high on the list in a garden. When we (meaning us tree workers) learnt about trees, climbing, reductions etc at college it changed the way we see things, now when we drive round town we look at trees, looking at how they react to pruning, growth patterns, wound reactions etc. I feel like the guy in the film "The Man With X-Ray Eyes" it sends me a bit nuts sometimes! Now Woodyguy genuinely does see a characterful oak tree because he knows about trees and to an extent he's right, stick it in the middle of a woodland or hedgerow and he can go and look at it all day, but the rest of the cul de sac see a scrappy mess that they don't want to park their cars under or they don't even notice it. Sometimes we should try to take out our tree workers eyes and remember what the world looked like to us before we learnt this stuff.
  20. Mountain man
    I'll think about that for a bit, it'll take some thought.
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  22. Mountain man
    Get that wheel sorted! Nothing ruins a day like a wheel falling off your chipper.
  23. Mountain man
    But what about his hat Huck? It's utterly splendid!
  24. Mountain man
    Nice job on the beech. Classy
  25. Mountain man
    In a way it's not as dumb as it looks, that spar will only come over when there is significant pull on the line, plus I like his hat.

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