Mountain man
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In an urban situation something aesthetically pleasing is surely preferable to a hammered rotting oak in decline. (Except perhaps for certain TOs) In forty years there would be an impressive specimen there rather than some butchered hangover from the development of the cul de sac.
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I'm guess he meant would instead of wouldn't. Anyway it's got to go and replant another, this is ruined crappy oak, don't waste any more time on it, fell, grind replant. In ten years you'll have a nice plane/lime/whatever, whereas if you muck around with this you'll have a crappy ruined oak in ten years.
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Interesting, I see you threw a line over a far away branch and used a groundy to pull you over. Looked hot, was it?
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No, but if one has significantly better consumption than another it's worth knowing isn't it? Or if there are some ways of using less fuel. No point throwing money away
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Cutting leylandii hedges. Competitive market, lots of repeat work. Thankfully I don't do it anymore, but it's good money.
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Biggest factor can be if you have a back on it, best consumption on a pick up I had was with a navarra with a cover on the rear, other wise you're towing a parachute around.
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I was specifically give two ovals by Honey Bros when I got mine.
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Clients who line up their garden rubbish for your chipper.
Mountain man replied to Mountain man's topic in General chat
I was in lengthy negotiations with a really tight American about an oak and pine takedown. Eventually he got the price down for just doing the oak, "don't worry about the pine" he said Turn up and there's the pine laying on the ground cut up left right and centre, a real nightmare to chip. Big grin on his face, "you can chip up the pine now, I felled it myself" like he'd pulled a stroke on me or something! "Nope" I said, "it would have been less bother if you'd left it standing" he was aghast, a'muppin and a'squealing till I told him "forget it, it ain't gonna happen" I enjoyed that. -
Will do pete, still manageable atm so I'll moniter the leak.
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I always have a little snicker to myself when I hear tree contractors (usually the younger ones) saying "I have a very good relationship with the TO" as if that would affect the TO's decision making process with regards to work on a tree. He will (or should) decide on a fell or reduce or whatever based on his training not on any chumminess or regard for an individual. To be be fair those I have come across have always behaved in that way.
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Kretzschmaria - infected tree management ?
Mountain man replied to johnanderton's topic in Tree health care
Imo Yes. -
Clients who line up their garden rubbish for your chipper.
Mountain man replied to Mountain man's topic in General chat
Thanks Steve, In answer to skyhucks question, for the money mostly. -
Clients who line up their garden rubbish for your chipper.
Mountain man replied to Mountain man's topic in General chat
Destine? -
Wasting your time, ignore her calls.
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Clients who line up their garden rubbish for your chipper.
Mountain man replied to Mountain man's topic in General chat
Should've called Steve Bullman, he'll do it for a cup of tea! -
Clients who line up their garden rubbish for your chipper.
Mountain man replied to Mountain man's topic in General chat
Yes I've had clients standing over my shoulder trying to grab tuppence worth of firewood from the chipper rollers! -
I suppose if you're not working in a commercial environment you can play around with that David, but I cannot believe you couldn't do that from the tree itself. Still if you all had fun and it passed a day.
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Now I know the mantra of " I never chip anything I haven't cut myself mate" But it never ceases to amaze me when you turn up and there's a pile of stuff clearly freshly cut sitting on the lawn. Me to the groundies "here we go!" The client, all pleased with himself, "could you put that through the chipper" Sometimes they don't even ask just start dragging it toward the chipper like it was a human right!
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Is there an Allen key in the exhaust? If you can undo it and remove the baffle chances are it's an 020, you cannot do that with a 200.
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For you Hodge:001_smile:
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Ha ha! Nearly missed that, that Land Rover holds more chip every week! Is it growing?
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Could have been a fire a while ago. Anywhere near a school, take it out.
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I think he means leave it on all the time, literally. I'd use a Krab personally,
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Ha ha, fair enough.
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I like being grumpy! who wants a world full of super positive, look on the bright side, optimists? We'd all go bloody mad in days. They usually turn out to be bipolar or manic depressives anyway.
