Jackalope
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The OP probably wishes we'd all take a Pike.
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Damnit Spud, now I'm invested in the latest mysterious saw saga. I'd be interested to know if "a couple of months" was actually more like eighteen?
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Recently I heard about a lad with a big sycamore blocking a lovely view through a wee valley. He waited until a stormy night, nipped out with the saw and bowled it over whole tree. It did a wee bit of damage to an old wall but he got away scot free! Might be worth a try. If you used an electric saw and tidy it up quick I doubt anyone would even notice in the morning.
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Tbh I'd have thought that would come down itself if you off root it. Always difficult to do anything with something that rotten but personally I'd take that rope off it, put a token gob in* and then back cut it from the right to left or just standing on the left of you've a big enough bar to reach. There's a fair bit of weight in that stem, I'd expect it to pull itself down once loose at the butt. * not too much in case it pinches your saw.
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A lot of the rewilding is no good because the only thing so called conservationists will kill are deer. They won't touch the corvids or ground predators like foxes or stoats so the breeding success of ground nesting birds is appallingly low.
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It's Scotland on Bonfire night, we don't need any more reason to have a good ol' tear up.
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I do the vast majority of my cutting work as a self-employed/freelance cutter. Tend to avoid working for the likes of FLS/Tillhill/Euroclowns and go direct to the smaller (but still not insignificant) semi local contractors. Generally less faffage and paperwork with those lads than the big boys. Not a notable difference in the day rates. Aside from that I'll work directly for local estates, usually with their in-house forestry/farm/digger driver and that can be great. There's loads of cutting work out there, you just need to tap into it. Word of mouth/an email to likely estates & contractors/ adverts on FMOJ have all worked well for me.
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Then you're not doing it right. 🙃
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I think Ash. The cambian layer looks too thick for Sycamore imo. Doesn't have the heart wood you'd expect in Oak
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Well catching up on that thread was 10 minutes of my life I'll never get back. Anyone know why the saw was stripped in the first place?
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Stump that high points to a culprit with a sore back. Still can't fathom why anyone would want to fell that tree though.
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The height of those felling cuts is criminal if nothing else.
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Personally I think Airbnb is a blight on small rural communities. Last time I visited Skye there were lots of happy tourists walking down from their self-catering accommodation into Portree looking for supper. They were to be disappointed when many of the restaurants were empty, closed, and locked by 8pm. The reason? A lack of staff to work in them.... because no one can afford to live on Skye due to the shortage of accommodation following the rise of.... You guessed it; Airbnb. Fair enough if you don't live in your house but personally I think renting to someone who'll live there is the socially responsible thing to do.
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Can someone change the record please? I think this one is stuck on loop.
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Let us know what the eventual outcome is please.
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If you take a picture from the left looking parallel with the fence it'll look like the whole base of the near stem is on your side but now we're splitting hairs. As others have said, my interpretation would be that you're entitled to remove the stem from your property. Whether you can do it whilst maintaining civilities with your neighbor is a different matter.
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This really makes it look like the tree is predominantly on your side. Can't see he has any say in the existence of the left hand stem. Fair enough to be 50/50 on the other one.
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Owner uncontactable or not responding
Jackalope replied to Alex Seaview's topic in Trees and the Law
Ok, so I found the old school approach was usually more productive. It's very time consuming but knocking on the doors of the other local landowners, farmers etc is a good shout. Usually someone will have an individuals name and that'll eventually lead to a phone number. The direct approach of turning up and speaking to people always yeilded better than a phone call or dropped business card. Have a notebook ready to scribble names/addresses etc. Be prepared to sink a huge amount of time in talking to folk though. I was fortunate as the whole job was on salary so time spent following breadcrumbs wasn't costing me anything. -
Owner uncontactable or not responding
Jackalope replied to Alex Seaview's topic in Trees and the Law
Do you know who the owner is but they just are not responding? Or are you completely in the dark about who owns it? Both present their own problems but are rarely insurmountable. I've done a lot of chasing landowners over the years, usually to gain access for grey squirrel control. -
One other option for minor offences would be reintroduce the Stocks. However rather than throwing food at the crook, the Stocks should be positioned in Glencoe during the months of May-September. I guarantee a night in one's underwear with the midges of the west will be enough to deter all but the clinically insane from a life of crime.
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We could try better education and more 'draconian' punishments as kids. That might instill some respect for other people's property and the rule of law again. Thus preventing some crime in the first instance.
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Ya know them days being a subbie chews at you?
Jackalope replied to eggsarascal's topic in The Lounge
Why should you be the one calling him if he feels the need to have a conversation? Surely he could just pick up the phone and give you a bell. Polite but firm is an excellent manner to adopt. -
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Ya know them days being a subbie chews at you?
Jackalope replied to eggsarascal's topic in The Lounge
I've had similar experiences with a digger driver telling me where to cut when cleaning up lime suckers. Eventually I offered him the saw but he was suddenly very keen to get back in the cab. -
In my experience there is a drastic shortage of labour in the forestry sector so you should find an opportunity to get time saw time. I'd advocate getting the basic tickets, Maintenance and cross cut and small fell (up to 380mm) as having them will allow you access to more site and the courses definitely teach you a few things which you won't necessarily learn 'on the job'. Check out the thread linked by Blackbriarwoods too.
