Thesnarlingbadger

I have a stone pine to take down at the end of the month I could certainly post some up to you. Don’t know if I will have time to Collect 100 though as we have to get the job done that day so we can collect the ones from the floor after. The job is on the 31st.

1. A few pints in the pub with old mates (talking old memories) 2. Spending time with the family at weekends 3. Getting up a big tree on a frosty morning and looking out and remembering why a love this job Good thread

That would have been a hell of a wake up call for him

Haha I love the fact they were open about it.

Ha I found a rucksack in a hedge we were cutting about 8 years ago and I still gets used as a work bag now.

Bloody hell. Lucky that didn’t catch anything.

We all come across a lot I’ve crap in hedges from time to time but we were reducing a great long stretch of privet next to a public footpath the other day and I turned round to see one of the lads looking like he had just seen a ghost. I stop the saw and hear him say ‘what the (bad language) is that’? I look down and see this... Needless to say we had to take some amusing pictures after finding it So what’s the weirdest crap you have found whilst out trimming hedges.

Joe is right though that stump is way to high ?‍♂️

Completely agree with Mark here. There was clearly no traffic management involved as cars were going past and if you were to fell a trunk like that on a road side you would put hazard tape at the very least around the area the tree could fall. I’ve made cock ups and skipped corners in the past but nothing like this. Why wasn’t the trunk taken down lower? Lazy and rushing to get to the pub no doubt. Why was the tree being felled against its lean? And why the hell is there from what I can see only 2 people caring out a job on what appears to be a busy road that needs a lot more traffic control than just a couple of cones next to the chipper. I hate it when people love to have a go and judge people for silly mistakes (we all make them) but this is just nuts. They were lucky no one died and if that was me on the bike I would have torn them a new one and been straight on the phone to HSE. Unbelievable

Could be the way to go. To be honest I think I’m going to just hit it with a pile of chains and hope the saw doesn’t have a hissy fit [emoji4]

This not stupid that’s called saving time [emoji23]

Might work or it might just make a very soggy muddy mess, I'll get pictures when I do it so you can see the horrible job I am up against.

Not a bad shout. I’ll look into that idea

I don’t know if an axe would cut it (excuse the pun) but an airline might just give me a better chance.

Yeah the more I look in to it the more I realise you are right Steve. I have a handful of chains that I will make sure are ready for the job in a couple of weeks and just hope I don’t find any old relics within the stump. I’ll get pictures.

Nice idea but the trunk is right next to the house and the side you would get to it from has no access for a decent grinder unfortunately

Nice idea I have a dremel knocking about somewhere I’ll look for some decent filing attachments

True, I’ll be prepared for all that the bugger May throw at me

Yeah I came across a old shipping chain in one 2 years back and the customer said oh yeah I used to hang them on the tree years ago as a place to store them [emoji20]

Hopefully not Mick. But who knows what will appear in an old willow pollard.

Yeah it is but I would like a tungsten chain to cut through it but I can’t fine a 30” one for love nor money.

Sorry stubby I wasn’t having a go, just a poor sense of hummer.

I need to cut the bloody thing down first.

Too close to the house or I would have been getting the blow torch out [emoji848]

I have just seen a customer who has been told by her home insurance to cut down and poison a blacked old willow stump due to subsidence (don’t get me started on the whole insurance telling people to cut down trees, I know it will make it worse I have told the customer but the insurance company won’t insure unless it’s gone). Anyway I digress. The stump is about 10ft and almost 80% soil. So I am looking for a tungsten carbide chain to cut it down but can’t seem to find a 30” one on the market. I’m sure they used to make them. I was looking at just getting a grab and lifting it out but there is no access for one so it has to be lumped down and carried out. I don’t mind spending good money on a chain that can be used for rotten old stumps as long as it works. I’m I looking for the wrong thing? I just need a 30” chain for the 66 that will cope with soil in a trunk. Or if anyone has any other bright ideas let me know. It’s about 3-4 foot at base and I have no access for large machinery. Thanks in advance people [emoji4]