Mick Dempsey
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Wordle 1,402 3/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Re, battery saws. We have the poky husky topper and the battery ground saw, both with clutches. For general arb work they cover 80% of what we do, especially as we don’t ring up stems very often cos of the Avant. The topper is heavy, so gets benched for the little echo on the smaller stuff. As a chipper saw and for light work the back handled battery saw is first out of the truck.
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Freedom for Tooting!
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Advice on trees that have been aggressively pollarded
Mick Dempsey replied to Hobbittree's topic in Trees and the Law
I occasionally post a pollard on the work pics threads on the couple of US forums I frequent. There’s often interest in the methodology, some scoffing, but generally there is no major pushback. It was a bit different 10/15 years ago, but these days, thanks to the web, we see so much of other people’s (and countries) tree work that as an industry (hate that term) we are less parochial than we were. -
Wordle 1,401 4/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Been out of the game for a bit, easing back in.
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Mornin’ Stubs. On thé coast this weekend, very blowy and rainy. Just back from the dog walk, dramatic seascapes compensated for the unpleasant conditions.
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Advice on trees that have been aggressively pollarded
Mick Dempsey replied to Hobbittree's topic in Trees and the Law
Well, as my old boss would say “a blind man would be glad to see it” -
Advice on trees that have been aggressively pollarded
Mick Dempsey replied to Hobbittree's topic in Trees and the Law
It’s all work, top ‘em a few times, then take them out when it rots out. Circle of life and all that. -
Advice on trees that have been aggressively pollarded
Mick Dempsey replied to Hobbittree's topic in Trees and the Law
Re. HC pollards. The heads don’t form as attractive a shape as limes or planes, plus they rot out very quickly, so need replacing more often. Are we missing a photo of pleached trees? -
Advice on trees that have been aggressively pollarded
Mick Dempsey replied to Hobbittree's topic in Trees and the Law
That Horse Chestnut pollard is wrong. The French seem oblivious to the fact that they don’t pollard well at all. -
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Not strictly 5-7-5 but decent effort.
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Poplar tops swaying Climbers eyes widen in fear Ring tightens for same.
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No offence, but couldn’t you think of something a bit more stimulating than a ‘make a purchase, go in a hat’ marketing ploy? Photo comps always generate interest. Arb Haikus. Best TikTok.
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I agree, but who has a fiver these days?
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10 quid max. Bottle of wine should suffice.
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Anyway, purple plum.
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What acacia (scientific name) are you talking about then?
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Never acacia, not in a million years.
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I think (just today) you’ve called another member a fool, a dumb prick and a liar. I think this is a fairly standard day for you. You’re not debating, you’re just getting off on insulting people.
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NHS will be pursued if gender policies don't change, equalities watchdog says BBC.COM It comes after a Supreme Court ruling that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex. The pushback has started, the madness is ending. A key moment in the culture wars I believe.
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Well spotted, 572, maybe just long enough, but I bolloxed it up coming in from the shed side. Had fibre pull out of the felled butt, which would likely have got me told off if I was a commercial faller.
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In fairness, I only had one groundy, who deserves some credit. Lot of big limbs to process on his own (Avant does help of course)
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Ancient oak tree cut down in Whitewebbs Park Enfield
Mick Dempsey replied to stick-man-max's topic in General chat
Shame, but no TPO, no crime. Non-story for me, soon to be forgotten. -
Yes.
