Jump to content

Log in or register to remove this advert

Mick Dempsey

Veteran Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    15,130

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    214

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Mick Dempsey

  1. Mick Dempsey
    Hope it all goes smoothly J
  2. Mick Dempsey
    I don’t think it matters how they are orientated, as long as they get plenty of light. If they come into leaf next spring make sure they don’t dry out the first summer. Hope they take, no reason why they shouldn’t.
  3. Mick Dempsey
    Plenty over here, short, dark sorts as a rule. Field full of 3.5 tonne cherry pickers, tippers and their caravans on the outskirts of town is a regular summer event.
  4. Mick Dempsey
    He’s walked away, the failure to provide a serial number is a deal breaker. He will keep looking.. Thanks for the sounding board all.
  5. Mick Dempsey
    I understand Peacocks like that often overwinter in sheds and dry spaces, I have found them oftimes in abandoned outhouses.
  6. Mick Dempsey
    I see what you mean about the tape, I’ll get him to ask for a clear picture of the number.
  7. Mick Dempsey
    Sure, the failure to provide a serial number is a red flag. A bit too cheap as well, the paperwork could be what was in the plastic box, can’t read the headed paper.
  8. Mick Dempsey
    Long story short, my nephew is looking to buy a chipper in Yorkshire. This has turned up but it’s a bit tenuous but might be legit. He has asked to see the plate with serial number but has received two photos (attached) I can’t post links but it’s on Gumtree if you care to look. Thoughts?
  9. Mick Dempsey
    People who have more of a dog in the fight than I will surely have an opinion. @AA Teccie (Paul)
  10. Mick Dempsey
    Interesting if true. Any takers?
  11. Mick Dempsey
    Seen that, very good, but IMO should show more inventiveness with the locking off.
  12. Mick Dempsey
    I’d have been tempted to pull it over in a oner at 9am day one, if the hedge was going to get smashed anyway, but I wasn’t there.
  13. Mick Dempsey
    I would have thought that a battery saw would be ideal for hedge laying. Small diameter material, guaranteed start, safer. Just my thoughts.
  14. Mick Dempsey
    If this doesn’t mean an early finish for this administration then at the very least they’ll get smashed at the next election. Looks like Starmer adheres to the ‘never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake’ school of politics. Playing the long game might have been the smart move for him.
  15. Mick Dempsey
    Just wait a couple of years, they’ll rebrand it as “Dempsey’s textured, ribbed, friction-inducing all in one lowering facilitator” and charge $500 for it. Or ‘Thanos’s Bootlace’ so it doesn’t sound like a condom. The kids will be all over it, with one of these and a modded 200t they’ll be all over Instagram with slo-mo vids and a grime music backing track. You just have to be ahead of the curve.
  16. Mick Dempsey
    I recently bought 25 meters of this stuff, available from a hardware store, cheap as chips, brilliant for natural crotch work as is doesn’t glaze like the expensive stuff if you run it, and for self lowering as it’s easy to lock it up the tree, splice in a loop yourself, very light (you don’t realise how heavy the new ropes are till you try this stuff) just one wrap round a tree for the groundy plus what’s on the branch will hold most things. For light to medium occasional rigging I’ll get it sent up. Of course on a big technical job we go full shiny stuff.
  17. Mick Dempsey
    Portawraps are ok for low grade stuff, where it’s not worth setting up a Bollard. Cheap enough as a starter, not as good, but better than wraps around the trunk, which can work well, but is time consuming.
  18. Mick Dempsey
    I think the key is forward thinking, at least when I am grabbing a tree that someone is cutting which amounts to the same thing. If it’s heavy getting it down low as soon and as smoothly as you can, getting some weight on the ground either the butt or laying it forward. Don’t do what I did and grab a big side branch get them to cut it and nearly topple the loader.
  19. Mick Dempsey
    The state of the anvil is a good indicator of maintenance.
  20. Mick Dempsey
    Don’t bet your life on it not tearing or otherwise making a mess. There are other ways of doing it a Coos bay cut or something, and a modified gob with side cuts. Bottom line is, if you’re retaining the tree, go out and take it in smaller pieces or you may well be asking your groundy to send up some mud to hide your shame.
  21. Mick Dempsey
    So many different factors will mean that in front/behind/dead level with the bottom cut is often irrelevant. 1: As ever species is a big factor, a cedar branch will pop off good as gold, a spruce will try to hang in there till it’s vertical. Sycamore and poplar will separate fast, oak, not so much. 2: Speed of cut, a groundsaw like a 550/560 will increase the likelihood of your branch doing as it’s told, but most of us usually have a topper in our hands when we’re taking branches off. 3: Length and weight and angle of branch. The longer and more horizontal the more likely it’ll overtake the cut as it droops and make a mess of things. I have read on here that making the top cut directly in line above the bottom cut is the new best practice.
  22. Mick Dempsey
    Christ knows, bloody boiling all evening, then chilly in the morning unless somehow the wood burner has kept going and I throw a log on to watch breakfast tv.
  23. Mick Dempsey
    Got a feeling the stump grinder will underwhelm.
  24. Mick Dempsey
    Is it bollocks! When you’re doing repeated cycles of moving stuff why would you WANT to stand up.
  25. Mick Dempsey
    Ok, keep us informed, thanks.

About

Arbtalk.co.uk is a hub for the arboriculture industry in the UK.  
If you're just starting out and you need business, equipment, tech or training support you're in the right place.  If you've done it, made it, got a van load of oily t-shirts and have decided to give something back by sharing your knowledge or wisdom,  then you're welcome too.
If you would like to contribute to making this industry more effective and safe then welcome.
Just like a living tree, it'll always be a work in progress.
Please have a look around, sign up, share and contribute the best you have.

See you inside.

The Arbtalk Team

Follow us

Articles

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.

  I accept