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Mick Dempsey

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  1. Mick Dempsey
    Everyone knew the answer.
  2. Mick Dempsey
    Never seen or heard of that. Seems to work.
  3. Mick Dempsey
    Just pollard it to 10ft.
  4. Mick Dempsey
    Turn your phone off or get another line. Most people will expect to leave messages.
  5. Mick Dempsey
    We were just out walking the dog and my wife has Plant Net on her phone. Correctly identified Verbascum, Hibiscus and Milkweed. Have to say I was very impressed.
  6. Mick Dempsey
    The chicken scene with the Hound in GOT. Not the fight, the lead up. ”you’re a talker, listening to talkers makes me thirsty” (Can’t post links to vids for some reason)
  7. Mick Dempsey
    23cm and 75hp
  8. Mick Dempsey
    Had exactly the same on my 560/562, it was wear on some little grey thing in the mechanism. I ended up buying two new side plates, not really too pricey. edit. The 550s are the same part, no difference in size.
  9. Mick Dempsey
    Dunno tbh, one of the big ones, think it was Picture This.
  10. Mick Dempsey
    It’s an in joke from an old thread.
  11. Mick Dempsey
    ID threads used to be fun didn’t they? These days with the plant ID apps on the phone (my nephew showed me his and I was astonished at the accuracy) I wonder why anyone bothers to ask.
  12. Mick Dempsey
    Portuguese laurel?
  13. Mick Dempsey
    I would say 5 meters is too long for starters, I had one and cut it down to a more manageable 3 meters. Flipping up a big tree is more difficult than a smaller one so you can expect to do it slower. Species is important as well, some, like oak, will often have a snag or a bulge at the other side that holds you up so practice walking around on the flip line to cut them off.
  14. Mick Dempsey
    Yeah, we love it. Put a big long branch in, then throw some wood on the top of it and the branch acts like a conveyor.
  15. Mick Dempsey
    Ash takedown, cool summer weather, lovely day for it.
  16. Mick Dempsey
    Good one!
  17. Mick Dempsey
    Back in the 90s I didn’t know anyone with a loader to get stuff out of a garden, you just cut it up small carried it out and had your osteopath on speed dial. These days clients should pay a premium for building their extensions across access to their gardens, wankers. If they don’t have at least 36 inches to get some sort of machine in they can pay double, they can deduct it from the extra profit they make on the place when they sell it.
  18. Mick Dempsey
    Bollocks to that! (Seriously Joe, bollocks to that)
  19. Mick Dempsey
    There’s a long waiting list for new machines, don’t think twice, go and get it, it won’t lose value.
  20. Mick Dempsey
    Agreed, should have qualified it. Takedowns are the best work for “the older gentleman“
  21. Mick Dempsey
    Get finance and get what you need.
  22. Mick Dempsey
    Will regrow with a vengeance, so no worry there. Creates a rot pocket on the cut so needs redoing every few years, then taking down after 2/3 cycles as fungi start to turn the wood to mush. En Bref, you can do it, but it’s putting off the inevitable.
  23. Mick Dempsey
    Climbing is easier than lifting and shifting wood by hand. 58 this year, still at it. Don’t go anywhere on the tree twice, plan your route and be sure it’s all done before moving to the next section.
  24. Mick Dempsey
    Maybe they will, I wouldn’t blame them if they didn’t. Did the OP buy it new?
  25. Mick Dempsey
    It is 7 years old! Buy a new one or fix it, you’ve surely had your money’s worth out of a lightweight chipper. When does it end Karen?

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