voj maintenance

As mentioned above, Bonsai trees are trained using wire, usually copper. It is coiled around the branch or trunk that is to be shaped. Not sure how thick your maple is and if this is feasible.

Hi guys, it's been a while since I've been on. I'm going to cut in on the Greenmech / Peruzzo debate. I just wanted to update you on the performance of my Haecksler 3 bought at the end of last summer. Its been used now in various jobs, cherry, pine, apple, Conifer, eucalyptus, elm, and sycamore to name some. It has performed brilliantly, and will chip just as fast as you can get the brash into the hopper. It will take a 4 inch branch as long as you feed it carefully. I have had no problems so far and I am going flip the blades today after about 40 hrs use. Maintenance is easy with every thing being accessable. With the engine being low down its easy to pull around on my own and at 67.5 cm wide it's easy to get through gates etc. The only thing I would have liked is for the chute to be slightly taller, but that is something I may be able to get sorted. So all in all very happy

I'll share a recent experience I had with BT on a job in a church yard. There were two cables running from a house, through the yard to a pole outside the yard. So thought I'd do the right thing and contact BT to get them down as the work I had to do would have snapped them, no way around it. Well they charged £190 to take it down and £190 to put it back up. The advice from the engineer when he came, let them snap and say the tree came down and done it.

A bit late on the post of know, but I bought a Haecksler 3 last year and I'm very happy with it, as long as I have the ramp right I can pull it into my van on my own as long as I turn the chute ( low top Citroen relay). It chips and pulls brash in brilliantly. Only 27 inches wide at the tires. Easy to maintain. The downside is the petrol cap in under the feed hopper and can be a bit awkward to fill, I'm still looking for a long flexi nozel which should sort it out. The other thing is for some reason, they are no longer haeksler 3 but skarper C90 but it is exactly the same machine. If you do some digging you might still get a Haecksler 3 at a good price.

Haven't used check a trade but I am on my builder, there's no up front or monthly fees, you get sent leads, if you show interest in that lead and get selected then you pay a fee( don't ask me how they calculate the fee but I have seen jobs for a tree removal where the fee is only £3.50 for example), you then contact customer to give a quote. Don't get me wrong there are some time wasters on there and if you do get your time wasted you still have to stump up the fee. But at least you can look at the job description etc and you can usually tell if they are genuine. There was one recently for example who was looking for 'advice' on a problem tree, obviously you're not going to pay to go and give them advice! I agree with others, try local community magazines, usually fairly cheap. Good luck.

I can think of a few other names for them too

Can't say gypo any more. It's a person from the traveling community. [emoji16][emoji16][emoji16][emoji16][emoji16][emoji16]

What a nutter, I pulled this from face book this morning.

Good for you Stefan, it good to see hard work paying off.

I think theres a shortage of people who are willing to actually work for their money full stop, I've been trying most of the summer to get some casual help, tried a few lads, either didn't turn up at all or only lasted a day. Very frustrating

I'm not an expert here by any means and would even welcome the opinions of others but surely this condition of the tree is not going to get any better, only worse over time. Being in what the op describes as a high target area the only sensible action should be remove the tree. Even if it was pollarded it could still fail and pose a danger.

Cat shit is the worst, especially when it gets flicked in your face or on your clothes, stinks all day!! Also come across human shite, syringes, broken glass, and a load of open cartridges recently, nitrous oxide I'm guessing???

I've done two conifer jobs recently, one a hedge, one reducing 5 trees, multiple stems by around 12ft. Only reduced the hedge by around 18" but it had grown really thick and twisty under the greenery, never seen one like that before. Anyway both horrible jobs, and both I under priced again! I bloody hate trying to estimate how much stuff will come off. I will be over estimating the cost in future. Yes they are steady money and yes they are horrible nasty scratchy bastards![emoji107]

Ok Cheers

Cowbridge compost in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, it's open 8 ish until 4.30. You have to pay to tip, usually £10 for a van / trailer load. They may ask for a carriers license.