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Can I straighten young bent maple?
voj maintenance replied to bwelsch's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
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
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Landowners responsibilities and Liabilities
voj maintenance replied to drinksloe's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
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.
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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.
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I can think of a few other names for them too
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Can't say gypo any more. It's a person from the traveling community. [emoji16][emoji16][emoji16][emoji16][emoji16][emoji16]
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What a nutter, I pulled this from face book this morning.
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Good for you Stefan, it good to see hard work paying off.
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Serious drought of Arb workers?
voj maintenance replied to Old Mill Tree Care's topic in General chat
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 -
Lime Tree Kretzschmaria Deusta
voj maintenance replied to AdamBa's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
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???
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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]
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Ok Cheers
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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.
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Can any body varify this bracket fungus please. I'm thinking Ganoderma Applanatum/ Australe. Only one I can see on an old cherry. Thanks in advance
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Is 35 too old to start a career as a tree surgeon?
voj maintenance replied to Hound-Dogg's topic in General chat
I don't think think the age is an issue, only did my tickets about 2 and a bit years ago and I'm 39 now and still enjoying the climbing, as others have said it's getting the business, I have a well established business doing gardens and landscaping etc, but getting the tree work has been slow although I have got a bit coming in for the next months. -
Hi all thanks for your help and advice, especially Jon. I have taken the plunge and bought a Haecksler 3. I have to say Jim and Duncan Upson have been very helpful over the 5 or 6 times I called them before buying. I had a good look over the machine before I used it, it's looks well made and we'll thought out, maintenance been given alot of thought as everything is easily and quickly accessible. It's easy to pull around and I can get on the van by myself which is a plus. Ok I used it for the first time yesterday after reducing some big cherry trees. I was very very surprised by its capabilities and how well it worked and needless to say very happy. We would have struggled to get the amount of brash we had onto the trailer and possibly had to do two trip tips so it's saving me money already. I will update after a few more uses. The video is my mate feeding in the cherry brash. VID_20170818_123443833.mp4
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Had a beauty a few weeks ago. Takes me to the back garden, points at an ash tree and says "that's dangerous isn't it?" Only if you say so butty. Turns out the tree is not even on his property.
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Well after alot of looking and asking around I'm nearly at a choice. If I'm going to go cheap as in under £2000 I'm going for the ceccato olindo maxi. It's Italian made with a gx 390 engine and looks very capable for its size. 2 yr warranty but no UK dealers, but that's no different to all the Chinese clones. If I go over £2000, it's either the Haecksler or the cs100. The haecksler looks easier to move about but the cs100 obviously has more grunt. Any input would be great
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Blow the leaves off the gravel on to a harder sufrace, then suck them up. You'll be a clever guy if you manage to suck the leaves off the gravel with out getting the gravel too. Then you could possibly end up damaging the fan blades in the blower.
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Not sure to be honest. All I can see is that the cable from the emergency stop runs down the hopper, maybe there's a contact breaker where the hopper opens.?
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This is the monster, and it is, I weighs over 300kg.
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Ok thanks, I appreciate that.
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Another brand cecatto olindo. They have a small chippers, one which looks like the oxdale one at around £1600. Looks very capable in the video. And another which is called the monster at around £3200, the have a blades and hammers but only one hopper. Both with Honda gx 390 engines. Only problem is if you have a problem they are in italy
