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Starting up a good old Facebook campaign on someone’s livelihood is a sure fired way to get yourself involved in something nasty that you will regret. What a stupid idea. I’ve said that in terms of a reduction it’s not been done well. Which it hasn’t. But, in the scheme of things. The tree is smaller. , sycamore is vigorous and will grow back from what I can see in those pictures. Nothing got broken during the work and the site was left clear. None of us know what he charged for this work, my guess though is that it was probably less than most of us on here would have charged. We’ve all seen a lot worse and there’s no indication whatsoever he ripped her off etc etc. The guys earning a crust in hard times, he might not be the best but it doesn’t look like he’s a shyster either. Facebook smear campaign - leave it out.
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Definitely a lot of crown cleaning to be done on them for sure khriss.
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Ha. Many a ‘mock Tudor’ estate around here built in the 80s and retained some huge trees that now require work to strike the balance of retaining , still looking nice and being more attractive than the house under them .... I’m happy doing it. Puts bread on the table as they say.
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No I’m happy to keep earning. It’s not going to be detrimental to the tree done properly. The customer wants it reduced and there is no reason not to do it properly. The TPO may well of been placed on it 30 years ago when it was causing no issue, 30 years later it could well be. Do the work to the right standards though.
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Bugger. I was just about to throw ugly 80s architecture into the mix as well
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That’s partly my point. 2m is an irrelevant figure when you don’t know the crown size though. If 50% is too hefty, which for many many species it is, guide your customer to say 25 to 30% done properly. They will get plenty of benefits from that and the tree will go on for years to come. The worst cash cow is the ones the council give you on TPO’s Spec like 1.8 metre reduction on a vast oak or beech that invariably costs a lot due to loads of climbing getting right out to the tips of a huge crown. Customer is always frustrated that’s what the council would allow and they get little benefit of a tiny reduction on a tree shading out their house or garden.
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Can’t agree here. If a customer wants their tree smaller for whatever reason just make sure it’s done properly. Making it smaller will probably mean it’s retained rather than felled. Managing the interaction of people and trees is our business, not convincing people to leave their property alone because you happen not to like it.
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Sounds like a nice thing to build. Wish I had the time myself for such a thing. I’d be keen to see it [emoji106]
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Oh course it will bounce back. It’s a sycamore. The title of the thread is has it been done well. Answer is a simple no.
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It’s been butchered from a quality of work perspective. 4 cuts at the base will have it over and not hurt everyone’s eyes anymore. It’s poor work but hey , it’s smaller than before if that was the primary objective
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Another 4 cuts and it’ll be finished by the look of it .......
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Mines had an exhaust mod. Run on 10” bar. Perfect. A Long bar on it would be too much and defeats the object of having a small light saw. Same re panther. The nose splayed apart after about 4 chains. Was told this is normal for them so I went for a Sugi replacement. Only a couple of chains in but seems fine.
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Anyone using the smaller processors - Jappa 305 / 315 for example?
lux replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in Firewood forum
Saw bench and a venom splitter with 4 way head is a good combo. It’s a good way to make up a short day this time of year when no time to start another job. We jumped on the venom splitter this afternoon, pile of nice bitch rounds. 3 of us processed circa 3 cube in about an hour. About £220 quids worth of firewood next season. I only do small volume for a few customers although lockdown has driven demand this year and I’m sold out as of today. All just arb waste. The crap goes for biomass and I process the nicer stuff. Might up volumes for next winter. Dare I say my house might be finished then and I’ll have a log fire again [emoji106] It’s whatever works in your setup really. Although I agree, always nice to buy toys when you can. -
Anyone using the smaller processors - Jappa 305 / 315 for example?
lux replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in Firewood forum
If it’s arb waste time likely to be rounds of wood a lot is likely to be too big for a small processor How many cubic meters are you looking to process a year ? -
I’d take the rope with the Eder The crap you end up pulling the line through whilst winching will fill your day to day rigging line with grit and crud pretty quick. It’s also got a metal guard on the spliced eye which is good for joining to the d shackles and forestry choker chains. All comes in a decent waterproof roll top rucksack that is good to carry the rope to where it’s being used. Generally somewhere off the beaten path. Worth it for minimal outlay in my view mate.
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First fire from logs harvested from trees I planted
lux replied to spandit's topic in Firewood forum
Shouldn’t really need to leave stakes in many years. Once the root system has taken they are probably best left doing there own thing and being able to move. If you want them to last longer you could leave the stakes stood in a bucket of creosote The alder should still coppice well and grow back nicely it’s more what to do with large alder sticks. As you mention it’s a decent charcoal wood. -
If you have loads of thorn to work in a welders jacket might be a good call. That green waistcoat thing would most definitely make you the only gay in the blackthorn hedge ....
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Any pictures of it ?
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First fire from logs harvested from trees I planted
lux replied to spandit's topic in Firewood forum
Was that just through the sales bit in their website. Been looking at that myself for some planting in my woods this winter -
First fire from logs harvested from trees I planted
lux replied to spandit's topic in Firewood forum
Nice. Did you get any grant for planting ? -
Anyone in the south east looking to move on a small , say 6.ft ish , size charcoal kiln ? Or have you made any decent home made ones? Oil drums maybe ? I will be removing a load of ash die back and windblown timbers in my woods soon. Thought out of interest I might try and make some charcoal. Not commercial just curiosity and hopefully end up with a good supply for summer bbq The one in the picture is for sale on eBay atm but too far to be worth going for.
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Big commercial clearance work will tend to be 12inch plus so yes, that excludes most chippers talked about in this thread. All the commercial line clearance and rail work is nearly all forst that I’ve seen around this way. They probably by 5 to 10 chippers at a time so no doubt forst give them a very attractive deal.
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That’s my thinking. It doesn’t chip bigger really but will have higher productivity / output per hour Probably a big difference in price ..... The 425 just seemed a bit lost in the line up. I’d miss it and hop up to the 10 inch chipper. A decent chipper all the same I suspect though.
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I’d have to look up the opening size to be honest. Generally just go by the max dimension it will chip. Or the 200mm Although the bigger opening would most likely speed up chipping smaller brash getting more through But essentially there is a huge size and weight difference between those two Jensen models with very little difference in large timber capacity. 190 v 200mm. At a glance there doesn’t seem much point getting the a425 over the a540. Just wondered if there was something particularly trick about the 425. ??
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Haven’t we all done that far too much [emoji23][emoji23] that process of convincing yourself it could be good just to find out as you really suspected it’s crap.
