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That looks a terrible method for controlling depth of burn…. Seen it done with flat roofing torch which offers better control. I think it was on an old grand designs episode.

My advice is buy it. We are nearing the end of our house build. We have a lot of it cladding the exterior. We used Siberian larch. You pick the the level of finish you want. In that I mean in terms of the depth of burn and how charred you want the surface to be be. From a fairly smooth finish to a more crickled charcoal like appearance. The burn is controlled by machine / computer doing loads of boards in large batches ensuring you get an even finish for the exterior. I found a contractor who had done 3 or 4 houses in it before.

And large variation between forecasts. Bit of an anticlimax so far …

At the moment it’s looking like the opposite of a Michael fish … Bit of rain and some strong gusts but certainly no storm in the SE red zone. Main winds supposed to start about 10 am so I won’t say it’s not going to happen but so far this morning the forecast has not been accurate

I think I’d just cut it back to the Ditch and call it quits. Off the field then. Let the farmer pick the butt up when its dry with a telehandler. Or if it’s not blocking the ditch just leave it as nice habitat. Winching it sounds like more effort than it’s worth

Looks like they are coming pre-seasoned. [emoji23].

Is that tree visible from the A3 ? Sure I passed one like that earlier this week on my way up that neck of the woods.

Your right there. Deeply unpleasant to drive. Very bouncy. Tippy feeling in corners. Nasty gearbox. I’m not sold on the 1.9 engine What they do score very well on is a narrow wheel base , excellent turning circle and no overhang at the front so manoeuvring on small driveways etc etc makes them handy for a lot of domestic arb work where getting kit into a drive is tight.

Try Artur Rodak. Heard positive things about his porting work.

I think they increase the room it has to clear sawdust/chip to cope with increased cutting performance Avoids it clogging up. Externally there is a flap/guard to keep the dust away from the user. I’d have to dig out the quote he sent for more specifics. There is a video on YouTube of buckin billy ray visiting the shop testing out the tuned saws husky 572 stihl 462 maybe and echo 7310 He’s as mad as a box of frogs as usual but the saws are impressive. The 572 in that clip was what I enquired to buy.

On the 572 note a while back I emailed an enquiry to Walker saws for the cost to build and ship a fully ‘walkerized’ 572. Ported, muffler mod, clutch cover mods etc etc Having watched their saws on YouTube the porting is hugely impressive. About 1200 dollars shipped. With fingers crossed it slips under the import duty radar. Pretty reasonable

That’s rubbing salt in[emoji23]. £120 quid a year for a mini loader. Decent. Those little kubota compact tractors are ace. Bomb proof. I used to use an 8200 hst in the mid nineties. It punched well above its weight and never ever went wrong. I don’t think the modern ones are too shabby either.

That almost constitutes theft [emoji23]. Nice one. Gotta get lucky sometimes [emoji106]

That’s the trouble with media platforms / text The emoji was added as it was said in jest at micks comment. Obviously it’s ok to comment that someone is crap at business if they work on a Sunday as you personally take no offence at someone saying another member is crap at business.

No probs. Steve Homewood is the guy to ask for. He’s a good chap.

The groundie seems to be the common scapegoat ….. Technology moves on but the blame stays the same [emoji23][emoji23]

Not without a hint of sadness I bet. ! Should of sold it years ago you old dinosaur [emoji39].

£4.5 k for it was a bargain. That’ll earn its keep in no time. Good find.

Just to be clear .. forestry / coppicing work ? J E Homewood in Haslemere have been struggling to find guys to coppice chestnut for fencing.

Let’s hope they carry on that way and broadcast their true colours to the nation on TV. Our lives are generally impacted by their crime, mess and shoddy workmanship tainting industries like tree surgery If you have absolutely no experience / knowledge of them people can tend to be sympathetic to them and look at them through rose tinted lenses romanticised by the ‘old ways’ of tinker / gypsy lifestyle and wax lyrical about them having their rights to roam blah blah blah. I hope they shoot themselves in the foot on national TV and lose some of these sympathy votes. I haven’t watched it but these programmes are all the same. I’ll wager it starts off exposing some dreadful behaviour ( which it sounds like it has ) then there will be a shift showing their struggles in living their way portraying them as victims and then something showing how tight knit they are, the ‘values’ of their culture and Ed will walk away with a different but undecided view posing a few questions both good and bad. I accept within their Race/culture there are genuine old school travellers. Rightly or wrongly I differentiate them by terminology. They are travellers. Those recidivists out there committing scams and theft are termed pikies ( or worse ) and looked at differently That’s mirrored in every culture though

Or crap at life and only have business [emoji23]

Best to stick it as a deposit on financing something newer. 8k for an arb tipper and you’ll be looking at something pretty tired I should think.

My dear old Nan says if you help take her to the cash point she can get the money for you …

Here’s some. 5 nice expensive stolen caravans found on one traveller site recently. Stolen from farms across the country. 5 is pushing coincidence a little far

Yup. London must be such a pain in the arse for domestic tree work. Crap parking / access / congestion charges , LEZ blah blah. Even going pricing would incur these issues. Probably want to up my ballpark figure now [emoji23]