dan blocker

if the weekend is quality time go on the Friday:001_rolleyes: Have a day off work, leave the house in your work kit(place your tidy clothes in truck night before:laugh1:) remember to change back in to work kit before you get home. Keep a cup full of sawdust in the glove box and throw it over yourself before you are greeted by 'her indoors' after another hard day at work:thumbup1: I know i'm knackered after all that walking about at the show:001_rolleyes:

Oxford Fire and Rescue on news last night with Fire Chief being interviewed showing tender in background with a couple of chainsaws in one of the lockers? Thats in addition to the rescue saw, so they must have a tree cutting capability? Unlikely to have equipment issued without proper training with current Elf and safety and duty of care etc!

Thats not what I said on my post David(or at least not what I intended!) All unexploded ordnance should be treated with respect and not handled unless you know what your doing. Always call the authorities concerned. Anyone who thinks different perhaps should go to Bosnia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Afgan, Iraq etc, look for an area marked ''mines do not enter'' or words to that effect, put on your best chainsaw boots and stomp about blindly! then you'll be doing the locals a favour:001_rolleyes: Take another look at that crusher! I bet the digger driver who dug that out of the ground earlier in the day went home for some clean underpants. The picture doesn't show the fragmentation that was probably scattered across the area? Hope no one was injured in that incident.

How good a mate is he, do you value his friendship, does he let you ride his brand new Ducati, enjoy nights out with him cos you fancy his wife!enjoy the banter, have a crack, old buddies from school:confused1: Don't care if its all of these and more - tell him he's crap and say its your way or the highway! thats if your going to give him a 2nd, 3rd or 4th chance by now:001_rolleyes:

Agreed - Nitro can become very unstable and can sometimes be detonated by a blow with a metal object on other metal or stone or heat, TNT and other high explosives such as RDX based explosives are more stable and require a small booster charge to detonate them(so does nitro in normal situations). Remember in this type of find the explosive is encased in a steel/cast iron casing and is therefore the explosive fill is likely to be protected and not degraded sufficiently to make it safe, so its possible the explosive would still detonate, it would of had some type of fuse/ booster charge/ detonator to initiate it - thats the dangerous bit:001_huh: All bombs require some sort of initiator - as is the primer in the base of a .50 round:001_huh:(what a character grandad was:001_rolleyes:) 1WW/2WW bombs contained Nitro and or TNT based fillings so you are unlikely to know what the danger is:confused1: 70 yrs old or not standard PPE would not give you any protection if one did explode and to think its old so must be OK is fool-hardy. as they say - If you hear a clock start ticking or a fizzing noise, see smoke etc - bend down, put your head between your legs and kiss your arse goodbye:big grin:cos its goodnight Vienna:sleep1:

A mate of mine runs one with a 8ft IW tipper trailer and tracked TW150, swears by it, Updated to newer models as well for more than 15 years. Another mate did same and had nothing but bother(especially clutches!) I wouldn't touch them.

All the trees I do are outside in all weather's as well:confused1: Not only is PPE, climbing and lowering kit expensive, after a couple of years we have to throw it all away 'cos its out of date:001_huh: Even thought it looks fine to me:001_rolleyes:

Chaps, just to make things clear on what I posted? Not necessarily my own view. Only put a rough sequence because the main point I'm trying to make is-how could the courts view what methods we use to achieve the aim should there be a requirement to appear before them?

If they were that concerned about the tree have they not left it a bit late giving you the go-ahead on doing the work? Surely the saps rising? Just my thoughts, sure others will know better.

The judge says - ''every one agrees the work should of been carried out from a mewp''! If one judge as already said it can it not now be used as a precedent? I was told many years ago that this should be the same for all tree work:confused1: With a risk assessment the safest option should be employed at all times, carry out the work from the ground, use a mewp, crane, climb the tree only as a last resort, etc. Cost should not be a factor! I don't personally do it this way - just throwing it out there. I'm putting the tin helmet on now and taking cover in the bottom of the trench waiting for incoming:001_rolleyes:

I support what Remora107 says - had a new Land Rover chassis, left it 12 months(don't ask:001_rolleyes:) washed it off with Mordant solution and then just primed and top coated it black as normal. Its cheap, easy to apply, and just hose off, leaves a blackish colour as well before painting. Paint is still good after 3 years - better than a new puma 12 months old! cos I'm sure they used a water based emulsion in the factory:confused1:

I remember my father cutting down 100's of Elms in the early 70's and all decent butts went for milling and if my memory serves me correctly pit props? Obviously what wasn't millable went for firewood and the rest burnt on site. There were no restrictions in the movement of wood killed by Dutch Elm Disease in those days at least in our area.

If I were you and your going to the trouble and expense of having the tree milled I would have it cut to the sizes you require to build your cabin. You require some drawings and do a cutting list of the timber that you would require. Work out what the oak but would yield(ask whoever you get to do the milling) as they would be able to confirm what is possible - thats if there are no hidden horrors inside the butt such as rot, shake, fissures etc. Good luck with the project, using your own timber for such a project is very rewarding - even though the tree will probably not provide as much timber as you would hope:001_rolleyes:

Very nice looking truck, too good to put a chip box on:001_cool: Get an old one and keep the new one for Sunday best:001_rolleyes:

Become a EU migrant worker here, go home for a month and get all your national insurance back:sneaky2: Thats of course if your employed legally and not on the cash only black market or working for a gang master:001_rolleyes:

I once hit a steel wedge some fool had put into the cut on the other side of the tree, cursed and ranted! then realised the fool was me!

Is it not too late to Flail a hedge? and I don't mean 10.40 at night either:001_rolleyes:

I've spotted the problem - they don't take to kindly to being planted on a cliff face:001_rolleyes:

I, like some others, am a little suspicious:confused1: Where are you in the country Mr Desperate?

Obviously I didn't explain myself very well, I've got one eye on the rugby! That sandringham probably didn't have locking diffs, not very good mud tyres, not much weight overall. 6 wheels can mean there's less weight on to each tyre than a standard 4 wheel. Perhaps the poster can confirm! Land rovers to be any good in wet conditions need to have after market locking diffs otherwise they can be pretty poor and an embarrassment

Not sure if there were locking axle diffs on the 1st post of the 6 wheel sandringham with all wheels spinning but I suspect not. There looked to be no grip whats so ever and the diffs met no resistance so all wheels turned. If any of the wheels got a hint of grip the opposite wheel would of probably stopped moving. The only way to get 100% grip/drive would be to have after-market locking axle diffs on all axles and of course correct tyres for the conditions. Without them a land rover can be pretty crap on slippery surface conditions. Of course thats just my opinion:001_rolleyes:

Thanks to everyone so far with your posts. Its a development site so all necessary permissions have been received for the hedge removal - that said most of the mature trees are staying but the hawthorne is a foot diameter or more and pretty sparse mixed with Elder so not really a hedge:001_rolleyes: and is to be replaced with a new mixed planted hedge/ screen but further back - you all know what ideas some of these landscape architects come up with:001_rolleyes: As for the fence its short term -2/3 years. Because of its close proximity to a public path in places I propose to put the barb wire on the inside of the stakes if the client insists on it but will recommend topping with plain wire. As for disturbing the nesting birds I've employed some cypriots to shoot any bird that comes within a 100mts of the hedge! Before I'm hung drawn and quartered I'm Only Joking:laugh1:

I would go for the spanish weather(except high summer:thumb down:) But defo the Cumbrian views(except in mid winter:thumb down:)