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  1. dan blocker
    That’s the one Stere, just found it on Google 🙄. By what I remember they weren’t that good?
  2. dan blocker
    There was a smaller version of this available about 20years ago that was used by several councils. It was like a postman pat vehicle, can’t remember make, think it was Austrian or German.
  3. dan blocker
    Always leave a good layer of ash in the grate to help protect the grate from extreme heat.
  4. dan blocker
    Generally Arb Approved council contractors😂
  5. dan blocker
    I’m talking about the use of willow for something like this. It rots too quickly. Hazel or cleft sweet chestnut is the best. Willow can be put into the ground when freshly cut and chances are it’ll grow - especially if ground is damp. Can we woven in to a living hedge. Willow stakes alone with panels or faggots can be used to minimise bank erosion along rivers and around ponds/ lakes but the problem is if not managed will soon turn into unmanageable trees? I’ve also seen freshly cut lengths planted in two rows a couple of metres apart in gardens and bent over and woven to form a tunnel arch feature.
  6. dan blocker
    Happy birthday Stubby.👍 and Ulster are a very good side too🤔
  7. dan blocker
    Willow isn’t very good for woven fencing panels as it rots very quickly?
  8. dan blocker
    That looks more like Hazel than willow🤔
  9. dan blocker
    Strange really because the government and councils seem to be throwing money away but none of it lands by me?
  10. dan blocker
    So are you finding it really hard to get any free money Stubby or is collecting money a bit of a hobby🤔
  11. dan blocker
    More and more customers are asking to keep the wood either for themselves, friend, relative or a neighbour. If it’s crap wood, at the rear of the property or down a bank I tell them they should keep it, either for themselves, for a friend, a relative or neighbour? If it’s good firewood with easy extraction/ loading and they want to keep it the pegs and branch unions stay on and I run it out to 2 inch diameter in long lengths 😂. Must be a bummer not being able to get something for nothing!
  12. dan blocker
    A northern Nelson🤔
  13. dan blocker
    Thanks for feedback, I’m off to see one at the weekend. It’s to replace a Japa 700 that I’ve broken.
  14. dan blocker
    I’m in the market for a small PTO processor. Is that a JAPA 355/ 365? I’ve been looking at these because I’d prefer lefthand elevator. How do you find it🤔
  15. dan blocker
    If the wall is going to be less than a meter from the tree the foundation is going to be 100 to 150 mm closer? Any roof facia/ barge/ gutter possibly closer than that. Can’t see it as a good idea to build with the tree remaining.
  16. dan blocker
    Have come across lots of ceramic tiled stoves in the Alps (Austrian, French, Italian, Swiss) whilst skiing. They come in various forms from what Gabriel shows here to some as big as a Mini car. They’re used as a heat source in bars and cafes a lot and give out a lot of heat and act like a thermal store at the same time. Your able to touch the hot tiles without being burnt and are useful for drying/ warming your jackets and gloves🤔
  17. dan blocker
    If you average £200 a day subbing but can earn £1000 a day doing your own job then it’s a no brainier. £1000 a day for a tree job for you and a groundy/ 2nd man seems pop star wages. No way can I price at that rate with vehicle, trailer, tracked chipper and mini loader. If those were my day rates I’d get no work. Aren’t there many tree teams in Edinburgh?
  18. dan blocker
    With my serious head on I think it’s likely to survive. The poor pruning cuts have probably done more long term harm?
  19. dan blocker
    He hasn’t washed the cat as well as he?
  20. dan blocker
    Doesn’t necessarily have to be from the Glasgow area? Stolen kit can be hawked from low life to low life if they think it’s hot and it can be moved 100’s of miles. No way is a 500 going for half price, they hold their money, set them up with the cops. If it’s legit nothing lost.
  21. dan blocker
    I’m 63 and have laughed and sniggered so much at some of these comments I’ve just pissed myself 😳
  22. dan blocker
    Nice looking trusses. What’s the roof covering, tiles or steel sheeting. Very similar to a King/ queen post truss but without the bottom beam. Where did you get your design from or did you copy from an existing building? Even with large section posts there’s going to be a tendency for the wall plate to spread without a tie beam. When at a funeral recently I was looking up at a cathedral vaulted roof with larger span trusses than yours but the walls had the advantage of large section stone buttresses and flying buttresses?
  23. dan blocker
    Renewed mine in a post office with a photo booth etc and it was back within a week all present and correct.
  24. dan blocker
    Bar stewards need stringing up😫
  25. dan blocker
    There’s no need to create a root ball as big as the crown, it looks more than 14/ 15 feet across😳. 5/ 6 feet would do if you can achieve it?

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