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Have a Splitfire PTO hydraulic splitter for rings. Only process 20/30 tonnes a year so 9 or 10 max on straight timber works for me. Unless there’s some lift equipment on the job it’s all hand ball and for me that generally means anything above 10” gets ringed up, I’m done with gut wrenching lifting competitions -I’ll leave that to the young uns🤔
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They’ve called out Special Branch🤔
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As my other post on your Arb waste question - I use a JAPA 700 which as a circular saw blade. It has minimum guarding(not sure of later models?) can hold smaller bits to convert or process long strait pieces. It’s manual feeding with no feed belt like the bigger plate and chain processors. Good intro model and most importantly cheaper🤔
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Don’t sell much firewood myself but burn a lot as it’s my only form of heating. I run a JAPA 700 saw blade processor and a separate hydraulic splitter and it can be a pain to process but I’ve slowly educated the lads to trim the wood out more cleaner. Some Arbs bosh it out but ex forestry guys tend to trim it out clean. Either way if the woods free and let’s face it some of us also charge for removing it from site to our yard so it’s win win🤔
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Well🤔, it looks like the Robin Hood tree is Friar Tuck**😳
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Yes he does by the look of the cut. Local farmers lad perhaps. Not much else to do around there except chase sheep and cut down trees. Unusual for a youth to go to that much effort. Someone take him on quick he may turn out to be a hard working competent tree cutter🤔
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What’s it to do with the Arb Association? Bit like a Motorcycle Club getting together with the police on Traffic laws, or the National Trust come to think of it - they can’t even manage their own trees and woodlands correctly?
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Bang on eggs. Labour put out a cost of something like 12 Billion around 20 years ago. As details were firmed up it was projected at 32 B, currently running at 71 B, and thought to be more like 100 B by the time it’s finished - some hope? Apparently France and Germany build their fast rail tracks at average of 32 million a km, here it more like 250 M 😳. I think the figures are about right but they’re not far off. The government is just throwing money at lost causes. How many Hospitals, doctors, nurses, teachers, schools with decent concrete could be had for that sort of money. In the early days the contractor was giving £10,000 a time to “do as ya likies” to move on if they pulled up on any of the route, last I heard it was £50,000 - that was a few years back when someone I knew was in charge of security.
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Could you run back with a camera so we all could appreciate it🤔
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Total agree. The same goes for rugby. When I happen to be watching footy or Rugby and there’s a woman commentating I turn the sound down. My misses says I’m a misona? misojoni? misagest? A bloody Wanker!
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Thought you ha It’s coming BigJ, reports here of lots of snow in Northern Sweden? Get your Nordic skis waxed up, it’ll be time to hang up your bike clips for the winter🤔
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With a check shirt, pkt of Marlboro in top pocket and the biggest pair of dogs you can find😳. Anybody got tips for my old lady to get cheap gooey black chain oil off brushed cotton check🤔
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If your carrying a saw uphill in brambles with plate facing forwards your going to catch brambles and the ground anyway? Carry it with rear handle facing forwards🤔
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Silly boy, there never was a 2nd dog🙄
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Arboreal Services - Martin Ladd of St Albans
dan blocker replied to Silver Back's topic in Stolen Equipment
Silver Back, sounds like you need to PM cjw89 🤔 -
Why are Horticultural professionals SO devalued?
dan blocker replied to Trailoftears's topic in Landscaping
Not in my wife’s case? No it doesn’t. Your right. -
Why are Horticultural professionals SO devalued?
dan blocker replied to Trailoftears's topic in Landscaping
My 78 year old granny does her own mowing, plants up her own flower borders, plant a few short rows of spuds and other veg crops. Trims a small privet hedge with hand clippers🤔. Does that make her a Horticulturalist🤔. When I said did she want a shot at being an arborist she told me to “F off”! Ya grandad can though? -
Tried Northern Arb, took months to turn around and I think they only returned them when they got to the end of the “book of Great Excuses”. Now use Kennedy Grinding from Craven Arms, Shropshire. I think they are now part of a bigger organisation with a few depots across the UK.
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Wouldn’t be of much use to me as I don’t carry a spare tyre to work or have a spare at home anyway, only have them on a rim ready to go.
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Fair one, most of these yuppy breads and wraps taste like cardboard or a wet newspaper anyway!
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In some parts of these Isles your rolls would be call Pita bread now so could still be eaten? Coming from north of the border I bet you still ate then anyway😂
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In all fairness that cup still looks like a cup despite being run over by half the total weight of the chipper? Does it still hold fluid? If it does it could possibly still outlast the Forst with their reputation, bit like Top Gears Hilux🤔
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The problem with these pickup manufacturers is they try and make it comparable to the LR Defender and as far as the rust issue goes they’ve got it bang on🤔
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Just seen this, cracking video JDon👍
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Now there’s a sound business model right there, something to aspire to🤔
