Dan Maynard
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Oak can flush more leaves if they get battered/eaten too, had to look up name again - Lammas growth.
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Are you sure you don't want .325 .050? Seems to be the modern way for faster cutting - I need to get a new bar for my 261 and thinking whether to change over.
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Always said rugby's a dangerous game.
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Round here a lot of people keep the wood, or a neighbour has it. For me it's usually after the price for the tree is on the table, I don't mind either way as I've always got plenty of wood so happy for it to go wherever. I've had people keep it and let it rot for years too, seems pointless but I guess they just couldn't bear to let all that valuable poplar be taken away.....
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Generally I would say back to normal. Saw some people wearing masks and carefully wiping trolley handles at Tesco today, they looked out of place amongst the other shoppers but nobody made a fuss they were left to do as they saw fit. I guess that's the ideal really, as above you don't know people's situation.
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If its water, the issue is that no matter how careful you are, transplanting causes a lot of damage to the thinnest parts of the root system. Capacity to take up water hasn't been challenged until the sun comes out and ground dries out, hence why they are in trouble now. You say twice a week but how much water? They will need gallons and gallons, I guess the only thing you can try is increase the quantity, you need to get the water to soak as deep into the ground as possible. Also mulch around the bases with woodchip, it will help retain it. Then if they don't survive rip them out in the autumn like Mick says.
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Novice: top or rear handle 18v Makita for occasional use?
Dan Maynard replied to EdGreen's topic in Chainsaws
To be fair this is a forum of tree surgeons, we are always going to say hire a professional. If you wanted the advice to tie another ladder to the top like Fred Dibnah then probably need more of a DIY forum. -
I wouldn't buy a 13/75 though, hard to feed anything except straight poles and the outlet is down near your knees so unless you want the chip on the floor you have to shovel everything. Saying that if the only job is willow thinning to woodland paths you could be ok.
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I've got some Englebert Strauss trousers with cordura patches, toughest trousers I've ever bought have lasted years of regular use.
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Definitely must have done. Near the river Jed where someone added an "I" to the sign.
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Rot affecting Tilia and no idea what is causing it
Dan Maynard replied to Thesnarlingbadger's topic in Tree health care
Seems like the stem diameter reduces a lot just above the gnarly bit, was there a branch removed there in the past? If so then something colonised from the open wound a while ago. We've a row in the churchyard which were topped more than 20 years ago, two have succumbed to something and put the whole thing in to decline. -
Wish I'd known that was there, been to Jedburgh quite a few times as had a customer there but now they've closed the factory so I guess I will not be back.
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Novice: top or rear handle 18v Makita for occasional use?
Dan Maynard replied to EdGreen's topic in Chainsaws
Don't buy either of those Makita saws, they have been updated and the new brushless ones are better. Still 2 x 18v batteries, rear handle. https://www.fastfix.co.uk/makita-duc355p-twin-18v-brushless-chainsaw.html The Bosch shredder will drive you mad, you need something bigger. It seems you need to buy a longer ladder, handsaw, chainsaw, harness, rope, helmet with chinstrap, chipper, fuel for trips to the tip so you're going to be spending more than £1300 on gear to get anywhere, putting yourself in danger, and frankly it's a lot of work. There has to be a way to get the £1300 together, even ask the neighbours to chip in. This just isn't a DIY type job. -
Is it possible to have the gtw of a vehicle uprated?
Dan Maynard replied to swinny's topic in Arb-Trucks
This has come up before, think @Big J was talking about Sprinter upgrades when towing log bullet. Can't think of the company name though. -
Crikey, I am thinking about some better loppers too but that's a bit steep for me. I'm going to cut 65mm with a chainsaw so no real need to spend that much.
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Didn't rain here but never warmed up, so lit fire this evening.
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You need RobD at chainsawbars, he imports them, I know he's been saying there are supply issues for ages. I wouldn't have thought it's so important on 20" anyway.
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I bet she can drive a tractor!
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I wouldn't even use any screws. Just ratchet strap it together. Make sure small bridges to span the trench and prop it with these in 6ft sections. Build a 6ft wall in that section, then prop and dig the next 6ft section Yeah fair enough, done in sections not too much weight on each part.
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Glad you're happy with it, I think they are solid built. (Said before but I would definitely get a shorter bar) Oilers I tend to crank up, on the basis that a bit too much oil is not expensive, but not enough will knacker both bar and chain so is.
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Thank you. Maybe I'll have another go with a better file, strikes me would be like anything else that it's easier to sharpen if done earlier rather than letting it completely lose the edge.
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Our church tower was rebuilt by the Victorians without taking the spire down, they propped everything on oak beams. Seems like you must be able to prop this with enough 4x2 like you say, maybe a box or two of 100mm screws.
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I can't quite make out the formation at the top of that, looks a bit like either a limb or top has gone from there? Or maybe it was whacked back because of the power line. Seems like a risk of decay at that point, might be possible to tie in a brace across the Y but I think be prepared for something more drastic.
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I get the tools and plant through Trust, they seem to just take a percentage of the value to work out premium and so pro rata mine is probably around that sort of level, that would be 5% of 15k (guessing cost there) Having said that, I had 2 claims in less than 2 years so I'm not on the best rate.
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I'm intrigued, it went one of two ways: Like the old lady who swallowed a fly, they set out in the smaller van but it broke down, so they fetched a bigger one to carry it. Then that one broke down..... Or did they start with the tractor, put a truck on the back and think "Hey, that's an empty truck right there, we could put another truck on it" and then when they'd loaded that one think "Hey that's an empty truck right there.....
