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Dan Maynard

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  1. Dan Maynard
    Good job.
  2. Dan Maynard
    I would take my chipper in and wheelie bin it out BUT it's razor sharp and 24hp, which is a totally different beast to the average hire TW13/75. I would say if you know someone with their own mini chipper that uses it a lot then go for that but don't hire one because a blunt one will indeed drive you nuts. You'd be better off to chainsaw the brash down and stuff it into the wheelie bin like that. Can you give two prices? Say it's £200 more for coming out through the garden because you need another man on the ground (or stack it more). That way it's perfectly clear the reasoning and also not possible for them to expect to pay one option but get the other. And whichever option more people on the ground makes the drag easier.
  3. Dan Maynard
    Have you measured it all up? Could be a track roller, that would be a standard part from a bearing supplier.
  4. Dan Maynard
    I wondered about intercooler leak, not that I know about Rangers but had that on one of my cars.
  5. Dan Maynard
    That was the actual advice, trees sort themselves out, have been doing it for a long time before we got here. The resin coming out of the cuts is the visible response to the wounds, but there will be all sorts of stuff going on inside the tree as well.
  6. Dan Maynard
    Thing is, Makita are really good at electric motors, I have no regrets after buying their battery saws. I think the spec is not quite as good as the Husqvarna but the value for money is far ahead.
  7. Dan Maynard
    Yup, second that. Have used it also on my heels when cracking.
  8. Dan Maynard
    Hmm I'll bite and try to suggest a few - bollards Reg designed, arb trolley, X2 spikes, vega harness. I'm not decided on Notch, they seem to be relabelling stuff and have some new products much like Stein do as well.
  9. Dan Maynard
    I joined for a bit on a FB tree work group which is mainly USA, it is interesting that when there's a tree health problem someone always seem to have a recommendation of a chemical to spray or inject. Seems at odds with the approach in the UK which is mainly mulch, water, leave it alone. I left the group. Also now on a group for dog people and seem to be common to have dogs on Prozac or similar, is this common in the UK or is it like the trees where the desire is to 'do something'?
  10. Dan Maynard
    ... or unicycle ?
  11. Dan Maynard
    That's a "reader's wives" picture we don't need.
  12. Dan Maynard
    Ah the old 'software is free'. True enough the markup on raw materials is enormous for a downloadable product but the development cost have to be recovered. Actually I guess they make enough saws to recover the development costs that way, the price is probably set to discourage homeowners from buying it and being a pain in the backside to support. Better all round for business if you take saw to a dealer.
  13. Dan Maynard
    Don't own one myself but I've known someone rave about the husky one. It depends if you already have batteries then I guess follow the same system as it won't be worth buying a new set of batteries and charger. I don't use a pole chainsaw very often but then when I do have a job for it it's really invaluable.
  14. Dan Maynard
    Sounds to me like a due diligence thing for the main contractor, if someone subsequently complains about the job being done in nesting season they will point to the report. If anything legal happens will get messy fast, I'd want to outsource it as not sure my insurance would cover those legal costs.
  15. Dan Maynard
    Stick to chains of type 21 else you will be wrong pitch or gauge for your bar, although I guess if you've used 6 chains you are probably due a new bar and sprocket as well. Personally I'd look at the 21BPX as semi chisel is more forgiving on the sharpening.
  16. Dan Maynard
    I don't think there is much you can actively do to help the tree except leave it to get on with the natural damage limitation that it's already working on. It has, as they say, two chances.
  17. Dan Maynard
    I can't add much on the fireblight etc but the roots being loose is a bad sign, the stake should have been taken out years ago to encourage the tree to strengthen its own roots - keeping it in too long results in a weaker tree I'm afraid. Having said that the rocking is more a symptom of a tree that's not doing well and likely to struggle with water over the summer if it hasn't got good roots. I would suggest if you can mulch well rather than the flowers it will stop the bed drying out.
  18. Dan Maynard
    I'll chase out buttress roots till they get down deeper or smaller, maybe to 3 inch diameter or so. I don't think you can leave roots above the surface, they are easy to knock out.
  19. Dan Maynard
    ... and poplar, horrible snappy stuff. I'm 110kg and about 6'6", if you start climbing and get on ok you'll burn the energy and the weight will sort itself out. I think you've got to try a climb, some people get up a tree and swear they'll never leave the ground again.
  20. Dan Maynard
    Semi chisel rotatech - just bought a couple to try out for this purpose.
  21. Dan Maynard
    Nice big fat rope to hold is a bit easier too, less getting gloves stuck in it.
  22. Dan Maynard
    I think it's great how we are cutting pointless bureaucracy now we are free from the shackles of the EU. No, wait ....
  23. Dan Maynard
    I didn't say I don't keep it razor sharp, the difference is the way a full chisel blunts when you hit a nail is to knock the corner right back so you have to file that right off. Semi chisel kind of dents the whole edge a little bit, so you file much less off to get it sharp.
  24. Dan Maynard
    I guess the problem I see with sharing costs is that some are very long term (woods, barn) and some will be day to day such as fuel, chains etc. Balancing the profit to reflect this will be tricky. If you pay someone to cut and split then all the risk and reward are with you, or even sell the timber standing, cut your risk to nothing. Either is more clear cut and hence better to me.
  25. Dan Maynard
    I would have said Stihl for everything but have started to baulk at the price especially for the 28 and 36 inch bars I bought recently. Semi chisel on my 261 saves a huge amount of filing as so much crap in garden trees, makes it much better value than full chisel too as not filing it all away so fast.

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