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Dan Maynard

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  1. Dan Maynard
    The 460 has drive as well. Step up in cost and grinding capability, but step down in narrow access ability. It's a tricky one, I don't think you can do without a 360 size grinder for back garden access but it depends where you live and what stumps you do most.
  2. Dan Maynard
    The Iveco at work has a scissor and it's rubbish at getting the tip started. Will tip a legal load as said above but not if full. To me it seems as if the forces are going through the mechanism, as soon as you get it half an inch up it is fine and goes up no problems. I have wondered about blocking it up with rubber so it doesn't come down as far but you know, works truck so SEP.
  3. Dan Maynard
    Second that, on my CS31 the V cut demonstration turned into the hung up tree demonstration as it went exactly where it felt like. Still, got it down and passed both bits.
  4. Dan Maynard
    Thanks for these, I couldn't see the earlier ones. Not sure I want to think about OP sticking one of those in his knee though. Make a silky bite look tame!
  5. Dan Maynard
    I wouldn't think knocking a chunk out with a digger would kill it stone dead, no. That would be more longer term decay and so on. Thinking about it, could be the cold. Trees in pots inside don't do well in continuous warm, which I believe is due to the disruption of seasonal cycles. TBH there is a lot about trees chemistry that we observe but loosely understand.
  6. Dan Maynard
    That's what I was thinking, yes.
  7. Dan Maynard
    Was there excavation near the tree? Just thinking it's possible that it's not the cold air. Otherwise, not sure the exact mechanism for cold air to kill a tree. Drying out the ground?
  8. Dan Maynard
    I can't really see but my first guess is cedar, in which case it's going to continue to grow. A lot. Maybe worth identifying it properly?
  9. Dan Maynard
    Not really an arbdog yet but he's only 9 weeks old, we found a puppy and called him Max. He's quite hard to photograph when awake though.
  10. Dan Maynard
    Plenty of those late frosts arrived, how are you getting on?
  11. Dan Maynard
    I'm a big fan of a maintenance charger, I used to get two years tops from a battery in my Spitfire due to lower use in winter but now I just plug in to the cigarette lighter every time I park it up. Charger only bungs out 0.8A but it monitors the voltage so you just leave it connected all the time and it goes through the charge/discharge cycle automatically. I think it was about £40 which I initially thought was expensive because that was about the cost of a battery when I bought it, but I've saved many times that in batteries over the years.
  12. Dan Maynard
    Saw 'em in half !! (the lumps that is, not the lads).
  13. Dan Maynard
    Yes, fair enough I've used them on light hedge trims ok. Conifer hedge is a bit sharp though and I put a new one down over gravel to catch sawdust on a small leylandii removal and it got full of holes from branches landing on it.
  14. Dan Maynard
    The 3/8" distance along the straight bar is the same, but because there is less material between the rivet and the bottom of the link the way they sit on the sprocket as it goes round the corner is different. If you read around the internet people's opinions seem to differ on how it will run but I wouldn't do it myself, you really need LP drive rim and bar sprocket to have proper running with LP chain.
  15. Dan Maynard
    If you have a pair of verniers may be able to source the springs. Looped Ends | Associated Spring Raymond WWW.ASSOCSPRING.CO.UK I guess if you get a pair it's not too critical, slightly more tension will increase the RPM it engages but you'll always grind flat out.
  16. Dan Maynard
    Also it saves having to wind the window down every time you get in.
  17. Dan Maynard
    Bought some Toolstation ones. Only good thing is they pack up small so easy to throw away when full of holes after two jobs.
  18. Dan Maynard
    Probably built two just in case.
  19. Dan Maynard
    Joys of a Landrover?
  20. Dan Maynard
    Stopped it dropping leaves on the conservatory though. Perfect.
  21. Dan Maynard
    I think you'll find it well worth the £156 for a diamond wheel too. Go on, you're worth it.
  22. Dan Maynard
    I've also balanced a shed on a pallet truck, running on scaffold boards. You'd need one under each end for that I reckon.
  23. Dan Maynard
    When did they stop making 125? Maybe the answer is to look for a 160 to get newer?
  24. Dan Maynard
    I did one on Tuesday this week. Everything to be carried out through the newly decorated house so I was very happy when they said they'd clear all the brash. He'll manage it too, builder by trade.
  25. Dan Maynard
    Unless it's wet? Is this in the rain?

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