Dan Maynard
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Well they don't make 'em like that any more, as the saying goes.
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I'm coming round to this view, those garden stumps with rubbish in are pushing me to buy a few cheap chains.
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Talk to the insurance companies, shop around. You aren't the only one, they should ask turnover figures before quoting. Mine includes professional indemnity insurance as long as I'm not paid for the advice, which I'm hoping I never need but is a good thing to have.
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The other thing is, make sure it's only a day - a couple of subbies will cost a lot less than an extra day closure. I've rarely worked on proper closures but I subbied in one recently deadwooding in Cambridge we had three climbers and@Wolfie in a MEWP, starting pistol 9am and get the whole lot done by 2pm so they could open the road before evening traffic.
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Many many trees are at an angle, no hard and fast rule about what angle is ok as trees react with extra wood and roots to balance load. However a sudden change in angle is a bad sign. Looking at the crown I think it has been growing like that for a while as the top third is all fairly straight up. Whether it's about to fail depends on how much healthy wood there is in the base, which I don't think we can see. So maybe, maybe not. Best guess it'll be fine for a while but get someone in who has professional indemnity insurance to have a look.
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Steady on mate, you can't just dive right in with the correct answer - we have to try a few options first. Willow?
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That does sound particularly bonkers.
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Can anyone identify this friction hitch?
Dan Maynard replied to DickDancer7's topic in Climbers talk
It's sort of Knut like at the bottom. I'd worry about the bit twisted under getting a lot of wear but I guess you just need to keep an eye on it. I'm on a VT, just need to get the right number of wraps and then it's bonzer. -
I don't think they do a type C.
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I went Arbotec Pro for exactly this, had to get the long leg ordered in. I wouldn't like to claim lightweight exactly but I have worn them a couple of summers. I wasn't that happy with the fit of Pfanners, ideally try them on but difficult at the moment. Stihl aren't great for length as you have to go up waist size to get longer leg.
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That sounds like NE make it up by region. The wood I volunteer in is also SSSI, and NE have had to approve the management plans which include a patchwork of rideside coppicing that is labelled by year until 2029. We also have dormice, which were apparently reintroduced about 25 years ago. And we definitely whack the hazel stools right back.
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He's done it before though it, keeps an air of mystery like the milk tray man.
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That's cheap, I'd only get half a day for that but the machine is nearly new and teeth always sharp. Most people are going to say £100+ just because by the time you've factored in travel, unloading, loading etc the fact that it only takes 20-30 mins to grind fades away.
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Oooh - suits you sir! Sure there was one where they badgered an older gentleman about his sagging scrotum.
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One idea in the wildlife trust is to leave a few stems and then bend those and peg them down to try to layer new stools. Doesn't always work but if you get a few they are free. I've read it's the grey squirrels taking the nuts before they are old enough to be viable which is meaning you hardly get hazel growing from seed any more, so good idea to layer if you can.
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And "surely there's a ton of logs in a ton bag?"
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I do have pretty long arms but not that long, luckily with the cunning of a fox I hold the rake part way along.
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Similar method I guess but I usually use a rake handle, line up to my eye and the height of tree, and then pace out the distance between me and the tree. Can't really imagine a phone app working that well unless you're up 200 feet and use an altimeter. Maybe though it can be measuring the angle up to the tip? If you type in distance that would give an estimate.
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I've tried sharpening the zubat though, it did cut better than before but not really sharp. Maybe my file could have been better, I decided it wasn't worth the time as the silky earns it's place and I'd keep a spare blade in stock.
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Not seen one come close, no - they usually exit sharpish and then stay away. Reds must be friendlier.
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I have put steel roller shutters on since my last break in, the chap who fitted them reckoned they are good because there is no quiet way to break them. He works in London a lot and does places like motorbike shops, where they have roller shutters on top of bars the thieves have gone in other ways, such as knocking a bit of wall down or through the roof. Only other thing comes to mind, I've read to use motorcycle chain and anchor to floor under the trailer/chipper so that it's hard to attack the padlock with a sledgehammer. Those chains with 19mm links can't be bolt cuttered, obviously take a while with a grinder.
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You can see the driveway but don't know what they dug or indeed what heavy plant they parked on the roots. Big problem with root damage and secondary infection etc is it takes years to develop. I had a discussion with a builder on Friday, cedar being kept on a site being developed. He mentioned bringing soil levels up round the tree which I tried my best to put him off. The lawn in your photo could have been higher or lower before, either of which not great for the tree. In the end like everyone else said, you need a really good impartial opinion from someone who looks at the tree and the site to get all those factors weighed in, can't really be done from photos.
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Shipping containers seem to crop up quite often as broken into. Cut the lock off, cut hinges off, cut a hole in side. Then again, you can't judge the security just from how many are broken into, you need to know how many people use them.
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Look at the Treerunner, had mine out again yesterday. Have to admit seems to have gone up in price quite a bit, sure it was under £200.
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Vehicle purchase and S /E capital investment
Dan Maynard replied to Acerforestry's topic in Business Management
Unless you've spent a huge amount the you'll be well under annual investment allowance so just charge it all in first year. Google AIA if you're having trouble sleeping one day.
