Dan Maynard
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Is it safe to to remove these leylandii
Dan Maynard replied to alankearn's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Getting ready for a role in the school nativity play. -
As long as you mean privet, hawthorn etc then generally hedges are easy to grind, you'd probably be fine with a cheap one and then maybe hire a bigger machine if it's a big row of tree stumps. You do have to swing a 460 side to side yourself, but it's well balanced and on a turntable so that part is easy. Some of the smaller grinders just have a brake on one side so swinging means pushing one wheel back and forth through the pile of grindings. You then end up fighting the machine forward to grind without it falling in the hole you've just made. So much easier to just press a button for a couple of seconds between passes.
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We need to see the shaft. The blade clamped against a shoulder on a 20mm locating diameter makes sense - more accurate and stronger than relying on the bolt to centre the blade.
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I hire the predator 360 and 460. The 460 cuts a lot faster, and because it's self propelled you can work it all day and not be knackered in the same way as the 360. I wouldn't say it is a huge amount bigger to store either, if I had the work for it I'd definitely get that one instead. There have been a couple of gardens where I had to lift or shuffle the 360 round a corner, but you could always hire the little grinder again to cover those.
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I'm really tempted by the 400 instead of replacing my 261 with another 261.
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Landrover 300tdi.... Will it pull the skin off a rice pudding?
Dan Maynard replied to swinny's topic in General chat
I have HD suspension on my TD5 hardtop 110. If you ask me if it's a good tow vehicle I saw yes because it is very stable and feels in control whatever the weight in the trailer, and I put that down to the HD suspension. I run a 12 foot Brian James tipper so it does go up to 3.5t on the drawbar when full of logs. However I live in East Anglia and mostly potter around the local area, dropping a gear or two to go uphill isn't a big problem. I have taken it up the M1 to Derbyshire, on those long drags where the warning boards are up for slow lorries I was down to 40mph - at those times I think about tuning the TD5, then I get home and think don't really need to. So short answer to the OP question about the 300tdi, is no, the rice pudding is safe. -
Saw some today on the edge of Bradfield Woods, really striking.
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I bought my Ace one from L&S, few quid more than the cheapest on eBay but I reckoned worth having some backup in case of problems. There haven't been any problems, though, has worked well.
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I think working the other way, you'd struggle to get enough pull on a 1/2" rope by winding the handle to bend the plate if it was on something flat. Problem I see is cranking it round a tree stem, might just need a couple of bits of bar across to reinforce.
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I bought one of those but wasn't convinced, maybe a good tip to try on a new chain.
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I meant to add, do you reckon you'll have the rpm on a mill to run CBN wheel? I have a mill so could set something up.
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Sounds good, on the right job taking the chipper to the tree is so much better. I've made a monster box on top of my muck truck, I don't think you can approach the weight capacity so may as well just put more chip.
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I don't bother. Stihl used to, and Oregon still do, recommend 5.5mm for 3/8 chain so I reckon you're already down a size using 5.2.
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If that happens they should send you a free one for the advertising!
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Have to take away the toppers.
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Doesn't look like it's built to last, to me. Not being able to cut with top of bar feels like it's going to be a pain too. I'd much sooner have my 18v Makita with 8" bar for pruning anything that's too big for silky.
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I think you just need to discuss what you are doing with some insurers and then they will work out a tree surgery policy. Mine was only to 5m I think, until they had seen my CS38 certificate then unlimited.
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Piston 45mm seems to make it a dcs5000. Pics of the whole saw would help. I would have thought there's a number on the cylinder, maybe some of the other parts like crankcase which you can cross refer against possible saws.
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I think that's called lions tail, have seen it warned against. Chance of sun scald on newly exposed bark, ends of branches will sprout more. Customer always right, discuss...
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How does one remove ones Business Website from Google/the web?
Dan Maynard replied to cessna's topic in Business Management
Personally I think it's better to redirect to something which says you've closed rather than just disappear. Danger is people keep on looking and find old links. -
Just to add, the Makita parts diagrams on their website are not a complete list of what they have. You can find manuals elsewhere and get part number, then call or email and they will get the bits really fast if they are available. I've done this with some bits for my 9010.
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newly vat registered how to approach customers
Dan Maynard replied to mitchel's topic in Business Management
You're right of course, my accountancy knowledge could be written on a postcard. I remember 20 years ago being told not to go near accounts department in the week vat return due because it was such a headache, nowadays I think the software handles the calculation so much that I'm not sure it is worth the flat rate scheme anyway. -
newly vat registered how to approach customers
Dan Maynard replied to mitchel's topic in Business Management
It looks like consumables like electricity, gas, cleaning products are goods though. For arb that to me seems like fuel for saws and chipper, chain oil, chains, bars, rakes, forks, silky saws, climbing ropes etc etc could all be included. Even PPE ? Haven't looked up numbers but sure I'm easily over 2% on that lot. -
I wonder how common CSCS is for an arborist to hold, I don't have it myself.
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I think this chart is showing piston and cylinder come in 47mm, 50mm and 52mm variants for the 6400, 7300 and 7900, so the 7900 wouldn't fit on its own. It used to be possible to upgrade a 6000 to a 6800 by changing just piston and cylinder so you might still consider swapping to 7900 spec if the cylinder is shot. Most likely you'll get away with new piston and cleaning up cylinder though. I can't get cylinders for 6000 and more but I did get a new piston from @shavey ajschainsaws . May be worth looking him up.
