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  1. Dan Maynard
    Crown lift could involve climbing the trees and rigging branches that are over the neighbours, or just stand on the ground with a pole saw, so difficult to say without knowing the spec and of course usual proviso about obstacles and access to get stuff out. It sounds ballpark right though, you've got 10 trees to work on so it's only £160 a tree.
  2. Dan Maynard
    He may be right, ash can be prone to included bark unions but it would be sensible to get a second opinion and quote just to be sure you're in the ball park cost wise.
  3. Dan Maynard
    Haven't touched leylandii for over a decade? (starts looking at easyJet website....)
  4. Dan Maynard
    Has he landed next to the fridge to see if there's a beer in it?
  5. Dan Maynard
    I would be interested in others comments but I'm sure I read that trees in gardens like this are at lowest risk of ash dieback because the fungus lifecycle includes a period in the leaf litter which is usually cleared away with mowing etc. I wouldn't let the fear of dieback cause you to fell them unnecessarily, it might happen but might not. Personally I'd go for remove one and see how you go as well. Your question about selling the wood, it's worth a little bit but not enough to change the job price really. You could go down the FB marketplace route, but you have to balance the money you get against labour moving the wood around.
  6. Dan Maynard
    I'm still on ddrt, if it's a long ascent then HAAS and foot ascender - got to be easier than arms.
  7. Dan Maynard
    I was going to say I had greenteeth on my Carlton and definitely tell the difference when the teeth got a bit blunt. More so on bigger stumps but false economy to keep going on blunt teeth.
  8. Dan Maynard
    Could have put that in LR appreciation too, they do mostly look a bit tatty though.
  9. Dan Maynard
    Hell's teeth, six spare chippers in case of breakdown? I know people say they are unreliable but that is extreme!
  10. Dan Maynard
    Personally I think you'd be mad to buy a 365 or 372 from eBay, chance that the whole saw is genuine Husqvarna is pretty low given how many copy parts are around and how cheap they are.
  11. Dan Maynard
    I keep seeing this photo and thinking it's proof you're four foot two - clearly only just above the foxgloves. And you have a dwarven beard. Rumbled. Time to give up this "Big" J online persona you've built up, I reckon.
  12. Dan Maynard
    Looks either a pup German Shepherd or a very big chipper.
  13. Dan Maynard

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    Dan Maynard replied to Keifa's topic in General chat

    You would ideally know when stuff went into service, otherwise I guess you would be stuck with manufacturing date as marked which might mean you lose a lot of service life if it was stored before being put to use.
  14. Dan Maynard
    I think the Pfanner Tirol look cracking for ground use but thick leather and not sure how good for climbing that will be. Airstreams are the only other one readily available as far as I know. Do wonder if the tall people in Holland have big feet, maybe they stock bigger boots there?
  15. Dan Maynard
    It sounds like you want a saw lighter than a 391 which will run a 20" bar? Think you've got to compromise.
  16. Dan Maynard
    I like the idea but not sure the tree should be there in the way of the light?
  17. Dan Maynard
    This is a good point, there are plenty of great scout owned woods which have basically been unmanaged. Our local Wildlife Trust wood had contractors in to clear conifer plantation and thin other areas so fussy spec. Not a money maker but I think in the last couple of years the biomass price has become high enough to cover costs, it's not good enough to be saleable as timber. Maybe IronMike can set up a sideline taking his logbullet round to all the sites?
  18. Dan Maynard
    Agree, the only problem with M500 is the price, and there aren't many around second hand. I was lucky and found one for just under £3k, it's tatty but chips like a goodun. On its second engine, new drum bearings, not much else to it. I saw TW 150s for £3-5k and just thought about how much more there is to go wrong. I don't think it's bonkers to forgo the 6", but depends what your mix of work is. I'm mostly doing small removals and pruning with it which it is excellent for, 2 or 3 man teams. Also means I can run a tipper trailer and so have decent payload because even with the chipper on I can load 2 tonnes of wood at the end a job.
  19. Dan Maynard
    I was going to say yew and thuja, so I can add redwood to my list. Any others?
  20. Dan Maynard
    Thanks, I should stop really and look - tend to be just passing through. Bit like people living by the seaside and never going to the beach. One place I did find was Ravely wood, stuffed with elm. I guess it's a kind of island so the beetles not keen on flying there. Raveley Wood | Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants WWW.WILDLIFEBCN.ORG A fragment of once-great wildwood, now an important woodland sanctuary
  21. Dan Maynard
    Yep, spec 720mm which is about 28 1/2" so all normal gates. Absolutely agree, I'm a big fan of putting the chipper near the tree.
  22. Dan Maynard
    Whoa steady on there mate! You can't just go out and buy the first saw you see, we've got several options to weigh yet, cud to chew, Husky/Stihl/Dolmar, MS400 , waiting for new 592XP, .....
  23. Dan Maynard
    Get an M500, pushes itself.
  24. Dan Maynard
    About 5 miles away, yes. I've been told Lord de Ramsey injects his elms but never really gone looking for them.
  25. Dan Maynard
    I found once I'd seen a couple I started seeing loads. My wife made the mistake one day of saying to me there were no elms around because of DED, which is a textbook learning from school biology. Anyway, took her for a walk just outside the village and she pretty soon told me to shut up about the elms. We live in East Anglia near Huntingdon but I've never been sure how many of the trees I see are Huntingdon Elms.

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