Dan Maynard
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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.
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Dare I ask? but I need to replace me wee 1997 026
Dan Maynard replied to difflock's topic in General chat
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, ..... -
Get an M500, pushes itself.
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About 5 miles away, yes. I've been told Lord de Ramsey injects his elms but never really gone looking for them.
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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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I'd push some delrin bushes in, used to use it loads for bearings on machinery. I have rebushed our fridge door with delrin, needs doing again now. Bloody thing - only had it 15 years and the door keeps wearing out.
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Looks to me like the last 8 feet or so have started to grow upwards again, so it has shifted and then stopped for a year or two. Whether you want to wait and see if it stabilises is a good question, as Mick says it will break stuff if it falls over but dead easy to remove like it is.
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Definitely, I really like mine. I take 36v and 18v with me, it's a pair like 150 and 201 petrol saws. 36v for dismantles, 18v (1/4" pitch) for pruning.
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Exactly this, I felled one today at the edge of a field which was dead in the top half. Stem diameter about 18 inches.
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Andrews? Stupid Italian boots that don't come in big enough size. I am bitter. Need some new boots and seriously thinking about going for Pfanner Tirol Fighter even though they say 12-14 weeks for size 49.
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That looks exactly like my Makita except red. With a bit of luck they put proper chain instead of safety chain that won't cut on the tip.
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If you've got 10 feet to play with then you have time to blink about four times before the maple fills it. Doesn't sound like room unless you fell that and plant two smaller trees.
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I like that "growing at an angle", may borrow the phrase.
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I usually say that lean in itself is not bad - change in lean is the thing to watch for. Bulge in the ground could be root plate lifting as Stubby said, look also at the branches and see if you think they point up naturally or are out of balance. From the stems we can see it looks quite an unbalanced tree, has there been one taken down next to it? Another danger sign is sudden change in surroundings. Saying all that, doesn't look good to me either, definitely sounds like get someone to have a look if you are not sure.
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Good job.
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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.
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Have you measured it all up? Could be a track roller, that would be a standard part from a bearing supplier.
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I wondered about intercooler leak, not that I know about Rangers but had that on one of my cars.
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Tree bark damaged and flies infested
Dan Maynard replied to Christopher23434's topic in Tree health care
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. -
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.
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Yup, second that. Have used it also on my heels when cracking.
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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.
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Tree bark damaged and flies infested
Dan Maynard replied to Christopher23434's topic in Tree health care
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'? -
Tree bark damaged and flies infested
Dan Maynard replied to Christopher23434's topic in Tree health care
... or unicycle ? -
That's a "reader's wives" picture we don't need.
