Dan Maynard
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It's not dead, it's sleeping. Well, somebody had to say it.
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I'm always happier with the thought of a long arm hedge cutter up at head level. 15ft is a whole load of brambles though, maybe you need a chainsaw to fell the stems?
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It's just what my dad would have said, whatever the weld was like. I have a similar problem with my eyes, not as good as they were.
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Depends how many stones, nails, washing lines, chicken wire, staples, fence rails you hit - I always imagine forestry to be cleaner. I run semi chisel on my 261 because always hitting something in the tree, although to be fair chains on my 201 last ages.
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Just one thing to add, when you say you would like to keep the trunk do you mean as it comes down (ie some lengths which you will cut up yourself) or do you mean all cut into log lengths? Just be clear what you ask for when getting quotes because logging up adds work and creates a load of sawdust to clear so is not usually free.
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I guess it depends what is in your contract, for example would the customer have to pay if the MEWP broke down, indeed does getting stuck count as a breakdown? Could get nasty messy, because I doubt you have a watertight contract (I certainly wouldn't have). I think if you charge the 3 days then he will be unhappy, you risk losing him as a customer. You could charge the 2 days and say this is exactly the reason you won't work for day rate ever again. My experience of day rate is more from my engineering world, really don't like doing it because you have to give that estimate of how many days at some point and that sets the expectation of price which is then difficult to vary. What do you do? Estimate high? Have to justify all the days?
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What you should not do is put a brand new chain with it, will not run together well. Ideally you alternate between two chains so they all wear similarly and then when the two chains are dead you change the sprocket too. That's what it says in the book anyway.
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Council tree officer ignoring trees in TPO
Dan Maynard replied to ArthurJob's topic in Trees and the Law
Bamboo and conifers are both planted for fast results, and quite often get out of hand. If you're really determined then you can keep a conifer hedge under control though. Lots of other options like beech, laurel which are easier to manage but just a bit slower to get established. Conifers at least stop growing when you cut them down, bamboo I can never recommend as it's a bugger to get rid of once it's got established and spread out. On the other hand if you want to annoy the new neighbours the bamboo sprouting all over their borders may do that for you. -
See how the beeches do next year, maybe they'll come good, they've seen a few hot summers over the last two centuries after all. See?
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Maybe price. 365 was a cracking saw for the money, a lot less expensive than the 372.
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Vermeer BC 190 XL thoughts/experiences?
Dan Maynard replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in Large equipment
I was wondering, spend a few quid refurbishing/polishing the big chipper to keep and then buy something 6" for little jobs. At that point 25hp diesel TW230 is pretty safe engine option and being 25hp instead of 35hp not really an issue, if it needs more power take the big one. -
Maybe we'll one day have cards like the construction workers. I guess it's all bigger sites/companies that need to cover themselves. Most of arb will turn a blind eye.
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If the other table is right then the 585 is a smaller cylinder so you can't just grind out transfers like the 365/372. Ah well.
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Vermeer BC 190 XL thoughts/experiences?
Dan Maynard replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in Large equipment
Sounds like the halfwits like chipping concrete in this case. Good thing they hadn't done a thorough cleaning job, in a way. -
Could be, not all trees can do Lammas growth so are a bit knackered if leaves are killed off early. Not that I know really, people ask me what can be done to save trees I seem to always end up staying "see how it does next year, trees are long term things, hopefully it'll be fine".
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I guess because people keep buying them. If I remember rightly they are listed as preferred kit in the AFAG or HSE guidance on chainsaw use.
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Tidy job, blind man would be pleased to see it.
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... especially when it's wet. UK stats that I've seen tend to be vague "forestry and agricultural injury" hence tell you nothing. Same problem we have with the two/three rope climbing, the stats are rubbish for answering specific questions because not enough detail.
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That looks like US statistics. Top handle saws popular for firewood, one handing causes hand injury to other hand. To me seems difficult to draw the conclusion that chainsaw gloves would have made a difference.
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Maybe I was a bit short. On a bigger saw the dogs make sense, you need a little bit of pressure to keep the end of a 28" bar cutting but a smaller saw should not. My 261 has small dogs, I've never found they need to bite through the bark but just hook in a bit to the bark itself. Very little pressure needed to cut, just more pointing that spot on the log to sweep around. My dad's old Dolmar 112 has no dogs at all, that's 50cc and 18" bar, never found that a problem.
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Showa 310 in black. I am a size 10 normally but I buy 9 so they are nice and sung, hate a bulge of spare material across the palm. At £3 a pair I reckon they last a lot more than 3 times as long as the £1 a pair gloves. Usually go through the washing machine after a rain day else they stink (that might be just me).
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Sharpen it so it bites in itself.
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If the leaves were early did they get burned by frost?
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Try the Showa, I think they do justify the extra cost but still not top price.
