Dan Maynard
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I think that home made rings would best be sent for hard anodising or else the wear would be terrible. In my last place of work that was quite expensive, we used to send to Peterborough Plating and minimum order I think £100 but they would take as many pieces as fit in the tank for that so we would save bits up to send together. Although I guess if the rings are cheap and they wear then you can just make some more.
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Leave it in the pile another year or two, the sap goes hard eventually.
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You asked if you can move the nest, pretty sure the answer to that is always no. I'm also interested in this question as had another nest on Sundays job. I have it in my head that if you were to work close enough or cut the tree enough to cause the nest to be abandoned, but not actually touch the nest, that would still constitute destroying it. Not suggesting to break the law but how many people actually get prosecuted for the offence? Is it a law with teeth?
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Tree removal and heave advice
Dan Maynard replied to Gumbo P's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Sorry lost this post. To be honest I'd be with Monkeybusiness, I've seen a lot of bigger trees closer to houses than 7m. The underpinning is also greatly in your favour as that will be nice and deep and was done when the tree was young. -
A 261 will feel like a light sabre compared to a 181. Just saying, like, not encouraging or anything.
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And don't get Dane started on music, very strange stuff he listens to.
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Tree removal and heave advice
Dan Maynard replied to Gumbo P's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
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That's a funny video, next thing is a lady racing to change over a chain and they've given her a left handed saw to make it harder.
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Maybe if he only allowed people who have never broken anything on the thread it would have been only one page? Edit: just to be clear I wouldn't be posting either. No gravestones yet but I do have a cedar in a churchyard to do when the pigeon leaves it's nest.....
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Well even just an Ifor - I was thinking just not one or two as they probably wouldn't want to bother. I think they just scrap them off. Maybe worth a call?
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That's an idea - we've got a grey fergie in the family but sadly it's slower than a road bike.
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It's more East Anglia than South East but I got some cages from Malary Oil a few years ago. Haven't seen them advertise since but they did have loads to get rid of so might be interested in selling if you wanted a lorry load. www.malary.co.uk
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Good luck, once you get going with a bit of experience then you'll be ok, as there is certainly demand. Keep ringing round as you need a bit of persistence to get your lucky break. I was told early on never to blag about my experience or skills, if you're honest and keen then you get a chance to build up whereas if you claim to be shit hot and turn out rubbish you ruin any trust that someone puts in you - not a good way to start. I guess eventually those certificate numbers will catch on, in fact my certs are on the new system but nobody I meet uses them and now I've forgotten and say CS30/31, 38, 39, 41.
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My son is 17, he's currently keen on a classic mini as insurance only around £300. I don't want everyone to start using classics though as then the price will go up even more.
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I'm trying to think how to word it but seems the phrase 'reasonable care' should apply - in other words if he was being reckless then you may have some redress but that's between you and him. As far as the customer is concerned it's your job so you sort it out. I guess you know how often he makes this kind of mistake too, that would be a factor to me.
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Leylandii dying 18 months after planting
Dan Maynard replied to William Clifford's topic in Tree health care
I was thinking if they are 18 months old then they were probably quite big going in, then would still be establishing really and so could easily be short of water as only second year? -
I'm in there, 42 year old Spitfire 1500 and 48 meself. Have been biding my time to speak out on this thread.
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Thing with battery life is, the saws only running when you are cutting. Reducing limbs the cuts take say 2, 3, 4 seconds so 18 minutes is hundreds and hundreds of cuts, I've reduced for example a reasonable size yew on less than a single battery with my Mak. No point at all carrying a bigger battery round for that. Dismantling trees the cuts in timber take longer. Then you want more power to keep the cut speed up, coarser chain and longer bar, more run time - that is what I think the Stihl and Husky 540 are aimed at, which are not pruning saws imo. I saw something suggesting Echo might bring out a bigger saw, which I guess would take two batteries. I find it a really good combination to be able to put the same batteries into a bigger saw for dismantles, I don't think you can have everything in one saw. Bigger/more power isn't always better, it's why I have both 150 and 201 in petrol saws.
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I like that, good idea, thanks.
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Reef knots roll, wouldn't use one of those for anything serious. I can always remember the bowline, what about just putting the two loops onto a steel carabiner if you don't like the rope on rope? Zeppelin bend is good and I've used it but not enough to always remember it.
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I looked it up, the Echo battery saw is given an IP rating which means protection against water splashing from any angle. Also the battery is 2Ah which sounds tiny but total energy is volts times amps times time. Echo at 2Ah x 50V, Makita 6Ah x 18V. In other words the Echo battery sounds really small but actually equivalent to a normal battery drill, they've used Li-ion the same. The only thing against the Echo is the price really.
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If you're thinking battery, see bigtreedons thread on the echo. Seems to me the echo 2500 and small 18v Makita are trying to be pruning saws, similar weight and cut speed to the 150/2511. The new Husky and Stihl battery toppers are trying to out cut the 540 or 201, too big and heavy for pruning imho. I really like my battery Mak with 1/4" Panther from RobD but it's a second saw, it's not waterproof enough to use all day in the rain. How waterproof the 2500T is would be a good question. Never used a 2511 but not unhappy with my 150 stock, if I want to cut faster I use a 201 instead. Other thing we have shown is actual in use weights, the 2511 is lighter than the 150.
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How tall are you? I tried Pfanners on but I wasn't convinced about the cut even though there is a long leg version. In the end I went for Breathflex Pro long leg, they have lasted really well so far. Different materials to the Breathflex which fall apart if you stare at them too hard.
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Sold truck. Safest way to receive payment?
Dan Maynard replied to John Hughes's topic in General chat
I can only do £200 or something on the phone. I just took the laptop and card reader down when I bought the stump grinder off Mr Bolam, so the money was in before I left. Landy was trickier as the bank anti-fraud kicked in and blocked the transfer so that took a bit of sorting out, but still better than carrying nine grand in cash on the train which was the other option. -
Nasty losing a bolt. The recommendation sounds a bit rubbish to be honest, tight as possible means something different to everyone. If you measure up the bolts and can see the grade stamping then you can look up torque value in standard tables, at least then you would be consistent which would hopefully prevent failure.
