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Dan Maynard

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  1. I think cutting the lower branch will increase the time it takes to hit the floor but it's not just that branch pulling it over - every bit of tree on that side of the stump is contributing to pulling that way and it's probably inevitable it will carry on moving. You can put in a timber prop if you like or leave it to do its thing. Painting wounds is not modern best practice. People sell stuff because people buy it, but not arborists. Old trees like this are in terminal decline, but they still have a lot of wildlife value for many years yet.
  2. Yes, I've also experienced this trying to run industrial gear at home. I've found it's the EMC filters that cause problems, and many inverters have the filter built in nowadays so you're a bit stuck unless you can put a supply through a non RCD breaker, or I did once run a smaller drive through an isolating transformer for test purposes.
  3. Bonus, that's a great outcome.
  4. ... but what's this hiding down the back? Conifer? Think that greenish bark in the middle looks willow and the bit underneath oak.
  5. You'll be reet with that for cleaning and tyres, spraying cars probably not.
  6. I think oak would have a band of sapwood but be darker in the middle? Lumpiness of bark doesn't look quite right to me either. I change my bet to willow.
  7. Unless he's moved he's in Canada.
  8. I'm guessing from the name "Lady Celia Congreve" isn't an old woodsman.
  9. Yeah I blow through logs quite often. You don't need the spit, you can feel the air going through.
  10. I have one on the go at the moment down the road for conservation area trees section 211 and the council recommended that we put up the notice they helpfully sent in the acknowledgement letter. Not seen that before, doesn't happen with my council. I read it quite carefully though, doesn't say required in the letter. In my case client is quite keen to keep neighbours happy so they said they would post it up.
  11. You would tell oak or willow by the smell when you cut it. I was going to say poplar.
  12. That's interesting, unless there is another Ely you were only 30 miles from us and we had a lot more snow. Was climbing today in it, don't mind the dry cold snow but it rained and turned slushy - not a big fan of the icy water all over everything.
  13. Either way, I don't like Mondays.....
  14. I believe with NPTC to get the ticket you can just do the assessment rather than having to do a mandatory number of days training, so that so that could cut the cost a lot. I guess you would need a bit of an introduction as to the UK ways of working and HSE topics converted from OSHA so ideally you'd find a friendly training centre prepared to do a few days conversion course.
  15. I think I've seen the DMM pinto ring used for this, usually find as accessory to the pulley for when tied directly on a line.
  16. Collect wood all year, on Jersey whatever you've got by Easter will dry over the summer and be good for the following winter. That's the old fashioned way, rather than worrying about percentage figures. It doesn't have to be too scientific otherwise our grandparents would never have got a fire going.
  17. Nice 461, 76cc but I guess just as much power.
  18. I usually use Showa 310. Tried a pair of 451 which are supposed to be thermal and they were good Sunday in the ice but it was dry, not sure anything is going to be really good when cold and wet.
  19. If all the tree surgeons who do a few cube stop supplying logs because it's not worth the cost of complying, then this is not counter productive for woodsure - it will drive customers towards their club of members. Exactly what they want. I'm hoping logs off a job can be sold as "arb waste" rather than firewood, on the basis customer needs to process it so it's clearly not wood for burning.
  20. I don't think many of the public are aware of any change in regulations at all. Some are vaguely aware that the government are banning woodburners, which I think came from a Mail headline when they started talking about restricting firewood sales. Just for a laugh I searched for a supplier in the woodsure directory, nearest are 36 miles south or 40 miles north. Not a massive take-up there yet as I'm sure there are plenty of suppliers closer.
  21. I use one of these for logs, its tough and you can get a lot in - made in UK. Only niggle I had was wheels just outside frame so I shortened the axle a bit. Walsall Landscaper Galvanised Wheelbarrow Twin Wheel 120L WWW.SAM-TURNER.CO.UK The Landscaper (LAN/TWIN/GVP) 175L Heavy-duty garden twin barrow Tubular front tipper bar One piece heavy-duty twin frame Galvanised Pneumatic tyres
  22. Depends where you are in the country too, tricky at the moment but with things like boots, spikes, trousers, harnesses much better to try on so worth building a relationship with a nearer dealer if you can.
  23. Not sure if this should be in the weather thread but anyway. Cheeky Sunday morning birch removal just before it snowed - first pic loading up at end of job and second by the time I got back to yard.
  24. Just to prove it takes all sorts I have a multisaver, I've used a rope guide, and I prefer the multisaver. The main thing for me is to have a little bit of friction up top reduces the work the knot has to do and makes descending smoother. I've also climbed on zigzag and pulley, I find it a bit on-off but I think this is partly because I'm quite heavy. Another advantage of the multisaver is that you can set it long, this takes your moving rope away from the anchor point so it wraps around the stem as you move round the tree rather than rubbing. I also have a standard fixed length ring to ring, haven't used it in years so that would definitely be a waste if you'd bought that.
  25. This kind of tree is where it's bad that I'm heavy but good that I'm tall. Doesn't look too big to me so by the time you are stood in those crotches you can reach enough, throw the lanyard round several stems for reassurance. Don't see how you would get a cherry picker in the middle of that anyway really but not used one much.

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