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Dan Maynard

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  1. Dan Maynard
    I'm guessing from the name "Lady Celia Congreve" isn't an old woodsman.
  2. Dan Maynard
    Yeah I blow through logs quite often. You don't need the spit, you can feel the air going through.
  3. Dan Maynard
    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.
  4. Dan Maynard
    You would tell oak or willow by the smell when you cut it. I was going to say poplar.
  5. Dan Maynard
    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.
  6. Dan Maynard
    Either way, I don't like Mondays.....
  7. Dan Maynard
    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.
  8. Dan Maynard
    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.
  9. Dan Maynard
    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.
  10. Dan Maynard
    Nice 461, 76cc but I guess just as much power.
  11. Dan Maynard
    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.
  12. Dan Maynard
    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.
  13. Dan Maynard
    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.
  14. Dan Maynard
    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
  15. Dan Maynard
    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.
  16. Dan Maynard
    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.
  17. Dan Maynard
    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.
  18. Dan Maynard
    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.
  19. Dan Maynard
    I would use the inverter, but it does need to be in an enclosure with a little bit of start stop wiring. Like a lot of things not too tricky to do if you know how already. 240v single phase motors are bigger for the same power, less efficient, and don't have the same starting torque so generally a poor swap.
  20. Dan Maynard
    Spot on there, if you've already got CS38 then you have the climbing skills you need. Also, you can download the NPTC workbook and course schedule online, but the first section on legal bits, risk assessment etc is pretty much the same all tickets. If you can read up and get all the answers down pat then you're well set up on the assessment day, and not trying to cram learn them all at once just before the test. You'll find the best way for yourself but I try and take it in chunks like one question a day or something. Otherwise I find reading all the sections at once my brain blurs.
  21. Dan Maynard
    Does sound possible the bearing replacement 100h ago wasn't done right, and/or whatever caused them to fail before was not rectified eg flywheel out of balance.
  22. Dan Maynard
    Beech is a bit of a slow burner, especially on an open fire goes better mixed with other woods.
  23. Dan Maynard
    Firewood. We have a firewood pile from the local wildlife trust wood which is nearly run out. Or are you looking to process and sell stuff yourself? You can make firewood without shelter, depending on where you are in the country. Where are you?
  24. Dan Maynard
    I can sort of see where they are coming from but it's not the removal of the climbers that is the problem, is it? It's the heavy handed damage to the tree Or do they mean the ivy could be holding the tree up and if you cut it off the tree will fall down? Otherwise damage is damage is wrong, you wouldn't get permission to hack it off with a chainsaw and damage the tree so seems silly to suggest an application is required. Be interesting to see if there's precedent for a prosecution following ivy removal.
  25. Dan Maynard
    Class 1 will be fine for CS39. You can do CS38 in trainers (in theory) but wouldn't, they get stuck in the tree forks.

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