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  1. Dan Maynard
    I'm going to say M500 - pulls itself up the ramps. Otherwise it's the electric winch.
  2. Dan Maynard
    I'll get some pictures when I am home in daylight, just about to tackle the M25 for tonight's entertainment.
  3. Dan Maynard
    I think there is a problem in what you are asking for really. Shredders which can take the leaves, roots, etc have to have blunt hammers so they don't get immediately blunt as they work, this makes the chipping performance terrible, the small chippers depend on razor sharp blades to drag in and keep the hp requirements down. Seek out videos of Eliet or Bugnot chipping branches, but get a cup of cocoa ready first as you will soon be asleep. Personally I would suggest he gets a wood chipper for the hedging and pruning, that Hyundai looks a bit small as 60mm capacity means it will struggle. Ideally get most hp he can afford which looks like 13hp, there is a raft of chinesium machines which are all basically the same at about 1200 to 1500. Jansen Rock Hyundai etc Put all the leaves in the compost with the chip, no real need to shred them anyway.
  4. Dan Maynard
    I'd have to say a few years air drying, just been stood in the yard outside to be honest but we are low rainfall East Anglian. The grain is really twisted in one as it was the bottom of a tree which bent over 90 degrees, I haven't even tried to split it I thought may make a good chopping block or anvil stand. The other one is straighter but slightly smaller. What is it? Doesn't look like a skittle, would need too big a ball to knock it over.
  5. Dan Maynard
    I have a couple of lumps of elm which are about that size, any good? Have a feeling they used to make wheel hubs from elm but don't know where I got that from.
  6. Dan Maynard
    You need to spend £500 insulating the roof and £1000 on the stove instead. Roof insulation at 100mm is so cheap and effective it predates all the current CO2 fashion.
  7. Dan Maynard
    Yeah but it's more than 7 days now so he'll have the proper replacement fitted, not be running on the temporary fix.........
  8. Dan Maynard
    I'm thinking North Norfolk coast has miles of Scots Pine on dunes around Brancaster but memory slightly hazy, couple of years since I was up there. East coast probably not as windy though to be fair.
  9. Dan Maynard
    I'm nowhere near as bad as you but like many tall people have had aches especially when mattress too soft. Our best move was trying out mattresses in John Lewis my missus and I couldn't agree on how firm the mattress should be, but turns out you can get one with different springing each side so we both get our ideal.
  10. Dan Maynard
    Not very familiar with these saws but there clutch is a pretty simple assembly. Either the springs you are putting in are bad, wrongly installed, or there must be something wrong with one or more of the other components. Are you fitting genuine parts as a set? Otherwise go on L&S Engineers and buy a new clutch assembly, sprocket and bearing - they are all wear parts.
  11. Dan Maynard
    No mate, keep that under the bed now.
  12. Dan Maynard
    Thanks for the sympathy guys, been busy welding locks on the outside of the door. It was indeed the grinder I bought off Mark Bolam and it's been a handy machine to have. The feeling that they what else is there is what leaves me most disturbed, will be spending some more on security even though I know you can only keep em out so much.
  13. Dan Maynard

    DAF T244

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    Get a flatbed, pop the wheels off an old caravan, couple of ratchet straps, jobs a good'un.
  14. Dan Maynard
    It looks like a fairly dry site, I don't know what kind of summers you have had over the last few years but willows are thirsty trees. If it is just too dry for such a large tree then maybe not much you can do beyond mulching, unlikely you would be able to water a willow enough to keep it happy.
  15. Dan Maynard
    My turn on Thursday night, broken in steel security door and taken only the grinder. Left laptops etc in the office, moved the splitter out of the way so feels very targeted. It happened between 8.30 and 9.30 in the evening, on the village green which kind of beggars belief too.
  16. Dan Maynard
    Breatheflex pro are worth the extra money over Breatheflex based on how mine are lasting. Available in long leg option if you're tall which was the clincher for me.
  17. Dan Maynard
    Finally did it, dropped off with Spud for 372 conversion and porting. Picked up Sunday and luckily ash stem to ring up Monday morning. Thanks to Spud, totally transformed the saw - another happy customer!
  18. Dan Maynard
    Thanks guys, I think you are right the tree is one thing and the story behind it doesn't change the fact it's knackered. Good idea to mill it as well, the stem isn't that tall to the break but is about 2 foot diameter so may yield enough timber for a bench. Worth milling it to see how the boards come out anyway.
  19. Dan Maynard
    Now I'm trying to decide what to recommend for what's left. The way I see it there is now a huge wound in the stem so the medium to long term it will decay and fall apart. There are gravestones and a footpath so targets aplenty. In this picture you can see the crack on the left and I suspect the branch to the right could go as well. Seems like it might need to come down altogether - one problem is it was planted in memory of the local tree surgeon who fell out of a tree and died about 40 years ago, his daughter still lives in the village.
  20. Dan Maynard
    Must be a day for cedars. Branch shed off this one in our churchyard, the limb in the centre of this picture is now cracked at the base so I roped it this morning and will remove it tomorrow.
  21. Dan Maynard
    Yes, that's the kind of thing. Battery powered and then you just wrap the sense wire around one of the HT leads a few times and secure with a cable tie. Trickiest bit will be mounting it somewhere nicely.
  22. Dan Maynard
    Which September?
  23. Dan Maynard
    I found some Australian bloke with 18 and 36 on YouTube. The 36 looks like it has monster torque by comparison, the 18v wasn't that happy cutting 4" pine posts. I guess the main point of the 18v is being more compact and lighter, I'm thinking it could still be good for conifer hedge bashing.
  24. Dan Maynard
    If London didn't have lower particulates then the LEZ would be a waste of time I guess.
  25. Dan Maynard
    We have Ben Burgess near us that hire out road tow splitter for £95 a day so I guess that sets an upper limit.

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