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  1. Dan Maynard
    I seem to see washing lines tied to trees appearing to cut deep into the stem, and occasionally the tree dies. If you move the straps every couple of years I'm sure it will be fine - I was thinking about GoApe, they put steel wires around the trees but move them periodically and doesn't seem to do lasting harm.
  2. Dan Maynard
    Surely needles will be falling off the top of the tree as well as the lower branches?
  3. Dan Maynard
    If you're going to Scotland take a roof rack and buy some in the North West on the way past, should be ok with 4 tied on top as it's over the bridge on the way south rather than having to fit through Dartford tunnel.
  4. Dan Maynard
    If you're in town I would say Nissan. I sub to a firm near Cambridge, taking that down the narrow streets and driveways the turning circle is brilliant which correspondingly makes reversing the chipper easier. The boat on choppy sea feeling can be reduced by also driving a Defender. Then the Nissan feels quiet, smooth, fast, spacious...
  5. Dan Maynard
    It looks like it's a big roller really so maybe a pair of track roller bearings, with some washers for packing. If you Google bearing stockist most industrial areas have someone nearby like Brammer or a local firm, otherwise maybe simplybearings or RS. Easier if you know someone with a lathe I guess, then you can adapt.
  6. Dan Maynard
    Fair enough, that takes away a major risk. If you have a platform though I would suggest to start further from the tree and cut smaller pieces, always going to be easier to manage and safer.
  7. Dan Maynard
    Oregon gear is decent basic stuff, pretty widely available online Screwfix, Amazon etc.
  8. Dan Maynard
    Wise words there, mate.
  9. Dan Maynard
    Probably be knackering the belt too, I wouldn't try running that if it's getting hot. Have you taken it apart? May be able to walk into a bearing stockist and get replacements or near equivalent.
  10. Dan Maynard
    1hp is 0.75kw so 5.5hp dumper would be 4.1kw
  11. Dan Maynard
    The hire place I use for grinder is an ag dealer, they reckon tractors have been selling like hot cakes during lockdown. They also sold the hire chipper and grinders in the last few weeks. Bounceback loans?
  12. Dan Maynard
    That is a monster! Did a pair of these which had been let free for over 40 years, I was amazed at the volume of chip but we were lucky to be able to park the chipper at the base and send a climber up each tree. This Luke sounds keen but I think just hasn't done enough crap garden drags to say any tree only needs 3 men to do in a day. Daft as a brush.
  13. Dan Maynard
    Did you carry the chainsaw up a ladder there? In general you need one hand for the ladder and two hands for the chainsaw, and you are at risk of the branch knocking the ladder out too. Get a polesaw and work in from the end, cutting short pieces reduces the leverage of the branch.
  14. Dan Maynard
    £80 ? Zero missing.
  15. Dan Maynard
    I would definitely go semi chisel if you're cutting firewood and pallets, much more forgiving of dirt and far easier to resharpen if you clip a nail. It's what I run on my ground saws in gardens as I got fed up of hitting stones, screws, washing lines etc in stumps.
  16. Dan Maynard
    He is. Patrick at Educated Climber on FB or YouTube would probably help with advice but think he's Ontario or somewhere like that. There was a guy advertising for climbers in the north shore area a while ago but I can't remember his name.
  17. Dan Maynard
    It's hard to learn lots of trees at once, a few years ago I started the strategy to learn one and then keep looking out to recognise it when out and about for a while, before trying to learn another. Gradually I've learnt a lot but also realised how many more there are to learn. It's a good starting point if you can remember all the native trees on the woodland trust WWW.WOODLANDTRUST.ORG.UK
  18. Dan Maynard
    Fair point there. I guess I don't want it to be the Ultra as I'm running it too. Five saws would certainly affect the balance on the economics of motomix.
  19. Dan Maynard
    How old were the saws though, how long do other people's 150s last would be a good question? I know from experience those had done a lot of work.
  20. Dan Maynard
    I have an old Dolmars with holes in the air filter filled with hot melt glue, dab each side of the hole to make a plug. Been fine a few years. Don't run it with holes, mine also has a new piston due to the scoring caused by previous owners evidently not noticing/caring. I ran a Dolmar 112 as only saw for a bit, found you can get parts but it can take a while so it became frustrating. If you will have no time pressure on occasional milling then should be fine.
  21. Dan Maynard
    The limbs are already snapped out and hung up in the bracing, I take it cut the bracing and they fall down. 10 screw together poles and a saw head but they are going to get bent.
  22. Dan Maynard
    That is shocking, absolutely shocking. Assuming that's your fence line on the right it looks unbalanced as if it has a history of being trimmed away from the neighbours. Replant on the other side of the garden I guess, if there's a bright side that probably isn't a hugely old tree as they grow quite fast.
  23. Dan Maynard
    On the plus side, JackP is out there doing his best to earn some money, making mistakes and learning along the way, rather than just moaning - not all bad.
  24. Dan Maynard
    Nepia gave the long answer, I thought I'd give the short one.
  25. Dan Maynard
    Yes.

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