Dan Maynard
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I understand that heating to straighten will affect the metal, but bending it back without heating will also leave a zone which has been strained both ways. I would have thought heat and bend, air cool rather than quench to avoid making it brittle, and weld on some plates to strengthen if there is room. Otherwise new part required. Pics would help of course.
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I'm amazed, not really sure what explanation they can give as everything even the hourly rate was wrong. Either they had no clue how to tally up costs, or they were trying to stick everything on they could think of. If the service manager needed contacting then a phone call, or follow up with invoice later. I would also vote with my feet.
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In that case I would be thinking the percentage loss of leaf from removing those suckers is going to be quite small in comparison to the rest of the crown so crack on whatever the season.
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I'm a little surprised that summer prune would promote more suckers, it's a thing with apple trees to summer prune epicormic. I was going to say is there a crown on the tree or are they pollard stems? We have a set of trunks in our churchyard which sprout all over, and to be fair I try to cut them back in winter but the process removes all the stems which have leaves on so think it would be unkind in the summer.
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... and to be completely fair, if you also said at the beginning nobody who has ever underpriced ringing up a big tree need take the piss it would have been a very short thread. Mine was 36" slightly punky poplar though, so a lot lot easier to cut than that lump of oak.
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Looks that way, hopefully you didn't come on here looking for sympathy.
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Possibly the threads are now worn, loctite is a poor gap filler. Araldite I guess might work, could give it a go as it will be removable with heat later. If it's the threads worn then I guess more engineering required or change the roller shaft for new.
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As above, a lot of arbs are sole traders so shouldn't be insurmountable.
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I think I remember some people have had problems running 150Ts on aspen, they certainly need a retune. Bigger saws can just swallow it I think.
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How much work from trust a trader and check a trade.
Dan Maynard replied to essexjack's topic in General chat
I think it was the company behind trustedtreesurgeon who wanted £75 a month, I thought that was too expensive. Have you done local advertising in parish mags, shops etc? -
I've been trying to think of a pithy reply all day but given up.
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Oh yes, had it out yesterday mashing conifer.
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Is the lean increasing then or are they just worried that it might go? Looking at the decay in the base I would be concerned. I'm interested in what current best practice is, tree prop seems like it might have a similar effect to rigid tie bars in bracing which are no longer fitted as they take the natural movement away
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Some people honestly don't mind the brown. I did this to a hedge in the summer, the customer was over the moon as she hates conifers nearly as much as she hates the neighbours.
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I was going to say never seen pith like that in ash.
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Turns out FB not completely useless, I've recently liked the Fast Show Fans page.
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Not grey really, you have to get your licence out and check if it's still on there as I know a few for whom it's been dropped off without asking when they changed address etc. If it's there, you can, if not, you can't.
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Are you just looking for hedge laying or other ground work as well? I'm 45 miles from Grantham and could use help now and then but can't offer a "proper" job.
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What tyres are people running on their pickups
Dan Maynard replied to Rwhiteheadfirewood's topic in Arb-Trucks
Keep wondering what to put on my defender next, but still have tubes in the tyres which I think makes it complicated? Or can I just put them on with tubes in? -
As Rough says, don't file too much off. Oregon do a 3/16" kit for .325 chains, can't go far wrong with that.
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There is an SSSI wood near us, where several blocks were cleared and planted with conifers by the FC. The policy has been to clear blocks and let nature take its course, but there are plenty of trees around the blocks to spread. What is outside your conifers?
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Short answer, yes. You sort of need to use a portawrap to see the advantages of a fixed bollard, the thing with the P500 it's not too big so it's easy to set up. I was pointed to it by the guy assessing my CS41, it's also what he had in his truck bought with his own money.
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UPDATE/CORRECTION re.'HSE Alert - Zig-zag failure'
Dan Maynard replied to Stephen Arb Association's topic in Climbers talk
I guess if there's enough sap and dirt in the pivots then it won't spring up, same as a biner. Then it would get stuck in 'down' mode. I think it's disappointing that this was a poor example, because the idea of the AA sharing incident and accident reports would be a positive way to improve safety in the industry. -
I think it's important the end of the wire doesn't ground on anything metal, but this should be on the HT lead so not a problem. I would think they don't want it touching the engine in case the insulation melts, it's not critical if it's touching other parts.
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What you suggest makes an amount of sense that tipping more weight makes the pump draw more current, the obvious question is what fuse was on the old truck? Maybe it's already gone though?
