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Dan Maynard

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  1. Dan Maynard
    I'm not going to say I've done this, but I have pulled the cord far too many times on a saw that's switched off. I'm going to blame having some saws that switch themselves back on and some that don't.....
  2. Dan Maynard
    Think theres four ejector pin marks, looks like a pressure die casting to me so zinc or ally alloy. Soft as anything. I reckon if you knew someone retired into model making you could slot where the teeth are and machine up a bit of brass that sits in the slot behind and has teeth coming up. Never going to pay to do it, buy a MS181 instead.
  3. Dan Maynard
    I don't know, why do snakes hate connys?
  4. Dan Maynard
    Did this willow a couple of weeks ago, friends TW165 out of action so we put it all through the M500. Willow is nice and soft, chomped it all up, two loads of chip. Wish I'd taken more photos of the petrol winch in action, was very handy for pulling stuff back in from the brook side.
  5. Dan Maynard
    I was initially thinking ditch work either digger or flail, but there are branches behind that have been affected. Maybe all a trick of angles in photo of course.
  6. Dan Maynard
    A little fire at the bottom might damage the base, but a big fire quite far away would radiate heat like the spear.
  7. Dan Maynard
    I see, thanks @Bolt. I'd agree with fire, maybe a tree next to it fell down and they burnt the brash on the spot?
  8. Dan Maynard
    Historic flail damage? Can't see your pics though, you're speaking apple with those .heic files.
  9. Dan Maynard
    I've been watching an old ash round here dying back gradually, it just fell over in one with white rot in the roots, so I'd say have a careful look for secondary fungal activity too.
  10. Dan Maynard
    Is it manual carb? Could it be worn in and just need the idle speed knocking down a touch back to spec? Have a good clean round the carb,linkages etc too and check throttle not being held by sawdust.
  11. Dan Maynard
    Reading there it overwinters as adults, one of those things that would have been reduced more by some decent frosts but we've just had warm wet weather. We might get loads of wasps this year too, who knows. I don't think your other shrubs are really in danger, they have the lovely alder tree leaves to eat.
  12. Dan Maynard
    Maybe you're right there, we went first thing Thursday morning. Friday afternoon speed is an altogether different thing....
  13. Dan Maynard
    From arrival to departure, so not just the tree - get tools off, cup of tea, chat to customer, dismantle tree (mind phone lines), chat to neighbour and price up reducing his walnut, chip other stuff cut by customer, cut back pyracantha that now sticks out over path and looks stupid, rake up, sweep up, load up tools, blow driveway, depart. This is the problem pricing small trees, the faffing before and after is about the same as a big tree.
  14. Dan Maynard
    Is that photo from ground level or an upstairs window? Can't quite get an impression of how big it is so 3-4 hour job? I didn't take a photo but this is street view a year ago, did this lawson on the end for £250. Would have been 2 hours arrive to depart if the back wheel hadn't fallen off my chipper.
  15. Dan Maynard
    The other thing I do which people think weird at first is use a 10m lanyard, but set up with pinto pulley and VT hitch so it spends as more time as a second climbing system than lanyard really. This means I'm on 2 climbing systems a lot of the time but without dragging 3 ropes around.
  16. Dan Maynard
    Thanks
  17. Dan Maynard
    Snap! Maybe a bit lower than my line, then cut it as a hedge.
  18. Dan Maynard
    Why not just cut the scraggly bit off? Otherwise, I'd not recommend planting fast growing conifers. The story starts with "we'll definitely keep on top of them" and ends with the neighbours hating you because you've swamped their house and taken all the light and water from their garden.
  19. Dan Maynard
    Do you have any more details? Sounds like it might be interesting
  20. Dan Maynard
    Agree, even got the weird red string looped in the back the same. Customisable if you order 100 at a time.
  21. Dan Maynard
    I don't know what changed in that version but pretty sure calendar quarters did not, I've always believed that to be quarters based on calendar year. It's the same definition of calendar quarters for accountants.
  22. Dan Maynard
    This is the key, you claim back what is shown as vat on the invoices. You add 20% to your invoices, and what you hand over is one minus the other like you said. VAT can be complicated, not everything is 20% rate eg firewood at 5% or some foods are 0% - but thats not your problem as it will say the amount of vat on your invoice. All you need to do is collect a vat invoice (or receipt) for everything you spend and add up the figures given to get your claim.
  23. Dan Maynard
    Mine are a bit longer but gradually working down in length as I nick or spike them.... Definitely see the advantages of a shorter line for moving around, if I'm anchoring srt I generally pull spare up around and through a ring then lock off with alpine, so the tail is only what I need.
  24. Dan Maynard
    Its 3 month blocks Jan-Mar etc. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b54e2d0ea2cb000d15e3e5/FC_Tree_Felling_4_July_23_WEB.pdf
  25. Dan Maynard
    Hmm . Did buy a tipper trailer 3 years ago though, that would count.

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