Dan Maynard
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Cool, that'll be interesting to see how it goes - do please report back in a year or two.
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Temporary or permanent? Wheel clamps seem to get cut off easily, I've got one on but also a 19mm chain down to ground anchor that's under the trailer so harder to interfere with.
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I saw the beginning then highlights. England played much more like they should do given the players, but the Swiss defence were very well organised so it was a pretty tight match all along.
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I was wondering about tying it to straighten, sure I've seen it in my pruning book.
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That lopper head on the AUS looks the same as my Bahco pradines head. I reckon it's pretty good, I've just got it on the 3 section telescopic pole so a lot less cost than that set. Thing is the blade enters the cut from below so long overhangs don't work well, you just need to do those in a couple of bits.
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@Jase hutch is your man.
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I usually drive a Nissan every Friday, I think the fundamental parameters are similar - stiff springs for load capacity, short wheelbase means really good turning circle but the combination gives a terrible ride if the road causes pitching. For urban tree work, I wouldn't want anything else - getting in tight driveways, Uturn in cul-de-sac, easier reversing overall. If you're regularly driving half an hour in the countryside you'd better not be susceptible to seasickness.
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Seen them with chippers round here - operated without any ear protection after lions tailing the tree in someone's front garden one handing a 200T. I gave a friendly wave as we passed but the guy just glared back.
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Or.. to put the opposite point of view, use the best oil you can. It's such a small percentage of my operating costs I don't see any reason to scrimp, and good oil means my bars last a very long time. Likewise I run Stihl chains, why spend a fortune on a saw then hold it back by not using the best chain? In the end I think it's more philosophical than practical, you're not going to get rich on the money saving on oil vs bars either way.
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Is he tall? If not then maybe look at some Stihl trousers, I had some before and they were roomy but not long enough for me. The Stihls are I think quite good for the money, breathflex tend to rip if you stare at them too hard but breathflex pro much better made.
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LPG is supposed to burn super clean and hence if anything help the engine last longer. I thought hard about it 20 years ago when driving a petrol car 300 miles a week, but conversion was expensive and it already had 140k on. Kept it a bit longer then changed to diesel in the end.
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I dropped my phone out of a tree, landed end on into soft mud which filled the tiny mic hole. I did see videos of people using hot melt glue, didn't fancy that so used a sewing needle to poke the mud out - whether it was that or the mud I don't know but either way I now have a new phone as no-one could hear me afterwards. So I'd be cautious about poking anything in the holes.
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Pop sometimes has a darker centre, that'd be my guess.
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I believe it's used in making violins, maybe some other musical instruments. Of course violin makers are harder to find than wood turners so may not be an easy sale...
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I wouldn't dig them up now - even if you water the soil thoroughly, the fine roots are damaged by the digging so they won't have capacity to drink it during the hottest months. You can mulch generously around the base of the hedge though, I'd do this with woodchip, bark, compost, whatever you can get easily.
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..or drought...
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The nptc cs38 is "access a tree using rope and harness" so not really relevant. From the irata website "IRATA International’s rope access system is a safe method of working at height where ropes and associated equipment are used to gain access to and from the work position, and to be supported there" Is there a risk of falling from height and being injured? If not, it isn't work at height, you are just using ropes for stability. Holding nptc tickets would give you assurance the people are competent to wear a harness, maybe helpful. It seems a bit of a rabbit hole to me, scrambling about on top of a conifer hedge isnt covered by nptc either but we all do it.
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I just bought a gun from Chris Forestry, seems ok, no frills. I figured they would be unlikely to sell complete rubbish, you never know what you get if you pick one on eBay.
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Good spot, will be interesting to see if they return and comment.
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AI assisted I should think.
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Good chance it's 1/8 BSP , other likely option seems to be M10 x 1. Diameter is similar but pitch different - 1mm for the metric but finer on the BSP.
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Blast, all those hedges taller than 20 metres I forgot to get permission for. Better keep my head down.
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I agree you'll need a decent risk assessment in place, but it's not clear to me that what you're doing is work at height - hence discussion of nptc or irata is a bit null.
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One problem is that you are not protected by consumer rights legislation, as you are a business - so if they have fulfilled the fine print in the contract then you have no leg to stand on. Maybe take some legal advice about whether there is a contractual case to answer, but even that is going to cost £250 an hour.
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The other thread was a wind up, now this one's going a little strange....
