Dan Maynard

As a teenager I used to patch up packing shed doors at the nursery I worked at, using a lazy tong type riveter for the galv sheet. I reckon as long as you've got plenty of space in front of the rivet they work really well.

I've just been away working in Ireland for 7 days, coming back it seems like everything has really browned off here, even all the grass has gone since I left.

Personally I'd lose the elder completely, grind or dig the stump or it'll sprout back to that in a few years. Then give the holly a year or two to recover and see the best way to reshape it. The holly on its own could be reshaped and then trimmed nicely as a feature tree.

That's just the tie-in, we'll take that out when the rest is done.

Also, gardener A has no incentive to invest in better equipment to save time, so stays slow forever. People doing general weeding and borders seem to do per hour, but I guess it's not really possible to write a quote out for weekly tidy up like that.

I've currently got some Ocean Polyester as I thought I'd try something more expensive, it's staying slippery. The other stuff I use is Teufelberger Sirius accessory cord, little bit slippy at first but soon beds in really nice - or Yale Silverstreak which is slightly softer on the surface and grips nicely. I don't have tachyon climbing rope though, so might not work for you but buy a few metres of each and try is the only way to find out really.

I'd rather run a 70cc saw all day than 90cc though.

@Donnie will sell you a one-careful-owner 585.

Sigma, often used symbol for sum.

Never cheap out on tyres or brakes. Or climbing gear.

Does that help with restarting the cut when there's a little bit of load on the chain?

I generally do the chinstrap up about 3/4 of the way up the tree.

Makes an amount of sense, thin and thick oil is the same stuff with difference length chains. My 2p as I worked for Lucas CAV for a few years is that diesel pumps and injectors are lubricated inside by the diesel itself. Petrol doesn't do the same lubricating job, which is one reason putting petrol in your diesel car can be so bad for it.

I don't know that moles eat slugs, but it's been an absolute bumper year for them and presumably worms, so I guess they've had more food than normal.

As above, nerve damage is cumulative and not reversible, so really if you're getting the tingle after a couple of hours that's a sign more breaks are needed. It's another thing like hearing damage, when you're older and regret it, it's far too late to do anything about it. Heated handles are good if you're working in the cold, as keeping your hands warm helps circulation. Not really a factor this time of year.

Is LA what I'd take to be District Council, ie the planning authority? Where I've done work for Parish Council in conservation area I have always assumed that needed to be notified.

I reckon you've cut your market down a huge amount by not being able to deliver, if you can find a log supplier that's interested in what is effectively arb waste for 200 you'll be doing ok.

Crap I was half the weight. Worrying as I guessed this to be less than 2ton, didn't go anywhere near a weighbridge and it still tipped so can't have been too bad.

I agree, had quite a bit of teenager operated log splitting. Sadly my eldest set up his own bike servicing business in lockdown and I couldn't pay enough to match what he earned doing that!

I'm going out on a limb here... 750kg

I've got factory heavy duty option and that seems to mean double coil springs - has anyone else got these?

You need to start with a 1ml blue crystal vial to concentrate the moonbeams. Dilute that in your IBC and you've got a million to one already.

I mean places like tidal marsh land. The tides vary through the month and year which affects those plants on the fringes. I have absolutely no idea how the moons gravity can affect the apple tree in my garden. Complete hippy nonsense.

The kind of customer who would pay more demands absolutely no proof that it's any different, so no point proving it either way. This just sounds to me like hippies mixing the ideas of tides and summer/winter sap because they have no idea how any of it works. Astrology is about as mysterious and useful. On the other hand you can find lots of plants that are affected by the moon cycle, by the sea.

Not done that exact one, but whenever I tackle a palm I think how much variety there is and how little I know about palms as a species. I guess that trunk will be just a bundle of fibres with dirt and dead fibres in between, which will blunt the saw and the fibres will get wrapped up in the saw round the clutch and in the bar groove. I don't think it's harmful as such unless you try to force the saw on when it's clogged, so just need a spanner and a lot of patience. Maybe buy a cheap rotatech chain for the job? Worst one I've done was a low yukka, just had to keep taking the bar off and cleaning every two cuts. Easiest one I've done was Torbay palm, up to about 4 inch diameter it was so soft I just used a silky to strip the whole thing out, no leaves on the lower stem anyway so dead easy to chainsaw. Stump grinding super soft and easy, never had a problem there. Pretty shallow roots from what I've seen.