Dan Maynard
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If you're employed then they should put you on the refresher if they need it.
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... and the winners were - @aspenarb 's chair polishers!
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The 400 feels like a slightly bigger 261 but loads more power, and is great on a 20" light bar. Compared to a 461 it's a lot easier to sned with, more snappy, but doesn't have the relentless torque. Probably be a great felling saw for you. Go in a shop and wave a 400 around, I did and ended up buying it.
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New vehicle ordered after July 1st 2024. Will become applicable to all from 2028 so you've got 4 years on existing truck. Bit of a guess what happens to pickup values in 2028, maybe a lot of business pickups get sold.
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I think it's got more complicated. As far as I know if you have a commercial vehicle only for "business use" then you simply put all expenses through the business. That would still be easy for a van or truck, but no longer for a double cab pickup. When you get into cars there's a whole load of rules, tax all depends on CO2 rate, i think it becomes a consult your accountant but you have to pay tax on any element of private use. Seems like if you could change it to 2 seat pickup then becomes commercial again so easier. Another reason to stick to my 110 hardtop as it's a van.
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I guess this is partly why the right angle drills work well. I was pondering a mixer drill, gearbox really designed for low speed high torque.
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Depends on the emissions, pickups probably towards the top of the scale so say 35% for example . This means under company car rules you are taxed as if you have been paid cash equal to 35% of the list price of the car per year. If you're earning in the 20% bracket then tax bill is 20% on that 35% of the list price say £30k, which would be £2100 per year. Obviously if you're in the 40% bracket you'll have to cough up £4200. Electric vehicles sit at silly low tax rate, hence why so many company cars are electric despite high purchase price. And @PeteB is working out if he can import a Tesla cyber truck.
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Short answer, no. As you're in the US I've found you an American tree diagram. Your cambium layer is gone, it's dead already. https://www.fs.usda.gov/learn/trees/anatomy-of-tree#:~:text=C%3A The cambium cell layer,with food from the leaves.
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Fixed that for you.
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I've got a half done job at a recreation ground since the autumn, it started raining and never dried up. Managed to get in one morning when the ground was frozen late Jan but not had a decent freeze at all, given up for now and said I'll finish later in the year.
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Someone was driven to sexual frenzy when I got home tonight stinking of 2 stroke oil after a day on the hedge cutters. Sadly it was the dog.
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This is about my experience, I just switch to petrol for the blocking down. Conifer hedge reduction is a lot of cuts, then can flatten the batteries in a couple of hours.
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Welcome to the forum. s426 haven't been made for a while, so it's an old machine that wasn't used much. Thing is it's a shredder not a chipper so good for mashing dirty hedge trimming but not very good at chipping, do a search for s426 on this forum and look back. If you're starting out I'd be looking at a wee chipper, less capital and less maintenance, and you've plenty else to spend on. Vehicle, insurance, kit.
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@doobin is usually saying the other way round, I've not watched the vid to be fair
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No.
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Also check this thread, Jim got involved and explained how they changed over from importing Haeksler to Foxwood https://arbtalk.co.uk/forums/topic/132630-foxwood-c120pro-narrow-access-chipper-relieve/page/5/#comments
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If you're interested in Foxwood talk to Jim at Upson Mowers as they import them. I've got a Chinese stump grinder which I use very occasionally, and a JoBeau European chipper which is about 15 years old and goes out every week. No way that Chinese stump grinder will be going in 15 years, had to weld up the exhaust and brake handle already. Horses for courses maybe.
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My Makita drills have 13mm chuck so that would fit.
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My brother owns a demountable camper shell for his L200, he bought it unfinished about 14 years ago, then had a child about 13 years ago and it's never got finished. If you're interested I'm sure he'd sell it, it stands my yard and I'd like to see it gone.
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Yeah I've ended up scraping with the screwdriver end of a combi spanner before , would be nice if it was easier.
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Looks rare, so probably collectable to the right person. @shavey might know more?
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Maybe can't whack according to the book, but it's been done before so you need a plan to work with what you've got and keep customer happy. I think I'd be looking to remove the biggest sprouts back to the pollard points, what's left reduce a bit to try to create a shape out of them. This is what I'm suggesting to a magnolia I've just quoted, which has been pollarded in the past and put on a mass of 6 and 8 foot upright sprouts, totally ruined the form really. It's that, whack back to a hat rack, totally leave, or remove.
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She is smiling as if she's been hard at it going up and down all morning.
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I looked up the Harlequin style. Sorry, I take it all back. WTF.
