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  1. Dan Maynard
    I dream about small shears every time I have anything to do with a blackthorn hedge. Wouldn't care much what it looked like tbh, hands thorn free would be worth it.
  2. Dan Maynard
    If it's near the power line I'd be having a word with the DNO, they have exemption from requirement for a felling license anyway so there's no question. Where in the country are you?
  3. Dan Maynard
    Willow or alder. I haven't looked anything up but beech does fabulously on those well drained chalky downlands of Sussex.
  4. Dan Maynard
    Have a look at the chain specialist websites eg www.chainsawbars.co.uk Stihl RM and Oregon semi chisel available. I run it on my 461 when the woods dirty, slightly slower cutting is quicker than loads of filing.
  5. Dan Maynard
    Whoa hand on there Steve! You need to rush out and buy 200 toilet rolls and 30 bags of pasta first!
  6. Dan Maynard
    Chaps are worn by cowboys. Never seen any worn on site, groundworkers usually wear type A 's . If you're a normal size they can be had for reasonable money eg the SIP, Englebert Strauss, look at Chris Forestry.
  7. Dan Maynard
    Need to find a really old machine with blown engine that someone's scrapping I guess , they might let that go for a few hundred quid.
  8. Dan Maynard
    Id say 2. I wouldn't do more courses until you get going and know it's for you. Cross cut and felling, then get your own helmet, saw trousers and boots and you've got the basic needed to be useful on site. 3. It is pretty common, trick is finding the person who needs you, at the time you're looking, in the place you want to be. You will probably have to make a lot of calls to get going and maybe compromise on one of the three eg it's harder in general to find extra weekend work. 4. Find a good training provider and talk to everyone you can as much as possible, you need to find and meet people on the local grapevine. Good luck!
  9. Dan Maynard
    Ah didn't think of that, maybe should have let the dog run after them instead.
  10. Dan Maynard
    Personally if you're starting then I'd go marine ply but make sure you give it a good soaking in green fence paint - makes it a lot smarter and also last longer. There are doubtless other things you should spend the extra money on to make jobs more efficient, Vs a custom body.
  11. Dan Maynard
    Not that I'm stalking the bloke but I'd say Bartlett https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-campbell-1724a7257?originalSubdomain=uk
  12. Dan Maynard
    Unless they just rocked up and knocked on the door .....
  13. Dan Maynard
    I'd be pretty wary of advising a staged takedown to avoid heave, the implication then is if heave occurs I got my advice wrong and the insurers lawyers could have a field day. As @woody paul says if there's any question let the insurance company specify as they are liable for consequences. That all presumes the site meets the criteria for possible heave anyway, ie shrinkable clay and trees older than house foundation.
  14. Dan Maynard
    I was at Calke Abbey NT last week and there were loads of chestnut cases on the ground, and loads and loads of smug looking squirrels bouncing around. Sadly didn't get to gather any.
  15. Dan Maynard
    I've seen that, isn't it an aqueduct? Or at least an empty one.
  16. Dan Maynard
    I still haven't changed firebricks on mine after 20 years, I find it confusing you'd need to do it so often.
  17. Dan Maynard
    I think 195r10 might be what I had on my old Brian James flatbed, I think small tyres sink into mud more. Other thought, quite a few tyre places look at an R10 and refuse because it won't fit the machines whereas R13 is common.
  18. Dan Maynard
    We've a Hunter that's been used well for just over 20 years. I don't think they are necessarily a premium brand but seems well made, and in the UK. Spares available too. Have had to change the door seals a couple of times and it's survived two house floods so paint faded below the tide mark but I like it and don't want to give it up now.
  19. Dan Maynard
    I thought the label was suspiciously similar to this stuff, Best fuels looks like manufacturers, they have a Swedish website too. Best Fuel Alkylate Petrol 2-Stroke Mix at Clarkes of Cavan - Delivery Nationwide. WWW.CLARKESOFCAVAN.IE Best Fuel Alkylate Petrol 2-Stroke Mix in stock at Clarkes of Cavan. We provide Delivery Nationwide...
  20. Dan Maynard
    I used to see ads for insurance deals for people stopping a company car, same deal may have driven years and years on company policy so no NCB built up. I think you're right, chip box isn't manufacturer standard so you'd need to notify them. I have been told shelving inside a van is notifiable but don't know if that is really true.
  21. Dan Maynard
    I did till I started wearing a sawpod.
  22. Dan Maynard
    I reduced an ash tree once which overhung the neighbours, huge garden with big old rhodie bushes so not visible from neighbours house. Would have been a hundred times easier to drop stuff on the rough grass his side, but we were rigging everything back in so didn't set foot or even have ropes touching his ground. When he heard work going on he came out effing and blinding, red faced with rage so much I'm not quite sure what he was actually mad about. Luckily the customer was in his garden so I just pointed him out and the argument quickly moved on to the fence which was falling down and who's fault that was, solicitors letters etc. If the customer hadn't been there I suppose I'd have had to argue with/placate the bloke but glad I didn't have to. So if you do just go for it be prepared for them to be very cross but not really sure why or what they should do about it.
  23. Dan Maynard
    Yes Pfanners are a bit more, numbers a little hazy but when I bought Arbortec Pros about 4 years ago they were £230 and Pfanners £310, so roughly 2/3 the price and I couldn't justify Pfanners to myself. In fairness the Arbortecs lasted ok with stitching up small tears. Last time I was buying the Arbortecs had gone up so much they were only about £30 less, I think the Pfanners are worth that small extra, and they've been harder wearing overall. To be fair there may be lots of other trousers which are great if you have normal length legs, for me if I don't want boots full of sawdust every day the choice is smaller.
  24. Dan Maynard
    He'll have a log of the daily quantities.
  25. Dan Maynard
    I think Pfanner arborist are designed for climbing more than the gladiator, that's what I'm in anyway. Arborshite pro do last a lot better than normal but the price has gone up so much they aren't good value any more in my opinion.

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