Dan Maynard
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He obviously knows how much tree surgeons are normally ripping people off when they take away all that valuable wood.
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This is the answer! Lift a bag up nice and high too.
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I've used chip as a ramp, for my chipper. I can see the bag lifter being an idea but its another lump to take on the van, shift about, tidy up. I still think develop technique grabbing the bag itself, using the bag handles is making the bag lower anyway. Or put less in the bag and take the tailgate off the van, which is what I had to do Friday.
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I had a couple of these poly discs which were good for stripping paint, thought cup brush better on rust. They do wear away fairly fast so I concentrated on the big flat areas on top which end up visible, wire brush the rest. Abracs ABPOLY115 Poly Abrasive Disc for Rust & Paint Removal, 115mm | Fast Shipping WWW.FUSIONFIXINGS.CO.UK Poly Abrasive Disc, ABPOLY115, for Rust & Paint Removal, 115mm. Use the Abracs poly abrasive disc to...
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Excellent, all good habitat for fungi, bugs, beetles, bats, etc that have nowhere to live if it's all healthy young trees with smooth bark all over.
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Other way I've seen is put a block on, with a bollard so you can negative rig the log down onto a rigging line first, then tighten the speedline and controlled slide it down that. Advantage being less shock on speedline, disadvantage being have to set a block as well so another rope to faff with. I think in any case you need plenty of height for a speedline as the line is bound to sag with weight in, which is why we don't get to use them much round here.
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Wire brush on angle grinder and paint it with a brush then. I held off doing my chipper for years as it worked perfectly well, but am pleased with how it turned out, just bought a tin of JCB yellow.
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Cool, will have to give them a call when my policy comes round.
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Saving a Silver Pine after digging near the roots
Dan Maynard replied to Pb85's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
How much more are they going to dig, and how close to the tree will it get? Unless they get closer and sever more major roots I'd leave it be personally, there is still a majority of the root area there. Taking the top out also reduces the amount of food the tree makes, which it needs to grow roots. Or if it really is too close then plant another tree in a better place now so that it has a few years to get established, and then take this one down when it's too big. -
Probably not, if you've got a healthy population of young trees they just grow tall together and block out all the light. Terrible for wildlife - you lose flowers, hence insects and butterflies, hence birds and bats. You lose understory berries and fruits, hence bad for small mammals. It's the reason our conservation work at the local SSSI wood is all felling trees, some people do come in and get upset at the "destruction" but it's not destroyed it's just part of the cycle as its been in the woods for centuries, probably millennia. It's quite a modern thing to say all felling is bad and stop harvesting the woodlands really.
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Is that vehicle or logbullets? I think I need to shop around next time I insure my trailer and chipper as must be five years since first trailer stolen so that should drop off the radar.
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Must have blown over.
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TPO application / CA notification specifications.
Dan Maynard replied to Jon Lad's topic in General chat
I haven't looked for a bit but I do think the guidance says you need to state finished size. It kind of makes sense as otherwise they can't check your work after it's done. Have to admit I'm not very rigorous, for example recently put one in for reduction 3m back to previous pollard points and so far so good. -
Soil ameliorates added to backfill in tree pits
Dan Maynard replied to Thesnarlingbadger's topic in Training & education
I've heard of auxin as a rooting powder but not sure how it would work mixed with the soil. Seems it can inhibit root elongation if there's too much around, anyway. -
I was quoted I think £700 to insure my saws (10ish) and climbing kit, thought they need replacing periodically anyway so put that money towards new gear each year a much better use of it.
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My land rover's on Aviva but basically an unmodified van to them, don't know whether they'd touch a tipper.
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I got involved as a subbie on a row of these a couple of years ago, started 30 foot ish high, spec was fell the trees and leave at 6 foot. Complete nightmare, took days longer than quoted, loads and loads of chip. Looked completely stupid at the end, 6 foot high and 10 feet wide. Customer is not always right.
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Last to finish has to pay the bar bill!
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It is a lot of saw for the money, on the other hand I remember RoughHewn putting up video of the safety tests being done on fake saws, chain brake handle just snapped and pinged off when it should be strong and reliable. Put me off for sure.
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We got my son a drive experience when he was 18, he chose Lotus which was a great car and he really enjoyed it. As I recall it was going round with a driver next to him, so he listened really well and got a few laps in the circuit. I remember there was a young lady there who apparently didn't listen well and span off, think it was Lambo. Broken spoiler, end of lap, car had to be towed back in, lost deposit, etc etc.
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I just imagine you'd tie the bag off then grab and squeeze the whole thing if it's just rakings, but I just had fizzy water with dinner so obviously not in a thinking mood.
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Other problem with employees is when things go quiet you can end up backed into a corner. I'm going through this problem in my engineering business, two good guys that have been with us for years but reality is we've not got enough work to pay the wages, and not enough money in the bank to pay redundancy either. Rock and a hard place.
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Are you using your own tools and equipment and paying some costs to do so? Have you done similar work for any other clients in the last 12 months? If you go through and answer all the questions (anonymous) then you can get a determination which HMRC will stand by, I would think you are self employed. /assets/static/govuk-opengraph-image-dade2dad5775023b0568381c4c074b86318194edb36d3d68df721eea7deeac4b.png Check employment status for tax - GOV.UK WWW.GOV.UK Use the Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool to find out if you, or a worker on a specific...
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Is that machine plus one operator? Farmer I have worked for in the village was charged £500+vat I think for two guys, saws, tractor and splitter per day to process pile of wood I'd dumped in the yard over the year.
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There isn't much free wood knocking around at the moment, even my own firewood store looking a bit bleak as just about every customer keeps every scrap of wood.
