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Dan Maynard

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  1. Dan Maynard
    Other issue with throwbag in the tree on your mainline is the chance it gets stuck in a fork, then you're a bit scuppered.
  2. Dan Maynard
    I think it has to be parish council, county council, or highways then? Round here that's the approximate order of pecking, unless in/close to the brook it might be environment agency.
  3. Dan Maynard
    As above sprocket is matched to pitch rather than gauge so same part number - but if you're changing the bar and chain then do put a new sprocket on at the same time.
  4. Dan Maynard
    As I've been doing it longer I find my throws get luckier (to paraphrase a famous saying) How are you throwing the rope? If it needs more height or a bit of punch for twigs then I would quite often build the end into a knot, looking on the internet I saw a lot of heaving line knots but best not to put the rope through the end loop before wrapping as then if it hangs up you can pull and yank to undo and retrieve. This seems right https://images.app.goo.gl/wjPLZRzN1PyXLuXG7
  5. Dan Maynard
    ... and they avoid associated costs of storage, labelling, LOLER inspection, and the person to manage all that. I can see it makes sense in a way. My dad used to work for Esso on projects in the refinery, they would dump all kinds of perfectly usable stuff at the end of a project rather than spend time cataloguing and storing. When he worked in the right area he used to take a trailer in, all our sheds were made from 18mm marine ply.
  6. Dan Maynard
    Bark will fall off the willow when it dries anyway. I'd definitely not waste time stripping it.
  7. Dan Maynard
    Oven ready Brexit deal. Maybe things will improve with the new deal? 5 years a bold prediction, they've been going a lot longer than that already.
  8. Dan Maynard
    I don't remember these either. Maybe I do need to go on that refresher course!
  9. Dan Maynard
    I guess for me next step after hedge cutter is the MS150, 1/4 pitch means it can cut small stuff. One to think about, I'm remembering a privet hedge I cut side back where the clipncut could have been great.
  10. Dan Maynard
    Fair point, obviously there's a serious side to the subject. I volunteer with the wildlife trust, they are pretty hot on the competence and insurance but they have some full time staff so not quite your situation. Maybe you need to set up a ltd management company? Doesn't have to pay salaries.
  11. Dan Maynard
    Reviews mixed on the site though ...
  12. Dan Maynard
    Pondering this yesterday I came across a thread with David Humphries talking about a beech on his patch which was coexisting with merip.
  13. Dan Maynard
    Ah missed the 200mm bit. So a spear cut then?
  14. Dan Maynard
    Blimey never had fishing down as a dangerous occupation.
  15. Dan Maynard
    Are you asking about the 80% ? This is the width of the notch, which always seems a strange way to describe it to me. Roughly 20% of the diameter will be how far in to the stem to cut ie how deep. From the opposite side sounds like back cut, don't angle this just come straight in at a height slightly above the bottom of the notch.
  16. Dan Maynard
    I still can't see why you'd destroy live oak stumps, could be 6-800 years old, just because FC say so. Looking back at the FC decisions of the last 70 years many haven't turned out well.
  17. Dan Maynard
    Last blackthorn I did was cut sides back hard, horrible tangly stuff took twice as long as I thought. If your hedge is 2m wide then the middle is a bastard to get to, doesn't sound much fun to me.
  18. Dan Maynard
    If it is still a proper library book last borrowed in 2013 then it's not been terribly popular, reckon they wouldn't miss it anyway.
  19. Dan Maynard
    Can you put it on local Freecycle or Facebook? Soil only skip cheaper than general waste but still not cheap.
  20. Dan Maynard
    Yes, it's effectively the same stuff, so you can use it but same risk.
  21. Dan Maynard
    Lime is heavy when green, but has relatively high water content so becomes light when all the water has gone. Lime has a pretty distinctive smell when you saw it, once you've identified that you wouldn't mix it up with maple.
  22. Dan Maynard
    Lime Just putting my bid in to the sweepstake
  23. Dan Maynard
    I reckon it will be great for loading and delivering logs, even for stacking bags in the yard. Does seem a lot of brass though.
  24. Dan Maynard
    It's Husqvarna, it will be ready when it's ready.
  25. Dan Maynard
    Hmm interesting about Texaco will look in to that if I can. I have been buying less at one time but maybe need to look at stabiliser again to compare the hassle of going to an Esso station, there are half a dozen in Peterborough so all not lost.

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