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Dan Maynard

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  1. Dan Maynard
    Possibly damage from planting, the tree has a column of dead tissue up that side. It's young and if everything else is fine then I would let it make its own arrangements, living wood will swell on each side of the stripe and close it over.
  2. Dan Maynard
    I don't get this, you want to keep the dead tree? Until when? Until the roots decay and it falls over? Until it's a pain in the backside removing a dead tree? Why not remove the tree now, killing it only ends one way?
  3. Dan Maynard
    Seems to me the axiom is useful on the macro scale, say if you stand back from a tall spruce and look at the stem tapering thinner as it goes up. Doesn't work for detailed analysis of complex shapes. There are parallels in science, thinking of Hooke's law and springs, or Ohms law and electrical resistance. Useful "laws" for understanding how things work but plenty of things they don't apply to. I think it's the job of scientists to keep arguing and trying to increase the detail of theories to cover everything. They end up with stuff like quantum mechanics, later on engineers pick out what's useful to get things done in the real world. So I'm waiting for stuff coming from Duncan Slater et al to be filtered by time, until we can see what is useful.
  4. Dan Maynard
    I felled some fairly young ash and lime which had been ring barked by cattle on a farm, so they can cause damage. However the cows in this case were really hungry as they weren't being fed enough in summer while grass not growing - the guy renting the land was kicked off due to the general mismanagement so in more normal circumstances I'm sure not a problem.
  5. Dan Maynard
    We're going in circles aren't we, need George Osborne and his austerity program to balance the books. Also, the last three PMs have failed to actually sort out Northern Ireland position in Brexit so the phrase "get Brexit done" still haunts the next one. The Boris effect is absolutely shocking, he did so much in power that other PM's would have resigned for that he created a whole new lower standard. The fact that he's managed to shrug all that off and even remotely be in the frame is just astounding. But I wouldn't bet against anything right now.
  6. Dan Maynard
    Fair enough, there is. Seems to me unlikely the TO could prove it was over 75mm and hence that S211 actually applied, I'm intrigued by this because I've definitely cut down trees that are close to the margin and wondered how it would be enforced. This probably not a legal argument you want to get into, but all the cases I find online relating to CA prosecutions are much bigger trees where there is no doubt. If the TO has already been told it was over 75mm then I guess there is an admission, so it becomes a discussion about what 'appropriate size and species at the same place' means in a legal sense. Same place = same address?
  7. Dan Maynard
    Emperor's New clothes I guess, it is a stupid idea but nobody dares tell the prince. Distance between places is worst possible case, whole thing would just be one big queue. They'll be finding out about logistics when they start building.
  8. Dan Maynard
    I don't think there is any clear replanting requirement in a CA, no. Has it been established that it was over the 75mm? Seems difficult to prove if it's gone, and if it wasn't there is nothing to answer for.
  9. Dan Maynard
    I think partly she wants to stay in, but as eggs said the MPs can't kick her out and retain credibility either - they only just voted her in.
  10. Dan Maynard
    I have bought the Schultz effect, it's a really interesting watch. Not actually done the srt bit but I would say it improved my climbing anyway, good to think about things from a different angle. I would recommend it. There's a LANTRA course that I have seen but also not done down south, arborventure training. One of these days...
  11. Dan Maynard
    It makes sense that drying it out would stop the fungus.
  12. Dan Maynard
    I got an advert from Gustharts today for Orion boots which have vibram soles. Only go up to size 11 though.
  13. Dan Maynard
    We chipped into a gator for a customer with a big garden a couple of weeks ago, from TW125. We put a board up to protect the back window glass and tarp gathered round sides a bit to reduce spray. Worked pretty well, I reckon if you built 3 sides from 12mm ply it would be great, especially from a CS100.
  14. Dan Maynard
    Hand file without a guide removes material faster if it's hit something bad, then finish off with a guide to get the top plate angle spot on (precise file height). Otherwise few strokes with guide to freshen. On job site hold saw between knees for short bar, bigger bars cut slot in a log, or lean it against chipper exhaust.
  15. Dan Maynard
    Maybe they just haven't got round to it yet - fake ones probably won't be fuel injected, people that buy fakes either don't know or don't care.
  16. Dan Maynard
    Try Duracell direct for a new battery, I've had a couple as they seem to need changing about every 4 years. They still do one for my Lenovo long after Lenovo themselves stopped. I'm never quite sure what you get on eBay. Also, SSD upgrade is worthwhile to improve battery life, no moving parts reduces the power consumption a lot.
  17. Dan Maynard
    Lenovo E series are pitched at low frill, business user. I think they are good value, we've got half a dozen users in the office and they have been well made and reliable, also USB C charged. Might be slightly over your budget though. As Spud said though I'd have a look into SSD upgrade, it's what I have done to mine.
  18. Dan Maynard
    He said £500
  19. Dan Maynard
    Heave is only a worry if the tree is older than the house, doesn't look to me like that is the case here.
  20. Dan Maynard
    I give the blades on mine a tickle with a file on the machine, need to file all the ones you can get and then start it, blip the throttle until the other side of teeth comes open.
  21. Dan Maynard

    Tacho

    Dan Maynard replied to Cuttup's topic in Chainsaws

    I got one on Amazon for about £20, it comes with a wire which I just make into loose coil and hold near the top of the saw - picks up just fine. Check the rev range, and update rate of 0.5s is worth having but there are quite a few that fit the requirements.
  22. Dan Maynard
    They say time speeds up as you get older....
  23. Dan Maynard
    I used to work with someone who had a protos, he would always take it off and leave it on the ground somewhere straight after coming down from a tree. I never could work out why he didn't look after it better as cost a fortune. On the other hand I keep my Petzl on the whole job - keeps the sun off my bald patch and if put it down I'll forget where I left the flippin thing. Horse for course.
  24. Dan Maynard
    I was looking at it and thinking the exhaust blows up and over the log away from you, rather than down at the log and back at you. More of a thing as you get near the ground I grant. I've always done it other way to the pictures, too - fuel caps uppermost.
  25. Dan Maynard
    Even the dead wood takes years and years to fall off - normally. Like Mick says though worth getting it checked out as something attacking the base would be bad news for stability.

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