Dan Maynard
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... and manageable chunks means that I can pick them up, not that you can pick them up. (or in this case the crane can pick them up)
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The best course of action for the hole (in my opinion) is do nothing, let it fill with stagnant water if it wants to. It will become anaerobic and slow down decay more than if you start doing anything like drain tubes or filling. I would take a step back from the tree though, maybe take some more photos, it might be a massively overstood pollard and so could benefit from being repollarded and then maintained as a pollard to reduce risk of future breakouts.
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I think June was deathly quiet, starting to get a trickle of enquiries now so I was getting a bit more optimistic. News outlets currently enjoying the gas and electric price increase to come so that's maybe spooking some people - certainly my Mrs is thinking about it and we have plenty of firewood.
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Get a couple of 5l tubs of chain oil, but probably go for 1litre 2 stroke oil - that'll make 51 litres of mix.
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As above, ring the DNO. I've done this on a few jobs and they are always helpful, after all they want everyone safe and the power to stay on. It's also really really important you identify the equipment correctly, chap in Scotland was killed not too long ago hedge trimming under 11kV lines with a long arm.
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If it's occasional use, I'd get the 25litre 2.5hp. Bigger tank will just mean waiting twice as long after you turn it on before it's up to usable pressure. Go for 2.5hp though because that will fill it up quicker.
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That's the fella. Have no idea why it looks the same from Husqvarna to Makita, my guess Makita started making them long ago before they did many chainsaws themselves.
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Work boots. Can't bring inside, don't want to leave em in the rain.
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I can't see any reason to get an MSA300 for a few cuts a day. I think the best electric corded is the longitudinal motor model, seems same saw sold by either Husqvarna or Makita, 16" bar. It won't be as quick as it's only 2kW compared to 3kW from a 261 or 550.
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Maybe they had a lot of trouble with birds pecking the foil through. Or even fish or greengrocer deliveries?
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Also, if you know anyone with a lathe you could buy a beer for, it's about a hundred times easier to put bar in a lathe chuck and use tailstock die holder.
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I'd say brass can be funny stuff, not worked too much of it but the different grades are markedly different to try to cut. Also check the rod diameter, if it's 10mm nominal but actually a few tenths of a mm over this makes a huge difference to the work the die has to do. I suspect you may have a cheap die there, a good one will be split so you can adjust slightly, and start with it as open as possible to give lighter first cut.
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It doesn't look well. Once the bark is flaking off all over a branch, that branch is dead and won't come back. If all the branches we can see are dead then it may be game up for the tree. This year it would be hard to entirely rule out drought stress.
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It does but I don't think there's a free lunch in vehicle charging, it's going to burn more fuel to drive the alternator. Doug's in Scotland so solar panel will be less effective.
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Fallen Trees in the Oxfordshire Area
Dan Maynard replied to Theo18's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
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Does it change over to charge the next one when first is done though? So if you left it overnight would do all 4?
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Hey there's not mush room for those cheesy puns round here.
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Small petrol generator then, it's an hour or so to quick charge. The quicker charger is 500W, that amount of power from vehicle electrics would be 40A at 12V, that's an alternator flat out in an old car.
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I seem to remember the vehicle chargers are pretty slow, @Gimlet was asking about this a few months ago.
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Neighbors insurance insist I remove 150 y.o. Oak
Dan Maynard replied to Mr. D's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Maybe an option to talk to the council about getting a TPO? I wonder what legal action they are actually going to take, or are they just threatening? Unless they can prove you are causing the damage I don't think they have a real leg to stand on. -
We had a weigh the battery saw thread a couple of years ago, the 2500 is ever so slightly heavier than the 2511 https://arbtalk.co.uk/forums/topic/121168-echo-dcs-2500t/?do=findComment&comment=1812005&_rid=53483 I have the Makitas which I believe are fantastic value for money, if I was climbing full time I would probably get the echo 2500T as it's higher cutting performance at the same weight.
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And smoke free fire pit. I always taught my scouts to start top down, the wood at the bottom gets your starting fire away from the damp earth.
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Absolutely, top down for me every time. Start with a couple of reasonable logs and then once lit you can leave it for half an hour at least. I use mostly birch bark for firelighters, either collect it up at the end of a splitting session or every now and then you chip some birch brash 1-2" diameter and the chip fires to the front of the truck while the papery bark blows back round and settles at the tailgate - when this happens fill a carrier bag or two. Paper doesn't give much heat and then the ash blocks airflow, although I have used it for years the are better things.
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Ha just ordered 5 loops for my new MS400, good deal. Didn't even think about hexa chain, not there on the normal chain supplier websites and forgot about it after the initial fanfare. Do we think it's really normal RS but sharpened with the hexagon? So with the hexa file a chain could be converted?
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Inflation will erode house prices, should be a good thing if they come down in real terms without a crash.
