Dan Maynard
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Green waste is tricky on a weekend to be fair, I have to pay to tip it and they're only open Saturday morning.
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I guess they probably wouldn't bother if you just cut the trees down. May not be that much more expensive than trimming, and obviously one off expense rather than ongoing. Worth a chat with the neighbours who cleared their bit, anything they tell you is cheaper than a solicitor finding it out.
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Planning Application for TPO removal
Dan Maynard replied to renegade105's topic in Trees and the Law
Sounds like you applied to take 7m from the top of a 22m cedar, ie about a third of it. Really hard to do so that it doesn't look horrible, it'll then sprout like mad into a multiple top which is much weaker, so you're worse off than you started. -
Pickup or 4wd car is a car tax deductible at all?
Dan Maynard replied to hamilton32's topic in Business Management
Yes absolutely, let the accountant worry about the tax you need the right vehicle for the job. 4x4, van, 3.5t towing, roof rack for ladders, low depreciation - ended up with a Defender as the weirdly sensible option. No good if you do any mileage though, too bloody uncomfortable. Also I think I was lucky to find a TD5 with only 65k miles and rust free chassis for not outrageous money. -
Pickup or 4wd car is a car tax deductible at all?
Dan Maynard replied to hamilton32's topic in Business Management
The other difference is the tax you can claim back on the purchase. A commercial vehicle is simple - just 100% expense first year in your annual investment allowance. The car you have to go with capital allowances which is a % based on when you buy it, age of vehicle, CO2 emission etc. Capital allowance is of course the kind of thing you pay an accountant for, I wouldn't be trying to work that out myself. -
There are some pockets of land in our village which as I understand are similar in that the developer liquidated. Nothing has been done to the trees on that land either. I can't understand that they have no responsibility for the trees if they own the land though, surely the same rules for any landowner would apply? So if the trees are at reasonably foreseeable risk of failure then they would be negligent if they did not act. Doesn't mean they would do anything to keep them trimmed of course.
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Probably is the sensible option, yes. Not mine though, I bought a TD5.
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I remember when I did my UA1 course the bloke said that utility arb is the most recession proof sector of the industry.
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Word of mouth is really effective but takes a bit of time to build a reputation. I used to use bark and had some good jobs but there are a load more people responding now and cost has gone up double. The trouble with the internet search type enquiries is the reason the person has gone to there is that they don't have any recommendations and are looking for a cheap price, so it can all be a bit of a race to the bottom.
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I know someone who had 2 Disco 2s, rusting core plugs, auto box fail, when the suspension collapsed he scrapped it and bought a Shogun. So far so good, more reliable.
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My brother's defender has 9 seats. V8 petrol though, you really couldn't afford to drive it anywhere nowadays.
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Annoyingly not much tree left but I was cooked, guys on the ground also cooked. Don't know the weather forecast temp but we were in Cambridge, with narrow street making a sun trap.
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Equally, we do know the trees are only 7 or 8 years old so (as said above) that rules out heave anyway. No chance they can have been drying the ground before the extension was built because they weren't there.
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"Girls make phenomenal train drivers: call for more staff to work in ticket offices." "Girls make phenomenal bricklayers: call for more electricians to install smart meters." Clearly the people writing the headline have no idea about arb and forestry either.
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....whereas the firewood you can sell much sooner and more easily. If you can get a muck truck and splitter in then not too bad to shift it in small pieces either.
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Actually the other thing that's worked really well for me the last two noise complaints is to be up the tree and have a really charming groundie, I don't know exactly what they have said but the person went away so all good from my point of view.
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Yeah Haeksler, that's the chap. I would suggest this is not a generic design, but rather this is the one which the generic chippers have chosen to copy - Haeksler have been making them for quite a few years now. Really exciting to see those new models, I demoed one at APF maybe 5 years ago and they are really nicely built but the reason I hung out for JoBeau was the hydraulic drive - up until now they were the only people to do it.
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Seems to have disappeared too.....
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This is true, unless you are clearing a construction site. The only time I've had a customer ring the council to check they said if we could keep within the construction hours would be easier but not strictly a requirement.
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You got some good soil for digging there!
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I have an M500 which moves itself around anyway using hydrostatic drive. Haven't put a winch on but have used it as an anchor point for pulling tops over with 3:1 pulley setup. Think I saw Haeksler have an electric third wheel version which adds assist for slopes, it's not powerful enough to drive the chipper up much but certainly makes it easier. The owner was saying trouble with hydrostatic drive is just the cost. Presumably that charges off the engine somehow?
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I also only have a mini chipper which I run into a muck truck rather than dragging stuff about. I then hire a Timberwolf if the jobs big enough, sometimes roller fed makes sense.
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Can this Maple be helped
Dan Maynard replied to Hoe Moaner's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Are those sprouts at the base also maple? I agree the tree looks half dead and you can't regenerate old wood but what about leave it through this summer and carefully fell out the main stem next winter, let the sprouts take over and make a new tree? Sort of coppice idea, keep the established root so less likely to have water problems next year. -
What chipper did you get? I have thought about a loader but would also be useful to lift an ibc of firewood, so compact tractor would maybe be better. Hadn't thought that it could also be my bigger chipper, that makes a lot of sense financially.
