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  1. AJStrees
    Can't you hire one of those post knockers for the back of the tractor or machine? In your soil I would imagine they would work fine. Never used one myself but to do 150 posts I would have thought machine would be the best option. Lumag do post hole borer or hand post driver for small money.
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    Yep but of snow over night.
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    Nice! 👍
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    Where did you take it? 👍
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    Well I would say wrong tree in the wrong place really. Of course saving trees is very good to do, however unfortunately conifers like that have been planted endlessly without an idea of how large the tree will be in the future and what root damage may or may not occur. If you need your driveway to remain where it is and cannot move where you park your car, then tree removal and stump grinding might be the best option. Those trees grow to massive sizes and the roots will not get any smaller and over time will cause more and more damage to brickwork, concrete, etc... IMHO. 👍 I am not expert but that is what I would say.
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    Not used one but the spec on them looks good. I want the battery version for pruning. 👍
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    Not looking good. Potentially could have been fine in a more sheltered spot to be fair. Have had similar this year with younger ones. Whereas one is a protected bed is looking good. So probably an unfortunate.
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    Quite mild for a cold day. Bit of rain and snow on the way......
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    I have a lot of wisteria to trim back every year. Its about 4 or more metres high up the side of a building. To be fair the least time consuming way to do it is on a ladder and secateurs. I have the ARS long reach secateurs and they are great and very light weight, however you then spend more time getting hold of what you want to cut and it gets a little bit annoying after the 100th cut. Therefore I just do the tripod ladder and secateurs. Pole saw as others have said will be too harsh on small cuts like that and will tear more than cut small branches. @Stere makes a good point about lowering your pollards so you don't have to get up so high. That might be the game changer. 👍
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    A few of the birds on the pond the other day. 👍
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    I think you will find garden birds are mostly what you are seeing. Woodland birds differ and the different habitats in different parts of the country get different birds. I get lots and lots of dunnocks, sparrows come by occasionally and jackdaws, but that is close to woodland area. But by the pond I get grey wagtails and woodpeckers, etc... a lot of the wild birds are pretty shy. If you look in the right places you will find tree creepers, goldcrests, greenfinch, goldfinch and a host of other birds, but they won't come for bird food too much as they like to eat other things in their natural habitat. On a different note. A male kestrel came swooping in today and picked up a worm off the path. That's what I see. Occasionally great spotted wood peckers come in for the feeders. 👍
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    Lovely 👍
  13. AJStrees
    Teeth look a bit hammered as said above. Also that file may or may not be doing the job. Get a new file for about £1.50 and then give those teeth a really good going over. 👍 Hope the resurrection goes well. Sounds like a fun project.
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    Well could be WRC would have to see scales or what have you. Or is it crypto japo?
  15. AJStrees
    Did a bit more on the oak. Onto the next section.
  16. AJStrees
    Crikey. I guess there’s two of us out there. Nah definitely not me. 👍
  17. AJStrees
    Overall it works pretty well once you are used to it. No never been to the Balloon pub mate. 👍
  18. AJStrees
    Yep it’s the safety cut out. Bit tedious if you hit it as you feed stuff in. But otherwise it chips up good 👍 I suppose one could easily disconnect the safety option, but that would defeat having safety on it 😂
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    Crikey 👍
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    That's very cool to see! 👍
  21. AJStrees
    Haven't used them but they do the same petrol mowers as the commercial lawnflite push mowers, they last a long time so if their handheld stuff is as good then probably a winner 👍 What sort of warranty do they have for commercial work.
  22. AJStrees

    New socks

    AJStrees replied to turbull's topic in General chat

    Maybe buy a timberwolf or greenmech, now that you have the forst socks. 👍
  23. AJStrees
    Had the lumag out again after replacing the blades. Good job chipping up a few piles.
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    Very nice 👍
  25. AJStrees
    I know you were asking Andy but I would imagine the wood is a lot more fibrous thank oak. Makes it much harder to mill. Milling oak is a dream with a chainsaw compared to more fibrous stuff like pine or poplar. 👍

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