rovercoupe Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 I did a job the other week felling 2 trees and i left the main trunks and agreed to come and plank them in a weeks time and went back today and the smaller trunk has done a disappearing act! It wasn't the smallest bit of wood a 2 decent man lift! Going to leave a un bucked log there tomorrow with a few huge screws in it hidden and hope they come back and take it! Rant over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 It could be the spirit of my lovely old Dad; he would kill for a pallet and once pinched an entire tree and dragged it home......with his motorbike! It's a long story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickyh Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 I did a job the other week felling 2 trees and i left the main trunks and agreed to come and plank them in a weeks time and went back today and the smaller trunk has done a disappearing act! It wasn't the smallest bit of wood a 2 decent man lift! Going to leave a un bucked log there tomorrow with a few huge screws in it hidden and hope they come back and take it! Rant over. Would that hurt/blind someone or just wreck their saw ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roostshooter1 Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 I have had about 2 tonne pinched from work recently They obviously dont know what they were doing as they pinched all the poplar anx left the ash just behind it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovercoupe Posted August 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 Would that hurt/blind someone or just wreck their saw ? Just blunt the chain and teach them a lesson, i once did 2ft of board cutting on a brand new chain before hitting a huge nail that must have been from a old "im going to climb that tree nail" 104 cutters to sharpen was not fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig83 Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 A few years back, some Scallys climbed into a compound to steal what we think was Lead. They went to great effort to scale a 10ft wall, carefully place a piece of carpet over the barbed wire on the top, lift another ladder over into the compound. Genius some might say. Amusingly once inside the compound they quickly realised that the compound was used to exercise military attack dogs. Strange old world hey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 A few years back, some Scallys climbed into a compound to steal what we think was Lead. They went to great effort to scale a 10ft wall, carefully place a piece of carpet over the barbed wire on the top, lift another ladder over into the compound. Genius some might say. Amusingly once inside the compound they quickly realised that the compound was used to exercise military attack dogs. Strange old world hey That makes me believe in Karma!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 (edited) Yes but the other side of that story, round here they leave logs out somewhere visible knowing people will take them. Edited September 1, 2016 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 Yes but the other side of that story, round here they leave logs out somewhere visible knowing people will take them. My neighbour does this- leaves oak on the bank above our place and my wife usually leaves a pot of figs on his door step when they in season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 I will say two things about this first a lot of people cut down trees and just leave the trunks to rot good for the bugs they say also if they do not or cannot be bothered to cut it up and sell as longs a lot of people think it is not worth the bother to much work for little money so if someone wants to take the logs away it saves them the bother they got the £500 or whatever it cost to cut it down Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 A few years back, some Scallys climbed into a compound to steal what we think was Lead. They went to great effort to scale a 10ft wall, carefully place a piece of carpet over the barbed wire on the top, lift another ladder over into the compound. Genius some might say. Amusingly once inside the compound they quickly realised that the compound was used to exercise military attack dogs. Strange old world hey Have you ever thought that they was after steeling the dogs. :whistling: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 The irony of this is we/I have access to loads of wood for wood fires but neither my farther or farther in-law are interested as by the time they drive to the shoot, cut up the wood, take it home, log it and dry it they would rather just pay and have a load dropped on the drive with no messing I even offered to help and do the splitting if they logged but neither were interested ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 Another thing that bugs me is these chipping machines that they have to chip all of the branches most of that just ends up being left to rot down yet at the same time the farmers are wasting good land growing this bamboo grass stuff to chop up and burn so why not burn the wood chippings as well no it is simpler just to dump it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 Another thing that bugs me is these chipping machines that they have to chip all of the branches most of that just ends up being left to rot down yet at the same time the farmers are wasting good land growing this bamboo grass stuff to chop up and burn so why not burn the wood chippings as well no it is simpler just to dump it. Nope - drying the stuff is the problem - once did a boiler install at a school in St Helens - boiler commissioned ok on dry wood chip from a known source but once we handed over the muppets tried to use fresh chippings fron the council parks department that was also wet from rain -- set solid in the feed system and hopper, cost a small fortune to repair (said it was our fault) so we left it empty. The idiots then proceeded to do exactly the same again despite being told to use only dry chippings. As far as I know they never repaired it. Yet another waste ot taxpayers' money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 Nope - drying the stuff is the problem - once did a boiler install at a school in St Helens - boiler commissioned ok on dry wood chip from a known source but once we handed over the muppets tried to use fresh chippings fron the council parks department that was also wet from rain -- set solid in the feed system and hopper, cost a small fortune to repair (said it was our fault) so we left it empty. The idiots then proceeded to do exactly the same again despite being told to use only dry chippings. As far as I know they never repaired it. Yet another waste ot taxpayers' money. Ah well I suppose that makes sense having said that they use this bamboo stuff in the big incinerators I think most of this recycling wast is not worth the bother of sorting it the big stuff like paper glass metal and plastic ok that goes in separate bins but the rest of the stuff that goes into household wast bin should be incinerated they could mix in any damp stuff like the wood chippings and make some electric for us all not bung it into a hole in the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest1957 Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 Ah well I suppose that makes sense having said that they use this bamboo stuff in the big incinerators I think most of this recycling wast is not worth the bother of sorting it the big stuff like paper glass metal and plastic ok that goes in separate bins but the rest of the stuff that goes into household wast bin should be incinerated they could mix in any damp stuff like the wood chippings and make some electric for us all not bung it into a hole in the ground. A lot of local authorities now burn everything non-recyclable. Incinerators like the one in Edmonton or in Gt Blakenham are set up to take anything (excluding the obvious building waste etc...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig83 Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 Have you ever thought that they was after steeling the dogs. :whistling: If that's what they were doing then good on them if not have the balls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adge Cutler Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 I have had about 2 tonne pinched from work recently They obviously dont know what they were doing as they pinched all the poplar anx left the ash just behind it Tulip wood isn't as Popular as Ash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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