"Oak, would laat a long time but probably to expensive. I have been using Post savers over the last year or so, they are meant to double the life of pressure treated posts & only cost a couplle of £s each. Slip them on & blow lamp them to create a…"

"Mmmm pie"

"You've forgotten your pork pie"

"I think that's difficult to give a top five essential tool list with all the different tasks undertaken depending on the season.
1, phone
2, laptop 
3, van 
4, hand tools 
4,power tools 
Most used;
1,Secateurs 
2, plastic leave take 
3,ladders 
4,…"

"Nice story tough as old boots wisteria , I often bring plants home and rehome them ethier in my garden are another customer.
 
I can see why you'd attack a hugely over grown wisteria with an hedgetrimmer and then go in and tidy it up with sectaurs…"

"p.s. Mi-T posts are stocked by Jacksons Fencing
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"How about using those post savers you weld on with a blow torch ? 
Or concrete / postcrete platform above soil level to accept the bolt down met posts ?
 
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"Three years ago I removed two wisterias as instructed from a customers North facing wall they had never flowered in ten years and were a bit spindly considering thier age . 
I chopped them down to get them in the van , hardly any rootball to speak…"

"The most essential tools in any business are a spreadsheet and the best software."

"In my head I am picturing a wisteria big enough to seen from space on Google Earth. "

"Not overheating,left it for half a day,tried again,looks like a trip to the dealer, thanks for the reply."

"Tried another charged battery,no change,thinking it might be contacts on battery or in unit.?"

"Correct, the switch is in the head and if that were the cause you'd be getting no warning lights on the battery and the hedge cutter would just seem dead. Three red flashing would suggest problem with the unit, three glowing and it's too hot or…"