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@Stephen Blair had a Krpan I think on his. He might have some pointers.

Just taken delivery of this setup. Any advice to get the best out of it. Revs, 1speed 2speed? Etc... Cheers.

So pulled it apart today. Hoses look good and bulb looks good but no fuel coming through. Wick soaked up a little bit of fuel I put on perfectly well. I remembered that last time I used it I thought it would be a while before using so ran it dry for storage. Perhaps this is the cause of the issue as carb is empty of fuel. What do you think? Is there a way to get some fuel into the carb? thanks

Finally opted for a Krpan 6,5 eh. Haven't tried it out yet. Too much grass cutting & fencing to be done 😒. Thanks folks for the advice and input.

You could mark your racks with biodegradable marking tape which comes in various colours (70m roll £3.95 plus vat) or PVC tape which also comes also in different colours (£3.45 plus vat for 46m roll) if tape likely to be on trees quite a while, there is no standard colouring used for racks or marking trees. Trees to be felled can be marked on two sides with tree marking paint being consistent with sides marked, any colour will do be some colours stand out better than others. Trees to come out can of course be blazed with a hatchet but physically easier with spray paint (a dot each side of tree will do), if you change your mind you cannot remove a blaze mark and have damaged the tree where as paint can be normally be scraped off.

I'm just answering based on what I was charged last year by some self employed (and to be fair very good) fellers when I needed some extra help. They were £180 average and labourers are £100-120. Usually I'm one of the ones going out so that's my profit, I said £650 to cover other costs and obviously they'll be some more on the machinery. I would usually charge per ton or for the job anyway but this job sounds quite unique.

Yep. I booked a chimney sweep a month ago thinking it would be warm enough and that I could keep the chimneys soot free until next winter. He came earlier this week, and now it's cold!

I haven't planted this so don't know much about its history. Probably around 40 years old. Rotting bark by trunk/stem base. Sheds branches. Seems to be fungal attacks on the needles/on most branches. Around half of the tree seems affected. I have pruned some and removed several dead branches. Seems to have escalated in terms of diseases past few months. New shoots seem to develop symptoms within a relatively short amount of time. According to a neighbor, the top/crown broke off during a storm a couple years ago. A cluster of mushrooms were also found by the base last fall. Possibly Armillaria but not sure. We worry about the risk of this coming down on its own in the upcoming years, whether there's not much hope of saving it. Advice welcome.

So the rain has finally eased off this week, but it's just so fcking cold. I'm sure it was warmer two months ago.

Like I said I thought I would ask you guys first as I hate T P

Can accept cut tree/logs from any projects around Newtownabbey and greater Belfast area. No brush. Can’t accept large trunks as i can’t move myself. Can be dropped in private driveway. Text or WhatsApp photo of waste for quicker drop arrangement 👍🏼 cheers!

Go to travis perkins

Cowpen amateur allotments

Ah of course….so it’s 26t x 1.38 to get an ish volume. Thank you guys. I thought I was going nuts. Re not drying in bags. They’re vented barrow bags and the timber seems to dry fine last few years but it’s an incredibly windy spot (misses loves it coz she can dry clothes outside pretty much for 10 months sometime). But I’ve never had this volume before. I wasn’t planning on selling any but I may have too if it turns out I’ve 500 bags worth. And the locals have been asking. Once again thanks a lot. I’ve been thinking about turning my businesses’ heating into timber source rather than gas, hence why I’m experimenting with larger volumes.

The Allotments are on Lapwing Grove, it's a small site, fenced off with a gate, the bark chippings can be dropped in the adjoining car park (ideally in the top corner)

When wood dries it might half in weight but it won't half in volume. I think that's where you have gone wrong. I use bags and IBCs. I'd advise buying way more bags than you think you'll need. Bags rip and break a lot especially if you filling them mechanically. Yes the wood won't dry well in bags, if thats what you are intending.

Bagging is never going to work, dry it then bag it.

The only softwood I can think of that is below 51% mc wwb is european larch, next is douglas at 52% but all the pines and spruces are above 60%. Volume will shrink by about 10% on drying below 20% mc. The problem with bags is they have lots of "edge effects" where in a stack the logs fill in all the gaps in a bag there are always spaces at the points the logs contact the bag, worse with solid containers that have no give.

When you say 'dry' how dry do you mean?

Hi all, I’m trying to work out how many barrow bags I need to store my firewood. I received 26t of green softwood, looks like a mix of various species. The Forestry of England have kindly provided figures to convert into m3. Google says green wood is circa 40% wet. So once dried out I’ll have 16t in dry wood. Using FoE 1.38 conversion figure gives me 23 m3 of dry wood. The barrow bags I currently have are 0.19m3. Therefore 23 m3/0.19= 121 bags and I’ve doubled to allow for them being chucked in and not stacked inside the bags. According to my calculations I’ll only need 240 ish bags. But reality on the ground shows I might need as many as 500. Where have gone wrong? It’s not crucial but I’m struggle to fit 500 where I planned to store for a few years. I hope that all makes sense.

I can't see that having any (net) commercial value.

Thanks. Yes the parts were all OEM. I am pretty sure the pump is working OK because it is certainly draining the bar oil tank. I'll give it another flush to be sure. The crank seals are original and not leaking. The bar and oil hole is scrupulously clean. Yes I am hopefull that a new no31 mount plate will help.