Peter
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Much difference in economy between the 2.2 and 3.2?
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Walnut timber - Is this worth anything/of use to anyone?
Peter replied to JaySmith's topic in General chat
Iv got a walnut stump sat in the log pile somewhere, must ring Purdey and see when they're sending the armed guards to pick it up. -
If you want a lot of sticks decked quickly and neatly then you need a forestry cutter. If you want a tidy reduction then you need an Arb. They are increasingly divergent industries, the only thing in common really is the chainsaw, and even that is getting left behind as forestry becomes more mechanised. Having done both, I would say hand cutting is consistently harder work than Arb, however a slippery tall ash reduction in the rain is harder than felling a few easy trees in a plantation.
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Plus girls love a pipe smoker, especially if combined with unruly facial hair.
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Pipes can't be as bad for you, after all it takes 20 minutes to get it lit, by then it's time to get back up the tree. If you do manage to get it alight after 2 puffs it's gone out again. It's less of a smoking habit than a match habit.
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Any cash and carry, I use Booker locally.
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I use pure rapeseed, £20 for 20 litres. Never had any problems with gumming up etc, I don't mix it with anything else though.
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Brewers Spruce, Picea breweriana, would be my guess, but it really is a guess from that pic.
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The crane will use a few of those horses too. Not saying it won't run the chipper, but the serious biomass chipping rigs are all running 200-300 hp.
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I put straight petrol in the combi can, and add a splash of rapeseed from the chain oil end every time I fill the saw.
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Don't forget she could be a he.... Your probably wanting someone to work on their own a lot of the time too, i think £18-20k pa is what you would need to pay to get someone useful.
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Got any more info on the gizmo?
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To be a fair comparison you need to determine the volume of both samples, and calculate the density rather than the weight. Otherwise a massive chunk of willow at 22% would win out over both of your samples.
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Yes, you don't want to take the pith.
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Dead standing elm is the true rocket fuel of all the freshly cut firewoods
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Banks are a waste of time in my experience, asset finance or a personal loan depending on your circumstances
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I put a 180' length of zing it into a tree once, and both ends were off the ground......
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How should this be handled safely?
Peter replied to gooseflight's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
I felled a willow a bit like that, wasn't much holding it together so I spiked up and attached a 5 metre sling above and below the break, then put the winch line onto that. It disintegrated as it came over but it all pulled out fine. I used a bore cut with a release so I was well out of the way before winching. -
How should this be handled safely?
Peter replied to gooseflight's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
May be possible to fell, depending on targets and how badly hung up it is. Are you going to tackle it yourself? Iv done a few of those over the years, and they've all been a challenge. Definitely not a job for someone inexperienced. -
It is the same mud, but why drive through it at all?
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Not sure about selective editing as such, but you have to ask why the tractors were going through the deepest mud possible. The tyres on the MAN are a metre wide......
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Iv had chance to experiment with this a lot recently, actually had to remove lots of buttresses to prevent fibre pull and tearing. However these were the sort of trees where you gut the hinge and shave it down to a hairs thickness to get the timber decked without damage, rather than the kind of trees where if it goes 10 degrees off the intended lay it will obliterate mrs muffins conservatory. I have a feeling toe removal is one of those techniques that came across from forestry type harvesting work and should have been treated very differently in Arb work.
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You weren't the only gay in the village by any chance?!
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Even if you don't keep it 6 months, you still need a unique Id number and date of first service so you can record it on your weekly written inspections. I used to go through a hitch cord a week, now a length of armour pruss can last 6 months easily.
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Buy it anyway and saw a bit off the end.
