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  1. MattyF
    This is one of the reasons though I hate driving tractors on the roads is that it seem dick heads pulling out in front of you is the normal, tractors just seem to be a magnet for it... and over taking in stupid places or worse not overtaking when it’s it’s perfectly safe and not keeping the traffic moving so some retard 4 cars back decides he’s going to break a land speed record to get past almost having a head on... any way hope your not injured Jonny.
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    How can you pull out on that , it’s hardly inconspicuous! Hope your ok Jonny ,looks like it was hit hard to end up how it did... worth buying back for a yard tractor ?
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    That’s what I mean they are usually smooth and have an anvil on the side of the casing, I’m only familiar with smaller model though.
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    I thought schliesing’s have a kind of third anvil against the fly wheel where the weld is to to stop wire wrapping around it... my only experience is of 220’s though. I did have a gravelly that did what yours is doing , the shafts where worn and the fly wheel not balanced at all.. it ate bearings and would move backwards and forwards.
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    Has the fly wheel been balanced ? What is the weld bead around the outside ? I’ve found overland if you can get hold of there mechanic guy are very helpful.
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    Not English elm though... have a Google on its origins it’s quite interesting the history of our once most common Feild tree. Chinese elm is what the article is based on. ulmus glabra (wych elm ) will grow from seed and will have a some resistance to DED but is not immune.
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    It could work then .. my view and that is I live off grid and rely on a large wind turbine for the bulk of our power the reality is different to what was sold to us on paper... if what your saying is possible then great though and definitely a better alternative to nuclear.
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    I would love to see some pics of eucalyptus plantations over 10-15 years old that have given you this idea , I’ve not found any that would give me excitement to declare them the saviour of British forestry...
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    I would like to see a plantation over 15 years old that is not a mess , they get to a certain size and then can’t take our climate in a harsh winter.
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    Holistic grazing is the same ? One of my neighbours introduced me to it a few years back , it’s some thing I mean to do but only have 2-4 beasts max usually so just alternate them between two Feild’s in summer and they have the roam the whole lot now, if I stand and look down in to the valley you can see that’s exactly how are forefathers farmed by the traces of old boundary walls and paddocks unlike the big open heavily stocked expanses we have now.
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    It will be interesting if farmers take and use the new carbon schemes to plant up these areas that require a lot of effort to drain and would be better suited to trees.. I hope so,the Feild in the picture is a prime example of one that should of never been put in to arable production.
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    Just the way it is I’m afraid ... I don’t even want to measure ours now as it’s depressing that they where below 20% during the summer .. I would say 23% +now .. I’ve found though never to process damp logs as you get massive damp seems of mushrooms. On the other analogy, Rivers have always flooded ,it’s just we got greedy and built on flood plains and have tried to claim and drain every bit of remaining land possible for agriculture making water flow quicker in to the main systems and flooding more likely. This Feild was ancient pasture until 4 years ago when they tore it apart it’s structure with 400hp tractors de stoned it and drained it in to the nearest burn which now floods 40 houses then pushes the rest even quicker in to the main Tyne ... our rivers are knacked and I disagree completely that dredging them is the answer it just makes it go quicker to the next problem down stream.
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    Haha will be intrigued to see how you get on... you will either love or hate it .. personally I don’t know any one who has used mine and didn’t like it ...only people off this forum.
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    It won’t seed paddy numbers because the seeds are sterile , they only propagate from suckers off the parent tree and why genetically can all be probably traced to the same Roman trees from 2000 years ago.. also why Dutch elm disease was devastating as essentially theres no genetic deviation in there make up.. if you where to look at ash there would literally be millions of deviations and hopefully why some will be resilient to chalara. But to answer the OPs question yes they will propagate from cuttings well.
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    Still my go to pick .. works for me in any wood whereas others I’ve got don’t ... I actually can’t use them!
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    The more I look at it the only obvious solution is nuclear.. sticking eye sore wind mills up in pristine areas of unspoilt land , messing up river eco systems with dams and shredding devices ,felling trees to burn in the name of green energy is not green really and when you look at it plus who gets paid for having there land used for these there is only one winner it’s just money making schemes and a con.
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    How do you find the 881 in comparison to the 880 ?? Vibration and air filter is what I’m not keen on with my old 088... are they improved enough to notice a difference?
  18. MattyF
    Rowen White beam Lime Beech Hornbeam Horse chestnut Sweet chestnut Larch Western red cedar Willow Poplar Yew Seem to be pretty standard trees you come across a lot
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    That’s a bit of angle to mill! , looks great... I suppose on the good side ,bits of iron in yew adds some more colours [emoji23]
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    I’d spent 40 mins on the bench grinder getting the milling chain spot on and tip top last night and it was flying better than the new spare I had.. to be honest I’d rather hit metal than stones though and yew seem to attract them and suck them up in to there flutes!
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    Milled a yew we felled a while back for a customer , first cut a 1” x6” long. spike ! Chiselled it out and carried on and luckily there wasn’t any more !
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    Maybe cheap but how green is the electricity to power the pumps?
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    They are not quite there yet either though, a friend who had one installed on a new build as it was one of the conditions for planning was shocked at how much electricity those pumps burnt..
  24. MattyF
    Go to the house eggs along with a wind turbine .. gets topped up by a generator when low or there is no wind or sun ! To be honest they are 15years old now and have come on a lot since installed.. should really look at getting some new ones.
  25. MattyF
    Was nice to look at for about 5 mins this morning ... f all good for anything else though... yards only just thawed from the last lot ... two days of no ice in the yard then this.. oh well!

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