digga
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yes knew it wasnt anything new but still very cool was wondering if anyone had been playing with the idea? remember seeing somewhere a guy had converted a old fordson major tractor to run off woodgas
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remember watching a program ages ago called planet mechanics with dick strawbridge from scrapheap challenge making a woodgas powered pickup for a firm in london just found the full episode on youtube [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNr0MvHRYnM]National Geographic Planet Mechanics - Tree Powered Car - YouTube[/ame] anyone here ever played around with stuff like this ?
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had a look through some of his other videos very clever guy with good ideas allso come across this guys channel [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYGKn12Weu4]The wood gas generator runs the whole farm! - YouTube[/ame] if i ever get my own yard will look into this for trying to make use of waste that normally just goes on the bonfire could use something like the TR70 branch logger and maybe get some free electric be great for even just a 3phase genny
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hi thought this may be of intrest to a few of you on here [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3-w6MZP1U]My Wood Stove runs a generator - YouTube[/ame] this guy has got some intresting videos going to look at a few more when i get time
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allways intrested in picking up more hint and tips on hedgelaying and trying to improve what i do you never stop learning but would have to conifrm closer to the time and good to get others intrested
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heard the chris evans thing about hedge laying shame they didnt give him more time as dorset said could really do with all this at the begining of the season or repeated but its still good
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thorn can get brittle when it gets big making it more challenging allways a good feeling when you have taken some of the top weight out off it lay it over and get it to stay on the pleach some good work shown in the hedgelaying threads
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good to see hedgelaying on the telly shame it wasnt on a bit longer
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its supricing what you can get back looking like a hedge once more . may not be the easiest hedge to do but sometimes there the most rewarding and definatly the ones you learn the most on post some pics of im sure you will get even more advice and what is do able cant see it being a mess though
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dont think the farmer would be to happy about the mess and he still has to see the amount of top he has got to burn up yet. hedge was a lot thicker than i thought underestimated it but you live and learn all good practice. i enjoy hedge laying need to get a few bit better but that all comes with time and practice
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thanks hedgesparrow allways trying to improve having to hand ball all the binders and a few bundles of stakes across the field was no fun and added a fair bit of time to the job . but had to get it done it wasnt going to dry up and was still determined to try do a good job . think i must have warn a rutt across the field walked over it so many times
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thank you dorset would have been a better job to do if i didnt have to drag the binders so far across the field before i even got to the hedge but still enjoyed doing it
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nice looking hedge well done
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hi catweazel yer that makes sense the old guy was getting on a bit and not to clear about some thing but still a wealth of knowledge there and good to talk to someone who worked the same wood years before
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they wasnt just dipped they where hot dipped which drawed the tar up the pole then allowed to cool down there use to be a tar tank in one of the woods i use to work in and got talking to a old guy walking his dog who use to use it he said he has seen the tar draw all the way up through the post allso said about sevaral tar tanks burning down when they got it wrong
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thanks alex im sure you will enjoy learning it nice to take a rough hedge and get it back in shape first few are allways a bit nerve racking till you go back and see the re growth
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chestnut post and rail is normally split out with hammer and steal wedges i normally use a log splitting maul for driving the wedges in as its handy to turn around and cut the stringy fibres or finish off the split if the wood is a bit touchy to cleave you can use a froe to put it in quarters ones you have bust it in half cleft timber is stronger than sawn as the grain is kept in tacked
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south of england style brush both sides hard to get good pics as theres allot of top in the way lol may have some better pics if i look through them
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been making chestnut fencing products for over 20 years now and was taught by guys who had been in it all there life . And been putting up fences for 18 years now winter cut chestnut will out last summer cut by a long way. but even summer cut will outlast most of the softwood thats avalable now have found the main reason for peeled posts out lasting unpeeled is not due to the sapwood as pointed out chestnut has very little sapwood . BUT when the barks left on it tends to hold the moisture against the post and as it starts to flake off gives somewhere for the bug to live. allot of sweet chestnut coppice around kent and sussex use to be for the hop poles but not so many hop gardens around now and not so much coppicing either can be a very hard way to try earn a living shame you cant treat the chestnut posts like they use to do the hop poles they lasted ages but doubt you would be allowed to know or if it would be cost effective
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finally got back and finished this one ( posted some before pics on this thread ) would have liked to got a better line on the stakes but had a black pipe weaving its way down through the hedge making it harder than normal will try get some better pics when the top has been burnt up
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allso cheaper as those in the pics arent peeled last longer when chestnut is peeled
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allways good to meet a fellow arbtalker and hedgelayer glad you found something to eat on the way .going to be a long day dragging all the binders across the field to the hedge
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just wanted to say a thank you to hedgesparrow for the nice hedge laying binders he supplied can get and put them in next week and get another hedge finished many thanks
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hedge im laying at the moment lot of stuff to cut out and some really bent in the bottom making it a job to pleach
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got a set of leather welding sleeves Welding Sleeves | Screwfix.com for when its warm and you need to take the jacket off which stop most of the thorns but they sometimes slide up when working even though there elasticated at the ends but very happy with my Ripeur 2 gloves
