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I wonder if it's suffering from the same problem as older Transits- an air leak in the fuel return pipes allows diesel to drop away from the injectors. Have you got solid metal or flexible pipes running the excess diesel away from the injectors? Flexi pipe and clips can loosen and allow a little air into the system....

Has anyone got any tips when it comes to cleaning winter road grime and a bit of diesel belch from the front of Ifor trailers. At the moment my trailer (like most things) gets an occasional squirt of dilute traffic film remover and a good hose down, but is there something a bit cleverer that will bite through the muck and get the galvanised surface clean. Ta, W

That's about it really.... The message I got from NFU was that if a mobile mill was purely tractor towed or operated then they would be able to bring it in under a tractor policy, but if towable with a road going 4x4 they wouldn't touch it. Maybe that changes from office to office?

Wire and small nails will knock the set off a few Wood Mizer teeth and give you a stripy surface on the boards, as other people have said it's the tarmac, sand and flints that are bad news.

Tyres Goodyear Cargo Vector - www.iTyre.com One of the local conservation bodies has these on their minibus.... pretty impressive grip on the old girl.

http://www.mcmillanlibrary.org/rosholt/wi-logging-book/wilogging/index.pdf Very interesting read about the historical logging, movement and milling of timberIn Wisconsin. Most of the old timber books I've seen from the States have been about the Pacific Coast- Redwood, Cedar and Doug logging, so it's nice to see something a bit different. It's a bit heavy on the downloading as it's all PDF files, but that means you can save any interesting sections!

At college I was told that the answer was twelvety-six. It might have changed since then, mind.....

But it's nothing new is it? Oregon made a similar system (identical?) in the 60's and 70's. Why did it die off if it was so revolutionary?

I can do it with the Wood Mizer if access is OK. If it's a true back-garden-thru-the-gate job then you'll be best with someone with a Lucas Mill or an older TrekkaSaw. PM coming.....

I had a battered Brava for a bit when I started out. Lovely soft engine, gearbox got very notchy but she carried on as a runaround for someone else after I had moved on upwards. The chassis looked great but had rotted dreadfully on the inner face under the back body. The top, bottom and outer faces of the chassis are stamped out in a 'C' shape and the inner face welded in. On my pick up the inner face was falling to bits while the others were still good, so have a bang around underneath and see if it's turned to cRust.

My 2006 357xp started playing up at about 6 months old, after trying carb diaphragm kits, filters and breathers it still wasn't good and so it sat on the shelf for 18 months. One of the local Husky agents (Ray Foster, Turners Hill, W Sussex) suggested a carb change to the older 262xp carb specification and it's been brilliant ever since. Their opinion (if I remember) was that the 357 carb wears out if its limited adjustment range and is essentially scrap after a year, so try the older (pre-emissions reg) carb if there are ongoing problems....

Hewligan's Haircut! Paygan that avatar's bloomin marvelous

How new is new, Steve? There seem to be a fair amount of Relay/ Boxer/ Ducatos about... the other half runs an older Boxer as a farmer's market van and it's a nice drive and much quieter than Transit but slooow as it's a non turbo 1.9d.

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I always thought that calorific value for the majority of timbers was more or less identical kilo for kilo, so 10kg of Oak will give out the same heat as 10kg of Poplar. You just have to use a bit more volume of Pop to get to that weight..... The Pops that we've milled over the years have been really very good and very under-rated, seems to dry very quickly and be stable with little cracking and shrinkage. As long as it's in a position where it doesn't stay damp it's a great building wood, have done some fantastic wide weatherboard with it over time, along with things like barn and shed roof rafters.

I think we've got those sizes in Sequoia. I'll have a check and get back with some photos. I think the Ash will move loads and crack when fully exposed to light and air at this time of year and ongoing into summer. I would have much less of an issue with freshly milled Thuja and Giant Redwood in that situation. Fresh Cedar (cedrus) can get a bit upset at being exposed to fast drying but the other 2 are very well behaved and under rated. Will

I was going to ask if anyone knew where to get hold of a spares catalogue for Ifor trailers, but have just found this! IWT Parts Catalogue - Ifor Williams Happy Days

A crusty double drum fransgard just finished at £550 or so on ebay. Didn't look like it had been battered about much, but was tired looking and quite elderly. I imagine that an Igland made a bit more recently would fetch maybe 850 to 1200

Only their mother would love them At least the beech'll get some space

Not for engine parts, I was just wondering if it shared a MAN or Merc diesel or something like that Which would make life easier!

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what engine is used in the A60.... is it Holders own design?

Nice speaker! Plane seems to turn up in musical instruments quite a bit...... lacewood - Google Search A mate of mine is building a hammered dulcimer with some plane- he loves it

Yup, mainly known as 'lacewood' in the joinery world, partly to hide the fact that it's come from a street tree! Absolutely beautiful stuff. I've got a pretty large amount available, either from my own stock or from stacks of sawn timber from the relevant tree surgery firms. Some lovely burry stuff from a massive tree in Berkeley Square and some from Whitehall that were removed so that anti suicide bomber barriers could be installed. Despite the doom mongers and my own worries about London street timber there was not one single nail, staple, hand grenade, incendiary bomb, Heinkel or Spitfire in the whole lot. Like most timber that isn't Oak (which is hyped up much more than anything else) it's really under-rated. Very stable, lovely to work with. I had my head turned by seeing a whole kitchen made out of it, and it's very handy for barn joists and cladding, with a lick of preservative when it's going to get really wet- it's like lovely creamy Spruce but without the 'orrible resin and iron hard knots. I cut some 16in wide weatherboard for one chap which is still absolutely great stuff 5 years down the line! The problem is (as always) trying to find enough processors and end buyers to make a commitment to using it regularly and in decent quantities. I wonder if any of the veg and spud box manufacturers would be keen on it round your part of the world? These guys are trying to promote it, with kits given away free of charge for woodworkers to try it- Poplar Challenge

Can do you a couple of big Ifor loads of nice dry Western Red Cedar slabs if that's any good? Probably won't keep you going for too long, but it's a start. The bark just pops off so you don't need to worry about that making the bagged product mucky. I quite fancy having a look at a Kindlet in action so it would be handy for me as well, especially if you'd be up for hiring the machine out in future? I tend to cut plenty of Western Red and Douglas so can always strap the slabs and put them aside....