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  1. Charlieh
    i have a couple of the new oregon ones, that have the ears showing the angles, have a hole in the top that takes a spare spark plug and also have a built in spanner for getting the spark plug out (incase you lose your combi spanner?) they seem ok after a few weeks of use on the flat file handles, the new stihl rubberised ones are ace!
  2. Charlieh
    sorry to hear that, the ripped dash were they checking for a tracker?
  3. Charlieh
    have they put fake snow on the chip heap? thats great, whens it on tv then
  4. Charlieh
    pic pickity pic pics!
  5. Charlieh
    i would look more down the route of value added products, such as woodland crafts if your involving communities, maybe get some green woodworkers in, charcoal burning, a mycologist etc, as it will be more socially inclusive you can run various weekend walks and talks, also not giving everybody the idea that the trees are a good source of income if they get a bowsaw! There may be local funding for social inclusive projects, it may be worth regisitering for the free version of Business, Voluntary and Community sector grant information for the UK and Ireland | j4b.co.uk to see what funding sources are avialable in your area Good luck sounds like a good idea
  6. Charlieh
    Cheers Stevie, im sure someone round there must do hire, they were looking at a 6" TW150 from A Plant, but i said they may want to review that if they were feeding old hawthorn through it,
  7. Charlieh
    tbh its unlikely if its for the boundary of a horse paddock, NE who administer most of the land based schemes are moving away from paying for boundary works, it might be worth contacting your local council parks teams as you may find they will sell you the quicks at a greatly reduced price, this is certainly the case in Cambs (free) and Staffs (very cheap), dont know about the rest of the UK though Mick, that would be my first call anyway
  8. Charlieh
    cant you get a grant from the FC woodland improvement grant for removal of un-economic small round wood, this would subsidise the operation, you could shift it somewhere else in smaller amounts till you have enough to merit getting in a big biomass chipper, assuming you could find a stacking area outside the weight limited road, also if your tapping up the WIG money you could get a grant towards the felling and also forwarding out of the timber, Charlie
  9. Charlieh
    Anyone know of any hire firms doing PTO chippers in Herts or N Essex, its for clearing hedge brash and will be going on the back of a 200hp fastrac, if all else fails it will be a big bonfire, will probably be a week or 10days hire required, any contacts or numbers greatly appreciated cheers Charlie
  10. Charlieh
    just watched it on +1 sat through it and didnt spot you your cunning disguise must have been good
  11. Charlieh
    how does the logic trailer tow loaded like that on uneven ground?
  12. Charlieh
    haha shiny new toys arrived then!
  13. Charlieh
    here is a very very rough quick guide http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/timbervolume.pdf/$FILE/timbervolume.pdf
  14. Charlieh
    i've got one of my mates staying tonight that is tech specialist for JD I will find out off him for you, although now its more to do with brake efficiency and if you have an accident its more likely the brakes rather than load will be looked into.
  15. Charlieh
    this is willow spiling, there is a section in the btcv handbook on rivers and wetlands which you can view online, its a great technique but not generally practical on very spatey rivers, it can be used with reprofiling to help keep the spoil behind the spiling and also provides a good fish and invert cover in the channel This would require Environment agency consent for a structure in the floodplain, and should in many cases a last resort but does have its place, although EA in many places dont look favourably on it, as it generally just shifts the erosion issues downstream
  16. Charlieh
    it wont work, simples you need to look at installing flow deflectors and upstream woody debris in the channel to help reduce flow against the toe of the bank, brash bundles along the base of the bank will also allow the bank to slump over the top of the material thus forming a less steep gradient, any replanting wants to be quite a way from the bank top
  17. Charlieh
    you want to see the mark up on DH farm shop veg!
  18. Charlieh
    Try denstone hall farm shop! they seem to love buying locally sourced stuff, would be just up their street!
  19. Charlieh
    Gourmet Woodland Mushrooms - Farming, Gardening, Hobby Growing Kits, Education, Training and Information these were the cheapest wholesalers i could find for plugs
  20. Charlieh
    i looked into it, theres a thread somewhere about it, but the firewood was worth more and the lead in time is several years, and its not as easy as just innoculating the logs and leaving them for maximum production, you have to shock the logs into fruiting with many species by using methods such as submerging the log for a short time, i will see if i can find the thread here we go http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/5466-growing-mushrooms.html
  21. Charlieh
    it will if you pour it in, but it will run very lean, i just wanted to make sure you had id'd why it died first time round which is cool, i recon you just need to strip donw and parts washer the carb
  22. Charlieh
    if the old ones got cooked have you pressure tested the casing to make sure it doesnt have an airleak? or do you know why the old ones got knackered
  23. Charlieh
    could be anything, could be piston rings worn causing low compression, not drawing fuel through the carb, could be jets blocked in the carb, or a whole load of other things, such as blocked tank breathers, my first port of call would be get the carb stripped down and then put through a parts washer, then take it from there,
  24. Charlieh
    cheers for the heads up sounds good!
  25. Charlieh
    its the equivilent of about an ms660, but its an older saw, so 066/064 would be closest comparison

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