Charlieh

not come across this book before is it any good as its over £80 on amazon (£110 for a new copy )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applewood_cheese applewood smoked cheese, mmmmmm tasty, try contacting one of the manufacturers to see if they will take it as a job lot!

that stumps the same height as your knee, trip hazard alert

hands off it was in my watch list first

Do a search online for England rural development programme (ERDP) its the regional funding from the government (DEFRA) towards forestry & agricultural training, im sure you could fiddle it, i have friends that have had cs30 + 31 paid for just had to go to a mates farm in devon for a few days, so even if your not in a target area see if you or your groundy know anyone in the target areas

sorry TC but you cant heli-lift over open public roads H&S and all that, although in my experiance the cars normally skid to a halt when the see a heli about 30ft above the road anyway and will park up and watch blocking the traffic anyway, heli work is the only part of my old job i miss although we never had road closures only used stop go boards and that was ok'd by the local rights of way authority

that guy has got the special edition pink stihl, hmmm nice i use husky roller file guides, get on well with them and they are quick and easy to use

where did you see them?

im running 2 open fires and rayburn as the only sources of heat and hot water in our house, would say im burning about half a tonne per week (varies on the wood), but the open fires eat about 4times as much fuel as the rayburn, i do burn some coal as well otherwise i would constantly be lighting fires every morning, about 1tonne per winter. by my reconning from nov to march (6months) you will need about 12 tonnes, Johnty basically everyone thinks timber is free, i know lots of mates who have bought log burners and chainsaws and are suddenly finding that its not that easy to get hold of timber unless you pinch it from the roadside, If i didnt have access to the timber i need, i would pull it out and have an oilfired system in a flash, much more convient, not coming back from either work or a weekend away to a cold house that needs 48hrs to warm up again

Be careful what you read on the net, in the last revisions (2008) starling were granted open general license but only in Scotland and Ireland, it isnt applicable in England, therefore trapping and shooting is an offence, I dont know how you stand on disturbance Table 1. Bird species covered by relevant general licences Canada goose1 Jackdaw Magpie Rook Carrion crow Starling3 Woodpigeon Feral pigeon Collared dove2 Jay2 Lesser blackbacked gull Great black-backed gull Herring gull House sparrow3 1 England only. 2 Not applicable in Northern Ireland. 3 Not applicable in England "In carrying out your activity your prime objective must meet at least one of the criteria for which the relevant licence is issued, such as: conserving wild birds, prevention and spread of disease, prevention of serious damage to livestock, food-stuffs for livestock, crops, vegetables, fruit, growing timber, fisheries or inland waters, preserving public health or public safety and preserving air safety." therefore, you would have to prove the general license was being use for preserving pulic health, dont think pooping on cars is valid reason (above info is available from basc) also found this snippet from the telegraph online "Volunteers from the Italian League for the Protection of Birds are using recordings of the starlings' distress call, amplified hundreds of times, to scare the flocks away and protect Rome's centuries-old statues, fountains and buildings from their noxious guano. The sound of the distress call has been likened to a cross between fingernails dragging down a blackboard and the opening of a rusty barn door. "We use a different cry each day," said Giovanni Albarella, coordinator of the league's starling squad. "It's all about fooling them. The trick is to make them think they are in danger."

was considering letting the wife use one like the portek whilst i deal with the bigger stuff on the deck, speed the operation up, had a look at the portek yesterday and its nothing like the plans shown online, has a quick saw removal feature now with a big plastic handle mounted on the tightening nut so you dont need to keep tightening it with a spanner, seems a well made unit, will see how this afternoon go's, been on the phone all morning and fancy doing some logs also just had an order for two trailer loads of logs so may get one on the way home, most my timber for it will be 3"-12" diameter and dead straight delimbed at the trunk so feeding it through the tray im hoping should be ok, im just getting fed up of either using the big saw (not ideal if it snatchs it) on small timber or having to bend over to make lots of cuts,

Hi, i have used a stihl wooden sawhorse in the past for cutting logs, im looking at getting one of the ones that grips the saw and allows you to pivot it with one hand leaving the other hand free to slid the log along, most of the time its just for use on 4ft lengths of ash/sycamore, anyone have any experience of these? cheers Charlie

flashbangs during the night to make the site less desirable for them, may also scare them s#%tless so they dont crap on the cars on the way out

we had a big one that lifted on the 3pl but a contractor ran over the shaft and wrecked the bearings, do you mean something small like this one? i assume the upright goes to your top link to stop it spinning http://www.farmrite.co.uk/product.ds2?p=16171184

take it you tip it off before setting fire to it? or do you light it and drive round at high speed with flames pouring out the back......hmmm that sounds quite fun really

im onboard

in the deepest jungles of Staffordshire

made on top of the stove? i,ve just made one on my rayburn , think i may have a jack d and coke next though

[ame=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=P8WC7Vs1y74]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=P8WC7Vs1y74[/ame] If i may i'll kick off the music

27, married, sat at home watching tv, same as at least 4 of my mates, this festive period seems to have been a non-starter

two kettles? blimey someone enjoys a brew

blimey there was some busy theives in the last week wasnt there Sorry to here that Ben, will keep my eyes and ears open

Have met him twice in passing, its great to see someone so enthusiastic about their work, but i know he has also caused a lot of concearn in the conservation sector regarding re-introductions, im indifferent i am currently working with 4 fishing clubs felling trees into the rivers for trout conservation so beavers shouldnt be to bigger issue and the dams of european beaver arent as big or serious as the US cousins, and could just be knocked out if causing a problem, and i think thats where the issue is that if they are reintroduced then management of them if they become problematic is contentious

i thought i was limited to 750kg but this months NFU magazine says you are ok up to a total weight of 3500kg trailer and vehicle, which i recon is rubbish, but tis their legal specialist legal advisor has written it. will just air on the side of caution i think

my money is on either hammer or axe handle for the competition!