skyhuck
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firewood kiln - How do you build one? does anyone know
skyhuck replied to Joy Yeomans's topic in Firewood forum
I think you may have problems with mould if the kiln is not running continually. -
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In praise of natural crotch lowering/rigging.
skyhuck replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in Rigging and roping
Personally I just don't get all this rigging regardless of method, I use a lowering rope maybe a couple of time a year, often less. I cut and chuck or free fall virtually every tree. Theres always somewhere to put stuff and a brash mat protects patio slabs etc. -
You could have something there Husqvarna, Echo and dolmar, for more simple minded cutter
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I would not be hasty and fell it, give it chance, Yew can sometimes almost come back from the dead, IME.
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Fixed that for you
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Twist caps are ace!!, they double as an IQ test, when taking on new staff simply ask them to fuel a saw, those who fit the caps without issue are keepers, the others you just say "I'll call you":sneaky2:
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As do I John, but taking a log from each cage and waiting for it to cool, spitting and testing is time consuming (As I mentioned in my earlier posts) This thread was simply asking if others had tried weighing as an alternative, nothing more, nothing less
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Which bit??????
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Are you saying use a moisture meter or measure the gap?? your post is unclear. Its not about what it weighs, its about the change in weight
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Today people buy wasted lettuce, the idea that you could convinces these people to dry their own firewood is ridiculous.
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Good luck :lol:
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It burns fast because its dry, possibly a waste on an open fire, but on a stove you simply turn it down and save wood One option for open fires is kiln drying larger logs.
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The problem you have is that a great many log merchants sell pretty much green timber, those selling properly seasoned, air dried logs need to concentrate on informing their potential customers about the difference between their logs and unseasoned logs, rather than worrying about kiln dried, IMO. If someone has had wet timber sold to them as seasoned and it sat there hissing with water bubbling out the end of the logs, they may not understand that they have been conned. We have all been in a pub where there is sopping wet wood only burning because its sat on a bed of red hot coal.
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A huge proportion of people are burning wet wood, this means a fair bit of the wood they burn is simply boiling off the water rather than heating their home. So a log merchant commercialising this process to enable the end user to have a better produce and not need to store and use as much timber is no bad thing, IMO.
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No did not buy one. I only use about half my container, drying 12cube each time. The water coming out of the logs condenses on the celling of the unused end of the container, I know the logs are try when the water stops condensing and I get dry celling between the partition and the water droplets. My little forklift struggles to lift two cages of wet logs, it easily lifts the dry ones, so there is a significant weight loss.
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Pointless.
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Chancellor puts on 9.5% On insurance policies. Absorb or pass on?
skyhuck replied to GTS's topic in Insurance Forum
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Chancellor puts on 9.5% On insurance policies. Absorb or pass on?
skyhuck replied to GTS's topic in Insurance Forum
In 2003 I was paying £6.5K for PL & EL, with no tools or plant cover, I currently pay around £1K including £15k of tools and plant cover. So I ain't too concerned by this tiny tax increase. -
I've had breakfast in bed for the last 25years, porridge for the first 23years and alternating between porridge or scrambled eggs and plumb tomatoes for the last 2years and a cafeteria of fresh black coffee.
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Give it 2 years and it will look grand.
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I used a prussic for 18 years, bought a Zz two years ago, I've not used a prussic once since I bought the Zz.
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The wings on a U1000 are no different to the other square cabs, the bonnets were different on the older ones, but later ones have the standard bonnet.
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My post was in relation to the OP, IE a "Relatively fit cyclist"
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Genetics
