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Makes light work of log processing Yours for £230 [ame] [/ame]

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hi mate The dealer in Norfolk is http://www.sweepersuton.co.uk They did a good deal to me, have a look on their website and the http://www.texas.dk who are the manufacteurs

Got mine on a keen price last week from an agricultral equipment dealer up in North Norfolk, has some useful features like a preset return stop setter,good wheels on the base and very solidly built and finished. Split up med sized oak no pbs at all. I think that 6 tonne is about the max you can on 13amp supply, came with a splitting cross as well. http://www.texas.dk I was looking at an Atika 5.5 tonne but was being mucked about by Northern tools.

What about compression with the log splitter rigged up to stamp a brick out see my cider making post on the genral forum

On telly last night BBC2 "Its hard trying to be green" with dick the tache They were showing how easy it appears to make cider on a small scale Well as prune do quite a few apple trees in domestic gardens (loads of freebies in autum) I was thinking to squash the apples down with the log splitter machine, what i need is a sturdy steel container with a load of holes in the bottom for the juice to run out into a collecting container. Anyone tried bodging something up like this to make an apple press. Clive

I witnessed a same sort of incident just comming away from a quote i was doing,in surrey would you believe, I saw 4 hoodies trying to rob a pizza delivory boy Whom they pushed him off his moped and trying to break his chained on money wallet.I was in the landy and mounted the pavement and one of them just managed to jump clear. The one that had his arm around the neck of the victim got the biggest smack in the mouth that he probally ever got and his nose split blood and DNA all over the my clothes int he resulting bundle, I did ask him nicely, first if he would let go of the pizza boy. Anther put a brick throu a window of the landy as they all legged it. The main suspect got picked up a mile away wearing his mates clothing. Police took DNA swabs of the blood on my clothing and it matched. I picked him out on a ID parade as did other witnesses and he was still not having it so we all trooped to court about 9 months after the event and he then pleaded and the judge threw the book at him and i was getting £25 compo cheques each month for over a year for my damages (window and new specs)

Note the ppe could at least of tucked his trousers over his boots to stop the sawdust getting down his boots, i would suggest steel toe caps and a sactfical plank on the long leg surport. Was it a comedy award. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yDCtfd9TWs&feature=related[/ame]

What about binding the chips together with wax ie like a candle

Made this short vid a while back and had over 1,600 watch it on youtube wood from a fallen apple tree in a small garden in surrey hence the med chipper in use. [ame] [/ame]

Stihl class 3 protection welly boots.

Informative programe was on this eve showing the Pbs the grey are causing the native red ones, they die a horrible death from a pox virus the grey ones carry. The rules of engagment were explained and it is game on. Btw have a look at the comments on [ame] [/ame]i am sure the ones in power are starting to notice the population are getting restless.

Get the snow chains out lads. My boy who is at Bath uni has emailed me to tell me that they are getting falling trees down there, which are giving way due to the weight of the wet snow on them. Saw boughs down in surrey on monday mainly scots pine. He has been snow boarding the last 2 days its hard being a student. Clive

There was a discussion about older polluting vehicle and it was stated on the news that the german govt encourarges the perminant scrapping of older vehicles. To that effect you get a govt allowance of euro 2.5K towards the purchase of a new cleaner vehicle, if you trade in for perminant scrapping a vehicle more than 9 years old. To me a 9 year old veh is new lol I took the liberty to email my local politician (who i know had recently bought a new vehicle) and have already had a very hard cheese reply. Wonder if it could be extended to chippers as well as mine is getting a tired. lol Foot of snow in the garden of the job I was going to do today. All the best Clivey

He says in his press release that if you are buying a new van is to wait a while and see the result of the consultation and his endeavours.

Of interest to arbs who have work in Greater London Just been on the BBC news is that Boris is going to suspend next year phase 3 of the LEZ for light vans, however- on checking the mayors website it is subject to consultation with light van operators etc. a further however he states that he has written to Lord Mandy (the trade and industry minister)suggesting grants for purchase of new vans by businesses and sole traders legitmatly affected so as to get more cleaner vans on the road and so replace older more polluting van. He states that that would provide a stimulus in the commercial motor vehicle trade in these troubled times. I would not hold my breath on this govt giving me a grant towards my new van. google TFL LEZ

Robert Llewellyn (srapheap challenge) investigates tree felling in Finland on the ch5 programe, How Do they Do It Btw my arb-birds are still laying eggs even in this weather.

http://www.woodlandstv.co.uk/ for some viewing about easy firelighters making, the vid about faggots pimps and benders (the sound on my laptop has packed up) but looks a good. I am going to knock a tapered channel bench up tomorrow.

Softy southerner- i have cancelled tomorrows work a big holly where i would not be able to get the van and chipper up the sloping access road. Sorry about the pun but we dont often get snow down south. I will chopping a load of pimp firewood up and getting the toboggan out last used it about 12 years ago. Van now parked in a dead end close up the road on the level. Apparently the eskimos have a list of 24 different types of snow.

Anyone got one of these splitters I like the look of the leccy table model. There are a vairations of the 3 point linkage for PTO , on youtube. I have emailed them for details. The vids are worth a look on youtube

Did not know ginger ladies could grow hairs on their legs that thick. Good demo on how to use a froe properly i had been wacking mine with a club hammer.

Have you noticed the sale of firelogs in supermarkets etc basically they look like a log of compressed sawdust soaked in some kind of wax I use the ones from the Wlkinsons which come in a brown paper wrapper that you set light to which, is a good quick way to get "our" going with out any fiddling around with kindling. Today i am trying a firelog from sainsburys homebase comes in a pack of 12 utter sh..e for lighting and burn with too much flame if put on a fire that has a nice heart ordered up my new log processing crosscut saw today from northerntooluk Clivey

Yep how to chop a tree down the old way,also a bit of blacksmithying.

Found this as a PDF doc of the sales catalogue Log saws ATIKA log saw BWS 400Order-No. EAN-No.40 04 265...lightweight and sturdy construction,powerful motor, cuts large wood pieces,longitudinal fence, support plate extensionup to abt. 300 mm. recuperating spring foreasy return of jigging device, cutting depthup to abt. 120 mm. hard metal saw blade0 400 mmA.C. electric motor"Pi 1,8 kW, 230 V-50 Hz.and thermal cut-out" 301840..01049 7"P. S6 - 40 %"overload protection stops motor available spring 2008