Canal Navvy
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In my experience that only ever happens after I've cut a big ring and then have to half/quarter it to handle, so cutting with the grain and bunging up with noodles 🙂
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Extracting over a weak bridge
Canal Navvy replied to Johnpl315's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
If you're putting anything in a watercourse it's probably a good idea to take it out at the end of each day 😉 -
I can see the need for the green revolution due to man-made climate change but our politicians view of how to do it makes me lose all hope ☹ It's unbelievable that we are being handicapped with a legacy of high energy costs just so they can virtue signal on the world stage. China is promising to do their bit but I'd guess only once they have run out of more profitable export markets, and in the meantime coal is king 😡 It won't be long before we'll be back to sending aid to wealthier countries in the form of tree planting schemes and wonder why they view us as clowns 😕
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OTT request from planning dept ?
Canal Navvy replied to JLT's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Finding the oak could be challenging, can't have been in leaf when the plans were drawn up 😉 -
Be interested to see what you went for. In your situation those nifty gadgets that divert your surplus pv from being fed in to the network and instead heat an immersion tank look handy. Currently building myself a boat so energy systems occupy a lot of reading time 😉 I've gone Victron, like the flexability of the product and their sharing attitude to knowledge 🙂 Lithium titanate batteries suit my need as they can be charged so quickly, the cost would feel a lot less if I was likely to outlive them 😁
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Things you used to say ironically that you now say a lot.
Canal Navvy replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in General chat
That has crept in here recently, was a regular saying of my father who died 20 years ago. Not sure if it is me getting old or a reaction against the modern trend of people looking for a reason to feel offended 🤔 -
Pretty academic if they died from the lightning strike or the falling debris, must have had little reaction time either way. The mother didn't seem to have any supernatural forsight, which could suggest that the sheep that leg it are aware of odd noises above and are poised for flight. If sheep have really fast reactions (and no baggage to gather up of course) then it is of little help in reducing risk to humans as it's not how humans react. The only thing to do is to prevent humans being there in the first place. If those sheep are aware of noises above prior to the failure then there would be potential to monitor typical limbs in high footfall ares for signs of impending failure by listening to them electronically possibly ?
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Not wishing to intrude on a damn good argument but , I was talking to a farmer about risks from trees a while ago and the subject of summer branch drop came up. He grazes sheep in the parklands of a couple of grand estates so is familiar with branch drop. He commented that his sheep are drawn to the shade of the trees but he has never had one hit by fallen limbs. Makes me wonder why, are they more tuned to their enviroment or as he suspected, humans look up ..... sheep run 🤔
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A sensible guess would be Cambodia so it'll Rutland water or similar 😁
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Forestry is exempt from inheritance tax 🤪
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In my totally imaginary made up story the chief constable is a keen shooting man 😁
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Wish I had photographic evidence for it but was too astounded to think of it, just the other day I was following the black on yellow diversion signs when I came upon a do u U turn sign in the same colour scheme. Another contractor had managed to get a closure on a diversion route and it found it quite acceptable just to tell drivers to get lost. Good thing I was in the mighty Corsa so I could turn round 🤪
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Go for the full rebuild on the company account, use carefully for a few years, write the value down on the books and then sell it to yourself at a low value 😉 If you dont like driving it as a personal vehicle it would sell well for a camper conversion on its new chassis 😁
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Do any piston engined aircraft that use avgas ever get to use Heathrow, I'd assumed it was pretty much all jet engined these days. When a gas turbine starts knocking the end is nigh 😉
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Probably in a running backwards race 😁
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It would be lovely if one of their other brands was only £1.50 a litre, I'd happily buy Aspen in bulk at that price 😀
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Half the battle is in the saw, if it balances in the felling position on the front handle out of the cut and the bar and chain are in good order it should be easy. The other half is the self belief, if you don't think it's going to cut where you want it to it will not (not relevant I would guess) I wonder if the Cheetah Aluminium Company or whatever they call themselves these days could help you in your quest ? 😉
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Round here in my little bit of theCotswolds I'd say BMWs are driven considerately ...... It's the blasted Audis that are the menace. You really don't know terror until you've met one of the big 4x4 with the rings on the bonnet coming round the corner towards you apparently driverless and on your side all because the yummy mummy believes that eye contact is a must when talking to the little angels in the back seat 😠
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Drinks are on you then 😁
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The real arse with day rates in any trade is that to a customer an inexperienced worker looks awfully busy while someone on top of the job looks to be coasting 😕
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At the time the letter came round I was driving a 7.5 tonne lorry and towing a two tonne generator, the letter went to the keeper of the vehicle who misread it and just told us to stop towing ☹️
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And when they drive on our roads ?
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Ethanol in diesel ? , I was under the impression that Ethanol went into petrol as the "green" bit and diesel got its bio credentials from vegetable oil. Clearing virgin forests to grow palm oil and then just sticking it into fuel to make it green I find questionable 😠
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I've been dipped three times in 30 years, twice when drive past testers have spotted the diesel stains round the filler of the land rover and once on a multi agency check on the motorway. There are no realistic alternatives to using diesel prime movers on most off road applications at the moment. The only thing that really annoys me is seeing the amount of duty rebated fuel being used to produce "green " energy. ☹️ A forage harvester running an energy drum (set up for really short chop as needed by biodigesters) will gobble two and a half litres of fuel every minute 😜
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Red diesel in narrow boats is staying after all ☺️ . You fill up with red and make a declaration on the non propulsion ..... they suggest 40% and you pay duty at 60% of the road fuel rate
