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Firebricks are usually made from vermiculite, it does crack, but a few hair cracks in bricks does not effect their performance. Its only when the bricks start to crumble or the gaps widen to a couple of mm should the bricks be replaced. Mine usually do about 3 seasons, 2 of which they run cracked. Morso lead the world in stove design and technology, they are 5 - 10 years ahead of the rest. 04/06/08 are well designed stoves that are only available in the UK market. They are superior in air control and also have a terciery air system to effectivly burn the fuel twice. Morso have reduced the price on the 5kw 04 this year making it only £50 or so dearer than the 6.1kw Ecoburn 7. Baffle warping suggests getting the stove excessively hot, this should not happen burning wood but can happen burning petroleum based solid fuel. The owner instructions advises not to burn petroleum based solid fuels. A

Problem is Efel who make the Harmony went bust last year, they are good stoves though, I have a Harmony 3 in a games room myself. It is a 16w rated stove so should indeed give out mega heat but spares are already getting tricky. A

I have sold stoves for 6 years now. Last winter the Ecoburn 5 F Plus was my most popular stove. IT has a lifetime casing warranty and touch wood I have never had any sort of warranty issue from any Arada ( Aarrow/Villager/Stratford) stove and I sold around 50k of them last winter. Stoves these days have to meet efficiency ratings, they also have to meet ever tighter emissions regs. Shutting a stove right down causes the fire to smoulder, much increased emissions, increased soot and tars in the flue due to incomplete and low temperature combustion. So these days stove manufacturers set their stoves up to have a small supply of air coming in, this prevents the above problems but does not generally allow overnight burnings. But in these days of central heating is this essential. For extended burns use Anthracite, personally if i fill the stove with larger lamps of ash at 10pm then pop some lumps of anthracite over the top then I can't put my hand on it at 6am having closed it down by about 25%. Clearview are a perfectly decent stove by and large, the Ecoburn 5 is better, cooler touch door handle option, larger glass, more efficient, better warranty. Both if they were cars would be Fords or Vauxhalls, not the most advanced technically but good solid value for money. Ecoburn 5 is now available in a couple of colours from earlier this month. A

That can be an issue with most stoves, an ash vac is the way forward for regular use. A

Japa 700, has 700mm TCT blade so you would have thought hot knife through butter. When wet the sap is actually running out of it when cut, if its been down 6 months or more its a lot easier. A

I use one when doing stove repairs and servicing, its one I supply. About the size and weight of a Henry but with a flexi hose of about 1.5m only. The type that Hodge has spoken about also work well and offer a lower cost alternative. But do you really need one ?, when setting the stove up you burn on a bed of ash left on top of the grate, so the only time all the ash needs to come out is spring clean time. A

Agreed, will be to wet for this winter but get them cut up and split now, keep undercover but let the wind blow through the stack and they will be fine next winter. I do find my machine struggles a bit cutting the likes of Leylandi especially if its wet. A

You would need to pay in advance of shipment, take a container full at a time (between 54 and 60 crates at 1 cube is depending on supplier and crate size) and be able to offload the container in a 2 hour time period with no help from the driver. Timber is coming from all over the Baltic region, not aware of any Russian suppliers but you might guess there will be some. I would be a bit concerned re Chernobyl and contaminated timber from that area. If you just want an odd container then it might be better to use one of the companies that advertise here but be aware that they will be trying to sell direct to your customer. Personally I like to pedal my own boat so to speak and not help or support competition unless they are mates. Where are you roughly located ?. A

Yes, have sold it for a couple of seasons. Lots of benefits selling stacked crates over loose bags. A

pm sent. A

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/firewood-forum/80536-opinions-duun-vm420-firewood-prossesor.html A

Looks a fair deal to me, burnt in a stove it will be fine when down to 15% or so. A

BASC members enjoy significant discounts on several of the 4x4s. Great Wall is one yes but so is Mitsubishi and Toyota but they can only be bought from participating dealerships. BASC costs about £40 a year from memory. BASC motoring services | The British Association for Shooting and Conservation A

Sounds like one is faulty, might try changing the batteries, I have had meters always showing 19.9%, that is a battery issue. A

That is a good link, thanks for posting. A

Rubbolite are a tried and tested brand, certainly will not let you down but may be expensive when considering the damage risks. A

A local farmer !!. A

Older Fords are well known for block problems at about 7,000 hours, at that age a Perkins engine in a Massey is a better bet. In all these old tractors though they are set up to use diesel with sulpher in it, the sulpher acts as a lube in the injection pump. Modern deisel is low sulpher so a drop of 2 stroke mix added to each tank of fuel is a good idea. I find with my MF135 ( 7200 hrs) if she starts to struggle when under load a dose of 2 stroke mix gets her singing nicely again. A

One of my friends got broken into maybe 4 or 5 months ago, an 880 was in the haul so if one of those is in that haul please advise and I will ask him to contact Leicester police. A

Got BFG ATs on my Defender, they were on it when we bought it at about 40,000. Its now done 160,000 (miles) and they are still on it. Got about another 10,000 left I recon. A

My Landcover guy uses a company in Luton, they specialise in LR boxes. A

Had an 03 ES, bought at 112.000 sold at 262,000. auto with cruise. Good machine, will need replacement injectors at 180k, there is an electrical cable that goes from the engine management ECU to the engine, oil wicks uo the inside of the cable and gets into the ECU where it promtly stops the engine. A well known prob as detailed above but cleaning the ECU out is a short term fix. The cables are not that expensive. About 26mpg, less if towing. Other than that feed it semi synthetic oil and it should go for 300k without any major props although manual gearboxs can be a bit sus, autos are far better. A

Such is life, you can lead the horse to water but you cant force it to drink. Had 2 severe fires now that I had warned about and another is waiting to happen, combustible material almost touching a flue pipe although it is insulated it still gets hot enough to ignite the material. A

Tell me about it !!, I have a guy 100 miles away who has bought a new Morso Kamino. He is complaining about no heat and lots of smoke, thats always a fuel issue. He has now bought some 'dry' logs locally and says that its still a problem. Will have to go down to sunny Hampshire with some dry logs and either show him how to use it or if all else fails bring it back. No doubt he has bought some fresh cut 'seasoned' logs from someone who thinks he wants them for next winter. A