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If you were adhering to the speed limit and I would think with a trailer or chipper thats pretty likely then I think you have a claim against the council. Stick another wheel on, go and take some pics of the offending ramp and the destroyed one and submit a claim for a new jack and labour and loss of a days earnings fitting it. A

It occurs to me that this timber from Russia and similar Baltic states was right in the slot when Chenoble went up. Does wood carry radio activity?. We wont stop imports, if anyone wants a container full direct then you can easily find 20 companies prepared to sell it to you direct. I came across a national firewood seller the other day who when I quizzed them said their seasoned logs were 45%-50% MC and if I wanted logs for immediate use to buy their kiln dried. Thing is kilned logs are not much below 20%. Process your uk logs, wack them in a barn for 12-18 months and you should have 16% or less. Then hammer the heat output against MC. From memory this is 25%MC-16 Mj/kg. 16% MC - 25 Mj/kg, ie 50% more heat from the same log. I also came across another guy who swore that a 90x90x90 bag was a cubic meter. A

I rekon Morso make some of the best stoves, had a squirel (another small stove) in last house, can't fault them, but you do pay for it!... They make what are arguably the finest stoves in the world, many last well over 30 years, they dont chop and change designs and parts for that 30 or 40 year old stove are still available. Yes they are more expensive to initially buy but the cost over the life of the products make then a very cost efficient choice when chinese stoves costing half as much only last 3 - 5 years on average. A

Look pretty dodgy to me. Most stove these days are CE marked indicating they have undergone independent testing and reached certain agreed standards. The installer has a legal liability to check that the stove is suited to what the purchaser wants it to do and that it is of merchantable quality. The CE mark is agreed as an acceptable quality standard. Next year it is going to be a legal requirement that all stoves sold in the UK can genuine CE marking. Some stoves currently sold in the UK have not been tested, it is not an offence to buy/sell such a stove but installing one while not an offence (yet) but it does lay the installer legally wide open. A

Yes, it should be in the installation instructions with your stove. 600mm is the norm but some are 500mm. A

Combustible clearance to the beam looks a bit tight, perhaps its an optical illusion or the heat coming off the top is not what it is with others. Might just want to check that. A

Should really be screeded not plastered for that reason. The only drawback with the Morso (and I am a Morso dealer) is the need to install with a liner. Nice neat stove. A

Aslong as you have the required minimum of 225mm of hearth in front and 150mm each side you are fine. Just beware of combustible fire surrounds and the combustible clearance required for the stove to be installed. A

Most manufacturers do what are called inset stoves, these fit straight into a standard builders opening of 16 inches x 21 inches. If your opening is a bit wider then we install a steel reduction plate to reduce the size of the opening. Very efficient and very straight forward to install, here is my most popular one: http://www.homefarmstoves.co.uk/esse_stoves_dealer_northants.html A

They are, as it putting a stove into such a property that does not have a direct air supply system. I was talking to one of my developer clients recently about this and how they overcame the issue. Believe it or not they seal the air vent for the period of the test, have my doubts that's legal but what else could you do. The building gets passed by the local inspection team. A

Now Jim has clarified the price issue with a bit of Arbtalk discount as well I am wondering who has used one of the Riko grabs and how does it stack up against the Albutt. The Riko is cheaper but it only has one top clamping arm, if it clamps all the way down so that logs are held tight against the forks then is should be pretty ok. Will see what I can find on Utube as well. Thanks A

Best to ring them, I am still waiting for a reply to the grab enquiry I sent earlier in the week. A

I am sure they will but the building regualtions have to be adhered to by whoever is installing the appliance. If you dont have it properly signed off (and you wont get it signed off without permanently open air supply the size of which is acertained by the output of the stove, allow roughly 1x 22mm dia plumbing per per kw over 5kw) ) and you have a fire then your insurer will walk, you will then be prosecuted for breech of building regs. A hole in the wall or under the door would meet the regs if big enough. A

Classic Tractor or the dedicated Massy Fergusson mag, saw one in my local Costcutter tonight. A

When I was loading 5 to 6 foot lengths then that was a lot easier and faster with only an odd one leaping off. But these are long, 2.7m - 3m or so. with spacings on the arms of about a meter I have plenty of overhang. I have tried what you suggest, maybe its because the pile is so tall that I get maybe 8 feet out and the ends of the logs tend to be held at one end or the other by the logs above, they then swivel off. Doing a straight vertical lift instead does not help much. Maybe I am trying to take to many at a time, working in a grass field in the wet I am making a mess as it is. Looks like the grab suggested earlier in the thread may be the solution. A A

That looks like a better bit of kit than the Allbut as I also use the forks to hold a bag open to process into. Have asked them for details. Thanks A

Could you please explain that a bit further, thanks. Teleporter is a Manitou, as you say only one service. The problem is that you shove the forks in under the heap, this is about 12 feet tall. Logs are 2.7m or so. Lift the arms, the logs tend to overbalance one way or the other depending on which end is heaviest. Maybe the Allbut grab is the sensible option, the Manitou would run that easily enough, or a small timber trailer with grab crane parked between stack and rack. A

Need to be careful about weights and overloading. Vosa are pulling a lot of small trailers now, I got pulled off the M6 !. One of my competitors has one on a Transit, manually operated, lifts 800x800 bags ok or so the operator says. He built a cross from steel to connect the loops to a central lifting point. A

Evening all. What do you use to load cord onto your logs racks?. I use a tele-porter with a set of standard forks on the front, even spread as wide as possible I get most logs unbalanced and decide to fall off either side. As I see it the options are an Albutt grab, ( I know that there is one on Arbtrader but its only got 800mm arms) of some sort of grab as you find on forwarders, timber trailers etc. A

I think that CW are using waste from their processor to fire the kilns. A

Upside, its convenient, especially if you have a spare 360 about. Downside, its slow, the sample looks like it has a lot of small bits in it, on course that may just be the cord past its best, and processing over the trailer will pretty soon fill the trailer, with sawdust. Its a 404 chain by teh sound of it. I get a wheelbarrow full of sawdust per 2 cube using a 700mm TCT blade, he will be producing a lot more than that. Cant see it handling bent timber that well either. A

Welcome to the forum. In a word no. Certainly Woods stated moisture content is now 20%-22%. This morning I checked some ash that I processed a few months ago and its 17%-19%. The onyl benifit of the kilning process is to kill off any boring insects in the logs. As these are not active in the winter that is acedemic. A moistrure meter is vital to all novice stove users, basically the dryer the wood the more heat you get out of it. A

Plenty in Classic Tractor magazine normally with pictures. A

Agree with this 100%, anything less than £400 is likely to be Chinese. I do sell stoves and I dont have any problems, ever. Because I dont sell cheap chinese ones. The small 4.7kw Carron stove is of Chinese manufacture or somewhere in that area, they do not give problems because they are not built to a price. And Carron are based in Lincolnshire, close to RAF Cranwell.. Expect to pay about £500. Alternativly try to find a used stove of better quality. Talk to your local stove suppliers, they sometimes get offered trade ins or are aware of a customer with a used stove to sell. Problem with the web is that the average life of a stove seller on the web is 18 months. So you have problems or want parts you may be stuffed. Most local stove dealers should be able to get reasonably close to web prices. Dont forget to allow for install and flue costs, if you go through my posts here I have posted on that issue on several occasions. A