Taupotreeman
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Top ten firewood stoves.. allegedly
Taupotreeman replied to redmoosefaction's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
Certainly tropical up in the North of NZ that's why they call it the winterless north. Also have a mate from the UK up there. Sounds like he's a beach bunny. Personally I like a bit of cold after a hot summer hence moving to the central north island. I'm still a sucker for a nice fresh crisp winter's day and then home to a rip snorting fire. Something most comforting about it. -
Corby Glen, That's the place. Used to mow it for Charnwood tree surgeons. Always on the look out for grass snakes in the compost heap. And he was neverr there when we did the mowing, was starting to wonder if the boss was just feeding us BS I remember the floods at Keggy too and out at Zouch. Fortunately I missed the floods in 98 as I was on a plane to NZ or already here. I miss driving through those floods and being waist deep in water over at the big meadow. Spent many happy years swimming in the soar as a kid but the thought of what it might have picked up on the way past the tip is frightning. Coates always seemed to get the worst of the floods along with Barrow on Soar. Ahhhh memories eh.
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No way old bill would see your number plate if it was bonnet deep in water and the chances of the car being swamped would have been high. I'd have done a runner and not looked back, not that I condone running from the law.
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I remember haven a barrell of laughs in the floods out near the 11 arches in Loughborough. I had a sherpa van, drove through with both doors slid wide back and a massive wake behind me. Some numpty came the other way thinking he could make it in a little hatchback. He got my wake which went right over the top of his car. I didn't stop to find out if he made it through being the ignorant little git that I was. The piccies bring back a few memories of rabbiting over on the fox covers and watching the soar burst its banks.
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Englebert Humperdinks place? Is that the one in Earl Shilton or on the southern edge of Leicester? I'm sure I used to mow the grounds of that place. Mighgt not be the same place though.
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Top ten firewood stoves.. allegedly
Taupotreeman replied to redmoosefaction's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
Angus, certainly not tropical where we live in NZ. We are 30 minutes drive from the ski fields and the Desert Road is often closed to traffic in winter due to heavy snow. Having said that; I spent a lot of time in Scotland when I was younger and it's nowhere near as cold as the winters there that's for sure. -
looks like I'm sticking with the vertex then.
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Open fire/log burner vital heat source or hobby?
Taupotreeman replied to rorymoon's topic in General chat
We have a little Metro wood burner. Heats the water to boiling point and we can get a couple of saucepans on it too so saving on electricity bills in winter. Theres nothing better than getting home after a days work in the cold and wet and smelling the cassrole that's been simmering all day on top and then flopping down feet up warming the plates. Not so keen on collecting and splitting the wood but there's something about a full wood shed and picking through to find a nice big hunk of native to keep the fire in all night. The government here pay some towards insulating older homes and putting in heat pumps but you just can't beat a roaring fire in mid winter. -
Not sure if there's been any problems reported over in the UK but I have heard a couple of stories here of the Pistons disintegrating in the Hilux. I have aguy here that blew the eengine up after only a few thousand. The truck was regularly serviced and well looked after but he's having a huge issue getting Toyota to pay for the repairs. Apparently it's not the only one.
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Choice. Then it's settled, it's coming home with me. The locals can bugger off and find firewood elsewhere.
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Haha, don't wear strides then nobody notices if the helmet doesn't match. Can get a bit draughty though.
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I did a macrocarpa hege the other day that smelt of dog crap but that's probably because the garden I was dragging the brash through was full of the stuff. Big Labrador, poor sod looked like he'd never been out of the garden judging by the mess. Everything got caked.
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Top ten firewood stoves.. allegedly
Taupotreeman replied to redmoosefaction's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
Jeez I can't believe how expensive those wood bruners are back in England. They're about half that price here for a larger version. We use ours for heating the hot water and cooking on in Winter. Saves the bill on electricity massively. I think ours cost about $2500 so about 1150 quid. Throws out a heap of heat too. -
Sorry guys, came in a bit late on this thread but for what it's worth; A fella recently tried to fell a Willow (about the same size as the tree in the pic I think) which wasn't even hung up and nearly killed himself when it went wrong and barber chaired back and landed on him. Hung up trees and those on a lean can throw up several different scenarios as to what may go wrong so if you don't have the experience I wouldn't attempt it. It only takes one wrong cut, one wrong move etc for something really bad to happen. Get someone with the knowledge to do it and then get yourself on a couple of courses to learn how to deal with this type of thing safely. We all want to go home to the family at the end of the day and for the sake of saving a few quid is it worth risking your neck?
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I find both Larch and Leylandii are excellent for kindling once dried well and yes, Poplar was used for match sticks. We have heaps of the stuff here. It's like a weed and was over planted back in the day so is readily availbale as firewood. Obviously burns quicker than most but in an enclosed firebox it burns hot and gets that heat in the fire for the harder natives and stuff like Wattle and gum. Some of our natives here are horrendously sooty and you end up cleaning the chimney on a monthly basis so Monkey Puzzle shouldn't be a major, just make sure it's well dried.
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Can't be half as bad as dried for two years gum. Explodes like a hand grenade and is nigh on impossible to split with an axe.
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High scale, what don't you like about the kask helmets? Sorry to derail the thread slightly. I found the vertex vent pretty good but liked the look of the steins.
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Funny how stuff that you were always told was crappy firewood actually burns OK. Haven't tried Monkey Puzzle but I might now. Was also told Poplar was no good but there's some guys here making a good living out of it as firewood.
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That's my intent. Safe operation of the chipper for me is leaving my groundy to do it
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There'd be some serious redecorating of the interior of the underpant department after that I would suggest
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oooooooo ouch, unlucky.
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Good advert for banging the chainbrake on after every cut there eh.
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Helps heaps thanks muchly. I did wonder about the goggle visor thing. I haven't found any visor or safety glass style yet that keeps clean or doesn't fog up when you get a sweat on. Nothing worse than trying to peer through a visor full of Pine sap....except for maybe a chunk of wood chip in your eye.
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Hi littletree, sorry, can't help with your problem but you might be able to help with mine. I'm due a new helmet as my vertex vent is about out of date and have been looking at the Stein helmets. I'd appreciate your view on them and if you use the solid visor or have opted for the mesh visor?
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Should be great with my chuck and duck chipper then It eats it so fast you don't have time to get out of the way before the branch comes whipping around. I'll have my groundy see to it, he's usually getting belted by the odd branch that's out of control. Willow, Pin Oak and Birch are the worst but this one might really make him sing.
