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http://www.roadex.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/FCE-SNH-Floating-Roads-on-Peat-report.pdf Marcus - somewhat after the event but some further reading for you Cheers mac

In scotland you have a choice- 1. You can apply for planning permission 2. You can apply for permitted develeopment rights You cannot do much at all without at least an acknowledgement that you have valid rights Cheers mac

Looks like a handy bit of kit and good to hear it is working out - we use a quad with a logic trailer but would be happy to have that little lot if I was allowed.

In your shoes I would not bother covering the outside ones - assuming you start with 4 full sheds start emptying one shed, once you have enough space to get in then start fillling the empty space but leave a gap between old and new - by the time you empty the last shed the first will be fine again. If you are really keen to cover them don't use fibre or plastic sheets - use some second hand corrugated iron well weighed down. Your other option is to get or make (its easy enough) some net to go over your sheeting and tie that down.

I highlighted a paragraph above - I am not a lawyer but unfortunately I am very familiar with this point of law (in Scotland). There is no such thing as a landlocked property - it is a fundamental principe of property law (in Scotland) that the landownerr has the right of access to his property to the extent necessary to "enjoy" the property - it may be different in England but unless you have already confirmed this then don't assume that your statement is correct. Fully sympathise with the rest of your post but I think my original point is valid - nice little project but its a garden - not a working wood. Do what you want to do to enhance your enjoyment but watch the costs.

Unless you have a deep enough wallet to treat this as a garden then my advice would be to run - don't walk - away. Beech and oak trrees do not grow in bogs, your site is a former sand pit over clay and lower than the surrounding land - unless you can identify and negotiate a way to excavate a drain to a point lower than the lowest point you wish to drain, then you are on a hiding to nothing trying to drain it. If you want to remove pioneer birch then you do not need a tractor of any shape form or description - you need a chainsaw - cut them to waste and leave them, they will be gone in 2 or 3 years and the bugs will love the rotting timber and the birds will love the bugs. If you really want to do the green thing then just ring bark them. Unfortunately neither the bugs nor the birds will prevent the birch regrowth so you can look forward to repeating the exercise. It almost sounds as if they are overstood and dying out anyway - no point in fussing about hung up birch - they will break and fall in a couple of years. If the whole wood is covered by a TPO then you will have a nightmare doing anything with a chainsaw, if the council does not hassle you some tosser will hassle them. You also need to decide if you are going to drain it or develop your pond - its not likely you will succeed with both. You say there is no access for even a small digger - I assume this is for legal reasons since we can get our machine just about anywhere - if no road exists when we arrive we soon make one! If you are set on the purchase then buy it and leave it alone, unless you can get the TPO lifted. There is no point in spending any money unless it is part of a garden. It sounds fine the way it is - why not leave it like that? Been treading this boggy path for 20 years now. Its always a lot more difficult and expensive than it looks. Cheers mac

We used to get a loan of a processor off a mate which we ran with our valtra - he used to get the tractor now and again as a return. As some of you will know the Valtra has a PTO shut off at the back which is activated by pulling a plug - we always arranged a cord from that plug to the processor so we could shut down quick. We also used to run at 540 output through the 1000 pto Cheers mac

Ok folks - many thanks for your responses - obliged cheers mac

My young fella is looking for a woodworking lathe from Santa - budget is around £300 so we are in the hobby class - there looks to be a number of choices in that price bracket - any recommendations from the knowledegable chaps on here? 220V 13A - no 3 phase available Cheers mac

Depends how they moved from Estonia to here. If they came on a wagon they will have a certain carbon footprint, if they moved to say Rotterdam on a train they will have a carbon foorprint of about 10% of the wagon and most probably they went into a container and were moved by ship - so will have a carbon footprint much less than the train. Obviously they will be hauled by wagon from some terminal either in Europe or UK - but it is unlikely they will have a huge carbon footprint. Cheers mac

Hmm - since all waves are wind generated this is just wind power in another guise - with lots of moving parts cheers mac

How very refreshing to hear of the exercise of common sense and discretion - could do with a few more like that!

I was going to say just give the local FC a ring - our local folks have been very helpful to me and easy to deal with. Cheers mac

Not direct personal experience but just had SSE in contact a couple of weeks ago - they want to replace a pole on our land but there is a sett under the pole. They fitted some one way gates into the sett holes so that the badgers cannot (in theory) get back in once they leave - all under licence. Did not go and look so cannot comment further - but there is at least a potential for getting the work you want to do done Cheers mac

If it is at 10% on the outside and 30% on the inside then it is at 30% - wrap it up any way you want - its not ready to burn and "seasoned" firewood should be ready to go into a fire Cheers mac

Its absolutely fine cheers mac

No need to break down 3-4 ft butts with wedges and axe - sthil 084 with 36" bar will take careof that! A mere stripling at 58 Cheers mac

All you need is a saw that will run a 20" bar and a good axe cheers mac

Yep can do that at a pinch Cheers mac

you are supposed to pump it - ever time you push the button it should put a shot of oil into the chain groove - but it may not work - the manual oil pump on my 084 has never worked. Cheers mac

More than fair - he should be happy with that!

Tried to go through the survey but when I got to Q6 there was no option I agreed with and the software would not let me proceed without making a selection to say I agreed with one option or the other. Likewise have only ever had one enquiry and all they wanted was a token invoice from a registered supplier Cheers mac

Best option is to mow it with a fully mounted mower held at 6" or so - any matched tractor and mower can do that. Flailing is a good option as well - but better to mow than top cheers mac