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The honest answer would be no I don't know - but I would keep the LOLER records for as long as the piece of equipment remains in service. It is perhaps a leap of logic but anyone looking for records has to be happy with complete records for all equipment in service. Once the equipment is taken out of service there is no point in keeping the records - they are either scrapped or disposed of with the equipment if applicable. Cheers mac

If you are going to go for it then you may wish to be sure that the job is worth £2500............ How are offences against a Tree Preservation Order enforced? Anyone (my bold)who contravenes an Order by damaging or carrying out work on a tree protected by an Order without getting permission from the local planning authority is guilty of an offence and may be fined. Flowchart 6: Offences | Planning Practice Guidance

This smells a bit fishy - the Act is quite clear that where a Byelaw is in place then firewood can only be sold at retail by weight. The email makes no such statement so it would appear that P&K TS have not enacted a Byelaw The basis of the letter also appears incorrect - the act applies because you are selling goods at retail and not because you refer to those goods in terms of weight or volume. It is people who are selling by the load who are in contravention of section 26 of this Act. The statement underlined has in this thread been taken (and in my view is meant to be) to mean that if you are going to sell in cubic metres you will need some kind of "approved" cubic metre measure. I can find nothing in the Act to support that view and would be happy to be guided to anything that does. The Act defines measurements of volume as:- Part III Measurement of Volume Metric units CUBIC METRE = a volume equal to that of a cube each edge of which measures one metre. Cubic decimetre = 1/1000 cubic metre. Cubic centimetre = 1/1000 cubic decimetre. Hectolitre = 100 litres. LITRE = a cubic decimetre. Decilitre = 1/10 litre. Centilitre = 1/100 litre. Millilitre = 1/1000 litre. A cubic metre is thus an approved measure under the Act and there is an inference that the volume can be calculated rather than measured. It would appear that a tape measure should suffice as a piece of "suitable equipement" I think I would be tempted to ask PKC what constitutes "suitable equipment to measure the volume". Where we are on less solid ground is that we are selling in "loose" as opposed to solid cubic metres but so long as that is made clear I see no contravention of the Act which can be summarised as requiring that goods sold at retail are accurately described as to quantity. There have also been statements that it is an offence to supply more than stated - this is not included in the specific offences listed in the Act but the following paragraph is:- 36 Excess due to precautions. In any proceedings for an offence under this Part of this Act or any instrument made under this Part, being an offence in respect of any excess in the quantity of any goods, it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that the excess was attributable to the taking of measures reasonably necessary in order to avoid the commission of an offence in respect of a deficiency in those or other goods. The whole thing looks as if some jobsworth in PKC has a stiffy for firewood sellers http://www.pkc.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=17720&p=0 Cheers mac

He doesnt say but it would be interesting to see P&K challenge a 1 litre jug used to fill a cut down IBC with 1000l of water.:001_tt2: Alternatively the local firewood sellers could see it through to a European Court - given the way they sell firewood in France I would not bet too much on P&K chances:thumbup::thumbup: http://www.britannica.com/science/stere Cheers mac

Part IV Wood Fuel 11Subject to paragraphs 12 and 13 below— (a)wood fuel which is not made up in a container for sale shall be sold by retail only by net weight; (b)in the case of a sale by retail of wood fuel made up in a container for sale, the quantity by net weight of the fuel sold shall be made known to the buyer before he pays for or takes possession of it. 12(1)) Paragraph 11 above shall not have effect in any area unless the local weights and measures authority for that area so direct by byelaw. (2)Not less than one month before making any byelaw by virtue of this paragraph, the local weights and measures authority shall give public notice of their intention to make it by advertisement in one or more newspapers circulating in the area to which the byelaw is to apply. (3)The local weights and measures authority by whom any byelaw is made by virtue of this paragraph shall give notice of the making of the byelaw to the Secretary of State. 13There shall be exempted from the requirements of paragraph 11 above any sale of wood fuel in a quantity which does not exceed [F67.5 kilograms] or which exceeds [F7500 kilograms]. Annotations: Help about Annotation Amendments (Textual) F6Words in Sch. 6 para. 13 substituted (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1994/2866, reg. 3(6)(d) F7Words in Sch. 6 para. 13 substituted (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1994/2866, reg. 3(6)(d) 14Paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect as if any reference in those paragraphs to solid fuel included a reference to wood fuel. Above is an extract from W&M Act 1985 which validates the position indicated by the correspondence received by the contributors based around Perth - but only if the necessary byelaw is in place I find it quite amusing that this validates selling woodfuel by weight and yet at the same time (part 14) makes it a crime to dampen the fuel to add weight Cheers mac

Your local councillor should have regular clinic sessions - might be worth taking that along and discussing it with him. Alternatively you may find that your local paper would be happy to run an article on it cheers mac

To quote a hebridean friend of mine "This logic defies all madness!!":stupid::puke: Its nice to know how your taxes are spent - these people obviously have too much time on thier hands! Cheers mac

You won a coconut! In order to keep the rope from sagging (under load) you need a pretty high tension - much higher than the actual weight of the load, since you have equal tension on both lines it will not run freely. Cheers mac

I make it 738 to lift 50Kg (allowing 9kg for wire weight) Whatever - it is asking a lot of a 6mm wire - there is a misunderstanding or mis-interpretation somewhere Cheers mac

I am similarly intruiged by the figures - a 1:25 sag indicates a pretty high cable tension to me - if anything CWB figures are low so would be interested to see the figures you have for a 50Kg weight suspended halfway across a 50m span with total 1m sag? Even if the figures are acceptable a 6mm wire will not last long at all in this application. It is an interesting discussion since I have a similar problem involving soft rather than steep ground. Without wishing to raise difficulties one issue that will arise is the effort of lifting the timber high enough to get it on to the travelling block while having the cableway high enough to ensure the load does not bottom out partway down. Cheers mac

The statement is correct as far as it goes - rail is more efficient than road haulage by a factor of between 10 and 30 if memory serves correct, what is missing is the sidings and transhipment yards needed to load the wagons - not to mention the scarcity of rail tracks in critical areas. Sadly the bit in italics is just wrong - there are few if any bulk handling facilities available for rail freight whereas wagon loading is easy. Coastal shipping is probably a more economic option but gets difficult unless there is return cargo available Cheers mac

About the same as putting it in a wagon and moving it 100 miles, bulk shipping is a very efficient way of moving homogenous cargo Cheers mac

I fully agree - the ref made an honest call base on what he saw. However he is performing on a world stage and only a world class performance will do. World Rugby has said that he was wrong in his ruling but that he was correct not to consult the TMO. That imo is garbage, firstly if a penalty is awarded then foul play is involved and secondly the protocol needs to be changed before another poor soul makes a clown of himself before the world. Also interesting to note no citation for late charge on hogg

I don't think we were robbed since the aussie's beat us on the try count. Scotland played well and were much more competitive than expected.no referee gets it totally correct but several decisions were unfortunate and questionable. What doesn''t kill you makes you stronger. Just sign the online petition to ban craig Joubert from scotland!

Not aware of gearbox issues but dependent on engine type they have a habit of dropping a big end and putting a conrod out through the block :thumbdown: There is a known fix where the big ends are opened up and checked - new shells and bolts fitted - stitch in time and all that If you do go ahead and buy it we have a donor vehicle for spares - less engine Cheers mac

Well we are another outfit with a dog in 560XPG colours - not done 100hrs and has had more than the price of the saw in parts for one reason or another. Oh and Husqvarna really need to take a look at their dealers - it was in one for 6 weeks and came back "no fault found" - one missing screw on carb cover and another loose, ignition module loose and damaged. Put it into another dealer and they took 10 weeks to reset to factory setting after changing the ignition module, revved it up and "its flooding - needs a new carb" Took it home and put it into an oak stump for a few minutes since when it has been ok until the exhaust bolts worked loose and one stripped its threads in the block so just been helicoiled Also broken chain brake handle in between times but apart from that its been fine:thumbup: It sits alongside a stihl 038 which was bought second hand 25 years ago and in that tiime I think I may have changed the spark plug and definitely put a new fuel hose in. cheers mac

As firewood it will be fine - it is almost impossible to kill a willow by cutting it and it sounds like you have a reasonable crop to start with. There are two problems with willow in my experience:- 1. The dann stuff just will not grow straight but forks all over the place 2. It loves wet feet - 8 acres of willow sounds like a good recipe for getting bogged to me but if you have good access it will be fine. Cheers mac

A 4-5Kw roomheater should give you a nice feature in the living room and if you fit (as you should) thermostatic valves to the radiators on your oil system it will allow you to throttle down the living room radiator(s) as necessary to let the stove do a bit and ease off on the oil. It will do the square root of nowt for the rest of the house unless you provide some effective form of heat transfer - otherwise known as radiators and a pump. You can couple a boiler stove into your oil central heating system but the probability is you will need to argue with your pumber to get him convinced to do it and there are safety considerations - the design has to be correct and fail safe. this is covered on other threads on this forum. I personally would fit a bigger stove of about 8kw and if you do connect to the CH then 14kW - but you will not, imo, save any money unless you can get free timber, RHI or the price of oil rises considerably (or some combination of these factors) There is nothing wrong with just having a roomheater in the living room - important in my experience to get any draughts sorted out, make sure the chimney installation is good and make provision for external access into the chimney. Enjoy mac

If you wish to use solid fuel to economize on oil then you really need to connect it into the same transfer mechanism as the oil heating. Attempting to economize on oil by running a Roomheater with the (room) doors open is unlikely to be satisfactory, tends to result in a living room you cannot live in and bedrooms which are a bit chilly. Frankly at today's oil prices it is unlikely to be economic either. Your description sounds more like a lounge fire which will be lit evenings and weekends, and nothing wrong with that, 3-4 cube should last a long time. Cheers Mac

Are you using the timber for total, partial or just background heating?? We heat a large 4 bed house with nothing but wood - good insulation, secondary glazing etc and use about 20m3 per year From there on down your needs should be less than that. We can supply any amount of firewood you need seasoned or unseasoned, soft or hardwood. Cheers mac

The best way to buy logs is whichever option is most economical for your set of circumstances If you are physically fit with plenty of storage space and an enclosed stove setup then buy unseasoned logs regardless of spices, stack them yourself and air dry them. If you are short of storage space you will need seasoned logs. If you have an open fire then you will want to avoid softwood Find a supplier who offers the product you need and then work out the most economical route for you, reduce all the options to a price per cubic metre on your drive or in your shed. If, as seems likely you are in SW Scotland then delivery will be an important part of the equation.

No problem at all - site with felling licence in place and felling ongoing when do you want to do it? We are in Galloway and about 110miles from carlisle may be interested in joining your course

10 big hairy spruce trees tipped into soft spot in road after cleaning drains and installling pipes, snedded to leave the brash there and the timber snaked away with a digger up the banking, cross cut to 3.7m logs and stacked. Last calf of the year arrived fit and well - mum and son doing fine thanks:thumbup: Long term Forest Plan sent off to printers to get hard copies for signing:thumbup: load of firewood delivered to round off the day Sat with laptop and a glass of wine:thumbup: Downside - missus had third course of chemotherapy today and not feeling too bright on it:thumbdown:

Brace him in front of his workforce and preferably a client