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slack ma girdle

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  1. Alder is very rot resistant, but it must be permanantly wet/ submerged, otherwise it will rot completely in less than 18 months. It season quickly, and splits better than Ash. If it was mine i would leave it for 15 years and start harvesting it. Lucky you.
  2. Plant smaller trees, in ten years they will be over double the height of your larger trees.
  3. It's Lord Luken riding Shergar Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk. Check ALL the simple things first.
  4. There is not any one thing that is particularly bad, but: Adjusting the depth of cut is abit fiddly. I use a steel rule across the top and measure up to it, allowing 1 3/8" for the thickness of the tube. If you over tighten the bar clamps you can bend them, TCF sent me some new ones FOC to replace the bent ones. Since then i have welded in some wider spacers which solved the problem. I sent photos of what i had done, and i think TCF have changed the design. But as i said earlier it will mill you timber.
  5. Finally found somewhere comfey Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk. Check ALL the simple things first.
  6. I like that, it puts into perspective how efficient using a crane can be.
  7. It might be a cumlative thing, and all dust is carsignagenic. It might be worth wearing a dust mask for a few days to see if that stops it. Different people react in different ways, i react very badly to Laburnham, and i won't have anything to do with it, and Weston red cedar always leave me feeling tight chested even with a dust mask. Larch hairs in the bark make everybody itch.
  8. I have had a logster lite for two Years. Yes it has it bad points, but you learn to live with them, and it is £150 cheaper than an Alaskan. At the end of the day they both mill timber.
  9. Wot this one: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycTz89FEa4c]Spider-man Parody - Jack Black - YouTube[/ame]
  10. This might help: http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/tree-health-care/46605-mass-defoliation-sycamore.html I am not convinced that it is sooty die back, but think it is a combination of the terrible weather we have had in the last six months, have provided the worst growing conditions.
  11. So long as there is good air flow, the logs will keep for years. Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk.
  12. Not your nice shiney chipper that was in the back of your waggon at the show ? Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk.
  13. Three skidding chains for a pound each. A massive bench vice for a fiver. Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk.
  14. Not a wood wasp, but a wasp beatle The very rare six legged, two headed one. Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk.
  15. I had by passed the battery, and had hooked the jump leads direct to the starter moter. The drain from the leads ment that there was not enough power to turn over the enginne. Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk.
  16. The first time i tried this using cord, some of the fibers got trapped on the edge of the piston and jammed it. Since then i have only ever used the metal screw in one.
  17. Over the last couple of months the mighty nuffield of power has been increasingly difficult to start. Cleaned and checked the battery terminals and earths. Still wont start, jumped it off the landrover and it starts. At the end of the day took the battery home to get it tested, man in the garage said it was ok. Back the following week and the tractor still won't start, so starter moter off and check the connections in the solinoid, all apears to be fine, so check the rest of the electics and clean. Tractor still wont start. Starter moter off again and drop it to the auto electric shop. Week later they can find no fault. B----R Replace positive and earth leads, still won't start Yesterday take starter moter and battery to another auto electic shop, test battery ok, test starter ok. Today spent 4 hours taking apart the electics again, tractor still won't start, it is hot, and the horseflies were bad, therefore i am in a fowl mood. By now i have run out of ideas. Luckily the farmer who owns the land where my timber store is turns up, and says have you tried the landrover battery in the tractor ? Er no as the battery is fine. So i did and the mighty nuffield of power roars into life. So to day i have learnt two thing: 1 Jumps leads drain alot of the power of the battery, hence why i could not jump start it. 2 Check all the simple things first, dispite what you are told
  18. This works for me Each stack holds about 7-8m3. In two months the moisture has dropped from 40% to 27%, dispite the small amount amount of rain we have had over the last couple of months. I have some tarps that cover the tops to over winter.
  19. I have seen it demostrated with a flat piece of leather wrapped around the bowl, so that the momentum of the bowl carried on spinning when the man liffted his leg and the tension released. As soon as the peddle was pressed and the tension re-applied the bowl was spun again. Judging by the sweat dripping of his nose it is still hard work.
  20. I can see the foxs lining up with spotted hankies tied around their necks, a knife and fork in each paw, and licking their lips:D Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk.
  21. From looking at the first i would say chicken of the woods, but lookin at the second i am not so sure. But i am looking at it on my phone, so picture quality not so good. Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk.
  22. I only charge per hour plus chemical, as the control of knotweed has to be methodical. If people want a quote i make sure that they understand this, otherwise i will not quote for it. Somethings can not be rushed and this is one of them.
  23. Drought stress when the buds were bursting, and a very wet spring/summer that has caused rust and leaf wilt to bloom and further stress the trees. This is only a guess but i have yet to hear anything better.

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