Graham
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I'll be following this as the idea of a road towable sheperd's hut has been in my mind for a while. Will you have to get the trailer inspected and plated when it's finished?
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Alan Mitchell hated them with the exception of 'Rivers Purple'.
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How best to deal with this copper beech
Graham replied to Legohead's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
If you're worried about heave you'll need to get a soil test done to determine its plasticity. I think I'd be tempted to manage it as a pollard. Future veteran there :-) -
Jones springs Willenhall but probably too far for you. They'll make them as stiff as you want them and you can watch them hammering red hot metal too:001_smile: Had L200 springs off them. Top quality made in England.
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Just a little more than those. Some washing soda crystals and a piece of scrap steel. Make a solution of water and soda crystals in the bucket. About a handful is enough. Place the piece of scrap in the bucket and connect the negative wire from the charger to it. With a stick across the top of the bucket suspend the piece to clean under water using a piece of wire and fix to the stick. Connect the positive cable to the suspension wire. Switch on and all the rust will bubble and fall away with plenty of fizzing. Oh make sure the bucket is a plastic one. Thinking now I may have got the pos and neg mixed up but there's plenty of info on the net. It's a standard method to renovate old tools etc. Edit....make sure the scrap and good piece don't touch.
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Take a look at this for inspiration https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Wheelwrights-Shop/133844903387997
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Yes it will live...technically:001_smile: Thanks to the efforts of Rob McBride, Moray Simpson and others:thumbup1:
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Timeless Tools is a good site for info but his prices are inflated and not what the current going rates are. The best way of cleaning old tools is using the electrolytic method. All you need is a battery charger and a bucket. Follow it up with wax.
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Sadly some are no longer here. Well one; Pontfadog oak and maybe some others. I shall make an effort to see some of them.
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Will they have a Midlands section?
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I'll join if you'll have me:001_smile:
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No signs of any disease here on any mature ash. Plenty of bare trees with hanging bunches of keys. It's early May. It's not their time yet. Last to leaf up and first to drop 'em.
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Another one was the Junkari? I didn't use it but was run by a local coppicer/charcoal burner. PTO and was a screw/auger system that chewed cord into fist sized lumps to be turned into charcoal.
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Before I bought a Vermeer I had a demo of the Quickchip. I think it was nearly 6k more than the Vermeer so probably twice the price! I also considered the Arboreater but somehow it just didn't look quite right:001_smile: Used a Turner badged Gandini for a while in Surrey after that storm. Pto version which coped well with the shear pin giving up an hour before the low-loader arrived to take everything home.
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I had to answer questions that weren't relavent too.
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My first introduction into chipping was early/mid eighties when we used to hire an Exenco drum chipper. Good machine but step aside quick:001_smile: I bought my first chipper (Vermeer) in '87 and as I remember it was the only machine in a 20 mile radius! Now that radius is reduced to 20 metres:001_smile:
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of course it is. I just thought back to a really obscure tree when the obvious flew straight past:blushing:
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Yes it is
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Chinanthus virginicus
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They don't usually have bits that break, bend or fly off. That's how they get to be old:001_smile:
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The goat willow is the main food source for purple emperor larvae. If it's good enough for them it's good enough for me:001_smile:
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Those close medullarys along with the pith look like acer.
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Rabbits, Rabbits more Rabbits oh n now Himalayan Balsam!!!!
Graham replied to Gardenmac's topic in General chat
Those stoats will sort out a few of the rabbits for you:thumbup: -
Rabbits, Rabbits more Rabbits oh n now Himalayan Balsam!!!!
Graham replied to Gardenmac's topic in General chat
Best thing to do with the balsam is pull it up. I have kept a mile section of river clear of it by pulling every single one out. This year after the floods it's sprouting up everywhere. The floods must have brought seed down or uncovered dormant seed. Get the rabbits in the pot:001_smile: -
I love the sound of an underpowered saw c/w loose and blunt chain:001_smile:
