Graham
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I got caught out with yellow stainers many years ago. 24 hours of hell:thumbdown:
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Anyone know the best place to get a turbo from? Can you check secondhand ones before you fit them and is it a straighforward job to fit one?
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Today my L200 deposited the complete contents of its sump up the road. Seven litres of oil and no warning lights at all. I replaced a broken pipe to the oil cooler and refilled with oil. Now I think the turbo's blown up. Does a screeching/whirring noise and a vast cloud of smoke point to this?
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That last bit is always better done with your axe. It's like fine tuning the cut. Oh and if you can't shave the hairs off your arm with an axe then it's not sharp enough:001_smile:
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Leaving 'plenty on the hinge' refers to the thickness left at the botton of the pleach (cut). Difficult to describe as it's something you get a feel for. Young hawthorn cuts and lays easily but older gnarly stuff will want to run out and break off as you lay it over. A lot easier with two people as one can take the weight of the stem and control it whilst the other controls the cut with the axe. Time of year and amount of sap and springiness in the stem makes a big difference. If you can get to a couple of local hedglaying matches that may give you some pointers. They're being held now. Have a look at local Ag Society website for details. Also the national's next month in Gloucester.
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Cypress aphid.
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Aren't photos deceiving? Just looking at the first shot I'd have said a medium tree and all cleared up by late afternoon. When you put it into perspective with bodies close to then it's a different ball game......unless you're all dwarves:001_smile:
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With horses in the field you'll need to leave plenty of brash on the side facing them or they'll be nibbling all the bark off.
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I remember seeing them in the old Oregon literature of late 70s early 80s. Called pulpwood saws and I think used for cutting pulpwood in the stack.
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It would but just a suggestion why it won't start. I had a 026 that refused to start. Stripped so many times and diaphragms/gaskets changed etc then, seemingly, of its own accord decided to run. Strange machines at times
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Crank seals?
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I only lay Midlands and Stafford styles. Mostly Midland on old hedges so vary from £10-15ish. Cut my own stakes and wrappers.
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Thank you Gerrit and David. I was expecting much darker on the Inonotus.
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Slows are ripening. What is your Recipe for Slow Gin?
Graham replied to Tony.Price's topic in General chat
The part I can't understand is: how does it last to christmas? Surely you have to keep testing it:001_smile: -
What if it's a big old black pop:thumbdown:
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Yes mate. Can now lift my arm all of 6":001_smile:
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Oaks are in Haywood park. Park on the side of the road just past the strawberry farm. Wet area is close to the Punchbowl. Just follow the old oaks into what was always called Snake valley. No snakes about today. Not sure if the alder coppice was once used for gunpowder production but the streams here powered slitting mills and mediaeval iron works.
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They were gilled
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No it's part of Cannock Chase that escaped the mass conifer planting. It's a remnant of mediaeval hunting enclosure. Some of the old boundaries are still visible. Very close to the big oak I posted ealier in the year. A favourite place of the Earl of Essex who cavorted with the imrisoned Mary queen of Scots nearby:001_smile:
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A few from today. On oak; Laet mis-shape? Gano on beech Dead alder Dead alder
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Laid up with ripped shoulder tendons and man flu so took a walk to make myself better. This old girl is 27' round but doesn't look it. Clever scribing:001_smile: Full of tiny brownies
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Amazing; looks like it's been melted on to the rock. Seen similar in the Peaks..Staffs/Derbys.
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Perhaps he's thinking of having another go:001_smile:
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It will follow the course of least resistance; wherever that may be.
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Coppice with standards is as old as the hills.
