nepia
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Yes, I've heard about that - it's the seedcases isn't it that produce the dust...? I've very little experience of the species but that little has been in winter
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I reckon ivy is the third dustiest plant to put through the chipper after Viburnum rhytidophyllum and Buddleia. You need to ensure a following wind when feeding them in.
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My memory's not as bad as I thought seeing as I remembered a 5 year old thread. I saw this in Dulwich a few weeks ago - U L05T HO
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22 years since mine and the most painful part was the injection of extra local anaesthetic for Cut 2!
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So much to do (in January) and the extended Crimble dragging on... thank goodness for tomorrow morning's early firewood delivery; a 7.30am departure into London. By the time I've had brekkies after it'll be nearly lunchtime
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I wear a pair of very thin socks under medium weight ones; the extra layer helps. If there's any chance of my feet getting wet when it's cold the outer socks are Sealskinz. They're not that warm but better cold and dry than cold and wet.
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That sounds like the perennial Navara problem that STILL hasn't been fixed; I had it on both 57 and 11 plate vehicles, both well within warranty; was a half hour job to insert a replacement switch through the top of the transmission tunnel I believe.
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I think he means this Steve ...this Steve
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I've posted my M300 blades to Raytec Saw Service Ltd in Windsor for 5 years now: spot on every time. I always enclose a scan of the blade sharpening angles from the Jo Beau manual but I doubt they need it!
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Comparing different makes and models is fraught with danger but my Kingcab Navara has a buck capacity of almost exactly 1m³ allowing for the arches. By selling a slightly heaped load I'm sure not to short sell. So .85m³ in a double cab buck would sound OK. Shape makes a difference; a cube in the pickup is more than a cube in an IBC cage!
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Another one for Cryptomeria: the apparent light weight, the bark colour and texture, the colouring in the wood and the contorted growth all fit. Cherry?!
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....I've got one for sale (petrol). Will put it on Arbtrader later this evening.
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Are there any of these at Ashtead David? I'm thinking not; it's such fun wading through 4' of brambles to read a metal tag 10' up the back of a tree
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And a very dark day too; 7 seconds of blackness!!!
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Think of it as an Arisings Carriers Licence: VOSA will only have your word for it that the logs are for resale when you could really be looking for a convenient layby because they're waste to you. It's online, it's free - why not?
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but true.
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From the Aspen website; 54 cans @ £837.21 incl VAT.
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I've recently had some Tulip milled as an experiment and have been breaking rings for firewood. The firewood will be slyly mixed into the main pile as the stuff dries to balsawood - rather like willow. I'm thus a tad nervous about how the boards will fare but hey, every day's a school day! I do hope though that the guy who wants some when dry for making a guitar won't be disappointed. I would thus assume that a lump of Tulip chainsaw carved will crack to buggery if left indoors or crack and rot if left outdoors. If you remember that Liriodendron is a single species genus of the Magnolia family you'll get the idea. Perhaps Steve the devil will have more to say on the matter; he knows his timbers so put faith in his words.
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A bit long winded but as I work alone a lot (Billy no mates me) I rake into one of those half size dumpy bags; they stay open better and you can carry a reasonably full one. If there are several I decant into full sized bags on the back of the pickup that I can drag off later.
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I've got one of those and use it lovingly so as not to wear it out (OK, it's me I'm protecting)! It is fantastically lightweight.
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Alex must be wondering WTF?! but whatever he makes of it that's no Safeway to transport your stuff.
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...it would be a natural progression from service stations at lunchtime...
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...they grow like weeds in the south east and can be seen in almost any shape and size from daft balls on stalks in pots to 50' multi-stemmed trees.
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I can't claim anything like that sort of experience but I've run one for 4 or 5 years now, also on a 14" bar. In the early days the engine used to die when you took your finger off the trigger after running it hard but not now; I guess the chip sorted itself out. Really good saw; never any problems and performs very well. Considering the cost of it I'd say it's extremely good value.
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Sunday before last I was out for a stroll in Woldingham and there's a hidden valley on a farm (we got thrown off by the gamekeepers!) in which we counted 14 kites and 3 buzzards at the same time. The wind shifted slightly and in 30 seconds they were gone.
