nepia
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Why not? I split 3', 4', 5' lengths regularly. Big knots are the only things stopping it.
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Absolutely except I don't bother covering them; let the air run free.
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Arbtalk Christmas Raffle 2012
nepia replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Arbtalk Christmas Charity Raffle 2012
Er - I paid first (I thought), then dipped out of joining the charity. I just entered Arbtalk username, then the amount. Best I try again then. -
I got this back some years ago from a length of 9" cotinus stem; beautiful wood indeed.
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1) Welcome to the forum. 2) I know a very similar tree, dbh perhaps 60". The leader took a lightning strike 10+ years ago that split one of the stems, travelled though the roots and threw a brick over a 20' high greenhouse next to the tree. The leader isn't dead yet but it's been in decline since the strike but, as I say, that was 10 years ago or more. Could your tree have suffered similarly at some stage? Jon
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Stick your hardwood where the sun don't shine
nepia replied to Dean Lofthouse's topic in Firewood forum
Know just what you mean: I burn 90+% softwood at home but can I persuade customers to take more of it...? Not for lack of trying, that's for sure. They all want to plonk a lump of oak on their kindling! -
Far from perfect but it was a first attempt
nepia replied to Coletti's topic in Chainsaw Carving Forum
Different. Looks like a huge dead fox lying in the field behind! -
Fair enough. How about popping into a golf club/allotment site/stables and offering it?
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Luckily I don't need such measures myself but what I've seen work very well for fat loss in others is power walking. The thinking goes that running has such a high energy requirement that your body can't convert fat into the required sugars so burns the sugars, not fat. But it can keep up the fat burning with a fast walk, thus preserving sugars for a fight or flight emergency. Jon
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That's crap; really sorry to hear it. Is there any CCTV around? Some systems store footage for short periods only, e.g. 24 hours.
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River Lane in Fetcham if you get stuck with it Al. Standard rates to tip clean chip. Jon
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Don't think you'll have a problem if you're just trying to get rid of it but pm me if you get stuck. I'm not far away - Caterham. Jon
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Why do some woods produce more ash than others?
nepia replied to Woodworks's topic in Firewood forum
But (sweet) chestnut as a species has a reputation for leaving very little ash so there has to be more to it than that. I don't know either Woodworks but I'm happy to learn. -
Thanks. It looks like I won't be making to yours after all for a quarterly supply I'm afraid as I've found a dealership just down the road: all three branches sell Aspen but only the furthest advertises the fact online. Soz but it is all in the name of Aspen: I wouldn't be buying it at all if it wan't for your contribution here. Jon
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GardenKit, it would appear would it not that a change to Aspen in an 'older' machine would advisedly be accompanied by a change of these rubber things. Can't wait to use my hedgetrimmers tomorrow; 8 and 4 years old, just been filled with Aspen for the first time. Yikes.
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...I changed from red (Stihl) to green (Motul) months ago and had no probs at all. Bloody machines; where's my old bow saw?! By the by Rich... Navara now maintaining over 32mpg with a mix of loaded/unloaded and short journey/motorway driving. All good. Jon
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...Slightly less bad on 2-stroke; even managed to get it to half revs briefly a couple of times but the saw's starving of either fuel or air - probably fuel. Needs more than I can give it! Thanks Spud. Jon
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My turn. I have a 5/6 year old MS230 that I put over to Aspen a couple of days ago. After opening the L/A screw slightly it ran perfectly all day. Now it's all I can do to start it! I've had it running for 30 seconds on fast idle but any touch of the trigger kills it and it soon dies anyway. I've opened up the L screw, gone back to Factory Settings (won't even cough there!) but I can do no more than get it running on that fast idle for a few seconds, at which time it dies of its own accord. Thoughts? Jon
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If you're thinking as far afield as Exeter might it be worth a phone call to Woods in Crediton? They had stuff you wouldn't believe last time I was there although I appreciate they deal mostly marine stuff. Jon
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And outside winter storage not an issue as long as rain can drain off. Ventilation's the key. I'm selling seasoned softwood that was cut 18 months ago and never got covered: I never got round to doing anything with it except dumping it in an untidy heap.
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I go with that thinking completely. Just how well do the registers work?! Our best chance lies in that word 'preventatively'; stopping theft happening in the first place makes the rest of this discussion redundant. I have a dream...
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It's not a good state of affairs is it. Re your first line though the OP was alluding to people other than the Police using registers to do their own checks. Given the obviously limited capabilities and success of the Police it seems a reasonable proposition.
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No offence taken! And I go with your thinking; if you don't make some effort you stand no chance if you do lose stuff. Jon
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I worded myself badly so you're quite right. I meant that there isn't one single national register used for just about anything. The (non-existent) system's a hotch potch; the apparent fact that only some insurance companies check TER proves it! Not to bash insurance companies too much though perhaps someone can offer examples of reduced premiums for registering kit somewhere.
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Wise words above and sadly so true. The only national database in the UK is the voluntary Immobilise :: The National Property Register, for phones, gadgets, bikes & more.... Otherwise you're going to individually need to check for data dots, data spots, data tags, data smudges, funny water etc. It would be far too sensible to practise the idea that if you didn't register on a recognised national database you couldn't insure. Honest folk would go for it, the insurance industry wouldn't.
