nepia
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B&Q! - amongst others; DIY stores, hardware shops etc. Get a small tin and give it a go on the inside; see what you think. Jon
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Cheaper than Hammerite, have you considered black Sadolin? It's not paint but coloured oil and paints on easy peasy, soaking into the wood.
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Ropeknight, got any pics of this? The grey matter this end struggles with verbal descriptions. Ta.
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OK with willow then! Cheers.
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Genuine question; why would you plant higher rather than lower? My gardening experience would suggest planting deeper: should the existing roots struggle adventitious ones may well develop from the inch of newly buried stem in essence giving rise to an entirely new rootball should it be needed. I realise you don't want to bury most trees' stems but willow... Cheers, Jon
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Only the British would send a Royal Navy ship named after a sausage to a Muslim country to rescue foreign workers! God Bless HMS Cumberland and all who sail in her.
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Contact some local woodturning clubs (found via Google) and tell them about it. Be aware that the lower trunk tends to be of little interest due to the small size of the eyes and large size of the stem. They are what's left from the first branches to grow and hence drop off when the tree was relatively young. Good luck.
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Stereo, if you search this forum for thread title keywords like axe, boots, trousers, helmet, gloves and so on you'll get loads of info, especially what Arbtalkers like of course. You may return too many hits with some words so try qualifying them, e.g. work boots or chainsaw boots. Good luck in your venture.
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Wondered if this may be of interest to those of you that manually handle boards and planks... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwC7zJrzSw8]YouTube - Gorilla Gripper "Get A Grip"[/ame]
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If the paint's rough, which I assume it is, the Loadhandler won't be good but you'd only need to put down a sheet of marine ply. I've got a new vehicle coming soon and I'm thinking of painting the buck with Protectakote UVR, putting an underrail liner on that and using bed caps on the rails: as previously posted on this thread my current overrail liner's done horrible things to the paint. Allowing for the fact that the caps are stuck on (and apparently removeably so) does anyone have any input on them? Thanks, Jon
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The mog sitting on my lap's just turned into a panther!
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What is the max unbraked trailer for tractor ?
nepia replied to gensetsteve's topic in Large equipment
How would you get 11 tons up to 20mph with a 2140?! If you did you'd never stop it again surely. I used to haul corncarts, silage carts etc with the smaller 2130 and they were just about OK with full 6-ton trailers. But that was cross country, not too much on the road. Rather you than me with 11 tons! Jon -
Do you find it's worse when you're tired? That's when I get it - at the end of a long day - but I can't say it's severe tbh. I do have some loss of hearing (age, genetic, no protection from farm machinery noise late 70s/early 80s) and know exactly the 'can't pick out conversation from the background' scenario. Restaurants, parties etc. are a struggle. Jon
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A bit strong:001_tt2: It was a there-and-back-in-the-day job thank you very much
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Paid car rate at Dartford the other week for a Navara and chipper. I thought I'd just had a lucky escape in the morning but paid the same on the return trip.
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Agree with the 'drawn' look of the daff: couldn't have been shop bought one planted out recently could it?
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I don't pretend this is 'market price' but I sold some 26" dia. rings last year for £25 each. What I would advise is act fast. The best pieces went to possibly the best turner of MP in the country and he prefers the rings kept on damp ground, end grain down, i.e. he wants them fresh. Another turner, well known in the south-east, turned his nose up at some 20" dia. rings from the same tree just 10 months later because they'd been cut 'too long ago - they've gone like cotton wool by now'. Get moving and don't let them dry. Yeah, they're a pain to split but if you put a ring on its edge and whack an eye (knot) in the middle with an axe it'll split. Jon
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Ouch, but a good advert for roll cages - they're there for a reason and the fact that the driver can talk about this morning is that reason; the tractor's just a machine though I understand that may not be the way it feels to you just now. Fingers crossed for insurance; this is the kind of thing you pay for so good luck.
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Dave, I've never seen that before. What's the management regime for the stumps from now on? They'll be hairy caterpillars next winter so I guess cleaning the trunks and removing all but three or four shortened new stems will be in order...? Jon
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I know nothing of it personally but I do know of an extension built on aforementioned piles (but steel ones) inserted to avoid the roots of a large TPOd Atlantic Cedar. Presumably temporary exposure of the roots was necessary to map them and hence avoid them with the piles. Will be returning in a few weeks; want me to ask for more detail? Jon
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Is it a lapsed pollard? The crown's looking a bit thin; is it in decline or is it just the picture? But to answer your question that's about ten times anything I've ever seen. I have to reduce a 14" dbh seedling in the spring though... Thanks for posting; magnificent tree. Jon
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Woodturners love the stuff too if there are any small bits suitable.
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A pair of standard 11 rung ladders with these attached. Ankalad Ladder Stabilisers
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It would help if you were in a position to offer something in return - anything; some people have free range poultry so barter with eggs, you may be a mechanic and be able to do a small something for them - anything. My local pub keeps its fire raging with free good firewood because a tree surgeon keeps a generous slate there.
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