nepia
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Don't understand the second bit but I had me last fag in June 1988. Oops, can't call them that any more can you. Last ciggy... ?
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...with Churchmans No.1 for special occasions. Sweeeet ? Cough.
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I've never thought of overloading and what's in that pic is nothing! Usually when I light the thing I ram as many logs in it as I can; no point in lighting a fire if there's nothing to burn! It doesn't go mad because I turn down the ventilation when the top gets hot enough for the fan to start.
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The 241 will be perfect; you can swing it about all day so those tasks will become (almost) a pleasure ☺️
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Had one for ?6 years now and love it. It has much poke for such a small saw. Run it on a 14" bar; any more and you'll lose the benefit.
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To go with the Grand Prix...
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Have you got anything similar for rapeseed oil? Again I've had no problems with viscosity though it has been like water recently.
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The problem being that the unused oil cakes? I thought the only veg oil to use safely was pure rapeseed oil just because it doesn't. I've been using that for years without problems though as a part-time user. Was your oil rapeseed?
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No problem - the last one's obviously a carpet beater ?
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You have a Peruzzo AND a tracked Tonka Toy! You really like your toys ?
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I'm surprised to see that comment about blocking Dan. In 6 years of my JB I reckon I've blocked the spout perhaps 4 times, every time with stringy material (e.g. Cotoneaster shrub) and time-for-a-change blades, not even wet conifer. I find the infeed blocks long before the outfeed!
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Pushing even the small chippers isn't always as easy as you might think. My Jo Beau is 45kg lighter than the CS100 and isn't usually a problem but I would regularly struggle with a CS100. On Monday I'll be strapping the Jo Beau to a tracked barrow to take it down, and later up, 30 yds of 1 in 3 slope. If it was on its own tracks the task would be even simpler and for all the other days... anywhere wheels can go tracks can go. Think of loading too. I've said before that pulling the 145kg JB up ramps onto the pickup is fine but would be easier with tracks; I'd need longer, fixed, ramps for a CS100 without tracks. As a mini chipper user I totally get the Peruzzo; the tracks aren't always needed but when they are they are a huge plus.
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There was a guy posted on here briefly some months ago who was an accountant and from the horse's mouth 'if your accountant doesn't save you considerably more money than his fees there's something wrong'.
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I do this with my own hedge; I have a brilliant little Hayterette (£36 on ebay!) that chews up the trimmings a treat. Then, as you say, I just rake and blow them under the hedge. I don't see that a mulching mower is needed; any one will do the job well enough. The biggest barrier to success will be the wheels pressing the trimmings into the ground where they're missed by the blades.
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Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
nepia replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
Another Tulip, this time in the Botanic Gardens in Jersey. The brochure says it's not 100 years old yet!
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Thanks for the reply A - always appreciated. Jon
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PM James Pepperpot on here; he's up the A21 a bit.
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I actually like the simplicity of the Sheraton. I can't see a problem with the lack of depth unless you want to burn lumps rather than logs. How does a 21st century burner that can take a 21" log put out only a (rated) 5kW? We have a very middle market 5kW New Zealand built burner (~15 years old) that struggles to accept a 15" log.
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As a groundie I vote for the Waldlaufers too. They did indeed feel small out of the box - I thought I was going to have to send them back - but they moulded to my feet in a couple of days and have been very comfy since then.
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No, it's the entire field - 15 acres maybe. That's just a hedgerow to the right and the bare strip of soil is a public footpath. It doesn't look like Reed Canary Grass but it's at least a very close match to Canary Grass!
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Good shout. A surprising choice it seems; the plant has limited commercial use (birdseed). It wouldn't be a green manure would it, to be ploughed in as a soil conditioner? I wouldn't think so; half the seeds would germinate next year!
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On the south slope of the North Downs. Is it a form of flax? It's not linseed - I would have noticed a bright blue hillside! Cheers, Jon
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Cutting the strap with an angled cut
nepia replied to westphalian's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
When I did the dog tooth on my CS31 we were told to cut from above to leave a peg right at the back of the stump in case the butt shot backwards. -
And not only woodland. Living on the North Downs there is 'chalk downland' ecosystem around here and that is developed and maintained via grazing regime. The Corporation of London use a small herd of Sussex cattle to manage several locations, including such chalk down about a mile and a half from here. Based on that Countryfile item I say 'good for the French'. To have 50% of farms engaging in agroforestry in the next 7 years does seem very ambitious though. And what's the average term for a government?!
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Vapourer Moth caterpillar. Very widespread, will eat almost anything. I don't know if the hairs are irritant but the species belongs to the Tussock moths and quite a few of those do have irritant hairs - on the cocoons too.
