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When I looked at it a while ago it seem that if you just want to heat your DHW with a supplimentry log burner it's relatively simple to install a double coil cylinder in place of your original cylinder - one coil is heated by the oil/gas boiler,the other by the logburner -when the logburner isn't up to temperature the oil/gas kicks in via the cylinder stat - obviously not possible with a combi boiler though. But linking the heating does look like a nightmare,Navitron is a very informative website for all this stuff,but here's so much info that it gets a bit hard to sort the wheat from the chaff!
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Absolutely right in what you say,although my local branch are very good and helpful as they can be,they couldn't compete on PI - although they are very good for my Landrover. I had the dubious pleasure of attending a "focus group" type of meeting a few years ago for the NFU Countryside magazine (thought there was a free beer in it,there wasn't!) and there was very little interest in the rural aspect at all,just seemingly looking for a thumbs up for the change in commercial direction
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Yep,thats the chap,no personal experience,just seen the add several times - looks like forewarned is forearmed !
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There is a feller advertising in Woodlots with huge amounts of hardwood to shift on the Kent Sussex border,could be worth a try ? Cheers Steve
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Whak kit will I need for the cs30 & 31 training course.
smiles replied to J.D's topic in Training & education
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is the ride noticably more spine jarring with the helper springs when unladen ? Mines a converted 110 CSW with the girly Station Wagon springs (and no roll bar) and is bumpy enough - but I guess it's no problem if you're towing a chipper around!
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Done the same myself,ratchet strap to retract it fully and stick a bar in and drive the track slowly round while the machines up on the arm and the blade ! very lively as the bar comes around the idler - often wondered what the correct way of doing it is?
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As above,even if you decide to overplate it,kills the stress at the end of the crack
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PS - Smiles - the rods you mentioned are called "lockfast" rods if you're looking for them Cheers for that Andy,will get a set at some point,but for now just keep repeating "twist right,twist right " everytime I give them a yank !
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I've been doing mine for the last eight years with only two problems early on,Apparently you can get rod that lock together rather than just screwing up tight,therefore not ridking them coming undone in the flue,a momentary loss of concentration could have disasterous results!! I would also use right size brush for the liner,if it's too big then trim it down - otherwise the brush could get wedged so tight that you have to remove the liner to free it,this being based on a very personal experience:blushing:
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How long do you season it for - took one down today and was surprised at how dense the wood was - thoughts immediately turned to getting it into the stove!! Cheers Steve
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NFU are usually good for anything Defender related,possibly dependent on your local office though.
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Birch,split in as long lengths as possible,good instant heat,and I've got lots of it! Green Holly is great for later on,and keeping the stove in overnight,woofs up a treat in the morning
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Rupe The truck set up is looking really good there - do you know where you got the skinny vice from - looks good n'lightish for the job,I could just see one bolted to my tailgate! Cheers Steve
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Cheers PeteB , I'll give them a call
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That looks great for Birch cordwood etc. mind you the outfeed conveyor could do with speeding up a bit Does anyone know how much they cost,had a quick google,only came up with Foundation Firewood,who weren't giving much away. Cheers Steve
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If you're still stuck drop me a PM,I'm only a couple of miles away and have got a good set of Easy-outs and a large hammers etc... Cheers Steve
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NFU for 110 and trailer Arbinsure for PL ,very competative and helpful so far,not had to claim mind you !
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We've got one of those Baby-Dan ones from Geoff's first post - its good and fairly heavy,the opening gate can be moved around to get the right position if you've got a front loader,not sure if it can be fixed to the wall or not though,probably fairly easy to do. Had it for six years and well pleased with it,dosen't guard the top,but is easily removed for the summer. also both ends connect to each other to form a cage,useful for making camps and general monkey containment !
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I got a pair of Lavahos a couple of years ago as a step up from wellies - find them extremely comfortable all day long and only cost about £60 - good wide fit for the web toed amongst us! I only use them on the ground though,seem to remember someone saying they fell apart after climbing in them
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whats happening with that place now,all starting to look a bit derelict to me. I remember the uproar about the footpath,but never found out if it ever got resolved or not.
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Thats right,I come from an engineering background and we had to sign opt out documents to allow us to work some odd shift patterns that meant we had to exceed 48 hours on some weeks - easily done on 12hr shifts. I think it was one of the "European directives"
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Lovely job - some big old Birches in there. Was the chair provided ? very thoughtful of the owner!
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make sure you leave a decent gap (3-4hrs) between eating a meal and going to bed reading is great as previously said,so good that i only ever manage a couple of pages !
