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do you use a machine to move the wood into the poly tunnel,assuming that you do,do you have a hard standing down - or is it dry enough in there to withstand a bit of traffic?
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Might not help directly,but I am getting standing birch/scrub oak at £30 a cord for small volumes,would expect this to decrease for larger amounts.
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Meg and Nina doing what dogs do best!
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Funniest thing I've read in a long time - good find never fancied sliding down the road in a pair of tofu pants and sandals much !!
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These look really good Would it be practicle to man handle them off the back of a relativley high pick up . eg landrover Hi Cap or do you reckon some sort of mechanical assistance would be required ?
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thats some drift in the first pic,is it over a hedge or straight off the ground?
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What a superb idea - and why didn't I think of it years ago!! should save some of the backache:thumbup1:
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Just trying to sort out the planning/change of use,loads of fun! - it's not really an access road,more of a yard in itself Nutley is not far,will give A&M a call,but suspect that I might run into trouble as Woodpicker said about the recycled stuff if the planning dept. arn't happy about it. Thanks Steve
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Is TERRAM the thick white (ish) one - seem to remember someone doing "reclaimed" stuff on Ebay - could be cost efffective,bit better than the very thin black stuff! The only sub base I've used before is type 1 MOT,pink and sticky,is "803" dry and permeable?
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Not used crushed brick before - how does it compare to clean hardcore cost in bulk - I'm looking at just over £100 for a 10 ton load,do most aggregate suppliers do it ? Cheers Steve
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Just on the southern edge of Ashdown Forest,must be where all the run off's coming from!! It's wet wet wet nearly got stuck on Saturday without a load on !
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Having just moved my woodpile to a new site on the farm,I've discovered that I've managed to pick the boggiest spot,unforseen rabbit development ! already stacked several cord to season and got alot more to add - so I thought about adding a strip of hardcore to make life easier. Looking to put in a strip of 4m x 30m - so thinking of about 30tons of clean hardcore - not crossing the planning bridge quite yet,it's got to take a landrover and 2 ton Ifor at times How would you go about this,dig out and infill - with or without membrane or just plonk it on top and compact down to where I want it,personally thinking this may be best,leaving the harcore level just below that top of the pallet that the woods stacked on. Cheers Steve
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whoops - as Saw Sick Steve said .........
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in fairness they did dwell a fair bit on the fact that none of the woods are "wildwood" and that they have always been managed - to the benefit of the flora and fauna,and of course us and that a subsequent lack of management was "not a good thing" - but as Slasherscot says it was classic reportage for our supposedly short attention spans!
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I had also noticed that the word "coppice" appeared to be stategically avoided,not sure why - they seemed to prefer scenes of large machinery lumbering around softwood plantations ! whole thing seemed to be a bit unfocussed - just skimming the top of the subject I guess.
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Just bought a 346XP - my first Husky after using Sthils,mainly based on advice from on here,and very pleased with it. It doesn't feel as solid as the sthil initially,but feels very light and manouverable,the fuel seems to last forever ! - must agree that I expect any problems to come from the choke/on/off switch area in the future - very plasticy!
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I've just taken out my first policy with Arbinsure (just up on the right) and found them to be very competitive after ringing around the five or so that usually get mentioned - very helpful people !
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I use an 048 AV and the vibes aren't too bad,but it is heavy and thirsty,I paid about £60 for it with a knackered oil drive about 10 years ago - as has been said,definately not Stihls most popular saw but still does the job though!
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Cheers chaps,just when I'd made my mind up on the STIHL !! The XP does look like it might be the best for me,like the sound of lightweight. Good point about the cans as well,although if I move them around alot I tend to spend a lot of time looking for them - now which tree was it !!
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I'm thinking of buying a new Stihl saw for 15" or less woodland felling and am torn between the MS260 and the 341 - all seems to point firmly in the 341's favour,but do you reckon that the fuel consumption is going to be drastically different ,just thinking of the long trudge back to the cans !
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yeah - always keep it up in the air ! at the moment i keep it in cord lengths until i need it,but was toying with the idea of splitting it all green and seasoning as logsprobably season too quick then - cheers for that
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I've not had this softening happen to birch,does it fair any better if it's split into long lengths (4ft) before being stacked and logged when seasoned ? mine is usually used within a year of being cut
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Did the elderflower champagne for the first time this year,was strongly advised to use plastic "lemonade" type bottles rather than glass,I was a little sceptical about this seeing how thin they are,but after bottling it off it was recommended to relieve the pressure every other day - absolutely astounding amount of pressure for weeks afterwards even when doing this,bet yours did go with a bang!
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I fabricated a short tapered cone that clamped to the liner and had an eyelet at the point,dropped the lead rope down from the top and had it pulled from below whilst I fed it in from above,done this twice and it flew down the chimney with no problems - having said that you still need the brickie skills to make the brickwork good around the register plate and the opening !
