Jump to content

Log in or register to remove this advert

tommer9

Veteran Member
  • Posts

    11,323
  • Joined

Everything posted by tommer9

  1. Nice one Matt!! I love the pic of the base of that tree.
  2. Npo it think its prtty much ' thats the speed'. Actually it is incredibly clean after he has passed with that machine, and the bales are as they want them, in order to dry iun the required time. The bales dont heat up at all, like chip does, and in 3 months are at 30% moisture iun the middle. The system is excellent where ramorum infected plants are present. The bales can be made, the kit is disinfected, and the bales transported (covered) to the storage site, where they are covered for 3 months in breathable membrane, then chiped into covered artic lorries, then sent to biomass plants, meaning that infected sites can be properly cleaned up and the infected material completely remioved. The advantage here aswell is that almost no re-seeding takes place as nearly all material is removed. Here is His video:[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J1l9oEjkLM]YouTube - ‪Moor Heat Biobaler‬‏[/ame] and here a website:http://www.moor-heat.co.uk/biomass/
  3. Its just a big bar made from 4x4 box section to protect the tractor as it bends the stuff down.
  4. I went to a demonstration of an awesome machine today. A good friend of mine runs a company on Bodmin Moor, called Moor Heat, and has just invested in this bit of kit. It basically mulches anything you throw at it.....gorse, blackthorn etc etc etc. The 1/3 ton bales have the equivalent energy to a third of a barrel of crude. They take about 3 months to dry, and will go in a biobale burner to create heat that will then dry logs, materials for wood briquettes etc etc. There are 2 in the UK i believe, and 16 in the world. He goes all over the country with the kit if anyone is interested BTW. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PNL5bBXZos]YouTube - ‪Ru's biobaler‬‏[/ame]
  5. The seller is a plumber!?!
  6. Theres a huge recycling yard opposite Vermeers yard in Northampton which is ful of ship etc etc. They may take it.
  7. It beggars belief!
  8. We've all done it lol!
  9. Is it a fine brown sludge that is in the filter? If so, then you arent suffering friom crap in the tank, but bugs in the diesel.DIESEL FUEL BUG You can buy additives such as Fuel Set Fuel Set Concentrated Fuel Conditioner - Only £18.50 - Force 4 Chandlery which you add. As more bio is put in diesel this is becoming more of a problem. It has been a problem for years in marine diesel due to the condensation from tanks around water, and the cheap grade of red and loads of other things. The bug lives between the water and the diesel, and the sludge is basically dead bugs or their crap I think. Draining and steam cleaning will help, but without additives the problem will eventually return. If you are getting grittier fine particles then you probably have dirt in your tank.
  10. Haha- I love the triple posting mate!! At 200 you should have NO problem getting rid of that:sneaky2:
  11. January was pretty poor, but mostly down to my lack of organisatin after a phenomenal 2nd half of last year......picking up again now, and quite a few in the pipeline, but nothing has that feel of certainty about it, and bookings arent that far ahead other than TPO'd stuff. Even going to look at a stonework job tomorrow.....(they better have deep pockets though as im not that interested/ desperate.......yet)
  12. Pretty much any modernish diesel. I have a 2000 peugot 306 meridian, 2.0l hdi....redruth to exeter and back on just over £25.....about 200+ miles round trip, and my missus drives about 80 ish.
  13. tommer9

    Poplar

    Poplar.
  14. You dont need one for Llama though i thought- only guanarco isnt it? I only asked as it may have been a clue to what you were going to house....never thought it would have been fluffy bunnies lol!
  15. I run 285/75/16. The best price i have found in the country is at W A Allen and son near st austell...better even than southam tyres who are meant to be the importers. You could try Protyre outlets. 285s do drag a bit and you are about 10% out on the speedo, but i love 'em.
  16. Yeah no probs. Oak is very tough.
  17. if you descend from the tree and pull the whole thing through the tree to get it down it really helps.
  18. Is the mesh to stop the inhabitant getting out, or to keep predators from getting in?
  19. Have you got a zoo licence BTW?
  20. Its not for ........monkeys by any chance? My missus used to work at a rare breeds farm and they built something like that for them to play in.
  21. Have a good 'un John:beer:
  22. Matt, thats soo cool. You have benn involved in some awesome projects around the world mate!
  23. I do wonder about that, but have spent longer around chainsaws than chisels etc. I reckon that it had a severe effect on it though-possibly the original cause- handling cold chisels and cold stone cannot be helpful. Maybe that started it and getting back to full time trees has just brought out an existing problem caused by the stonework. Stonework has to be the most physically punishing work there is. One of the guys in the Male Voice Choir i sing in was a stonemason, and he lost a finger to HAVS...but then he worked in a granite quarry with some hideous machinery to shape that stuff.
  24. Just about sums it up perfectly I reckon!
  25. I think one of my favourites to look at is a huge cryptomeria japonica in a garden in cornwall that i work in called Carwinion Cant say I have a fave to work on though.

About

Arbtalk.co.uk is a hub for the arboriculture industry in the UK.  
If you're just starting out and you need business, equipment, tech or training support you're in the right place.  If you've done it, made it, got a van load of oily t-shirts and have decided to give something back by sharing your knowledge or wisdom,  then you're welcome too.
If you would like to contribute to making this industry more effective and safe then welcome.
Just like a living tree, it'll always be a work in progress.
Please have a look around, sign up, share and contribute the best you have.

See you inside.

The Arbtalk Team

Follow us

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.