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Useful find rov but by the looks of it the 600mm X15 is their biggest on sale at £49.99?

True fact and valid point, the colder the air the less moisture it can take/hold.

Ebay "Fiskars X27 Kaufplatte 24" about £65 all in shipping costs etc. from Germany, mine came within 7 working days via DHL, THE top novice Splitter/Maul this side of New Zealand Check this previous AT thread

Took down an 80ft eucalyptus last month on a blustery day with no probs using highest thickest anchors I could find, even a dead 5inch diameter 30ft off-shoot I had to climb as it was hanging over a neighbours hut, safety first yes and a careful lookout for weak limbs etc. but their a go to climb unless their completely skeletal?

That`s the last we should see of any frosts for quite a while now, other than one or two rural and/or high altitude locations and where light winds and clear periods allow temps in the low 30`s now the nights are long but very low chances of any widespread ground frosts. All as a result of a ridge of high pressure starting to build over central/eastern Europe and become static so with a slack meandering polar jet stream allowing for any Atlantic systems to run up to the Europe based block and NOT dislodge the ridge eastwards into Russia then our air will always have a southerly influence for at least the next 7 days and beyond, albeit with exposure to unsettled windy conditions the more west, and through tuesday, south west in the UK one would find themselves. So, unsettled as bands of rain affect us all particularly Sunday and Tuesday but never really cool with temps average to slightly above and where you find yourselves under clear skies in between any frontal activity then one of those pleasant warm periods I didn`t rule out for October the other week may transpire for any sheltered areas? The more I look then the further away any wintry outlook seems at the moment therefore although we are roughly 4-5 weeks away from the same time last November when the cold blast occurred then its not looking anything at all like it was at the time this year. I trust this brief outlook isn`t puzzling nor dis-agreeable but it simply predicts no particular boom in solid fuel sales just yet

Now I know the best things in life happen at a particular time and place and for a reason and that one briefest of moments can change your life forever but the Stone Roses still make the airs on my arms tingle and even if they are "in it for the dough" I`m still buzzin on their decision to reform with 2 gigs in manc next June followed by a world tour but before then I only hope Squire can write something to equal just about every epic tune on the eternal high that was their debut album back in `89 and that the magnificent 4 can ride high again although much like "Auf Weidersehn pet" somehow you can not quite ever match your best and it passes into time? Be good to try though so,,, woops,,,the Northside, guy called gerald & paris angels et-al flashbacks are a comin

It is a somewhat vague comment cory but the general conception is that their are certain views regarding matching lengths in time between similar patterns of weather, temps and conditions etc. but although this is more than simply "googling" scriptures and news articles then their are an overwhelming amount of factors to consider that would fill up so much here that it would become tedious even for a meteorology geek like me A spinning body and mass of air and water is unfortunately never simply diagnosed never mind predicted?

,,,,due to the explosion in solid fuel appliance sales and the whordes of uneducated lemmings that are scavaging around collecting and/or instantly burning fresh cut wood then i`m considering going down the HETAS/SFA route and maybe try tagging on with a local chimney sweep/remedial liner operative etc etc. as I only just had a call from a mate who says hes sick of his neighbour going off into the woods that back onto their properties every night to fell trees and cross cut logs, fill the streets up with smoke and the daily stream of punters turning up to buy at obvious rock bottom price therefore sooner rather than later we are going to have plenty of flue problems requiring attention. Cant help but feel pandora`s box has been opened by the desrespectful and environmentally insensitive to some degree and troubles a comin in this sector? Would further legislation be a good or bad thing? Does not really belong here but I also heard of someone over the weekend from a neighbour who said hes just got "registered" as a "tree surgeon" following release from Prison by sponsoring via NACRO and says he`s off into the woods to fell oaks to make "some big money"? Far from a madding crowd I seek to dwell

I had no pre-identification signs last year up until a week prior where intense cold pooling on the continent and northerly blocking hinted what we were going to endure? In terms of "continuous sub zero temps" then I do not feel their will be a prolonged affair like last November/early Dec nevertheless anythings possible but 2 consecutive events so severe rarely transpire? Huge speculation anyway this far out but the only fair judgement to go on this early for November are "slightly colder than average" for the UK has a whole, now that can be mean a world of a difference from say you up near the Cairngorms to the populous of say the Scilly Isles? "Will it be cold or mild" never has a closed answer that`s one certainty and everything in between leaves any forecaster from a pro at the met to old fred in the pub open to ridicule once wotever prediction fails to occur so your always "damned if you do damned if you don`t" A much colder feel coming up with frosts more widespread later in the week especially through thurs/fri then a return to a more unsettled period into the weekend with temps rising again. ,,,and any signs of an interesting November on the cards will be up here soon as

,,,makes me wonder if all the above would have resulted the same outcomes etc. would it have been in the depths of Winter and/or a cold snowy and Icy period? I have little time for folk who do not appreciate the time and work involved in extraction/prepping/seasoning etc and disdain toward a quality firewood supplier

,,,A polar maritime air blast pulling down SEwards across the whole UK late Mon through Tues & Weds could increase the demand further next week ben End of the recent warm (daytime) period as the High influence now appears to move eastwards out of Europe into Russia allowing this much cooler period to move in helped by brief mid-Atlantic ridging up into southern Greenland hence the polar-born feed that will make it feel quite bitter for a day or 3? Milder,wetter and more zonal again by Friday and into next weekend especially so it looks with the Jet stream really cranking up from the US/Canada so will we be facing any windblowns? Too early to call on wether we will see anything like last November but the odds are very long on that very uncommon event and I just cant see a repeat of it

Contemporary? Stovax View 8kw but check out the Vision range also as their even more flashy, stylish and mega contemporary. Still waiting to win the lottery though so a granite hearth and glass vase fuller pine cones is all I can really recommend

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"Kaufplatte24" german retailer on Ebay. Delivered in 5 working days and I`ve just had a swing and MY GOD!!! I was not applying any downward force just letting the head drop and it was flying through 8" diameter beech. Knotted larch 12" disks required a slight downward force but then i was going through and split 2 in one go I would never have imagined how superior something so simple as a splitting maul could be? I`d like to see this go up against a Gransfors but I would definately be in the Fiskars X27 corner Do yourselves a favour would-be splitters and hint at the missus what santa needs to get for crimbo!

Iv`e been on a sabatical for the last 2 months solely following Hurricane season so had zero impetus on our upcoming autumn and winter season. Treemon`s info regarding views from Netweather are very reputable but as always the human angle on predicting long term conditions are pure guesswork but accuracy improves nearer to current time. I`m guessing the hint of a cooler than average November is based on a symptom of the North Atlantic Oscillation and Arctic Oscillation (NAO & AO) projections going negative (currently slightly positive) which simply translates to Northerly and Easterly air incursions which is widely known to be of the colder side as opposed to Westerly and Southerly air masses (from a positive NAO & AO) which would be milder. There are many other "teleconnections" though that I mentioned in the posts last November 2010 before the extremely uncommon cold blast when a vast majority of models and meteorological observers hit on the event that left us shivering for a sustained period and one was a very important phenomenon known as PDO or Pacific Decadal Oscillation that can drive El Nino and La Nina for their 18 month or less periods but in itself (PDO) can last for 20-30 years in the same phase! Now for a second lets think back and see if theirs any recollection of the winters of 78, 79,80 & 81 in comparence to our last 2 winters of 2009 & 2010??? > ,,,,just under a 30 year gap which "MIGHT" be a perfect indicator that a large scale period has occurred and we are now well into the Hiatus? Worth considering also how the global warming charts also have appeared to have flatlined? Solar minima has also been noted along with very low sunspot activity? Theirs simply way too much to take on board and its that fluid dynamics theory that is linked in some form and vulnerability to "chaos theory"? On a glance the hurricane season is turning out to be a very strange one in that frequent perfect African waves have organised tropical depressions out in the central Atlantic but have never really shaped up to form Major `canes, (apart from the odd one or two like Ophelia that was ravaged by high level wind shear but once free she briefly touched on a cat4 `cane despite SST`s of well under 25°C) and obvious Jet patterns digging way south of their usual summer paths are not the sole contributor to stemming the Hurricanes nor were the dry air sectors so theirs an awful lot still to be learnt but one thing is certain for October and that is NOWHERE under 3000ft in the UK will see snowfall so away with that Daily Express waffle I`m concerned at this years rainfall totals, which is way below the average for me here in S Yorks, and as things tend to have a habit of levelling up then I`m quite confident that we will sooner or later see Zonal atlantic Lows affect us one after the other so I`m speculative over that NAO & AO forecast and see Winter coming in later this year over last with a Bitter early January after a wet windy and mild December? Apols for the missing data and such but i`ll be on it for closer therefore more accurate statements soon Be a wild n cool day tomoz but dont rule out anymore very pleasant days left in October just yet

appreciate the replies X27 en route from GER at half price what Amazon UK are trying to rip you off with? Just hoping DHL logistics ship it to my door and not to the local Royal mail customs holding depot like a couple of football shirts I got from the US (NFL) a few yrs ago?

saw that thanks arc, peevs you off when its around £100 dearer than the states dont it May as well go for an electric jobby if i`m forkin out 130 for a maul? ,,,But it sure does look the muts balls of manual splitters!

Having a nightmare finding a supplier/stockist for the Fiskars X27 splitter? any UK haunts anyone know that have `em? waiting on delivery,shipping and import "rip-off Britain" customs tax totals/price from a euro E-bay source but not happy with the security should the delivery "go missing" after payment as I`m just about penniless n destitue as is? Fiskars UK? help centre not answering emails with no phone number? any info highly obliged fella`s

They caught my eye in Homebase the other day and I immediately realised how heavy they were. Are you saying their more likely than not green softwood and/or pop? The bags (purposeful?) design makes it difficult to pry into the contents that`s for sure! highly suss regardless,,,

At last, a topic connected to my interests and minimal skills lol I`m collating a lot of data but my "thoughts" are for another harsh winter based on a number of measurements and patterns from the Ocean, Atmosphere, Arctic and even Astronomy so stay tuned and see whats in the offing Already had temps in the low 40`s a couple of nights ago and the 850hpa Isotherms over Greenland have been alternating between 10C and -(minus)20C repeatedly over the last runs and some vegetation is sending the signal up to die off (not through lack of moisture) and all these pointers are a very early indication? I`m convinced also that we are approaching or already into a solar minima period where the distance between the Sun and the Earth is longer than normal recent periods. Try observing night time lows now as it can be a good measure of the troposphere and if lows around the benchmark 40F or 4-5C then ground frosts can be possible even in September but of course areas around the sea and in Urban areas vary wildly with High altitude rural places. time for tea, more later

18k ours wen it was about 3yrs old 2002> 99 GC 3.1TD quadratrak the 5 cylinder? version, 57k on clock so we took a risk, Gearbox started slipping and nothing short of a complete strip and re-alignment or new autobox was needed within 12mnths of buying it. a great looking car with comfort to match but mechanically awful IMHO and upkeep expenses for the rich only apols for the bad vibes but in my defence theyd pull a fully loaded Ifor with no dramas! of course i`m talking GC here not plain cherokee?

Damn those maccabees [ame= ] [/ame]Nevertheless, a brilliant tune from a couple of yrs ago,,,

I used to use Ghost but have not re-imaged stuff lately but try here > Seagate DiskWizard free

:way out of my depth here but seeing as its the unofficial IRATA thread?,,, Are employability prospects good in terms of having say lev 1 for starters? Future scope for Wind Turbine access/inspection/maintenance etc. has to be in demand but I assume that would also require at least some form of Electricians qualis? Theirs some openings on "rigg-access" and such but most if not all are L3? My situ is deplorable at the mo hence looking at anything and not Pay levels, but I considered IRATA route after 38&39 NPTC`s last year but work didnt come to fund the training Interesting pics btw:thumbup1:

Indications are that the system is currently advancing faster than initially thought, Peak winds are now brought forward to Monday afternoon to early evening with slackening before nightfall. The western Isles and west coast of Scotland look to bear the brunt of the highest winds but the quicker movement and less time for deepening may have slightly reduced the intensity somewhat but >70mph gusts still likely. Bright and breezy throughout the UK then with scattered showers after the rain band moves SE and tapers out and not calming too much throughout the week with the wettest and windiest conditions the more North and West you are. Unusual nevertheless for late May so will be looking to see what the max gusts are tomorrow? well, today now its monday cheers (Mcallan single malt nightcap tonight;))