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  1. gensetsteve
    The log is 30% you need to cut the log in half and measure in the middle. Banging them together, smelling them, all funny to watch but a cheap meter will tell the real story.
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    Manufacturers of Agricultural Material Handling Products - Cherry Products, Oxfordshire They put the draw bar on my trailer
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    I tried one of the stihl ones this week. feels a bit small but nice clear display which switches of after about 10 seconds to save batteries which are the little coin cells. over 40% displays OL but accuracy is in line with the other meters we have. I dont tend to smack meters into wood if you press gently and it reads 35% things arent going to get better further in
  4. gensetsteve
    You may find veg oil is better for you and your saw. If you leave the branded mineral stuff in the sun for a week have you seen the black muck that settles in the bottom.
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    If I never see bio oil again it will be too soon. I put it straight in our saws and processor without flushing what an expensive mess.
  6. gensetsteve
    I thought about doing that but thought they would fall over. i suppose you leave a bit of meat round the top.
  7. gensetsteve
    5 years ago I was sending gensets out on full pallet rate £27 3 day service.
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    I have a camera and if I need to shunt a few trailers about thats the veh I jump in makes life so much easier. I find the person directing you either does an impression of a windmill or stands right in your blind spot shouting.
  9. gensetsteve
    I have used something for the last 15 years called Time and chaos I just did a search and its still out there free. A brilliant easy to use package that has a to do list. I print them off and when getting out of date bin them. I totally empty my mind and just follow the list and change priority if needed according to the weather. If it does not get done it either was not a priority or I did not have the time simples.
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    If anyone knows of some in the south I would be interested. Some are better than others for logs. There does not seem to be many on ebay.
  11. gensetsteve
    check the chain tension does not alter between bar up and bar down. If its ok cutting then does the oil stop flowing with bar up, is the feed hose too long causing an air lock, is it trapped or kinked. Not sure about 1x37 but our 2x runs with 1.5mm chain not the 1.6 stihl . You can get it to fit on a worn bar but not new. Have you gone from mineral bar oil to bio. Some ideas but I am probably miles out. If it stops mid cut then try sharpening the chain on a bench grinder.
  12. gensetsteve
    If you mounted this in the corner of a 16ft trailer could you pull the bags to it. Maybe the 800x800x800 bags would be better only .56 a cube but they could take 2 at a time.
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    We used to do a similar thing with our splitter. Needed a 20 kva to run it 3ph. Its now running direct drive from a 11hp honda petrol. I would run the dalen from a small diesel engine. The mechanical losses of generating electric then turning it back to mechanical movement are very high.
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    Need some ram seals. Was warming to it over the weekend thinking its actually managed over 50 hrs running without falling to bits when it peed on my boots. Has anyone sourced some pattern seals. I would be interested in a box of spares since I seem to have broken most things on it we must be on the way round again.
  15. gensetsteve
    Sycamore grows well round here best to grow species that thrive. I cut a sycamore back to stump 4 years later its 20 feet high again. They are sproating out the side of the foundation on my workshop.
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    This is the busiest we have ever been in September. But things go quiet for us until end of November then goes nuts in dec Jan.
  17. gensetsteve
    One possibility is someone is taking the wood for logs and offsetting the cost. I process cordwood and occassionally take timber away for tree surgeons but have never and dont want to fell a tree.
  18. gensetsteve
    At the risk of sounding sexist firstly you need a good woman then you need a kindlet. My wife runs the kindlet and sells wholesale in arbtalk directory. There is no heavy work involved and you can stop and start with the flick of a switch. If you sell wholesale which you need to do to pay for the kindlet the margins are so small you would not want to be distracted from log processing. Better to find someone local doing wholesale and just double your money for no effort.
  19. gensetsteve
    We need to pay £1.40 a litre for tractor diesel because the bankers will need their next bonus payout at chritmas and the politicians need paint for their duck houses.
  20. gensetsteve
    I had this bio stuff last winter and my Bobcat waxed on at least 6 occassions. Been running on same fuel until a few weeks ago without changing filters. Once the cold weather went never had any more trouble.
  21. gensetsteve
    You can still get the old gas oil or red as its known. It is starting to get harder to find but will always be available for gensets and fire pumps. The new red gives more power and burns cleaner just needs to be stored really well.
  22. gensetsteve
    We have a 2x and it struggles with stuff over 9". If you have a good fast vertical splitter I would get stuck in with that. If you have beech and syc it should dry by christmas especially if we get some sun and you leave it out. If we get the winter they are promising you will probably have the driest wood for miles around.
  23. gensetsteve
    The diesel we use in our cars and the new red have a shelf life of 20 days. thats why we dont use it in emergency diesel generators.
  24. gensetsteve
    I like the guild of master craftsman the only quality you need is £95 cash. Or the check a trade or should that be cheque from my trade. I am sure you can start your own with very little legislation bit like cosmetic surgery. Think of all redundancy cheques floating about.
  25. gensetsteve
    Stihl now do one for £10 digi read out dont know if its any good, friend just bought one will let you know

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