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Angus, yes Chris knows a 'bit' about Riko splitters.......he sells them! He's just sorted me out a good deal & I'm well pleased.
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I got parts for my Husky 61 from Charles Hopkinson at 'steamandmoorland.com'. Bar & chain from Chains Direct but sure that Jonesie on here could sort those out for you.
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Russian Birch Firewood £60.00/cube delivered
chilli replied to Treewarrior's topic in Firewood forum
I assume that Tree Warrior & County 4X4 received the mails 'out of the blue' ie. unsolicited. Why would a business already selling 4000m3 monthly randomly mail shot? I've seen hundreds, possibly thousands of similar invitations. Anyone inclined can do some basic checks by first performing a trace on the ip address. Or, forward it on to Tony Hetherington, financial investigator with the Mail on Sunday. He has met with the main operators of 419 eater the foremost scambaiting organisation. Have a look on their site & see how the gullible are sucked into these scams. Or, go ahead & make a purchase. See how many requests for advance payment of various fees you get & then see how many offers you get from other scammers who think you are an easy touch. -
You can see the trailer on the Riko website. The splitter pivots at a point so the weight is over the axle, easy to move around. For splitting, just lower via the winch.
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Russian Birch Firewood £60.00/cube delivered
chilli replied to Treewarrior's topic in Firewood forum
Russia is the new Nigeria. Stinks of scam. -
Took delivery yesterday of my new Riko A11V, trailer mounted, petrol engined splitter (many thanks Chris & Jim). Only used it for an hour or so but am well impressed. Pretty happy with the 'Arbtalk special' price as well! Having it on the trailer is the big bonus, I can move it around easily & I'm only 9 stone. Can then tow it away from the yard to secure storage.
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Continuing the head banging theme, a guy local to me is advertising.... "1 tonne bag of logs for £35." Maybe he has a HUGE bag filled with a tonne of wet oak or instead, a lead lined bag weighing a tonne with a few pieces of dry leylandii inside?
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Whatever you choose to do, I think pubs as log customers are well worth keeping happy. I have three & they each have a fire going from 11.00am to around 11.00pm. That's a lot of logs (& kindling), easy delivery & the best form of payment.
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It's not just getting your hand under the blade being a danger; logs slide, twist & burst as the blade pushes through. There follows pain & possible crush injuries to the 'free' hand holding the log. Been there, lessons learned, no serious injuries thankfully.
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My Echo HC30ES (easy start), bought May '07 has been the best trimmer I have ever had. Very easy to start with just the lightest pull, handy when up on a tall hedge. Very good balance & low vibes. Fitted with a sweep bar. The only drawback for me is the poor air filter which fills up with cuttings once you are swinging it above shoulder height. The newer model has more comprehensive anti vibe fittings. Just bought a Stihl HS86 which is OK but despite the blade being a couple of inches longer, the actual cutting reach is reduced due to the positioning of the forward handle. Not noticed a poorer finished cut.
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Would any kind arb guys in the Kent, particularly Rochester area let me know if Jerry actually exists & is in fact a timber haulier. If the answer is yes, a contact no. would be very handy. Please pm me, thank you.
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Well done Pete, you've a smasher there; and guess who she shares a birthday with.........moi! Bring her over to Fowlmere next time you bring a load. Best wishes to you all. Chris.
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I have a lovely book by Jake hobson, 'NIWAKI, Pruning, Training & Shaping Trees the Japanese Way'. It's a lovely art form. Google NIWAKI to see Jakes work.
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The missus is still stuck in Portugal. Spent all of Saturday queing & finally managed to get tickets for Monday night to take train via Madrid to Barcelona; coach to Perpignon & train to Lille arriving Wed night. She's then going to nick a pushbike so she can get one of those preferential places for cyclists on a ferry! I'm missing her...run out of cheese & the wash basket is full.
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Mrs Chilli flew to Portugal Wed' with just an overnight bag. Was due home today (Fri'). Earliest possible flight to England now forecast for next Wed'! Hoping now to get a flight to Barcelona tomorrow & hire a car to drive to a colleagues villa in France. Then see if they can get any nearer to home but with all trains, Eurostar, ferries full, it doesn't look good. Gonna have to go shopping for some clean smalls!
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If ever I get silver birch in for logging I have learned that it must be put under cover asap.Left in the open & it rots really quickly. My yard, in a 1 acre field was last cropped about 1985. Since then it has been left untended & been colonised by hundreds of trees, mainly walnut (thanks squirrel), lots of ash & a few sycamore, elder, hawthorn & wild rose but, surprisingly, no birch.
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There seems to be a little confusion over which tree is the dangerous one. The Rhus genus (200 species) has many examples with sap as an irritant to some people. Poison Ivy is Rhus radicans. Stag's Horn Sumach is Rhus typhina. Chinese Varnish Tree is Rhus potaninii. But I believe the toxic sap comes from (the) Varnish Tree Rhus verniciflua. The sap of this tree is tapped in Japan to make lacquer. The berries are pressed for oil in China. I personally have never had a problem with sap from Sumachs or their cousin, the Smoke Bush Cotinus coggygria. I sincerely hope I don't come across the nasty one.
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Some years ago I asked a chap the name of his wife. "Think of a beach" he said. So, I called her 'Pebbles' & did so for many years without her or him contradicting me. Just last year I found out that her name is Sandy.
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I'm not buying sand!!!! That may or may not be the case but given the varying weights of water in green wood, no standard volume:weight can be given. I have some jarrah wood, well seasoned. Minimal water content but it's the heaviest wood I've ever come across.
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I have full 8 wheeler loads of green roundwood delivered in which is described as 10 tonnes & I accept that, but have no way of knowing if it is correct. After processing, I reckon to get about 21 m3 of usable logs, loose stacked, plus a pile of sawdust, nasty knotty bits & other rubbish. If you look back through earlier threads, you will see others talk of figures ranging from 2.00m3 to 2.7m3 split logs from each tonne of green roundwood. I reckon on a gross profit of £1150 per 10 tonne of wood delivered in. If I factored in the cost of fuels, oils, storage & my time etc, I dread to think how low the net profit would look!
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Pliers for undoing the husky fuel cap which grips tight as the fuel goes down & the slot is worn out from years of combi spanner abuse. Oh, and an old toothbrush for clearing crap from those hard to get at places, on the saw that is, not down my nether regions!
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not when split & stored under cover. Had 10t HC delivered 17th December; cut, split & stacked under cover over Christmas. By feel, it's almost saleable already but will wait until the autumn. Same with pop'.
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Except, I think that speaker box is poplar.
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Looking at files on the 'Chains Direct' site, "after half life" is shown against the 13/64"files. They tell me that Oregon recommend that once a chain has been sharpened a few times & is about halfway through its life, that 13/64" files are used on all chains for the remaining life, regardless of the original file size (5/32", 11/64", 3/16", 7/32"). Stihl on the other hand don't offer this advice & say to stick with the correct file size for the full life of the chain. Any of you guys heard of, or follow the Oregon advice?
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There is no law that says which way round a fence should be. Increasingly, I find that my customers elect to have the 'good' side facing them. With a closeboard fence, this allows all completion to be undertaken from the customers own garden.
