Essexlogman

3 hours ago, Haironyourchest said:

 

Yeah he was probably hinting about your "woodshure" registration. ( Think that's what it's called). Licence to sell firewood. Complete bull. The police shouldn't even be thinking about policing this, or even know about it. Not a road safety matter.

 

Did he say he was going to report you to woodsure or do something else?

No Traffic police would not get involved with that as Hetas have their own tactical support group for that 

27 minutes ago, treeworld1203 said:

Here is a picture showing a typical burn. This is how we are running it daily. Temperature on the flue reading around 200 C, the airwash on max, the primary air on max and the secondary air control underneath the stove pushed as far away as possible (remains open at 15%). We had the secondary air control wide open until recently. The problem doesn't seem to have changed regardless of where the secondary air control is. If we close down the primary air control (like the manual says) then we start to lose temperature. 

I will try and get a video next of loading it, showing our technique with the smoke coming out.

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Yes my apologies those figures I quoted were Farenheight and your photo looks like it should be spot on

On 21/12/2023 at 21:28, treeworld1203 said:

It varies, sometimes you cant see any smoke but we see little bits of ash floating up out of the open door and it smells smokey. Most of the time the smoke is visible, and it is quite a lot and we just try and shut the door asap. We always are burning hot, about 200 degrees C. We refuel before the temeprature drops. The fire has plenty of flames and a good bed of red hot embers.

Just having a perusal of your initial enquiry this thread and the answers everything sounds about right apart from this section I Note you are always burning hot as you say at 200 degrees c I am assuming this is your flue temp if so this is nowhere near the sweet spot operating temperature you should be looking at Min 250 to 400 350 being the optimum temp our thermometer shows a max of 480, we aim to get between 300 to 350 for top performance from our newly fitted Parkray Hunter aspect 7 fitted burning bone dry Oak and Apple logs atm also single storey chimney height above the ridge height I can only speak from my own experiences and recommendations others may differ hope this may help someway

1 hour ago, Stere said:

We have the same excellent bit of kit, bought ours from Ernest Doe & son quite some years ago now they appear to have them on offer at the moment

Tripod Ladders | Arboriculture | Ernest Doe Shop

WWW.ERNESTDOESHOP.COM

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We stock a range of different height tripod ladders by Workware.

 

 I have the hendon 3 leg adjustable  japanese style one.

 

 

No idea if its the best but its good.

 

 

 

 

On 19/07/2023 at 09:20, Stubby said:

A bloke once tried to get us to pay for a total re spray on his Merc . And that was because of bonfire smoke !

Had a similar reverse one like this with our old neighbours burning Laurel hedging totally covered our car with black smuts a total b****rd to clean off and had just cleaned that day they were fine about it and offered to pay for any damage but we declined as they were and are still such nice people!

Yea right!

I had this issue on an echo 360TES stopped oiling after a month or so from new could not believe it was the pump gone but took back to the supplier turns out it was a blocked gauze which was really fine in the oil tank line we were always carefull filling with chain oil BTW, found it hard to think it got blocked but never had any other issues after that hope this might help

Hello we ran one of these saws for a good few years from new it ran straight out of the box cracking saw after about six months we had something rattling about in the exhaust which was changed by the dealer and he balanced and set the carb up absolutely bang on totally reliable saw!

As for your main question the L for lower speeds and H for the higher ones that does not sound right to me that the L affects WOT, this is all about balancing again am sure other people can enlighten you more on these intricacies

Your saw you have just run it in which leads me to believe it is not that old your carbs needs balancing which is a fine art I don't think you need to be taking out the cat at this juncture I would take it back to the dealer and get them to set it up properly hope this helps 

On 02/03/2023 at 16:57, oldwoodcutter said:

I think the last time I saw a chain filed that badly was when the forestry commission used its own ‘operatives’ to fell all its trees, half never could file and used to get the roving mechanic to do it properly for them whenever he came up the rideway, which could be once a week.

I concour that is one nasty chain! dust and bin are a couple of words that are springing to mind atm

Put all those old wives tales away about certain woods !! I got asked to top out and pollard some big lime tree's a few years ago for a mate in May ended up with a nice big trailer load I was a bit sceptical at first being a connossieur of the old Log so to speak but thought I would at least keep the old firepit stocked up cut and split straight away buy the end summer the top pile were burning great and within a year all fully seasoned only thing was a very distinct aroma not my most favourite I might add

On 17/12/2022 at 18:50, Treerover said:

Anyone have any ideas what this tree is? It has pinky red berries presently in Morocco . 
I’ve blanked 🙇🏼‍♂️

  

Mastic shrub or Terpentine shrub pistacia terebinthus  possibly, must get back to Morocco someday was a great experience travelling back in the early 80s

2 hours ago, 33bk said:

I’ve got a ifor William tt3017 

I had a problem with it and thought it would be the solenoid but it’s not it’s got a full battery and in the video it’s on the truck charging 

 

I really don’t fancy pumping by hand got a lot of work todo with it ! 

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Have been here before I had one of those remote controllers as in your Vid they were fine and yours seems OK when working, but the main problem we had with intermitent working ( which is a real drag with a full load of chip at the end of the day) after changing the solenoid then battery was infact the battery terminal lead connectors and or the conections to the pump unit they can corrode up badly only found this by chance as they were sparking in dusk light, hope this helps

We used Andrew Day arb consultants was based in Southminster very affable and professional chap, hope this helps

On 09/06/2022 at 12:40, Rac man said:

Absolutely where eagles dare top of the list

Broad sword calling Danny Boy!!! 

9 hours ago, djbobbins said:

I hope it will be a pleasure in life and it’s definitely given me something to do this week - BBQ and pizza oven. (Oven still to be cast!).

Bricks, sand etc. all picked up for cheap or free via Facebook marketplace, mixer gifted from my father as he’s decided that he’s no longer likely to do any more building at 80 years young.

I’ve never been shown how to do it and have only laid bricks once before in my life - four or five courses for a raised bed - so up to now although it’s been slow progress I’m reasonably pleased. No doubt a professional brickie would have been quicker and neater, but to have got to this height and still have vertical walls and levels perfect across e.g. the protruding bricks for the BBQ fire tray (left hand side bay) is rewarding.

Casting the plinth and doing the form work for the pizza oven will be interesting though…

Looks good to me! this is something I shall be interested in seeing your progress with, we BBQ all year but a pizza oven has been on my to do list for a while now and have gleened enough info to start one when in our new abode I shall build all the best Essexlogman!

We found emptying grass cuttings from our ride on and lawnmower mulched around the borders where we have ground elder certainly curtails growth and is a good moisture retainer as well seemed to really work well much more natural alternative than spraying poison and yes keep away from trunks if possible although depends on how deep you much, good luck!

18 hours ago, Treetom15 said:

Hi all

 

As the title suggests, I’ve been asked to remove a couple of trees in (what I think) is a conservation area. Now I know usually there should be an application with the local council etc etc….however, the homeowner is certain he doesn’t want to go down that rout, he says all the neighbours are in agreement that the tree (s) should be removed (medium cherry tree, causing damage to parking space etc, no more than 30ft) and he is completely happy to pay any fines etc should they be incurred. 
 

Basically my question is, if I carry out the work am I liable if I have advised the homeowner to do the relevant applications and checks and they haven’t done them? I don’t want to do the work if I will get fined, I’m not sure if I would be if he has said he will sort any fines (should it come to that)

 

I want to keep it tidy and above board, but the customer was very sure he did NOT want to speak to council TO’s🤷‍♂️

Walk away, walk away, walk away would be my advice!!! sully your local reputation, f**k yourself with the local Tree Officers with regards to future TPO or conservation area works we always carried out our own checks for conservation and TPO area works regardless of what the customer told us and they were always thank full when something did flag up they were not aware of and we would invariably get approval working with the local authorities for the works required anyway

3 hours ago, JLA1990 said:

Anyone know of any providers offering the two courses combined (or just CS38)? Looking for courses asap (anywhere in the country).

 

cheers,

 A shout out to Writtle Agricultural college Chelmsford Essex always worth a look had a few legendary instructors in their time

41 minutes ago, paul1966 said:

Has anyone experience with live in carers, my dad is currently in a private nursing home due to having repeated falls at home, we don't think he will be safe on his own especially at night, the carer industry is a bit of a minefield anyway and it seems live in carers even more so. The agencies seem to pay the carers they hire about £700 per week but the agencies charge the clients £1300. 

At the minute we are a bit lost really. 

Firstly my condolences to anyone who has lost someone or is experiencing this similar situation but 

"A bit lost at the moment" and also not having any control over anything is a horrible situation to find ourselves now personally in, I am just wondering paul1966 was your dad taken to hospital then discharged to a private nursing and was he happy being in there? was it your dads decision to go in and now has decided he wishes to go home? as we are in this scenario now with Mum as she initially went into hospital with fall related injuries as well although on top of that she has mobility issues and is very frail as well, long story short though she ended up contracting two other contagious illnesses  Oh yes and I forgot to mention the other one covid as well being 86 now and recovering from all of that now and being in hospital for three months two of which she has apparently been medically ready to be discharged now, Her partner has seen her three time Me and my Brother have not seen her My Sister got too see her on the day covid was diagnosed so we could not then arrange to see Her. Now it comes to the discharge firstly what we have got to deal with is she does not want to go into a nursing home but wants to go home, Ok fair enough now we are not one to burst someone's bubble hope and all that but their is no way on earth this is going to happen unfortunately Her and Her partner are convinced that it is going to happen, the assessment team have been round to her house and seem to think with a hospital bed, a commode and 2 carers 4 times a day will suffice ( sounds great on paper but with care staff shortages and out in the sticks feel she is a low priority)  but here is the rub the other option would be to go into a self funded private nursing care home closer to her house no problem (which I mentioned she does not want to do) where we could at least visit regularly here is the quandary this is what WE would like and feel the decision is best left to Mum and her partner because it is what she wants all decisions are being made by the NHS and Care Assesment teams so we have had to stop feeling like we are banging our heads against a brick wall and take a conscious step back (as hard as that is) as on the one hand the options seem "clear to us" but not to them I do hope thing's will work themselves out soon Best wishes to everyone 

On 23/02/2022 at 20:47, L05tB0y said:

Same batch I've been using out my shed

Did you cut and split them straight to the shed? if so the logs on top of the pile would have burned maybe OK'ish from that batch but the ones at the bottom of the pile will be nowhere near dry enough as they need wind and sun or a good few years drying in a shed

Just test with a couple of bags of kiln dried hardwood Aldi/Tesco/Home bargains all do them bone dry for £4 to £5 quid a bag to see any difference to heat output hope this helps and good luck!

On 19/02/2022 at 13:15, Johnelle said:

Having gone to appeal about the TPO (and still in backlog since Sept) we were delighted yesterday when storm Eunice felled the poplar.

But it has damaged next door’s property and covered half the churchyard. Who is responsible for clearing up?

And are the council in anyway responsible, given that they slapped the TPO on it, despite our concerns that the tree was leaning and close to neighbouring property?

You as far as I am aware up to your fence line concerning storm damage but claimable on your insurance up to that line and regards to your neighbours you out of courtesy if you want to keep in with them and as you mentioned a result but any damage to their property is down to their insurance 

On 19/02/2022 at 13:15, Johnelle said:

Having gone to appeal about the TPO (and still in backlog since Sept) we were delighted yesterday when storm Eunice felled the poplar.

But it has damaged next door’s property and covered half the churchyard. Who is responsible for clearing up?

And are the council in anyway responsible, given that they slapped the TPO on it, despite our concerns that the tree was leaning and close to neighbouring property?

On 19/02/2022 at 13:15, Johnelle said:

Having gone to appeal about the TPO (and still in backlog since Sept) we were delighted yesterday when storm Eunice felled the poplar.

But it has damaged next door’s property and covered half the churchyard. Who is responsible for clearing up?

And are the council in anyway responsible, given that they slapped the TPO on it, despite our concerns that the tree was leaning and close to neighbouring property?

On 09/02/2022 at 22:43, cessna said:

I am sure I read some where on the "net" that some one had constructed a poly tunnel type of structure on one of the very exposed  Scottish Islands, (not necessarily saying it was to dry firewood!!!!).

I would be very interested to know of any structures similar.

We bought a 10x30ft steel framed poly tunnel kit with horticultural grade polythene back in 2002 was used early on for storage when we moved into our house but once we had settled was upgraded to part firewood drying experimentation!! , works great I am sure the sales blurb had mentioned (Costal Scotland tested and windproof) lasted us until we moved 15 years later once you have dug a trench around and buried the plastic cover to spec they really become sturdy structures I think it cost about £300 not sure what they would be now though hope this helps

On 06/02/2022 at 20:43, spudulike said:

I call myself a £200 guitarist....all my guitars have been acquired for £200 or less but don't play like the price tag. Taking a guitar with a bad action and losing the high frets, crowning them, rounding the fret ends etc is part of the game.

Latest acquisition was a Zoom G3X foot pedal, the drum machine, Looper and patches have been great fun, makes even my attempts sound almost good! Great bit of kit! 

Its mind numbing how they send some guitars and anything really out of the factory and great that you can fettle something to make it a lot better a bit like your ms200's what also caught my eye though was the ZoomG3X pedal googled it up and sounds fantastic bit of kit for jamming on your own especially with a drum machine looper etc is deffo on the to buy list soon cheers!