timberbear
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I've put for boxes up on my holding over the years, two on brand new telegraph poles, cemented in place then the boxes pulled up on pulleys, you could use a sling and pulley higher up to hold it in place. Over the last six years we have ringed over 35 chicks! Last year the parents didn't survive the winter but we have a new pair in the area, so fingers crossed. Have a look on my little website http://www.leechpoolholdings.co.uk. We painted the outside of the box in a green water based wood preserver to help them blend in. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Did about eight cubes for a customer today, a really knotty sycamore and some stringy conifer, all with my road tow 12t fitted with a 2.2kw motor. Electric might be slow but it goes where you can't take your tractor!
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Yes it's defiantly what you said it is, just reading up on it, don't think I'll be cooking any!
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I think your right!
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The leaves are totally different
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I'll google it now. It appeared about four weeks ago and hasn't stopped growing.
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This plant stands about 4ft tall and has a spread about 6ft. It's got large egg sized prickly fruit. My farmer neighbour thinks its a throw back potato! Any ideas?
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Luckily for me God made me waterproof, it's just a shame he couldn't make waterproofs 100% waterproof!
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Saw this little crawler at the Usk show today. Great for skidding small timbers out down little tracks and footpaths.
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Took down this group of old coppice sycamore. Straight forward enough apart from the two sheds below. I know I've used a ladder to gain access but I'm old and it gets you past the ivy!
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Which processor for firewood from arb waste
timberbear replied to Charleton Chips's topic in Firewood forum
I use my farmi wp36. It's great for processing rings, you just drop them in the chamber and it them if need be resplit to the desired thickness. Have the conveyor attached soon dispenses the logs into the storage crates. I prefer this than using my Rytec or Balfor as its less manual handling and less moving rings and logs around. -
Never realised kindling had to be in orange bags! Is it a health and safety thing like orange ballistics which are all the rage! I'm sticking with green as there the strongest bags I've ever seen and I like green! Sticks, never kindling, been know as kindling since my old man showed me how to chop it 35years ago! For me it's all about presentation and quality of product not just profit.
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This year I'm trying kindling for the first time. I usually try and convince my customers to buy a small axe and make there own. Following several customer requests I thought I'd give it ago. This evening I sold my first five bags. I've sourced them from an extremely nice firewood merchant in Hereford. I've purchased X so many bags to see how it goes. I'm very impressed with the quality and size of the bags.
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Found these in Jersey the other day, being used for moving fishing boats around.
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If you have the time ring it up and split it, get some one in to process it, I'm selling even sized, split coni and other softwoods to my local pubs for fifty quid a cube. They like it as it burns easily, the staff can lift the stuff and to them it's cheap as chips.
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So when it happens do you just slip the clutch and bump it or do you stop and restart? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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I'm only over the bridge near Chepstow, any photos showing the quality?
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How much do you want for them? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Any of you have one or any experience of the Vauxhall Movano, if it's no good I'm edging towards a VW Crafter tipper. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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31.4 degrees in south east Wales at mid day, just sat in the shade enjoying a beer after cutting the hedges around the garden! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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managing a wood for the wood?
timberbear replied to mattyboy's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
In fact he's so rich they even called a big range of hills after him "the Mendip Hills" -
Jon, I stop selling my hardwood bags this time of year, hardwood is much to valuable for wasting on a fire pit. The softwood nets are ideal for taking camping too, nice and light. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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It's chimnea season now, its a good way to get ride of my pile of sub three inch bone dry softwood cord. It's cheap and cheerful and selling well at a fiver a bag! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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I insure mine fully covered for everything I do with it, it's insured for 5k with NFU for about £60 a year.
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Well working in Wales you can't help but get wet. After twenty years in the game and trying every conceivable type of waterproof I've finally found what I'm looking for. Guy Cotten Jupiter trousers! There tough as you can get, wear light weight ballistics combined with a good wicking layer underneath. Worked all winter in the rain and snow and didn't get a wet arse once! The only down side, well there's two, if you need a pee it's a mission, and secondly there £300 a pair.
