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  1. Squaredy
    There is a little old country garage near me that sells red out of a pump. I used to use him on very rare occasions but knew he was a total rip-off. Last time I asked the price beforehand and he said "About £1.20 per litre". How he could not know I have no idea. He then proceeded to fill my can and knew exactly how much to charge me - just over £1.50 per litre. Yes that is for red. Admitedly this was a year or so ago when prices were higher, but it was not a complicated question - and he lied. I never use him now.
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    One of the earlier posts on this thread suggests that it is HSE guidance, but only once you are over 10 litres. Maybe this is wrong? Anyway, as I found out random plastic containers are not allowed, however strong.
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    I am sure the regulations say it has to be metal.
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    I see where you are coming from. It appears that plastic tubs are not legal. I was called out recently by Tesco and when I looked into it they were right. It has to be a metal can with UN approval for the purpose.
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    Not rushing just yet, leisurely cuppa in bed. Kids return to school next week, so I can relax a bit for a few more days. I am lucky I guess as I am based at one site so I never have to get up stupidly early to get in, so in term time I leave the house at about 7:50.
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    Yes, I will take it up with them. I thought the Arbtalk community might come up trumps, as it so often does!
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    I used to get bulk deliveries, but I have enquired in recent times and it is actually more expensive that way now. And my use has dropped from maybe 500 litres per month to less than 100. And when I finally get my inverter connected it will reduce further as I will no longer need a diesel generator.
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    Or “Jinx” when I was at school.
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    Ah interesting. How much do they cost - I could find no price on the website.
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    No pics but the brand is wavian. They seem good quality, but as has been said the spout is rather small.
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    I recently solved my illegal diesel can dilemma by purchasing two decent new steel jerry cans. I decided to go for the screw top lids as I felt this would be more reliable in the long run. However, I am most disappointed. It takes about ten minutes to empty each one into the fuel tank of the vehicle it is for. There are vent tubes and I have made sure the one in the can lines up with the one in the spout. But it makes no difference. It just glugs slowly out without a thought for my or my worker's busy day. Is this just something I will have to put up with and I was a bit naive to think otherwise? Or is there actually a clever solution? The old plastic tubs we used to use you simply pour in a certain way (with the outlet at the top not the bottom) and there is no glug and 25 litres took about two minutes. Now my lovely shiny new cans take ten minutes for 17 litres!
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    Well I have had my EV for over three years now, and my lease expires in just under a year. So given the long lead times on some EVs I am now hunting for my second electric car. Overall I am very happy with the electric vehicle experience. Charging away from home can still be a nightmare, but luckily I very rarely need to do this. But for this reason I won't consider a vehicle with any less than 300 miles estimated range. I have also swapped my little van for a Renault electric van - but this was an outright purchase of a second hand one. SO far so good.
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    I am pretty certain @Big J also has experience with a Serra Bavaria!
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    Obsolete in my opinion. Equal results can be achieved with a modern narrow blade at a vastly cheaper cost. Even handling 4" wide blades is a nightmare, never mind replacement and sharpening cost. A whole batch of ten of the Ripper 37 blades (that I use) will cost about the same as two blades for this machine. Imagine hitting a nail and writing off £200 worth of blade. And in this case the OP has stated he needs a static saw and has three phase electricity. An electrically powered Woodmizer LT40 hydraulic is about £28,000 plus VAT new.
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    Woodmizer. Good quality. Well designed. Very reasonably priced parts. Good support. And these days some of them are not that expensive. I used to own a Norwood, and in every way it was the opposite of the above. And yet it only cost a few hundred pounds less. But as has been said, give some more detail of your plans and the advice may get more specific. For instance, do you need log loading facilities, or will this be achieved by a yard loader?
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    No different Les. All the schools around here are full of delinquent children pretty much out of control. Any kid who wants to get his or her head down and work hard is up against it. So fair play to your daughter. In fact Newport may well be worse than Ebbw Vale. When I lived in Ebbw Vale it had many decent people in as well as the chaveratti.
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    Great subject! Well done her, it must be challenging studying hard in an area like Ebbw Vale.
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    What is she going to study les?
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    I can get a load of plums to you no problem. So long as you can get the elm logs to me. I think I’d rather be your postman than mine…
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    I am an enthusiastic but inexperienced plum grower. I thought it was about time I mined the Arbtalk knowledge base to get some tips! I planted four plum trees in my garden about twelve years ago. Two Czar and two Victoria. I don’t exactly lavish them with care but I do what I have time to do. This year the crop has been amazing. The one Czar always has many hundreds of plums; but this year the Victorias have many hundreds also. And boy I love Victoria plums. The sheer amount of fruit has been a problem this year. I did remove many of them weeks ago, but still branches have been snapping under the weight. Also what can you do with so many plums? I have made plum gin, stewed plums, and even added some to my North Dakota Bean Bake. I am tempted to make plum wine, any thoughts on this? I do have most of the kit as I used to make wine many years ago. Meanwhile true to the thread title, here are my plums.
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    Somehow Andy always seems to get very good value sawlogs! I have not paid less than £80 or so per ton, and often more. Hardwoods are often cheaper these days, especially ash.
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    I would say the key is to get contacts in small forestry firms, or even timber hauliers. Unless you mean you want to buy less than a full lorry load at a time, in which case you will have to try and find a different type of forestry worker. One of my contacts is a guy who does forestry in the winter and fencing in the summer. He has a tractor and timber trailer so can deliver loads up to about ten tons. I get way better value buying direct from larger outfits, but that will always be 25 tons at a time. I used to get a few loads from a guy called Eddie trading as Valley Timber who was based near cross hands. It might be worth trying to track him down.
  23. Squaredy
    Oooohh what is the plan for the exposed stone?
  24. Squaredy
    Seems amazing now that such a beautiful timber could go for firewood. I wish I could get hold of elm logs for milling these days. I realise I could get them from Scotland but that does make the transport cost high!
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    Oh. I would try Stephen Cull again, he knows more than most about blades and problems with them.

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