normandylumberjack

I have a Harkie smock which is ok, but not great:thumbdown:

The trousers are ok for the money but seldom wear them in the tree.

My gripes with the smock are;

• Sleves too short
  
• Not as breathable as they claim
  
• Once dirty, it wont clean up nice anymore
  
• Not as breathable as they claim
  

Should of gone to Clarkes!

I find the opposite. "didn't look that big 4 weeks ago"

They are great, although labor intensive! We do all our central heating from ours, 9 rads in all. We just needed a similar capacity/quality gas/leccy cooker for the summer, hence the 2 huge cookers.

I like yours in red, very smart:thumbup1:

There you go mate. I had the browser open as i just nicked the screen shot from it.

 

I really enjoyed watching that, great vid!

I think the mice are wise to it now, not seen or heard one for a couple of days!

Fair enough Sir, and good luck in your endeavor.

I hear what you say and have no argument with you. I see your set up and see why you do what you do. If I still did logs I would look into the same arrangement.

Very few people make a decent generator in the uk and those that do are 30% more expensive so I cant sell them.

Just seems a shame we pay people to sit on their backsides and drag low cost heavy materials thousands of miles rather than invest produce and compete in our own work force.

Bravo sir!

Had a look at your website and I must say its very professional and the product and delivery method seem to be quality, You have a good looking set up. How come you don't advertise the fact proudly that the timber is sourced, cut and packaged from Latvia?

I cant say that I agree with this business model, the idea of importing potential bugs and nasties into the UK goes against the grain for me, but having spent the day stewing over it I'm going to drop from this thread now and agree to disagree.

A couple of days

First thing is find where the cuddly wuddly thing got through and block off. Or it'll happen again. Get the thing repaired and disinfect the stove's back plus surrounding area. If you've not got one, it's time to install a cat in the property.

I have 2 cat eating dogs, else I would. we have issues with mice every year and have to rely on traps as we wont risk our dogs with poison about, this happened once and they had to have their stomachs pumped, never again:thumbdown:

Hi NLJ

 

Thats one seriously big range cooker there, but fairly simple to fix.

 

Before we moved permanently to France, mice gnawed through the outlet hose of the dishwasher which pumped out all over kitchen floor, got two cats & killed a mouse first evening we had them only 3 months old, brilliant hunters now.

 

 

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Thanks, it sounds funny, but the cooker is incredible quality:thumbup1:

The cooker is fine, Micky just bridged the terminals on the thermostat. Once he was pried free from his green mile finale the cooker worked well, although my pizza tasted a little funny:blushing:

Decided to fire up the rayburn today and cook on that for a few days while the "Lacanche crematorium" has a spring clean Perhaps this was a sign to get the fire bricks fitted:001_huh:

The guy was not an idiot ordering firewood from 1000s miles away, he was naive paying upfront.

Believe it or not as long as the conifer the crate is made from is Kiln Dried it complies with current regulations.

I do not understand your issue with importing firewood. Do you only eat food and drink produced in France, drive a French car etc etc, we live in a global market !!

I may have been a little strong in calling the guy an idiot, I do however find the argument for this idiotic.

France is one of the most protectionist countries going, only where a product can be made or grown better do they import. Looking in my kitchen, 90% of my food is a product of France, the exotic fruit and spice is imported.

My TV is Japanese as they make the best tellies, my van is French, my car Sweedish as it represented a quality not available here, it had to undergo rigorous tests to pass EU and French regulations to be allowed on the road. Where are the bio security checks on your mates mouldy logs? If I knew of a way of reporting such things to authorities, I would. If this was a product from Ebola land, and it was people in danger, I think we would be having a much different thread here.

The Uk has a thriving firewood industry, one where locally grown wood, cut by local people, and delivered locally with low transport requirements is an industry to take great pride in. There is the quality and the availability and the decision to import was based purely on slave labor prices:sneaky2:

I have to say it was well done, tender and juicy.

No chance of getting a new one, they aint cheap:blushing:

As I was getting out of bed this morning, my wife shouts up to me that the power is off downstairs. Great:sneaky2:

So flicked through the fuses and isolated the fault to our range cooker, only had it a few months so a bit pee'd off, it wasn't cheap!

Pulled it out and un plugged, took of the back cover to discover this little shoit!

and people wonder how pests and diseases come into the uk?

this makes me angry, what did the customer think he was doing, ordering firewood from thousands of miles away and getting a bargain? idiot!

What a great thread, but what has happened to it?

I would love to see some more info here and pictures aswell. Rich Rules pictures were good and clear and Rupe did some great video, more please:thumbup:

Also, as everyone says about the importance of a good groundie, some tips and videos of the friction device in action would, I feel, be of some use too.

Are we any closer to finding out what it is? Has it been hauled from the briney deep!

She sells a lot of firewood and saws, or at least tries to:sneaky2:

Looking at her feedback and previous items sold, could she be from the Irish caravan club?

Looking at the long fibers I would say not Beech, too clean for Oak or Elm, Poplar would be a bit more melted/dissolved imo, I think Ash or a softwood?

Either way, with its time in the water and mud it will have some good colour, remember that retard and his son on Ax men? they were making loads on old Doug Fir because of its staining.

Get her planked:biggrin:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjl4VWQFQkw]Tempest 3 Point Tractor Wood Splitter - YouTube[/ame]

I try to cut all timber on site to 1m and split into billets back at my yard, they stack well, season quickly, and can be cut to what ever length the customer wants. I hire in a log splitter that takes 1m lengths when I have enough to justify the cost. I then cut them on a smart holder with one loading and one cutting. This is just for my own logs, about 15-20 cube a year.

The problem is when dealing with big timber, a 20-30" log at 1m length is heavy to handle and so ringing up is the best option. In which case there is a special splitter called a tempest, designed to beast through big rings and keep a couple of blokes busy filling bags. Tempest Wood Splitter - Premium Wood Splitter

Here's another reason why there's no road kill on A39:

 

 

I don't fancy much for the cats chances! Seriously weird!!

Former head chef at Ginsters, you mark my words!

Don't travel on the moor at night, and for gods sake, don't break down or worse, get knocked over near Davidstow airfield!

Realistically speaking, any time a customer says 'I will supply the timber, you just quote me for your labour' you should tell them to do one. They want to have their cake and eat it, and 90% of the time they are penny pinching timewasters best avoided.

 

Let some idiot who hasn't invested in all the tools do it with a spade and hammer for £10/m cheaper and make a hash of it.

Did you read the original post?

Fell it, burn on drive, charge 150€ cash and change your name to Bruce!

Its impossible to have a conversation about Cornwall without the discussion turning into a pasty debate, although recent research indicates the pasty might have actually originated from Devon.

But the Cornish get very aggressive when you mention this to them:001_rolleyes:

How dare you, I would kill you for such a slur:001_tt2:

NFG-"Made me smile that quote about Ginsters!"

About 15 years ago I was at college in Callington near to where they are "made" and their vans would head out at night scouring the A30 for road kill, just ask your self, how much road kill do you see on the A30 between Bodmin moor and Oakhampton????? not a lot.