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They're big cherrys What about a thread on the biggest rhododendron
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I had someone today phone up and order 10 cubic metre, gonna have a few late nights on the splitter me thinks
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Bracken spraying advice needed
scbk replied to blue beastie's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
If you're looking for help with strimming/brushcutting, give me a shout Have own gear and van, will travel -
Thanks , had a close call with a bonfire that started wandering the other week (had to beat it back with green branches) so thought it may be handy to keep one at hand in the furure Had been looking at the ones stored outside local forests, mainly wire ones 8ft-10ft long, but the heads didn't look possible to make by hand using basic tools I will have to see what flat rubber I can get
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Have a read of this thread http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/21082-husqvarna-ear-defenders-built-radio.html It's something thats on my wishlist but for now I'm just using my cheapo mp3 player with FM radio, and earphones, which can be used underneath a helmet or headband ear defenders
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Has anyone ever made fire beaters? Any preference over mesh or rubber? Anyone got any designs/drawings I could copy:001_tt2: Could you cut up an old tyre to make a rubber head? thanks
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Tongs in one hand and a pulp hook in the other, I find is best (with belt holsters) And a first aid kit on your belt - you can get them for about £2 on ebay. Ditch the plasters and add extra bandages I sometimes have an "army style" water bottle, with holster, on my belt I keep most chainsaw bits and bobs in a big toolbox that I can just chuck in the van with the saw, fuel, and ppe. Got round files, flat files, chains, bars, grease, starter cord, tools, etc etc Oh and don't forget a felling bar/wedges!
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Which country do you live in
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Pallets are cheap/free so may aswell use loads of them. You could also stand them upright within the heap to section off areas and let more air in
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?? all you need to prove volume is a tape measure (but you do have the issue of the load settling in transit)
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It makes no difference if you dial 999 or 112 though 112 No Signal Mobile Phone Call Diverts to Satellite Hoax
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How come he lives in america but is dressed like he lives on a council estate in manchester?
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Best off with an analogue one as otherwise you have to apply for a card, though newer vehicles are supposed to have digital Once it's fitted the only costs on an analogue tacho is a calibration every 2 years (£30/£40), and a fiver for a pack of 100 discs
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Well in the end I cut about 70mm off the outer shaft and have used it full whack all day long with no more issues
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I take the trailer as far as I can get then handball off. I would happily stack if someone asked in advance, and they were willing to pay for it I once turned up to deliver to a pub and their woodstore was only 10m through a small gateway, seemed pointless to dump it on the ground so close so I got the guy to help and we put it in the shed (not stacked though). There was no barrow so we used the bread crates that were stacked at the back door :laugh1: Infact I'll be back there with more logs on wednesday
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I got mine from "harrows-r-us" who trade on ebay, just a cheap one (£450), you can tell it's made on a budget but it does the job for me
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What a waste of good food!
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The vehicle itself is cheap compared to what insurance now costs
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I'd never worked on the machine before it went into the shop Maybe the end of the shaft has sheared off, and thats why it wasn't allowing proper drive, (but the end of it doesnt look like it has been snapped). Or maybe there would normally be another piece of gearing on the end of the shaft that was damaged, but not returned with the strimmer Hmmm think I might take my own strimmer apart to see if I can get any ideas
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I hate to say this, but I did some calculatons with the calipers, and "removed" an inch off the end of the main outer shaft, then realised that I had made a mistake and would actually have to remove several more inches for it to actually work, dunno if it would still touch the ground after that lol
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I've got a problem with a strimmer/brushcutter at one of the places I work at It was losing drive, you put the throttle full on and the head would spin to an extent, but try cutting something and it would stop, with the engine still going full whack. So obivously a problem in either the clutch or the drive/gearing It was put in to a machinery centre for repaired and they came back and said it was a fault in the gearing but they can no longer get the parts (it's a Komatsu Zenoah), and that they could do a good deal on a new machine! I collected it from their workshop (in pieces) From looking at it, I can't see anything damaged, but the inner shaft (drive shaft) appears to be a few inches too short So with the parts assembled onto the main outer shaft, the drive shaft can only be in one end at a time The drive shaft is a round bar with about an inch of spline at either end :confused1:
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If anything spruce is better than hardwoods Sustainable, as most is grown in plantations Easy to light Cheaper Burns with a good heat Splits easy Lifting big rings won't do your back in (as quickly) Gives off wee crackles/pops when burnt, so you have the effect of a fire even in a closed stove
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Softwood is good wood All I sell and burn is sitka
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lol aye it's a good tune Here's a slightly better video, recorded today [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuSLDVIDw-s]YouTube - Log splitter for hire Inverness[/ame]
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Nah when I was buying the older ones seem to be £250-£350, but the key is how far away from you it is. I paid £400 for my trojan which has a slightly bigger engine and it came with a breaker gun (yet to find a use for that!) but the hoses are pretty worn
