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  1. scbk

    Jokes???

    scbk replied to brownie1964's topic in The Lounge

    You know it's a good movie when the crowd gets the pyrotechnics out https://www.reddit.com/r/Whatcouldgowrong/comments/17u9sjo/wcgw_bursting_crackers_inside_a_movie_hall/
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    Husky 540ixp is a great saw, its equivalent power to a 40cc. But without the exhaust fumes, less noise, less vibrations, no ticking over, no pull starting all day long, cheaper to run (esp. compared to aspen), can refuel from home (so you're ready to go every morning), less maintenance. For any cutting below a foot diameter I would rather do it with the 540 battery saw than any petrol saw. I think you can also get it as a "G" version (heated handles)
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    Just out of interest, why don't you want to heat the hot water with the fire? More work, but would it not be worth it long term with the savings on the leccy?
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    Plant a Douglas Fir, by the time it's a decent size it'll be someone else's problem anyway
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    What is it your using the chip for? You mention biomass, and short rotation coppice? Have you looked at the branch loggers? Chunker not a chipper...
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    Have you already got the container? Have you looked at getting a refrigerated lorry/trailer body? Insulated shipping container 40/45ft box body storage fridge freezer prefab. WWW.EBAY.CO.UK All at really cheap trade prices to all. So, if you’re after a storage solution that’s secure, watertight, windproof, and heavily insulated, look no further. It won’t sweat and drip condensation...
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    OP could combine trees and welding, get a job in forestry engineering, making/mending forest machines and their attachments
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    Keep the saws as spares/backups, selling them you're going to take a hit. You only need to use them a couple of times for paid work and they will have paid for themselves
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    There's "snaw on the ben" (wyvis) so I'm assuming there must be something down in the cairngorms by now
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    A couple weeks of leaves on the ground for 365 days of oxygen seems a reasonable trade off to me
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    It's only a small area, I don't have a branch logger, I would get one if I thought there was much paid work with it, but I'm not sure. I think a good size to let them grow to would be the biggest you get without having to split them.
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    Well it's the end of season weigh in for the willow regrowth The biggest stems are just over 5m tall, and up to 50mm / 2" thick, they were cut about 11 months ago
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    You can have a halfway house by towing a cs100 with a muck truck. It will pull it over surprisingly rough ground, won't churn up a lawn when turning, and is still narrow access
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    Post a photo of the tree, let us all see the location
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    '96 was the year of enlightenment?
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    Bought the power sweeping kit from chimney rods direct, used it a few times, seems decent enough for me.
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    You'll want a few paths cleared, but gorse can be good for keeping the deer off the new tress. In 10-15yrs time the trees will be smothering out the gorse!
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    Mini digger with a grab and pull the roots out.........
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    When I got a 2nd van 5yrs ago I had to start off again with no ncb on that, and the the insurance was the same price with with 0yrs ncb as the maximum 12+yrs or whatever on the other van. Then as the years went on the prices stayed similar to each other. So for me no claims bonus has no bonus
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    Jokes???

    scbk replied to brownie1964's topic in The Lounge

    That's not that famous bollard in glasgow is it? SHITPOST | e****************t.com E****************T.COM SHITPOST SHITPOST SHITPOST SHITPOST SHITPOST SHITPOST SHITPOST SHITPOST SHITPOST SHITPOST SHITPOST SHITPOST SHITPOST SHITPOST SHITPOST... Oh wait wrong shape
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    Here's some root plates lifting, let's just hang around underneath to see what happens and let the dog climb all over them
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    Hack back the birch and slyly plant a couple of leyland cypress saplings on the neighbours side whilst you're there, keeps everyone in a job
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    Put logs in a ton bag, and voila, a ton of logs If people still don't understand, tell them it's a cubic tonne, then they'll know you're serious.
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    Meanwhile in Thurso, Thurso man took traffic frustration out with sledgehammer WWW.JOHNOGROAT-JOURNAL.CO.UK A Thurso man pitched up with a sledgehammer after reaching the end of his tether with traffic issues near his home. ".....the sheriff admonished Ayre. He also ordered the sledgehammer to be forfeited."
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    Stiga brushcutters

    scbk replied to miker's topic in Landscaping

    Yes I used to have one with a 53cc kawasaki 2 stroke engine, it was "ok". Attachments is the same as any other strimmer

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