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I've done some with larch and they're lasted fine. It would've just been any old scraps of larch that was lying round

You could get a petrol (or diesel!) hydraulic powerpack to run the splitter you currently have. The way they seem to hold their money second hand on ebay etc they're virtually free! (sell it and get your money back) Different makes and models have various outputs, so some will be faster than others.

Bare in mind there are bli30 and bli300 batteries. Bli30 is "homeowner" grade The bli300 is the current biggest (36v 9.4ah) without going up to a backpack battery. Not sure what the story is at the minute, most places seem to be out of stock of the bli300 https://www.redbanduk.co.uk/battery-and-charger-guide

I like how at the start of the video it says "The main raw material is softwood logs" and shows a wood handling yard full of good logs. Then at the end of the video you see the shrink wrapped and plastic strapped bag that says on it "Made from 100% recycled wood" The wood is only recycled because they chipped it in the first place Huge amount of energy and machinery used to smash up logs and stick them back together in the shape of a log, with a bit of waste sawdust mixed in.

It's not that far, just take a day out and go up and see it

Whilst moving a few empty oil containers today- I had this image in my head of the local boy scouts sat round a pile of smouldering molten plastic, singing ging gang goolie whilst getting high off the fumes, like the neds do with wheelie bins

I'm a weirdo, I occasionally collect a few bulk bags of sawdust from the sawmill, throw some in the chicken run, mix a bit in with the woodchip, put it down as a path in the polytunnel, tried it as a mulch, etc, it's all free organic matter of some sort and it will rot down into the soil. Also built a compost toilet last year, that uses sawdust, but only a tiny amount really!!

And a couple bits of rope and they make a great tool tote, they're tough as old boots

Went on my bike to the off licence for a bottle of whisky. Put it in the basket on the front of the bike, then thought that if I fell off on the way home, it would break and I’d lose it all. So I decided to drink it all there and then. Good job I did, because I fell off the bike seven times.

What about a 6ft fence

Average speed on the truck computer vs average speed on bike computer

Plastic grass and gravel, and still needing strimmed, sounds like a load of money was spent on it, and it doesn't even look good for it. I do like the advert of the tree popping out of the cardboard box though! Google Maps WWW.GOOGLE.COM Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

50k miles a year, I do about 4k in the van and 2-3k a year in the truck, and it feels like I'm always driving at that! Also do about 1k miles a year on a converted electric bike, costs a few pence to recharge, handy for getting about locally.

When you think about it, I'm surprised that construction is excluded from red diesel, you would think the big housebuilders and property developers would have plenty of old chums in parliament?!

See I would look at it the other way round, looking at that, mains gas is currently cheaper, the cost of smokeless will be going up, and you've got the hassle of having to carry it into the house and the ash out (with all the associated dust and mess!). Wood ash you might spread in the garden, don't think you would want to do that with smokeless. Never mind the environmental side of it. Rather than spend money on the stove, insulation is a better investment, so you use less energy

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I'm not clued up on it, but I think customs officer's have a lot of powers, they are acting on behalf of the queen. They can already go on to private land and test fuels, even if you're not there! Fuels for use in vehicles (Excise Notice 75) before 1 April 2022 - GOV.UK WWW.GOV.UK Find out which fuel you can legally use in different types of vehicle before 1 April 2022. 3.2 Making your vehicle’s fuel available for testing You must make your vehicle’s fuel available for testing if one of our officers asks you to. If you refuse to allow our officers to take a sample, we may seize the fuel and the vehicle. We may also impose a penalty for your failure to comply with this legal requirement. If you obstruct, hinder or assault one of our officers, we may prosecute you. 3.3 Fuel tested in your absence Your fuel can be tested in your absence. You will be told about the test and the result in writing. 4. Powers of HMRC officers Our officers are allowed by law to: examine any vehicle and any oil in or on it and to inspect, test or sample any oil in the fuel supply require vehicle owners or anyone in charge of a vehicle to open or cause to be opened the fuel tank or other source of the fuel supply so that the fuel can be located and inspected, tested or sampled – if there is anything in the supply which might hinder this, it must be removed require anyone in charge of a vehicle to produce any books or documents relating to the vehicle or to oil carried on it and which are carried by that person or on the vehicle enter any premises (except private dwelling houses) and inspect, test and sample any oil on the premises, whether in a vehicle or elsewhere – in entering the premises, an officer may bring with them any vehicle used for carrying out official duties require the occupier of the premises or the person in charge of them to facilitate the inspection, testing or sampling of oil on their premises or oil in the fuel supply of vehicles on the premises, irrespective of whether the oil or the vehicle belongs to that person or someone else – this includes attending normally unmanned premises when our officers require access to fuel require anyone concerned with the sale, purchase or disposal of any oil to produce on demand any relevant books or documents require you to provide satisfactory evidence that any fuel in your possession (including in your running tank) is fully UK duty paid

I would think that it's highly likely that HMRC will dip tanks if they can issue fines out of it. Construction sites, quarries etc would be an easy target, hidden away in a back garden, hopefully less so.

Caught red handed! I looked it up, looks a busy enough street, the window has now been blurred out on google Google Maps WWW.GOOGLE.COM Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

Some of the new cheap ones you see are made out of quite a thin bar, so flimsy, not like the old ones. You don't see them being used much now, it will always be plastic barriers or heras fencing, 2nd hand would be pot luck, try scrappys or industrial auctions

China needs all those coal power stations as they make so much cheap tat for us! Thinking of the shops in Inverness like b&m bargains, the range, poundstretcher, home bargains, poundland, non-food aisles at Tesco etc etc, they all might aswell have a Chinese flag hanging above the door as virtually everything they sell is cheap rubbish made in China, destined for landfill as it will break or people get bored of it and chuck it in the bin. Also on the subject, which country in the world makes the most solar panels, bicycles, electric bikes, electric mopeds, (probably electric cars too), etc, and has some huge solar power plants?

I would call it a haversack, I had one as a piece bag for a good few years. Bottle of water, flask, lunchbox in the main compartment. Highlander Heavy Duty Military Haversack Student Shoulder Bread Bag Canvas Olive WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Highlander Heavy Duty Haversack. Manufacturer: Highlander. Colour: Olive. An army style heavy duty canvas shoulder bag... The only thing is the lunchbox had to stand upright to fit, so you had to pack the box right! Don't know where I left it..... Last summer in the heat I was taking a large coolbox in the van, full of various bottles of water, lunchbox, fruit etc

I think it's funny that "solar farms" are built, cover acres and acres of good farmland in solar panels, yet there's huge warehouse roofs that could have solar panels fitted.

This turned from an interesting thread on diesel to a confusing thread on electricity I wonder where the red diesel price will be in a months time, will things settle down after the April 1st changes