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"PLEASE STOP PUTTING BANNERS IN THIS TREE - the managment" -
They had to use the loo roll to make room for the air fryer
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At the minute, to stop the great unwashed going anywhere they just need to start a rumour about a hgv driver shortage and the sheep start panic buying, few days time and you can't get any fuel ps download the app now
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Well it aint that, California is set to ban the sale of all petrol garden tools, no matter how many strokes!
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Was meaning to say, yes please do take photos, and come back to this thread in future years to show the change to the landscape as they come on
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Mini timber trailer fir using with 2.6t digger
scbk replied to Rwhiteheadfirewood's topic in General chat
There's an old boy I know, really good on all machinery (both driving and fixing them), he always goes on about tracked excavators are built for digging holes, not for driving about, you'll wear out the drivetrain etc etc. He will load his digger onto the trailer to move it more than about 100yds! If you said to him you were going to tow a trailer I think he would have a heart attack He also has an SMC rubber duck, handy for running about on, hopeless off road. Back to trailers, have a look at TCF Egineering Heavy Duty ATV Timber Trailer - TCF ENGINEERING WWW.TCFENGINEERING.CO.UK Heavy Duty ATV Timber Trailer with a Gross weight of 1250kgs is ideal for a larger Quad, UTV or Compact Tractor. -
I don't know, it's above my paygrade, but I think open ground (grass) is lacking in the fungi that a woodland would have, so you add rotting wood and it finds it's way to the roots! From what I've seen, trees planted near existing trees do better than ones in an area of grass, and that's with keeping the weeds down. You can buy packets of mycorrhizal fungi, whether or not it's actually still live in there?!
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If the ground doesn't have any trees on it already, then I think decomposed woodchip is better (when planting trees) as you're getting the mycorrhizal fungi from the rotting wood, which should help the new trees.
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South Bucks - a couple of days work for someone ?
scbk replied to Cheib's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
When you see something like that you always wonder what the story is, it's like someone has done half a job and deliberately left it awkward for next person. Unpaid bill? Bloke off facebook who "used to work for the forestry mate"? Farmers son from next door? Going by the size of the timber they must've used machinery to move it. Probably dragged the logs through the mud for good measure too If you were local I would do it no bother, but I'd need to know I was actually going to be paid Infact if you were round here you could have that on gumtree as 'firewood - buyer collects'!! -
Not really broken, but non working anyway! A friend's esab welding helmet with a flat battery. As is often the case, you need to take the thing to bits, and the battery is soldered on to the circuit board. They don't want you changing the battery! Previously I have soldered in new batteries, but on this one I got a cheap little external battery holder for a CR2032 cell, which is slightly smaller, soldered that to the circuit board, made a hole for the wires, and stuck the holder to the helmet.
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Yeh can't get your hopes up about them surviving. Hence mainly willow so far. Got heaps of used tree tubes, don't know if that will protect them from the flail, or just bring unwanted attention!
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Had a look on google street view, yes I see what you mean! Google Maps WWW.GOOGLE.CO.UK Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.
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Is a high level of vibration for a 'long hedge trimmer' normal?
scbk replied to greenant88's topic in Landscaping
From the HSE re "anti vibe" gloves: Gloves marketed as "anti-vibration", which aim to isolate the wearer's hands from the effects of vibration, are available commercially. There are several different types, but many are only suitable for certain tasks, they are not particularly effective at reducing the frequency-weighted vibration associated with risk of HAVS and they can increase the vibration at some frequencies. It is not usually possible to assess the vibration reduction provided in use by anti-vibration gloves, so you should not generally rely on them to provide protection from vibration. However, gloves and other warm clothing can be useful to protect vibration-exposed workers from cold, helping to maintain circulation. -
Aka guerrilla gardening Does anyone on here partake in such illegal activities? Going round planting trees in places you shouldn't. Wasteland, odd bits of no mans land, bits of verges etc It's manly been willow whips poked in the ground on moonlit nights. Atleast they're quick and easy, and hopefully compete with the undergrowth I did once have a mixed bag of self seeded saplings, don't know if many of them survived. Do you think using tree tubes would be a bit much I suppose you could also do it during the day and use a hi vis jacket as camouflage, official innit
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I've seen some people put the cardboard packet from firelighters in the recycling. They've gone out and bought a product containing kerosene, resin binder, emulsifier etc, but they won't put the bit of paper in the fire, so they dutifully carry it out to the recycling
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I know this is an old thread, but you must already be using tachos for towing the trailers about the country? You might just get 1.5t legally in the back of some of the front wheel drive panel vans, fiat/peugeot/renault etc. Also, not enclosed, a small lightweight alloy recovery body might take 1.5t
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I never use firelighters, just waste paper, packaging, cardboard etc, bit of thin kindling, away you go. Best is the plain brown card or plain paper at the front, the waxy junk mail crap at the back of the fire.
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Never seen it in the flesh, but have always liked the look of this one, atleast it's got a log lift Log Splitter – Harbrook Engineering HARBROOKENGINEERING.CO.UK Built from experience The Harbrook Engineering Ultra Double Axe was designed by Mike Harper who came up with the idea after years of splitting wood the back breaking way. The large...
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If you do it, film it Especially their reaction, you'll hopefully make money off the video!
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I made my own muck truck towbar for the front of the skip as at the time the dealer didn't seem able to supply one. It could do with further refinement, but it works for as long as the wheels have traction. I do remember one dark winters night using it to tow a broken down transit out the way! One thing you have to watch with light tow machines is on a downhill, if you try turning the trailer wants to jack knife you
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Big old pile of wood someone has (look how far away the splitter is), you'd have to watch, without a suitable shed to keep it in it would rot before you burnt your way through it. And back to working in the dark
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I can't remember the species, maybe sycamore, this was a few months ago right in the middle of town, up to about 1m wide, and had some lovely old ceramic insulators buried deep in it
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Do you think it's just the engine vibrations that does it? I noticed the exhaust seemed to be vibrating more than usual, bent down, and both exhaust mounting bolts had disappeared, then on feeling round the back there was only 1 stud left holding the whole thing on . I'm assuming the mounting bolts have worked there way out first, and that led to the stud snapping? Have you had any bother with the fuel tanks cracking? I've had mine brazed twice now by a friend, due to tiny cracks. Got a universal tank to fit to it at somepoint, it's still in the shed
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Cheers, that was on a kubota oc95, which I think you have a few of. The screw extractors have quite a course thread, the ones I've had less success with in the past have a finer thread. Drilled a small pilot hole, then a slightly bigger hole, both with left hand drill bits just incase it caught. Put the screw extractor in, few taps in with a hammer, attach tap wrench handle (so you can apply even pressure), then cross fingers and clench buttocks!! Spiral Flute Screw Extractor Set 6pc Easy Out Damaged Bolt Stud Removers M3-M25 WWW.EBAY.CO.UK This6 Piece Spiral Flute Screw Extractor Set allows you to easily remove broken socket screws, bolts, stud and fittings. Simply drill a hole in the centre of the broken bolt the correct...
