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Bare in mind that "closing the road" and "stopping the traffic" are two very different things! You can get a 'stop works' sign, if you fancy looking like a lollipop lady! On a slightly related note, a road surveying vehicle went past last week doing a slow walking speed. It was flanked 50yds on either side by guys with stop-go boards. I was talking to one of them and he said they work all over the uk, and he has to cover about 10 miles a day on foot in front of the wagon!
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Well then Malco, where is the island, and do I need to blow up the dinghy or make a raft out of blue barrels?
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Does anyone change the sprocket nose tips on their guide bars? Got a fairly decent 3/8" husky bar with a knackered sprocket. Where do you get the replacement tips, how much do they cost, is it worth it?
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Get someone in with the kit. I have the saws and the splitter that can deal with 5ft rings, without having to lift them. And it all goes into the back of a van and can be transported to site anywhere.
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The OBD port is the weak point. Not any use now, but for anyone else, read up on it. You can fit better locks and disable/secure the OBD socket.
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Yes but it's when it's a 4ft+ diameter spruce with knots the size of footballs running right to the centre, and the end product has to fit into a diddy wee 5kw stove
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Yes - there's no such thing as bad firewood! It catches light easily and gives off a lot of heat. Forest grown is better. Trees in a garden/croft/field edge can have some huge knots running right through, and you end up with very odd shaped logs (which don't stack!)
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I have no idea of crofting law, but no doubt the grazings will predate the railway. Bare in mind the animals roam pretty freely in those parts, and roads have cattle grids
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That's the thing, maybes the bucket wasn't tied down?
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It's funny, it happened the other way round up here, it was network rails fault for not maintaining railway fences!! https://www.whfp.com/2017/07/12/crofter-compensated-for-cow-struck-on-train-tracks-near-plockton/ Back to the original story, in the article the it goes: "He said: “About 20 yards on the other side of the bridge came a tractor with a big digger on its back and I saw it’s boom was upright." I wonder if the digger boom had raised during transport? Is there not something about the vibrations causing hydraulic cylinders to move?
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What about some fun guys https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Magical-mushroom-test-for-Dundreggan-20042018.htm https://treesforlife.org.uk/forest/ecology/mycorrhizas/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Empathy-Rootgrow-Mycorrhizal-Fungi-2-5Kg/dp/B01MCV71SX/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_86_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=1X57YCFVMXRMHASJP65F I have never used the stuff but must buy some and try it!
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Found this on youtube. I can only assume the midgets have found small chainsaws and are cutting down saplings
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Have you tried giving the starter a wee tap whilst holding the key?
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You say gas, do you mean mains or a tank (or bottled!)? Is there many grants/rhi available for log boilers with you? Up here it seems most schemes have come to an end or not paying much. You'd get an interest free loan, but you'd be paying more as it would have to be done by approved contractors etc.
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Nevermind vinyl, just give it a few coats of oil based gloss paint
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I like to be able to stand up inside, this'll depends on your height, I'm just under 6ft. I built a camper out of a SWB med roof front wheel drive Transit - this is just big enough to stand up in, but has a similar length to an estate car so good turning circle and can park in a normal space (just). I kept it fairly basic, fixed double bed, unit/cupboard, diesel night heater, inverter, microwave, portable gas stove. Single passenger seat in the front so you can walkthrough, and single belted crew van seat in the rear. Flettner vent and foil insulation on the roof to stop condensation but keep headroom. No chemical toilet as they take up a fair bit of space, and most importantly I have no means to empty one
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As I understand it, the only advantage marine has over wbp is it's resistance to salt water
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If you want a more storm proof poly tunnel look up "polycrub"
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Surely the answer would be a fan running directly off a solar panel - so therefore only runs when it's sunny!!
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Anything's possible! Yesterday I managed to pull an old diesel engine (weighing a few hundred kg) out of some undergrowth, onto a track barrow, drive it in the back of the van, then unload again at the scrappys. On my own of course!
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Can you not modify the oxdale splitter, different valve if you want auto return. Always thought the curved splitting heads on the oxdales looked a bit strange?
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There's someone with a mobile mill in Wester Ross, think it's a woodmizer.
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So they don't live in/next to the woodland already? I wonder if in a few years time they will be asking for planning permission for accommodation, on the basis they need to keep an eye on their 'livestock'?
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Sell them.... folks (like me) are always after cheap 2nd hand windows and doors for shed projects etc!
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Just to take this thread to the other end of the scale, here's my wee machine. Small and light enough to be carried in the back of a transit I got it a few months ago, involved a road trip crossing 2 borders as the machine was in Wales. She's a bit tatty, but should do me a turn. Pulling out a chain link fence with her today.
