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A friend who operated a HGV skip truck 18.5 ton considered having this done to protect himself,as alot of people are unscruplous when filling skips and apart from not been able to physically lift the skip on the truck. I think he said cost was somewhere between £4000-6000. You would need 4 cells at the corners and cells alone are expensive to replace. However you could make discreet marks on the suspension area to indicate how far your springs are pushed and flexed on an evenly distributed maximum legal payload verified on a weighbridge.

If its a college job Check the bat/bird box first. That will be huge failure points, if inhabited leave all alone as natural habitat. Thats the correct technical answer from the theory world.

18 years old to use a tractor pto shaft, I assume that by extension includes around static pto driven equipment. Like everything in young employment you can't do it until your 16/18 then its a lot to learn. Plus are you aware of how much time school age kids are suppose to have in bordom/break/rest periods. There is a web page on young employment regs.

It asks questions after you put card in "start country UK?" you confirm or select another, as for change yes. You have to buy the initial card and then renew every five years and digital tachos rob your driving time, Every time the vehicle stops it automatically deducts 1 or 2 minutes I can't remember which, so if you are in roadworks for example its better to creep at a snails pace then stop start with the traffic flow. It was out of date technology when it was released. An artic I used to drive was due for replacement last year and they tried a digi equipped truck on demo, It made the job too close to running out of driving hours or not enough time. So the truck went and the contact with it. They are easy to use however.

I may be wrong but I think the poplar used for joinery is Yellow poplar as it gets called, which is actually Lirodendron commonly called tulip tree. Matches and pallet wood are its favoured modern uses. At present some is going for biomass for powerstations. But for best personal use is firewood for wood burners and stoves. Nice to cut easy to split but takes a while season.

Bark chippings I believe are the bark peelings from commercial forestry timber then shredded to make a consistent uniform product. Sold in fancy packaging by diy stores and garden centers and promoted with compost ranges through the horticultural media. Which means if it doesn't have bark in the name its not "right" Personally I think it tends to blow around a lot as its lighter and it tends not to keep moisture in as well as or deprive weed seeds of essential light as well as woodchip.

Agreed on both points.

After looking elsewhere for reviews,I didn't know whether to go ahead and buy or not. I Figured if it was a success it would pay for itself. A solid enough brand so took a gamble and bought one. For the diy firewood market it is a brilliant piece of kit. Very effective at producing large amounts of logs quickly at the required log length needed according to your fire or woodburner. It really does save your back as you stand in a good position as you saw through the heap. The holding of the logs is positive, in 10+ cubic metres of mainly sycamore, Ive only had two 2 inch diameter branches spin with saw contact. I reckon the biggest advantage for the arborist or treeworker is that it is more suited to smaller logs, I reckon up to 10-15cm diameter max. Which in my opinion up to that size is not that worthwhile putting through a firewood processor, as it reduces the volume per hour rate potential of the machine and can miss the splitting part of the process. I personally will use the small 2-3cm diameter pieces without splitting as they will soon season. It is very light and manuvreable. ideal for taking to piles around the woods or wherever you have dropped a tree if you don't have to sweep up on location you just take the logs home. I found working alone it takes the same amount of time to stack the sawhorse and saw the logs as it does to gather them up. In the woods with a compact tractor and car type trailer with 2 x .64 cubic metre builders dumpy bags two of us managed 10 bags in an 8 hour day including taking the logs away. A lot of the material was already cut to good lengths to go straight in the horse. You can work safely with 2 people as you move the horse after cutting to a new place and the sawer stacks whilst the other gathers or vice versa. I reckon this workrate could be optimised more. I was using a husky 357xp with a 15inch bar, you would not cut through the stack width with a smaller bar. Unless you approached from both sides and the stack would collapse and prove fiddly. Maybe an arbtalk event in the future. The poor mans firewood processor event! The easycut sawhorse is light and easy to move around, however it is not made in an olde blacksmith shop. It is very much like a fold out ironing board in construction. Needs a firm surface with all feet solidly on an even floor or it will twist and probably bend. You don't want a rugby lad practicing his throws with logs into the horse, it will break. I won't be using it for large diameter logs as I can hire u1000 mog with his processor in which is much more effective. However to make better use of brashy materials that would get burnt or shoved through a chipper in to a lower value product, Its a good way of providing something worthwhile to do when you can't get out and make money due to weather or quiet times. Im now toying with the idea of making a wider none folding robust framed saw horse to attach over the tractor bucket for yard use,so it all drops in and I don't have to pick up the logs. and keep the Oregon for mobile work. I have caught the frame at the bottom twice, blame myself for it. Pushing a not so sharp chain. I am glad I bought it and can see its weakness and strengths, in the future if I make the tractor bucket idea I know better than if I'd built from scratch. Yes if this one breaks I would probably buy another, I wouldn't buy a used one without seeing it first. So in conclusion 1. It is effective for volume saw horse work. 2. Always use a sharp chain!!!! 3. Handle with kindness and it will last a while. 4. It is not a commercial piece of kit. 5. It should pay for itself quickly. 6. Much better for the back. 7. Probably better for the saw, as less idle time.

Sorry Dave wrong postcode, it is HU17 0SA.

I sometimes work for a tree nursery at HU11 0SA they have a concrete yard with large bays with good access. If any good let me know. Also I know Haulier with tipper artics that go to Maltby nr Rotherham regular empty if thats any good.

I run a 8 inch pto chipper on a tractor twice its recommended hp on 1000 rpm pto speed. Makes the tractor work harder, therefore less stress and the lower engine speed gives better fuel economy. Just make sure you are running at 540 rpm pto speed on the actual pto not just pulling throttle back to 1000 rpm setting or you will stress the chipper!

Yes it is vertical split crankcase on the 362xp.

I have a dead engine 362xp. But don't know if the shell is the same. But looks similar in a picture. But personally I'd not bother. I recranked this saw and then it died after not alot more use. The crank cost £180, thats a big chunk of the cost of a new saw.

Spent two years at college, maybe. Interested in trees not likely. I would conclude. Maybe just wants to play with toys. Can understand though, first 18 years of life in education, and then laws on employing young uns mean its not desireable to employ them. They are adults almost before they can get a taste of the real world, I think its a bit late for some of them. Ash oak and birch should at least be recognized by anyone of secondary school age. Or maybe I was just fortunate to be brought up in the countryside and be curious enough.

Ive grown seeds of various trees in the past and have found bought seeds tend to be poorer in germination percentage than freshly harvested of my own. Even when Ive done a pre sow viability test alot of the seed can be dead/infertile on arrival. For example floating fagus species in water, dead float and can be skimmed off, whereas live is heavier and sinks. I notice CDTS have a recommended supplier. As proffessionals in this field they should know.

To the best of my knowledge. Alcohlism is an addiction or dependency of regular intake of alcohol. It could by 10ml daily, or lots only on a weekend. It is when it affects you mood/behaviour. when your deprived of it. You do not have to drink excessively or get drunk. Personally I would take heed and prove to yourself and your friends. By abstaining a couple of months. or another time period see what difference it makes. Its nice not to be beaten and prove your you dont need it. I know loads of people who deny but never prove it. You will feel good if you can prove it, but it is similar to giving up nicotine for some.

Yes especially with flexible materials, that includes tyres bulging in multiple directions. Also only one hook on each side on the trailer, I have seen these bent and sheared off by over tightening, wouldn't give much hope for a shock loading on one. Its this kind of thing we need vosa for. But instead they seem to get those that try to comply.

Thats any event in Harrogate, It always takes longer to do the last 5 or so miles, going in or leaving than the rest of the journey from 80 miles away. Its a conference town with other venues as well. Its a classic money making racket. If shows and events started to move elsewhere they might do something about it.

Bruce Hoadley mentions this in his book Understanding Wood, a craftsmans guide to wood technology, worth a read I'd have a look for you but Im away from home. But I do know they are very prone to radial splitting, You can use P.E.G instead of seasoning normally.

Still there as far as I know in The Domain in Auckland N.Z near the museum. Did climb it but very awkward due to narrow branch profile.

Hey ive been looking on trade me for ages but never no what to do as most of them say ring and must have residency etc. As im a little over 30 i cant get the working visa so that route is out the question. Do you think if i came over on holiday and found work it would be easy enough to get a visa of some description while i was out there? Sorry to waffle on. I went in 2005/6 to NZ and was just over 30 Had Class 1 HGV and chainsaw ticket and other bits but not as many as you. It was a frustrating experience for my wife and I. She was under 30 and the Immigration was absolutely pathetic. Its a fantastic country but If I was to do the visa for work over again. Id get a job before I went, Its a government dept and things take weeks to sort. Its so easy by comparision for an Kiwi to come to UK and by extension, Europe for working visa. If you want our fuller experience pm me and I'll tell you more. I recommend going but not hoping to sort things when you get there. Sponsorship is a good way, just hard to find someone.

If it had verticillium two years ago I reckon it would be a goner by now.

Are you volunteering to convert it in to matchsticks then? You are an enthusiastic miller!!

I think clear(knot free) is used for Timber framed greenhouses and Hot tubs.