Goaty
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I wrote a landrover off towing, it was a 90 model. Carrying a load of turf within weights legally on a large ifor trailer. Traffic cop(He was a nice one) said short wheelbase and then a long distance in between towing vehicle and 1st axle is excessive leverage when it doe's swerve and caused excessive loss of control. I was only doing 40mph. The actual cause of the crash was the trailer had broken leaves in one of the axle springs. That caused the trailer to act unstable. One colleague was in hospital for a week , the other suffered a broken foot. I was ok but went to court for it and my boss(I was a subbie) got done for failing to maintain the vehicles. The land rover was onlly 18 months old. If I can obscure the sign writing in a mac program ,I will post pics.
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Rob D on his Treet website shows firewood seasoning in polytunnel.
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If you have both the lime is a softer wood. Alder is used to make clogs and rock hard also if native Alder Alnus glutinosa the buds are held away from stem on a little stalk. Google the latin and find pictures. However A rubra A incana A cordata plus more are grown in this country.
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Ah good to see back to thread. at 76p almost not worth running on red to save. I paid 22p in 2002. my income hasnt trebled!
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Just looked at the Land rover rocks thread, Then looked at this one............ Will Skyhucks little trailer pull behind a Land Rover? Neither do the Land rovers have chippers hanging off them. Real toys.
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Im only ground worker qualified, so free climb only, have done it since I was a kid, somehow wont grow out of it. Although age is starting to hinder a little. I did this in N.Z at the coromandel in 2006. A norfolk pine, first attempt 1 minute 22 seconds. Realised my errors had another go next day 45 seconds. I was well chuffed.
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Anyone know what Monterey Cypress is like for firewood.
Goaty replied to TopCut's topic in Firewood forum
Usual problem, what people don't realise if you take material away its not a super deal for you, its more more work and then more work to convert in to firewood. If you left it for them to sort after dropping, which would make em realise what is actually involved. You could go and earn better money doing another job. Discounting for taking away is a no brainer. Yes burns well new zealanders uses it as firewood alot for woodbiurners at least see firewood.co.nz or similar in google -
The recent toyota brake failure issue, I imagine the authorities didn't believe the first few. " It wasnt me sir, it was the car" "So you admitting you was not in control of the vehicle then" Followed by appropriate fines until post crash investigation revealed gremlins. Plus how many recalls are there? Its a fact of life, imperfect people make imperfect things and a vehicle of any type has a lot of components. Clarksons Ford GT had alarm and electrical problems.
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29p later!!!!!!
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Virtually everyone is potentially in the wrong, new vehicles come from factory faulty. One way or another they can get you if they are inclined that way. I can relate other tales were even their operatives don't understand or know how, or what way to interpret the regulations. Rebated or reduced tax fuel at the end of the day would be easier if it didn't exist anymore, that is a price many would be unhappy to pay. Farming/food production would cost more. But there would be less "lawbreakers."
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Self funding equals nit picking with a comb. I did a LGV cpc day course, and the instructor told us a couple of watch your back stories. One was an artic driver collected a trailer from the docks, never put his reg plate on trailer. VOSA stopped him. Enquired about the missing plate, he said he had put one on. They did him£200 for shedding his load. That is how it is. Apparently you can download the VOSA guidebook, but how long would it remain current and a risk of inducing high blood pressure with anger or coma with bordom. The fuel issue along with weights and trailers tachographs etc etc equals impossible to run a legal service at a reasonable cost to the customer.
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Hand filing is always best I find, I bought a grinding disc type machine and agree with previous comments made. Plus machines take more metal off teeth each time and the extra heat softens the metal I think then the edge doesn't last as well. I only use mine to reset the teeth to the same length on a well worn chain. Its one of those things were hand crafted is best, but probably a good machine out there at a price.
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Species/Length/Use of logs.
Goaty replied to Sam Thompson's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Ive supplied elm at less than a meter for hubs for a horse carriage wheel maker. I think he gets 3 hubs from that. -
I run black macbook 13 had it 5 years no virus software, just kept it updated(almost automatic) alot plainer sailing than windows up to xp anyway. Just new battery and a replacement key off ebay. I much prefer. But apple are a bit greedy with pricing I think
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Thanks for replies and info. Will see what pans out.
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I have a potential job in east yorkshire to fell poplars in a woodland. Anyone know of any buyers as the wood owners are seeking to recoup costs of felling if possible. Quantity is several artic loads of good straight timber some over a metre diameter.
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Very economical machine, only one bolt to do on each blade. Thats also a time saver it would take four times as long to change em if they used all the blade holes.
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Ive been hearing impaired since 4 and now have a wildly fluctuating hearing loss from absolute deafness to normal conversational ability with hearing aids. Tinnitus fluctuates for me I hardly have it if at all when i hear well if at all, then when deaf the more tired i get the worse it is. Or if im deaf for a prolonged period it gets more intense to the point of losing concentrational ability, for example I could read a paragraph many times and not absorb it. However you do learn to manage it, it took me about year and it was a hard time. Work was the only contentment/distraction I had. I was told in Rome by a Doc that it is your brain franticly expecting noise and not receiving what it expects, therefore the brain makes its own and fools you. I have been deaf 32 years and didnt know what caused it until last year in Christchurch N.Z a very good doc (private of course $$$$$$$$$) told me conclusively what and why. I have tried several "top ENT professionals" here in the uk with no success.
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how about this machine to save work when coni bashing
Goaty replied to jump-it's topic in Large equipment
Hmmmh. Typical "Kiwi ingenuity" saw similar contraptions operating at the top of the south Island about 5 years ago in the fruit growing regions. Many orchards grow very tall boundary hedges/shelterbelts, often on the roadside probably a metre wide 15 metre plus tall maintained by this kind of thing as a flail wont reach the heights. Most resemble armoured vehicles with a swinging saw blade or such, the passing motorist just hopes they pass. They are very proud of their solutions. I spoke to a guy that proudly described how he n 'is mate tied a chainsaw to a ladder and concocted ropes on the ladder to operate the throttle and take a few limbs off a Japanese Walnut. I was Jealous of their absence of Hinderance and safety, But they are catching up with that kind of thing now. -
Not sure what you mean. I think its a street lamp pole.
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As mentioned by Batiarb in an earlier post, in the southern hemisphere growth is quicker. This is a quercus palustris in Rotorua North Island New Zealand.
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I assume its too heavy for kickback. But if it did!!!!!!!
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Another alternative is a scissor lift trailer behind a tractor, ive used one on private jobs. drive under raise to required height. Keep trimmings on board and tip when full. No tax psv license insurance etc. etc. If brave and require an extra metre tip a little but doubt that would go well with hse in public!
