Goaty
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I bought one earlier this year in reasonable nick from a friend that acquired it through working for an auction firm. £100 I paid.
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Went to Italy recently. Realised how good the uk is. It's a privledge to be born in New Zealand. But there is negative sides to it. The problem with Britain is it's been a progressive country and now full of non real stuff. I watched the episode of camber wick green featuring windy miller. Pre H&S overkill days, he just ambles through the revolving sails on his windmill. Then drinks to much cider home brew and falls asleep. Bring back Fred dibnah days.
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Really an artalk collective should start an effective independant biomass operation like a co-op. With fair deals and expectations. Hire in the haulage its not worth the hassle at least to start with. Mega dependent biomass companies would stand a chance the knowledge and range of contacts on here, as long as the attitudes of everyone involved was not greedy and fair minded.
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I pass work on to others with no expectation or favors back. It stands you in good stead as a useful contact in the know. Which indirectly helps you against the competition. Sometime you get work in return. Once you have done the referred job it is down to you if you get repeat business or impress others. Therefore to the OP extra work acquired is to your credit really. Do a shoddy job or rip them off. You lose. Im not obsessed or orientated by money so that affects how i feel about it. Some people put a value on everything and it probably costs them more in the long term.
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I can pull a huge fat bird with just my looks:blushing:
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Just a design thought I've had. If the bottom of the burner is bottomless and has a mesh floor and you are chucking in lightish stuff, hedgetrimmings etc. Is it worth putting angle iron bracers every ft or so across the width of the skip to air the material and stop it suffocating the fire at the bottom. Will also strengthen the skip when heated and loaded. If it doesn't make sense ask me to explain what you don't understand. E.A is becoming a self appointed divinity and distancing itself from reality.
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Just got an email from toolstation. The write up is either translated from foreign to english or the author is not familiar with chainsaws. Note terminology! I have no knowledge of this saw or experience with it, but its cheap! Toolstation: Einhell BG-PC 1235 Petrol Chainsaw 37cc
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Good to know. Much be well matched. I have a chipper that needs 40hp yet it brings 82hp to its knees. Whats an nominal daily or hourly production rate?
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I have both and I think there is indentations on the xp where it needs to be. Have a look at parts diagram at diyspares or greenstripe etc
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Would like to see this:thumbup:
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Depends. Sometimes start a job and they will panic shift em for you. Other times they are hoping for compo. If it was a neighbours greenhouse you would take appropriate care as it won't shift that easy but it will break. You don't want the job to be harder than neccasary yet you don't want to waste time hanging around. Each situation as you judge best. Can you get there early and park first?
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Have you had a look at equipment specs such as hedgecutters, mini diggers. Tank size and flow. They will have it worked to a safe margin running all day. It surprises me how small nursery hydraulic equipment tanks are.
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Its definitely the way forward. Certainly hire it for a day or go and see another customer using it if they can oblige. Would the engine be big enough? Ive had a palax of similar size in use and hitched to a 21hp compact tractor pto. It did softwood ok but hardwood was a struggle. Can you not process it and leave in a heap then crate up later. Maybe just make a few and refill same ones.
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What do you do with rakings and hedge cuttings?
Goaty replied to Charles Hey Arborist's topic in General chat
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Also Ive heard some trees draw up silica or certain elements. I think it could be just some conifers. Something at the back of my mind.
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You shouldn't need to water them. Searching for water helps develop strong root system, also vice versa. Cherries are of the prunus family and can get disease(silver leaf and canker I think ) if pruned in winter especially if its hard pruning and hard weather. Cherries are much better than plum and other orchard fruits for this though. Cherries are vigorous rooters, but yours may be on dwarf rootstocks. Which possibly means they will need support. All these points are off the top of my head. So google to verify.
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I have a conference pear and its progeny concorde in my garden. Only young trees. The conference had scabby pears, 6ft away the concorde were fine:confused1: Don't forget to check out pollination partners or you may have no pears!
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Just a thought about additives in chain oils. It could be like food. Additives stabilise and alter other properties in the things they are added to. If a homeowner who only strikes his saw up once a year had a gummed up saw he would complain to oil manufacturer. Rather than have bad press they put what is needed in to avoid this. Second thought I have only experimented/used rapeseed in 13 and 15 inch sugi hara bars. My view was if the bars and chain wear out a bit quicker it's still no loss as I'm saving almost half price on oil per 20ltr drum £22ish as opposed to £45. I did enquire on a milling thread a while back if millers had success on bigger bars with rapeseed as I haven't risked it yet.
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Ah! Thanks, I've googled various words and only found green tyre. That's worth a look. Wheelbarrow wheels have high magnetic properties toward thorns.
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Where do you get them? Thanks:001_smile:
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What is the verdict on the puncture/flat free tyres out there. Are greentyres the best option?
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I recall the leaves of cherries (avium) in suffcient quantities does have a toxic effect. Its to do with the sap I think. Its a vague memory from reading a goat keeping book decades ago. My goats never had a problem with eating cherry leaves but they didnt get a truckload.
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Ive used it for 5+ years not had any bother. The last few months been running on makro's rapeseed oil with no issues. Have you tried using diesel to soak and clean. Its not approved to use as such, so wear gloves etc as needed. Or spray it on and leave it for a bit then try removing gunk.
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Jiggins is colour blind. He will claim they picked on him because of his handicap and the human rights will throw it out.
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This is twice she has outclassed you in a week. How do you feel this time? Same answer expected.
