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Yes 36 inch mill. I could bring just the mill and you try your saw out. Or I can bring it with mine already in. I need to develop my side mill a bit more. Time!! The working mans elusive enemy. Whilst millions of hours are wasted in onesies watching TV all day long. Its not fair. But I'd rather be a time chaser.

A few posts back I was messing with someone elses Stihl 024. It is now fixed apparently it was a carb kit that was needed. Confirmation of outcome for Wiseco and Spud and others that helped me with ideas and tips

Not sustainable when fueled by greed ,corporate giants playing the green card. It's all down to profit or they would be out. However if waste stream was done properly it could work. Lots get burn on site clearance also if less was chipped, just the30mm down grade, useful fuel wood above that size. We use it for z quick heat increase on very cold days. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

I do have a forest master, though not this model. It is a brilliant bit of kit. I did a review a while back in the review section. It would of been better to show the video not in freestyle! Scratch it off and start again me thinks! Or just for entertainment for exclusive AT members I could use mine suspended by my hooves of a tractor front loader attached with a bungee cord. ..... Boing , bbrrrhhh slice, boing spin brrh slice the other side. Back flip bore cut. Job done. Maybe with a 36 inch for a little americanisation. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

I would recommend it, its a different pace of living. How it should be. Also day trips out to Fingals cave, puffin colony and maybe even whales. Only mowers to be seen are highland cattle and sheep.

A chap near me in his 70s is doing this all the time for his enjoyment! I supply him with Ash for spokes and elm when I get it for hubs, he gets the oak for the outer circle wherever he can get from. He has Fred Dibnah style self made equipment for making spokes and the parts. Impressive, its a bygone era.

Google it in google NZ ( change your searchpage) They use it for lots over there, propably inspiration for you as well.

I was going to put my comment up when I had read the whole thread. But basicly the same as above. It the Foot and mouth winter, whenever that was I drove a citreon berlingo every day on pipeline work from Saltend nr Hull as far as Newton Bewley nr Hartlepool, for about 8 weeks. In all weathers except laid snow. Down farm tracks and across fields. We never had to call for help. We worked as a leap frog pair and never saw each other all day. My worse scenario was to jump out whilst it was in 1st gear and give the door jamb a shove for about 3 metres. However it is down to the driver and techniques used. Another coleague in the dry heat of summer aimed the same van through the only lush verdant grass in a slight hollow at 3.30pm on a Friday afternoon:mad1: and a 4x4 was required after it returned from another job. In 2007 the floods I also went through a fast flowing flood above my headlamps in my trusty ford escort van and never ailed a thing. My Dad and I were determined to sleep in our own beds that night. So my opinion is many 4x4s are never really needed. Perhaps swop your work around to suit the conditions. Having said that. Im getting to the point of needing a 4x4 more for the towing capacity.

I do the odd day on a tree nursery that grows a large number of container trees, not quite Deepdale, Barchams league only up to 20cm girth size. Airpots have been used for several years alongside the polyproplene woven bag type and rigid pots. Our collective opinion is there isn't really any difference in growth rate or quality in the same time period. All roots will fill the container if in long enough. Airpots may well produce a better distribution of roots We too take the airpots off and wrap in hessian for transit generally because airpots are fragile and collapse. The twist fasteners snap if they get brushed past. The disc in the bottom tends to fracture and the whole lot drops to the bottom. The walls will kink if lent on a side. They are best potted and left in situ until required. The bigger nurseries get round this by potting the trees on the floor with woven membrane or other materials for the base. a solid concrete floor is best for this. This isn't scientific I appreaciate. They are a popular pot and some nerdy architects will rave and demand them maybe, but they have little real world hands on experience. So I reckon don't believe ALL the hype. If they are cheap and suit your needs/circumstances go ahead them. What are you thinking of growing? Size and species?

We will have to sort a demo out. Time is not on my side at the moment. Maybe in a month or even two:blushing: I got mine to play with in my non existent time:001_rolleyes: Mainly done favours with it. Definitely use a winch on long lengths. I find it ruins my back muscles if I don't. Keep something aside. Or I may have something before long. No promises though! With all the tourist trade and skirlington market we should find an outlet you would think.

Why Jim? You after one? I have an alaskan. Not for sale though. Have you looked at Rob D from chainsaw bars videos. It is slow work relatively, A chap at seaton runs a bandsaw mill I think, at the ex dodgy skip companys yard. Have a look in the milling section of the forum.

Yes and now will be a good time because they get so big then can fail due to damping off. Whereas these longer daylight days shoul help.

When I first looked into buying a chipper circa 2001. If you typed in woodchipper in the web search engine...... All you got was American violence and Mayhem, either Man put girlfriend through chipper news articles or fantasy stories of the same. Also online gaming nerds used it as an alias gaming name frequently e.g Annihalator vs Woodchipper. I was frustrated in my searching. Much better these days. The Americans seemed to go more mainstream with them before we did I reckon. All the best in your research, but I think at present do to firewood values chippers are not getting the throughput they were 7 years ago.

Just all the time in the world to dream about Carol:biggrin:

Whole SSE company structure is bloated out of proportion, left hand doesn't know what right is doing. Too many chiefs not enough indians etc. This is the case with their large infrastructure as well. I know of some unbelievable mess ups. Hence inefficiency equals high energy prices.

For a few years Hull City Council used to give every new parent the choice of one of these or a mountain ash or juneberry. Until the budget cuts by the government. They are about if you are looking for them. But not that common.

As above, a few different cultivars available if your fussed further.

I assume the drier has adjustable temperature control. I know of a corn drier that fired due to daft combine driving. He had a hi tech combine at his disposal but ignored the settings and made a hash of setting it himself. Too much chaff in the grain. Chaff and husks I assume have very similar properties to sawdust.

Yes that's the idea you can dig quite tight to the circumference of the Base crown. Expect to go 30-45cm down as I remember. Another good tool a flat pickaxe mattock type head to penetrate and hack through. It also makes a a nice narrow trench around it. Also required is a positive mindset. I've seen a few give up. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Dig it out. Dig round it then stab away under it. A mini digger would be good and i have stabbed fork tines on a front loader in and flicked one out. They are a pig to do, but you only need to get the base of the plants out, not all the roots that tiller away from it. Do not chop down to ground level with a chainsaw. It will blunt and clog up. Use a blade on a strimmer/brushcutter. Levers and bars may be helpful too. Thats my experience anyway

A red type of willow, I think.

Orchid here as well.

If it gets what it needs in sunshine, water etc, It should grow again this year.

Amy your getting male territory push off me thinks. My wife gets it when she rings up for vehicle parts etc. I descibe the item she rings or goes in and gets belittled. I go in use the same term, I get asked questions to narrow it down with no hassle. Some good points in this thread. Rover, good man for giving that lad the opportunity. He will have his limitations. But you will build his self esteem. Purpose in life.

That's why it went well Jim. Weight on dolly not 3 point linkage or drawbar. Pulling not carrying. I reckon if it had front linkage with an appropriate weight to get a better bite with front wheels. It would handle better. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk