Goaty

This is true, when I drove a mixer this August, there was 14cube (over £900) that had to go back, I had places I could of taken it but the gaffer spent that long trying to resell it. We took it back yard to be crushed for hardcore later. The customer had already paid for it.

Woodchip, sawdust tends to hold the moisture and keep ground wet, Our yard is hardcore base with planings on top. When doing the scraping with a tractor loader it pays to use the bucket at about 45 degrees(find your best angle) down from horizontal and drag backwards to avoid digging in to yard surface. Ideal compromise would be concrete under woodchip pile and split log pile for clean bulk handling and rough brash, cordwood and traffic areas on cheaper surface.

The second article says its a 56,000 ton crane so maybe they thought it should lift it:confused1:

Idiot proofing, not many know their trees. 3rd on left becomes 3rd on right when you look at it the other way etc. etc

op says not ordinary dumpy bags, regular builders supply bags tend to be 0.64m cube. I assume 1000/1000/1000 is millimetre dimensions.

To be picky it says the time I last looked on forum was 13hrs ago when I know I've been on twice since. But I can live with it. The site is running quicker and like the adjustments, hope it runs itself real well soon Steve.(as much as it can) Well done to the team.

To be picky it says the time I last looked on forum was 13hrs ago when I know I've been on twice since. But I can live with it. The site is running quicker and like the adjustments, hope it runs itself real well soon Steve.(as much as it can) Well done to the team.

I can split 2 fiddly cubes in an hour and 20min with x27. But If I go all day I ache for days and lose sleep with dead arms. But if I nibble a bit here and there Im ok. Log size 10-20cm diameter. If you have a helper handling the wood or even swopping roles, far more effective.

Not read every post on this thread, but followed it a while back. When cutting logs for firewood using a husky combi gauge with the roller on, I use the soft(wood) file hole for setting the depth teeth on my standard 357xp. Even though its on hardwood, it copes with ease. Just wondering if you performance obsessed boys do this or would gain 0.0001 second doing it.

Im going to grow a ponytail and mention "safety" alot whilst using unsafe practices, then everything will be ok! I wondered why I havn't yet been credited with expert status.

Glad I brought it up. Should keep the arbtalk world safer. I thought it was in my price range. It had to be wrong in hindsight.

Steve blair for the pimp my woody machine! Mr Flatters for casual pole climbing shots. They could be recycled 8 times through the show as all tv is now, the firewood forum regulars could protest how its not viable anymore etc etc. I think it would be a goer. Viral web sensation could lead to bigger things and the show could cover the whole country. The big question who do we nominate for our Fred Dibnah ancient obsessive guru. Hama could fill the steve irwin slot. If he would allow it.

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I was in a village delivering wood today, a neighbour was "coaling up" It was like being at a traction engine rally! That chimney was probably at 8m. So its relative really my little un works fine. I did have a taller one previously but it was worse for not drifting upwards.

Tyres on avant wont be highway or speed rated. Sounds like you would need HGV license as well

What is your reference source?

That does no good to the professional reputation of this industry or the company concerned with the incident. We tend to avoid going down the cowboy/conman route on arbtalk, though tongue in cheek we do have a laugh. Only need to watch programs on tv with dodgy geezers, in the background the program has a Pro to consult. Joe public can get a second opinion just as easily. I for one aren't blinded with science. Trust no one.

Whoops I know a few of us in single storey dwellings with flues, I though the regs say a certain height above roof or ridge. In fact I've seen campervans with woodstoves and Flues through roof. Can't see the harm steam engines didn't go large on chimneys did they? P.S Its not a thatched roof.

Thanks for opinions. I carry on as it is.

Aye it is.

Bought a flue cube at the old price £166 +p&p. My set up is not top notch, I have a budget stove/oven/boiler which is connected to central heating. The flue is not insulated, it is around 2.3m long. We had trouble with air flow due to adjacent tree shelter belt, smoke blowing back into room when you open the stove door. Variable starting performance when lighting and filthy glass really quickly. Also as we do firewood, we tend to burn the bits no body wants, large small non splittable pieces, leylandii etc. All seasoned though. Lighting the fire is much improved. The glass burns itself cleaner than before, but it still soots up and burns itself off. I reckon it burns hotter. Hard to prove. It has reduced blow back of smoke into the room, It could be partly stove design/setup. Sorry this isn't convincingly dead certain but someone needs to test this product in a controlled scientific way.

Any preference in Yorkshire Andy, Yorkshires pretty big?

When I pull my twin axle trailer over the stupid things I think of the flex on drawbar. You have one government authority saying only 100kg or so of weight on the nose and hitch then another dept making the things go from 100kg to 300kg to 0kg and back in less than a second. But doubt the office boys that design these things have ever towed a trailer.

MDTs regular ride of late in avatar has only 3 grease nipples, he's no longer aware of any high maintainence that doesn't involve buttons and LCD screens.

I had a customer last week said she would be in touch when she wanted more from me as she was trying a guy who could do it for £40 a ton. I just said thats a good deal if its seasoned you should get at least 3 builders dumpy bags as they hold no more than a third of a ton. I was being generous at that. She wanted more from me this week, He either is still chopping it and wished he kept his mouth shut or she wasn''t impressed. I will ask sometime.