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I have had a fire in my own home for 5 years burnt whatever was lying around yard even if rain had been at it some of it isnt even worth covering up so its burnt dripping wet sometimes with plenty of kindling and other flammable stuff. never once had problems,our family for over 50 years in some shape of form has heated there properties with an open fire or stove,again no moisture content measured just burnt what was left spare from the yard that wasn't good enough to split for customers.Why have generations of my family had zero issues with chimney fires or gunked up flues then? I have even gone outside and cut lumps off my cord split it there and then and then burnt it,guess what still no issues...can some one please explain that one for me? nothing i have ever burnt was below 12 percent moisture content.Surely it isn't down to luck that i have avoided chimney issues,my glass on y stove isnt even blacked or sooted up. Everyone needs to quit worrying so much,i do check moisture of my loads prior to delivery and if its over 25 percent moisture its going nowhere,but ive been seeing stupidly low moisture levels quoted as acceptable and i think its totally unnecessary scare mongering to be blunt.

if you want a bench routine sorted i can easily get you benching 150kg bud.Good luck with shoulder injury C.T.S they blow nuts big time my right shoulder is screwed up .

steve's answer hits it on the head. I have had this issue with some big five foot around lumps pine that have been sat seasoning and gone like concrete full of knots and just grind you down mentally.I just breath calmly stare at the log gather my head together and thump that sucker like its my most hated enemy.Splitting by hand will ruin your body in the end tho.

may just be able to help you out there bud,if you can pm me and address ill find the cheapest method for haulage as im up northwest.

Haha well someones got to love it, right? over the years its had a bad rap,and to be honest I think alot of English firewood suppliers could do with taking a leaf or two out of our European brothers overseas.Softwood is huge over there.On a quiet week I'll bank over 350 notes after tax from selling softwood alone,with a customer base of over 289 people the proof is in the pudding that softwood can work rather well if given a shot,and certainly if people find it harder and harder to gain good hardwood cord then it just reassures them that softwood isn't such a dirty word anymore.

First you need 72 hours between your dynamic and conjugate days. For example at Westside they do the Bench speed day on Sunday, the Sq/Dl max effort day on Monday, the Bench max effort day on Wednesday and the Squat speed day on Friday. Pick your days whenever you can but try to stick to the 72 hour rule. If you tend to overtrain easily then maybe you can spread it out a bit. SAMPLE WEEK: SUNDAY- BP SPEED DAY Bench press 1.10 sets of 3 with 50-55% of your contest max (with a shirt) -use 60% if you compete without a bench shirt. 1.45-60 seconds rest between sets. 2.As your tris get stronger add chains to the bar to increase the weight lifted in the upper 1/2 of the movement 3.@20 reps out of 200 are performed with a weight above the training weight i.e. add 20-50 lbs to training weight. BAR SPEED SHOULD REMAIN HIGH Triceps:60 reps with dumbbells broken into roughly 6 sets of 10 or 40 reps with a barbell Front, side and rear delts Lat work: 4-5 sets Hammer curls Reverse hypers: 2-4 sets of 20 Abs: Weighted ab work. Note: delt and lat work are done by feel. Always try to do more work in a short period of time. Set a goal of an hour. WEDNESDAY - BP MAX EFFORT Floor Presses: Work your way to a max single effort. Again - 4-5 special exercises-total- for the triceps, upper back, delts and lats. Again - 4-5 special exercises-total- for the triceps, upper back, delts and lats. Again, try to do more work in a short period of time. Abs:Heavy weighted ab work Reverse Hypers: 2-4 sets of 20 * Exercise picked from rotating pool of core exercises MONDAY - DL/SQ MAX EFFORT Zercher Squats: Work your way to a max single 10-15 sets of lat and upper back work Abs Reverse Hypers: 4 sets of 10 * Exercise picked from rotating pool of core exercises FRIDAY: BOX SQUAT DAY Box Squat: 8-12 sets of 2 45-75 seconds rest between sets. These are on a below parallel (1.5-2") box . Arched Back Good Mornings: 3 sets of 3-8 reps Back Raises (Hyperextensions): 3 sets of 10-15 Reverse Hypers: 4 sets of 10 Heavy Abs Seated Calves:4 sets of 10

Ronnie is a steroid filled wuss haha God bless bodybuilders they do try. Hi Stephen I shall post a sample routine for you all to try.Everything I do is about acheiving maximum force, power, speed and what I like to call practical strength endurance,stuff you can really carry over to real everyday scenarios. If you hit a YouTube search on westside barbell you can Veiw the average workouts I follow as I follow my quest to be the first drug free lifter to total elite in powerlifting. I don't have any form of video recording device.If I did I would have done a weekly video blog dedicated for tree and forestry workers detailing ways to make everyday graft less difficult and ways to prevent back and knee injuries etc. If I ever master technology I shall do this for arbtalk if mr bullman allowed as I'm just an average joe with average genetics who has worked his gonads off and I'm sure everyone can relate to that.I'm no steroid filled genetcally gifted zeuss

Aye I wish my military press was better tho.I can strict military press 152.5 for three and push press 192 for one rep max. Benching took a long long time to come up with having such long arms being 6ft5.But I can bench 225 for 31 reps and max bench unshirted is 540.with a shirt I can hit 600 bang on button.Shoulders are paying the price tho,like many young gym goers I stupidly neglected rotator cuff work.Those plyo pushups are amazing core shoulder back chest and arm blasters,your whole body is like a coiled spring bouncing you back up lol. Ever since starting using westside barbells templates my explosive strength has gotten out of hand.Holding 25kg dumbells I can from standing start jump onto a 40" platform.And before using there methods the plyo pushup was nearly impossible.I can also go from kneeling to standing with 90kg barbell on my back

Snap.Altho the majority of it is larch that is exactly all I sell.I will second the wet wood thing,it dosnt take much for softwood to soak up moisture if rain can get to it.It also when seriously seasoned eg plus two years can start soaking up the atmospheres moisture and wet muggy days can easily see your logs turn up to 25 percent again. Pubs absolutly love dry softwood,at 20percent it lights quickly giving bright very hot flames,also the crackling and popping gives the customers the atmosphere of Cosey log fire the pine smells bloody lovely aswell. Softwood for the win chaps!

nice variation with the rings.they really blast you doing press ups on them.I struggle with them now tho since my 2nd rotator cuff injury.How many of you tried the plyometric way? If I can do them at 21 stone then none you got any excuse lol.

All sorted now guys managed to find start with local guy start Monday.Hi travis longbow forestry? That's new one on me I'll check them out.

Got to 15 first time tried and got bored so decided to try it plyometric style I dare any of you to try it this way,just for love of god don't keep arms straight on way down. From standing start drop into pressup and push yourself back to standing and repeat process I managed 9 this way haha by god I was sore the day after.

My engleburts are still hanging in tough.Used everyday hard since had them,nothing is failing.They are blinking comfy and breezy.Had some nasty run in's with barbed wire,and they just won't tear they are immune to barbed wire I think haha. Still the best I've used for the cash and would happily recomend them to anyone.

Still on the lookout for work.Nothing came up as of yet.

Arty farty but damn cool none the less,I'll have to stop weighing mine in as scrap I thnk and get welder out haha.

I get asked alot what is the most beneficial exercise for a tree surgon or woodsman.Strong hips lower back, abdominals and legs are a must in this game,to prevent injury and also to aid in everyday picking up dragging and humping stuff around The answer I came upon was zercher squats,these are similar to the traditional front squat however the bar is cradled in the crook of the arms.These tax the lower back hamstrings glutes and core like nothing else,they also mimic perfectly the correct form for lifting heavy things from the floor.If your stuck on how to correctly execute this exercise then just hit YouTube.Anybody suffering disk issues will also like this exercise as there are no compressive forces placed on the spine due to the weight not being placed across the upper back musculature. I like to use these on my ME squat days so I stick to triples and single reps.They can be done using lighter weights and higher reps just as easily,they will get the lungs working and your entire body screaming after a 20rep set Happy squatting folks.Your achey lower backs and sore knees will thank me.

True mud bogging tires are absolute pants in snow best avoided,lovely winch set up was looking at them for our old l200 till it blew it's guts up

Seasons pretty speedy once split tho.Wouldnt burn it on open fire either as it can be quite spitty

People buy these Swedish designed log stoves and order hardwood,always gives me a chuckle softwood is the future of renewable woodfuel,grows faster quicker to harvest quicker to season,It burns alot hotter and if using the correct softwoods the burn time between larch and lump of well seasoned hardwood is very minimal considering the softwood is cheaper by far for the customer to buy.It's all I ever sell.Our family started pushing softwood around the early 60's leave the hardwood for building frames and nice bits of furniture tis a shame to cut and burn nice lumps of oak when it could be used for somthing much nicer. Hardwood stands are only viable as long term firewood production if properly coppiced and looked after,sadly the uk has an awful lot of abandoned coppice.

douglas fir i've found burns blinking hot good stuff,use a fair bit myself.the green needles make awesome fire lights when out in the woods

Haha luckily not.I managed to limp her off round the corner lucky I'd put some good distance between me and the Saxo haha.

Aye he cut me up on roundabout onto bypass so whipped out along side him gave him the single fingered how's ya father and gunned her,lots black smoke as usual and bye bye saxo couldn't keep up in slightest,The truck was running less than Stella as idled round second roundabout slowly then spluttered gave out puffs white smoke it started coughing and spluttering then oil pressure went and temp went thru roof.Shut her off and then inspected damage.It's second engine I'd put in her and this one had been tuned to reasonably lairy standard.I'll keep her for farm vehicle as she's an old 2door mk2 with sunroof . And swb chassis so fairly rare and I'd hate to scrap it. However being a power junky I settled on the big six litre American brutes.

L200 gone bang seeking advice on best Place to find a secondhand 4x4 dodge cummins pickup or other large yank diesel and what are the common faults to look for when purchasing said vehicle lol.

Well little blue wonder truck has gone bang,cracked the head and overheated the turbo .Died in style racing(and whupping) an emasculated track suit wearing fairy in a Saxo vts. Time has come to replace it with Somthing bigger and nastier and with more displacement and more room so I'm going down the American route I know Billy on here rolls coal in his yank derv devil,and was wondering where to start looking.Had an eBay search and didn't return any older cummins powered dodges. What faults to check for,best models etc any advice appreciated. Cheers chaps and chapettes

It got the job done.Sometimes in life following the little dotted H&S line dosnt work and you have to think outside the box to get her done.