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This afternoon my boiler stopped, cause;- one spiky twig that stuck in the opening of the rotary valve. This is the first stoppage in two years of running, which I think is quite remarkable. We had our brash pile chipped through a Heizohack and compared with chipping good round wood the product is ugly. Having said that, the machinery has coped very well in the two months we have been burning this particular pile. I would add, that I have removed a fair amount of "out of gauge" material from the feeder because the twigs and shards tend not to fall into the auger trough and build up into a birds nest, which if left for long enough would obstruct any chips. If you are on site to sort out problems, then having imperfect chips is ok, an arb chipper, ie without a screen may well produce a better chip with twigs, but has it got enough output to make it worthwhile?
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Not being picky, but that would be 3 kilowatt hours Steph, this might be the best customer you ever get, tell him earnestly how much heat you believe you logs would give, what good value they are, compared with oil or electricity and you will have a customer for life (possibly ) With logs, the most valuable part of the equation is the customer
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could get a couple of small limbs poked in just to top off the load
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a good indicator (of bad news) is to open the throttle quickly with the rad cap off, if it belches out more bubbles, then it looks like the head gasket again. couple of hours should have it sorted !
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loose nut on the keypad? -
If you are still stuck with this then give me a call, pm sent
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Thanks for thinking of me, I will pm Graham
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Mark, thanks for putting me straight, I spoke to him on the phone about doing my chipping said he was about to change, perhaps he was fishing. cheers Rod
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Deb Linden Services alledgedly have a big chipper on a Mog, but I think it is a Heizo which will make it side loading, possibly worth a try, they are down on the A28 somewhere near there all the best.
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Does anyone tow a trailer with a telehandler ?
farmer rod replied to gensetsteve's topic in Large equipment
Good point about the Ag Spec machines, you can find construction spec machines a lot cheaper, but usually dont have the engine horsepower, pickup hitch and front services, and tipping pipe at the back! 526 is a great machine -
Does anyone tow a trailer with a telehandler ?
farmer rod replied to gensetsteve's topic in Large equipment
Although I dont do a great deal of hauling my 530-70 seems to handle it quite well. The newer versions have torque converter lockup which I am told makes a big difference, I certainly dream about it on long hills. It does have a brake line, and with approaching 10t behind, not a bad way to travel. However if it was everyday, you might have conventional transmission on fuel economy grounds. -
Someone already posted this , so apologies for those that have seen it before [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u8yjasHzhA]Lewis Winch lifts massive log into truck, most POWERFUL portable winch ever!! - YouTube[/ame] It is amazing what used to be achieved with rope, levers and wedges in times before hydraulic power
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Edenbridge any good ?
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is that the same as the "herbi micron" with the spinning disc?
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not wanting to start anything, but... most farmers get their living from looking after the soil and crops or animals, knowing that this years shortcuts will lead to next years shortages.
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Youve probably got a day or two before its too dry for them ta take:001_smile: Is it particularly wet ground, or rather, why did you choose alder? Thanks
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I think you are spot on. There are endless shaws and gills that have been coppiced over the years for firewood and the occasional standard left for a sawlog (but have been abandoned in the last 60 years). In the current economic climate the wood is just too hard to get, or too small in quantity, (or not straight enough for the processor boys:001_smile:) but its wood and there is tonnes of it. Cut it and it miraculously reappears 15 years later. A fair amount of the criticism of the woodchip job misses the point. If the dross has some sort of market value, then the value of decent timber can be better realised because the whole woodland job becomes worthwhile.
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Thats where I've been going wrong, I kept that willow crap for myself and sold all the decent dry stuff, I could have had satisfied customers like you Mark:001_smile: Still, it kept me warm running out for another log.
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Well some woodland would be managed on a 40 yr or more interval, I could see 20 minutes of solicitor time wiping out any profit for a diligent woodland owner. (just to put an opposing view) there is a whole spectrum of owners, some good some not so, but if bureaucracy gets too involved we are all sunk:001_smile:
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where the tree is in a plastic tube, it can be achieved without any danger to the tree.
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I was under the impression that the berry had to pass through a bird, then land on the branch. Quite prepared to be corrected though
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Im proud to show you mine, even though its plastic. Quite a struggle to get it to stand up at this late hour!
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can someone please post that photo on rate my hinge
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For traction, let the air out, but I run my rear tyres as firm as possible for stability after a bit of snaking on the motorway when a cow went over in the livestock trailer. .... my 'sole is still going sixpence halfcrown, and that was three months ago
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They do a rollover type tunnel for swimming pools, but from memory the cost was pretty eyewatering, Commercial horticultural tunnels are put up by the acre, the normal span is 8 metres I believe, you can drive a telehandler in them, but no insulation so heating is going to be of questionable benefit
