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thanks grass hopper, it is a great way of life, the work is never a problem, it's the hassle that goes with it that causes all the trouble! just waiting for the last of our early lambers, two days late probably means she slipped it so last late nigh tonight till calving starts feb12
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I just had a bit of bad luck, I lost a heifer and a steer to yew poisoning from a bush I hadn't spotted on some rented grazing. Soon cut that down.
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Do you think there is a market for this kindling ?
farmer rod replied to gensetsteve's topic in Firewood forum
that is the best idea yet. doesnt take away your regular premium market, point of difference etc -
permited development for forestry building
farmer rod replied to roglog's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
"".... (in this case making wine into grapes) was an ancillary use to growing the raw material, and would therefore not need permission.........." Im assuming that this is some form of typo, and not a requirement for magic powers -
my deepest sympathy and best wishes for the festive season, another victim of well intentioned actions going t.ts up ps have thought of re-bottleing the product as a joke shop chair destroyer
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permited development for forestry building
farmer rod replied to roglog's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
they always say no because its shorter than yes, and upsets only you instead of forty busybodies around the district who have never even seen your wood. My experience is only with agricultural buildings, but I think forestry comes under the same general principle, the key phrase is " reasonably necessary for the purposes of agriculture". If you can show that you are operating some sort of business and need a shed to do it, then you are a great step forward. Good luck -
I was reminded that a batchelor was a chap who hadn't made the same mistake once
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You have to sit through a tedious video entitled.... you guessed..... .. sharpening without a tailgate.
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If that was (i know it wasnt) meant to frustrate all of us who just have a bucket on the end our dipper, then it worked:thumbup1: like the rake!
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Eddie, That grab is a tidy piece of kit, and in some wonderful hands in the video! Could you enlighten us as to what you are at in the video, thanks Rods
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I've got an 028 with injuries at the other end, can we make one good'un out the two?
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I would be looking for a bit of water as the culprit this early in the season, unless you were below -5. Even winter grade diesel can wax, and it gets worse if you have a long cold spell, because the wax floats in the tank, so you fill up from the bottom every cold morning, no wax as its floating, one warm day and it melts and gets mixed up, and the next fill up is a high concentration of wax which will plug the filter on the first cold morning.
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Better drying is achieved by larger chip size/absence of fines/lower stack heights Getting airflow through the chips is the obvious answer, how you achieve that (economically) is a mystery to me. Renewables John is the guru on here, but he plays his cards close! I have opted to stack the wood and sheet then chip after some seasoning, chips came out at 30% but still heat and blow damp patches on the top of the stack.
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it would not of course, but the engine and gearbox from a truck would
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just a note that if you use and engine and gearbox it will run the wrong way for pto equipment (as I found out the red faced way)
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I definitely saw them, put them down to votes scored in beauty contest:001_tt2:
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just swap it over for a bit of wellingtonia, they would never know
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BS 5837 Planning and Construction advice please
farmer rod replied to sean's topic in Trees and the Law
this highlights the whole conundrum. Even if the guy likes the trees and wants to build a house /garage/tennis court next to them and take a small chance that the trees will suffer some ill, he seems best advised to chop them down. It is a problem caused for the trees by their supposed protectors. -
I found some stuff called vinylweld which I have used to good effect on the seat of the quad after some divvy had a reel of barbed wire riding pillion. I think that wagon tarps are pvc so a solvent cement would do the job but you need a patch to stick over the hole.
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quite, mind you I used to play rugby with a guy with one arm and he was way better than me with two
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seems like loads of people getting stuck on purpose:001_rolleyes: I spend all my time trying to avoid it
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that was my diagnosis:001_rolleyes: they are a brilliant gadget
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Having lent my ally one to the kids who somehow blew a hole in it, I would go for the stainless next time round
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I have burnt some in our woodburner, bearing in mind this was chip I had dried in the oven (to check moisture content) sometimes it burns from the outside like a log, but sometimes it gets hot inside and smoulders which must be less efficient and probably would soot up the flue eventually
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here here, anyone care to flip my yard upside down could they please shake the mud off
