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Sorry I was rambling and this would be a bit of a hijack of the thread so will take this elsewhere sometime - apologies to the op

ooo, nice beasty! How would this cope with 6-8 foot high bramble..... on a slope? Terry

not a threat Dan, he really does throw in something Mind you if you forget to put in Arbtalk you don't get something good service was good enough for me

Correct me if I am wrong, but does Huqvarna not market Aspen as well, albeit rebranded? Came across another positive comment on aspen in the camping section of a motorcycling forum. Seems it is popular in multifuel camping stoves as it burns clean and is apparently a quarter of the price of the normal branded camping stove fuels. Perhaps another market to investigate Eddie - if you have not already.

sag will depend on incline of the wire as Waterbuoy has pointed out. With regard to getting the logs down the hill I shifted a few tons by cunningly harnessing gravity by tossing them down the hill - simples My braking system consisted of a level area about 10m wide at the bottom that seemed to stop most of the logs. The few bouncers that went beyond only went as far as a few dodgy hazel bushes and an old fence that needed some repair anyway. Didnt do any damage to the fence in the end. To turn the question on its head, suggestions would be welcome on how to get similar logs UP the hill using simple rigging and a small powered winch ??

certainly do - just looking at a new 42" that was delivered with the Alaskan. For what its worth, my ten year old thought it looked the bees knees, although he might be getting confused with viking swords as he was supposed to be drawing one for his school project

Cheers Eddy Had guessed at the 25 .063 bit based on the chain that came off it and te numbers, but good to have it confirmed as I had a 038 off the same person with mismatched chain/bar Had thought there may be some other significance to the rest of the numbers so was curious. Am familiar with the newer Oregon codes. Any how, its going to be put back in service attached to an Alaskan once its been checked over

Hi Eddy, thanks for the info. Yes it is a hard nose off an old 075 - pre chain brake. Where can I get the info to decipher the code - current Oregon info has a different coding?

Afternoon all Have a bar on an old 075 which does not match the normal ID codes. Info on the bar is : 18283 2563B1819HY OREGON made in Canada Would be grateful for any info that can be derived from this Terry

sounds like a good excuse to buy yourself a radio controlled drone ?? Look forward to the pictures, which ever way you go. Have to say, Mr Blairs suggestion to fell in a oner would make for some good video

about the simplest idea. Dont forget to repair the cow shed roof while you are up there then the dogs can be in the dry and the water wont do anymore damage to the rest of the structure

It the tree industry you are ahead of the paper pushing, office working types in as much as you get regular exercise out doors in the elements, but too much of a good thing can be a bad thing, so TCD's post is a good summary of the various bits of good advice already given.

A geotextile membrane such as Teram is not particularly expensive and serves to separate the gravel from whatever you have below. The only reason you have to top up is because without the separating membrane, the gravel migrates down into the hardcore which in turn migrates up - regardless of compaction. After 5 years I have not had to top up mine at all. An added benefit of the membrane is it limits weed roots to the extent that when they inevitably grow, they are very quick and easy to pull out - takes me about 5 minutes every other month to keep on top of weeds I have used the plastic grids as I am on a slope, so no option not to and it has not moved at all. I do drag a bit of mud onto mine from time to time, but the plan is to lift the grid, sweep/rake the gravel off the membrane then get rid of the mud and relay. The area is broken up by brick retainers following the contours and edging which makes for managable areas and the grid is 40mm deep and only filled to that depth so not a huge amount to shift when I do need to which might be after another 5 years ... perhaps, but probably longer.

the good, the bad & the ugly by Hugo Montenegro As I was born late in the day I must qualify as the ugly

ditto

thats a fine job - and just glancing across to diver 1 camera screen as he looks at diver 2 through his hat cam, I can say it is very realistic. Mind telling me who the client is?

are you taking a piss ..... someone had to say it :lol: It does seem to work, judging by efforts on a particular stump coincidentally positioned along the track between the house and pub Not particularly speedy mind, but didnt drill it and wasnt in a rush anyway.

Interesting that the 'not voting' option is running at 4th in the poll - discuss!!

Just got home from a few weeks away at work to find a handy pair of Stein gloves in the pile of post. Many thanks Richard & co and well done for supporting the raffle Regards Terry

Hi Billy Many thanks for the package - 20kg of bird feed - been away for a few weeks so just been delivered today. Will come in handy. Very generous of you and well done for supporting the raffle. No doubt the local bird population will be wanting me to pass on their thanks as well - once I have put some out :-) Regards Terry

Dont know anything about the legalities, but presume that if someone rents farmland and plants a crop, does the crop not belong to the person renting rather than the owner of the land. Trees are just a long term crop - no??? I would guess the terms of the long term rental agreement might also have a bearing on who owns what.

haha, thats what we like, work em young. Them Stihl's dont come cheap either - got to earn its keep

Last batch just bought. Hopefully the total will jump in the last day - seem to recall a significant rally on the final day last year. Well done to Steve and the team for doing this every year, and to the prize sponsors. Come on everybody - some cracking prizes up for grabs at the same time as donating to a worthy cause. Terry

My take is that it is not just about sugars, but that everything that is left is in a more concentrated form........ and is this a good thing. I think that the whole question about foods is very confusing. We as a bunch of amateurs have a particular take on it based on our own personal experiences and what we have read and even the professionals dont seem to agree and not a day goes by without the press going on about new discoveries on how the body works and what is good or bad for it. Even the younger members on here have probably experienced the wild swings of nutritional advice - one day red wine is bad for you, the next its the best thing ever, not to mention all the others over the years. I find it all very interesting, but take it with a pinch of salt - proverbially speaking of course . The strategy that works for me is to have a varied diet and have a little bit of many things - that way anything that turns out to be bad is a relatively small proportion of my diet. As they say, variety is the spice of life.................... so live a varied life and be well seasoned

oops, missed this post before. I guess you fall in a special decolonised bracket with particular dietary requirements so I guess its juice party for you