GreenGui

Got to step in and correct you there, speaking as someone who lives in France. There are plenty of rules, possibly more than the UK in some instances, its more a case of the French are sufficiently sensible enough to ignore a lot of them... unlike the populations of other countries.

Maybe in the UK but not over here. Us Paysan folk can't do without it Even if the price of oil dropped to 10p a litre the true rural French are cynical enough to know that it is a temporary price and the cost to install oil/gas CH is not worth it in the long run. People still have money in the UK no matter how much they bleat.

:lol: No, I agree, that thing most probably needs a lot more then 30hp

I use a branch logger rated at 8.5cm with my "crappy chinese" 30 hp compact. You don't need that much hp, with the right pully ratios you can run one off an electric motor. Someone's pullin your leg.

Do you mean a 'branch logger' ?

And what good is that going to do if its physically stuck open due to crud?

The EGR valve is intended to reduce NOX emissions. It opens at tick over and low speed allowing exhaust gas to replace some of the fresh oxygen rich air. Early versions are powered by the vacuum in the inlet manifold, later versions are controlled by the engine management system. Two issues are being confused in this thread; desire for more power and an underlying engine issue causing black smoke In a normal healthy engine removal of the EGR will do little to affect performance or mileage (except to reduce another restriction in the inlet flow) however with age (typically begins at 60k miles) the EGR gets gunked up with all the crap coming in from the exhaust gas. This gunk causes the valve to stick open meaning that under high throttle openings or load the engine will not be breathing clean fresh oxygen to burn the fuel instead it will be breathing a proportion of its own exhaust fumes - this is what causes the black smoke conditions you are seeing and the reduced performance, unburnt fuel due to lack of fresh incoming oxygen. You have already stated that the engine has been remapped recently so what's the point of spending good money doing it again over an existing underlying mechanical issue? My summary would be if its a healthy engine, leave EGR alone and remap if you want more power. Older high mileage engine which you have, remove the EGR if you are seeing black smoke and reduced power and then if you want more power, remap. This really is not a LR issue it is common to most modern diesel engines, less so petrol engines with an EGR because the valve gunks up less in petrol engines.

Yes, classic EGR valve stuck open due to gunking up fault (common across all modern diesels, check the forums). But what do I know, I've only done it...

Never did it on my TD5 as I did not understand the issue at the time; I liken the EGR valve to stuffing a hose up your bum and putting the other end up your nose... nice. Have since done it on a Merc 2.2 common rail diesel, it improves performance and mileage a little but the main reason after 200k miles is to stop the EGR valve throwing a fault code due to becoming gunked up and likewise a gunked up inlet manifold. If you can do it simply with a blanking plate, go for it (I had to add an electronic circuit to fool the ECU that the EGR was still there) With it removed the NOX emission goes up so the 'greens' won't like you. I don't believe its measured on the MOT, certainly not here in France.

Not for me obviously but just wanted to remark how much I like your avatar, is that a company logo?

Most definitely YES. Currently burning some Western Red both split logs and in the round, seasoned for a year it burns really hot - puts the Ironheart oven temp off the scale. Downside it leaves nothing but fine powder ash in the morning so nothing to re-light from unless I add a bit of beach before shutting down in the evening.

It's started over here. I recently bought 45m3 of 2m length cord wood delivered and Hollande has stuck a 10% tax on it!! its the 'peasants' fuel for dogs sake. No wonder he's the least popular president since the last least popular president:001_rolleyes:

Is it like this? [ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GGXKQ8Oabw[/ame] If so you can either buy one from Welmac UK or assemble your own homebrew version, I can give you some details for the latter.

Oh no, not an oil thread. Don't do it boys it will all end in tears. Take a look at some of the bike forums the posts run into the hundreds and its all "oh yes you can, oh no you can't" "I've forgotten more about oil...":lol: It was described as "white mans ju-ju" on one forum which I think sums it up quite well - go with spec and move on. But that just my opinion:laugh1:

The company is Remet CNC Machining and the contact name is Paweł Piekut kom;664751665 REMET CNC machining Łowisko 346 36-053 Kamień Strona g?ówna - REMET MECHANZIM Rebak walcowy NOWO??!!! DWU WA?OWY (4819677035) - Allegro.pl - Wi?cej ni? aukcje. I first made contact with them through Allegro and then purchased directly from the company, they issued an invoice which I made payment against and they shipped directly using DHL. They only speak Polish so I had to use google translate. They have another variation which you can see here; R?bak Walcowy NOWO??!! GRATIS Swider PROMOCJA!!!! (4819678904) - Allegro.pl - Wi?cej ni? aukcje. There are several other machines on Allegro but obviously I can only vouch for Remet CNC I purchased back in August, feel free to mention me (Guy Jones in France) and he will likely remember. Lastly, they have a 6 or 8 blade unit, I bought the 8 blade unit which was slightly more expensive but TBH the 6 blade unit would of worked just as well.

Cutting willow over a pencil thickness no problem. Smaller than a pencil and if it is fresh green growth as in the video it does not cut clean - hence the pile of 'faggots' you can see us set aside. I think this is a part of the nature of willow as a wood however because when cutting oak and other hardwoods it cuts clean all the way to branch tips. I have the blades set to 0.5 mm gap, they could go a little closer but the willow faggots produced currently suit our needs.

I bought one of these from a company in Poland and then constructed this (youtube) with some bits of scrap angle and plate I had. If you don't have a tractor you could easily make it standalone by adding an electric motor or engine with the right pulley ratio. There is a PTO spline on one side and a pulley spline on the other, I have used the pulley spline to mount a screw splitter so I can split cord wood too. The TR branch loggers look good but way beyond my means as a small holder. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GGXKQ8Oabw]Branch Logging Hybrid Willow Coppice - YouTube[/ame]

Well said and good luck to you. Ignore the naysayer's.

I understand that I cannot post names of company's on the forum unless they are sponsors or advertisers. My tractor is 30hp

I did not use them/him, I found an engineering firm who sold to me directly. The prices quoted there are a lot more than I paid especially if you have VAT and delivery to pay on top of that net price.

Many thanks for this post. I had been looking for an easy way to process my SRT Willow coppice and this is it. I have bought a basic mechanism from a company in Poland and the quality of the engineering is second to none. Very pleased, works a treat on my "crap" chinese tractor:thumbup1:

I think that is true of plod for sure, what else do they have to go on pre crime once you take gossip and grasses out of the equation. I don't believe it is true of the security services; their primary role is the continuation of state policy and the protection of the interests of the crown. That most definitely does not include you and me. The idea of foreign policy mistakes has been pushed for a long time now together with intelligence mistakes but what if foreign policy is exactly as it was intended to be? To keep the public on-side a degree of home grown terrorism is required and thats where the security services come in with a mixture of real events and staged hoaxes; the recent Birmingham Muslim school radicalisation incident being a prime example which no doubt was intended to brew more patsy's for acts like 7/7. Mix in some total BS keystone cops events like the the OP describes, helps keep the fear in peoples minds who then welcome further loss of their freedom (as John P said) believing it will keep them safe and a continuation of foreign policy. I certainly don't doubt Muslims have and will commit acts of terrorism in the UK or elsewhere I simply question who sits behind it - NOT ISIS / IS / ISIL or what ever daft name will come next. I'll bow out on this thread now and take my tin foil hat with me:001_rolleyes:

I had a couple of bits of beech like that a few years ago. Milled and turned some of it into benches (indoors), the rest chain saw sculpture's (soaked in linseed and turpentine they still survive outside 24/7). If you can keep it on bearers off the ground and under a tarp it will keep for a while.

A very simplistic analysis of what you believe I think based on a couple of short posted responses by me. Some insults thrown in for good measure. You can insult me until your blue in the face, it really is water off a ducks back as the mistake you make is believing that your opinion means anything to me. I never insulted the OP or anyone else. You might want to get you blood pressure checked if my posts made you that angry - it's a Forum:thumbup: To be clear, the OP's post caused me no offense whatsoever. More amazement at what people actually believe.

Quite. And who would they be? Follow the money!!