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Rethink required, billet bundles are too heavy
difflock replied to difflock's topic in Firewood forum
Having opened 4 bundles in the shed to use, I found them still to be remarkedly tight in the polyester strapping. I also figger if I simply incorporate a length of BT ducting in the middle of the billet bundle, a bale spike will lift them perfectly, and without distortion, this allows for a smaller capacity handler, since less grab weight, and I can also stack them higher, since not lifting from above. Also makes it feasible to easily load into vans for handy cash sales A proper win-win -
Gents, There is a glimmer of hope, our local plant hire outfit has bought a few of these,(on superfat Agri tyres too!). I tried one yesterday, and fingers crossed will be able to buy one secondhand when they dispose of them. When I asked why they had brought them onto their fleet, the answer was music to my ears. "Because the 5.0m telehandlers had simply got too large" £150.00/day £400.00/week Cab is a trifle cramped, but I liked the hydrostatic transmission with the instant auto braking/hold stationary if not told otherwise and absolute precision.
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I really really do feel for those who have travelled vast distances to see these trees "for real", since they are unimpressing in reality, with many large gaps, requiring to be seen from certain viewpoints and through a telephoto lens. cheers m
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meh All overage essentially unsound trees, fell the whole dammed lot and replant for the future
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Did I mention my last Physical, aged about 53, revealed I had a Metabolic age of 72. And a fasting Cholestrol of 10.75. I chortled with glee, cause, assuming I get fitter, and bring my metabolic age into line with my actual age, I will still fair be fit to Bonk into my eighties, Extraolating from my present performance when handicapped with a metabolic age of 72 Ye Ha! an folks think I am a gloom bugger, never seeing the silver linings etc. Course i could drop dead of a massive stroke or Cornary, but hell i will die Happy, and have repeatedly told the wife so to inform the Ambulence staff if the occassion so arises:lol: cheers M
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Looking for a thread/post re Ash dieBack "chalara
difflock replied to difflock's topic in General chat
I shall say this only once . . . "My Parsnips remain unbuttered" Which is to say, thanks Peatff, but not the post/link I was looking for Which indeed may have been on another forum entirely. sigh my "Senior" moments are increasing -
Looking for a recent post re a recently developed rapid test for Chalara resistence detection, that I read at home but could not print. I have "searched" but cannot "find" thanks M
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Very impressive!
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I have a short list of chippers, which one?
difflock replied to Daythe trees's topic in Large equipment
Global Network, Thanks for that Input, i will pass it on to the gentleman concerned(who incidentally had high hopes in respect of the Bandit being demoed, and was dissapointed to be dissapointed) A "poor show" mind in respect of the dealer preperation prior to the demo. BTW The contractor the Bandit was being "sold" to, was more than pleased to be able to run our Leyllandi through this Demo chipper as he knew this was the worst/most testing stuff to chip cleanly. If I understood correctly.(and just sometimes I do fail to understand the nuances of what was said) Regards Marcus -
No ah wisnay, ah hadda look im up on Wiki:001_tt2: Obviously he did not impinge on my Political/Politican radar, an since I dont follow the trashy gossip magazines/newspapers, missed him there too.
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I have a short list of chippers, which one?
difflock replied to Daythe trees's topic in Large equipment
Yes, a Dublin based dealer, who seemed puzzled when I complemented him on his outstanding sales success in the Co.Armagh. Well locally, leastwise in this bit of Co. Antrim, Co. Armagh is renowned for being Bandit Country:lol: -
Who was Cecil Parkinson?
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I have a short list of chippers, which one?
difflock replied to Daythe trees's topic in Large equipment
I will risk commenting based on a conversation Friday past with the 50 year old owner (and still "on the tools") of a very very professional local firm, who keep all their kit in absolutly first class condition, their working trucks are significently cleaner than my only car. They also continually reinvest in top-rate kit. Coincidentally they had had a Bandit chipper demoed during the week, and quickly discounted because of the stringy "chips" not infrequently produced (on conifer) unlike their Schliesing, which also packed about 1.75 times the weight into the same volumn, being a modern silage trailer. So despite the significent cost saving in switching to Bandit, I understand they will be sticking to Schliesing. I do seem to remember he admitted the Bandit was fast/faster than the comparable HP Schliesing, but, for them the chip quality was definately way inferior. -
Probably a largescale air-to-air heat exchanger, only running on days of high humidity, when, if I correctly understand the Physics, the moist air will contain more latent energy, with the positive aspect of removing most of the moisture from the incoming air, then dump the heat back into the dried air and circulate through the timber. OR! Rather "Dump" the heat a Stirling heat engine to generate the electric to drive the heat pump, topped up by biomass heat, technically 100% correct but a bit "hi-faluting" for most set-ups. regards marcus
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(i) Our Steyr Daimler Puch Van remains wonderfully dry. (ii) That aside, I have noted puddles on the concrete floor in my 40' wide shed, well roofed but open sided, this morning for instance, purely due to atmospheric moisture condensing out on the cold/colder concrete, clear water in remarkable quantities in the various surface irregularities. I am aware the timber will not be "as bad" but still! Marcus
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very very impressive work, but as commented above looks over-engineered, to me waaaay over-engineered, but then the wind loading is a key factor. Proper jealous I am. PS Especially liked the tidy pads with (very long?)hold down threaded rod. BUT! the Uncle Tony in me cannot resist wondering if the concrete could/should have been kept smaller than the wood, so as to encourage the drip to fall away clean, not get trapped in the seam by capillary forces. ps Uncle Tony was my fathers brother who was better a giving advice than actually doing anything. Absolutly impeccable workmanship throughout. regards again Marcus
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Log boiler with an automatic feed - know of any?
difflock replied to ccharlie's topic in General chat
I would not pay for this inherently likely to fail "system" all it takes is for a billet to fall sideways as it enters the fuel chamber, and essentially "game over", from 50 years of observation of such phenomena. Wood chip or pellets or simply accept that one has to manually stoke the boiler. marcus -
Ye ud only end up with hybridized Anglo-Irish Yew, unwanted by either "side". cheers m
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Yeah, It is funny I would unhesitatingly say Irish Yew (& prob the same genus/breed/specis as an English Yew?), but choose to describe myself a British rather than Irish, (Ulsterish not yet being recognised, ye unnerstan, well apparently not.) cheers M Ps The gardener, independantly and unbeknownest to me favours a row of Yews, planted spaced apart, to grow into individual trees. With (and also my nebulous hazy idea) Narssci, OK Daffodils planted below and around. Wot was my very idea in the first instance.
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Pulling out overage misshapen Lellandi, want to plant between an Avenue and boundary wall, about 3.0m wide strip of grass/soil. I fancied a row of traditional Irish Yew, but the Boss fancies a hedge. Thoughts? Thanks Marcus
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Ah kinda presumed a 1963 tractor was electric start, all an electro hydraulic needs is 12V DC supply (& could be from an otherwise "done" battery trickle charged overnight), and wander lead controls or indeed a radio remote are waterproof regardless. cheers m
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Cant imagine owt bigger than 5.0 tonne line capacity makes sense. I would certainly recommend an electro hydraulic Uniforest/Krpan winch, hard to beat being able to stand aside to get a good view and safely control the winch with a push of ones thumb, plus speeds up the "drop and drag" skidding system, i.e. easier control from the drivers seat. and a 2WD 50HP tractor will be limited in its ground crossing capabilities, therefore a bigger winch is not needed/only overload the back end with unnecessary dead weight. I would see no point in a "Period" winch, just for the sake of appearances. regards M
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I have asked for an Exac-One Shear for our 3500kg Hitatchi digger, to complement the stunningly successful hyd drive 1.5m fingerbar cutter purchased a couple of years ago, which has munched through some seriously overgrown hedges, wrist thick stuff being cut at the expense of an odd easily replaced combine cutterbar knife getting broken, with absolutly zero fuss. I reckon, and indeed, apologies to users of this Forum, the Exac-One Hyd shear ud negate the need to bring in expensive specialist Arb subbies to cut the odd dangling broken branch in our Parkland. cheers m
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My Wife never left the house last week, how very dare make such accusations Sir!
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Shocked I was! The Extenstion lead was not un-rolled, with the current draw from a 1.5kw motor, it will over-heat and melt. How do i know? BUGGER Aunt Maud types faster than wot i do!
