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heating with Biomass, have I got the figures right?
difflock replied to difflock's topic in General chat
Humph! Ussens here in NI only get 5.6p/kWHr, and capped at £2,000.00 per annum And with the cost of pellets being near enough 2* the cost of heating oil, based on calorific value per kg. Even with a near max annual "deemed" payment, spread over 10 years(with subs for 7) With the capital installation costs to cover near enough "break even" so no point -
Erm, gents, the price of ANY fuel, is driven by oil. Since oil is now dirt cheap again, this will inevitably drive down the price for other fuels. Never mind the (however short term) glut of fracked gas. Simple basic Capitalism at work. marcus
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heating with Biomass, have I got the figures right?
difflock replied to difflock's topic in General chat
I still have not committed to our NI RHI Scheme, mostly heating with currently cheap oil at the moment, but pondering if now would be a good time to get an install done, as hopefully with cheap oil, fewer people "mad" to install biomass. Therefore perhaps a more competitive installation quotation, and indeed a better quality installation? Ho hum, decisions decisions. marcus -
ps Those funnels with the super fine water stopping gauze, do work, or at least the one I bought 20 years ago still does, or certainly appears to. You need to blow the gauze out with compressed air periodically, and if the diesel is dirty, it will be painfully slow, clean diesel goes through fine though.
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I found mounting the 5 tonne Krpan to the 1490 DB quite tricky, no bloody room to work between the tractor/tractor wheels and the winch. AND the PTO shaft had to be cut very short,(I did it incrementally to be sure) and even at the longest possible length, it left the overlap marginal enough for safe working/to minimize wear, to my eye, like a couple of inches/40/50mm. And due to the off centre mounting of the PTO stub on the Krpan winch, the angle is acute when running, especially when the winch "digs in", the PTO shaft "knocks", it really needs a (more expensive) shaft with CV joints as opposed to Hardy-Spicer joints So I can only presume a tractor with shorter link arms would be even more problematic. so you have my sympathy.
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cut with kero=heating oil, why use petrol unless for DERV? oh yes and observe "good fuel hygine". and also worth consideration, keep the fuel tank as full as poss to minimize atmospheric moisture condensing therein.
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"Cant fix Stupid"
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Oh, farmers Son that I was, this is so obvious, i discounted it as even needing explaining, 'n though it were sommat more exotic. Cheers M
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explain "pulling locked buckets" please, ner.
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Agrimog, As a ex TA person I fell about/fall about laughing when anyone/some says a Ex Army Landrover will have been well maintained. Having witness wholesale/systemic filling in of service records that had never happened. So I appreciate your concerns. However since stock farmers, and some wood-cutters on here, cough cough, are near as wilfully bad to their machinery, I figgered no odds. Anyway low hours, and a Pardon the pun a "Bombproof" build by Valtra of this period.
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I was not aware we were seperated at birth Sloth! My sentiments exactly Bah Humbug!!
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The storey goes that when RJP Nutt was engaged in dredging works at Carrickfergus Harbour back in the 50's or 60's, such works only being possible at low tide. Any old RJP himsel called up one day when the tide was in, to find his No1. dozer driver looking pensive while smoking a pipe atop the Harbour wall. RJP asked why he was looking so thoughtful. Yer man says "Patta, can sommat be lost if ye know where it is?" Patta replied "Dont be a very silly man, of course not!" , or words to that effect. Yer Dozer Driver then motions with his pipe down towards the water, as he says "Thats a relief then, cos Yer Dozer's no lost, fer shes down in there for sure"
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Valmet , 665-4 tractor fitted 2.5ton loader, #77689 - MOD Sales, Military Vehicles & Used Ex MOD Land Rovers for Sale very very capable apparently. specially way yon wee counterweight on the back:lol:
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^^Ah!, thats my kind engineering Bob.^^ I like it. Cheers M
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Ferrirotor Rotor S Stump Drill / Grinder - wanted
difflock replied to Morris's topic in Large equipment
Morris, Other than having viewed youtube clips of various different brands of tractors using the Ferrirotor, and marvelling at its apparent effectivness and speed. I do wonder how much of its speed is due to the fact that it always appeared to be used on Poplar stumps on sandy friable ground? i.e. very weak timber, & not massive stumps. I also wondered is there not a digger mounted "Hydracrack" type screw splitter (and i believe there are several about) that would do the same job, with perhaps better control? Certainly a tracked digger would allow for better access to wet ground. cheers M -
Will check once home, cos I recently purchased a set off ebay that weigh up to 300kg(if I recall correctly) To weigh my 0.5m3 billet bundles Seem to be 100%, from recall about £50.00 I recall the greater payload ones were significently more expensive though cheers M
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"Yer better with a Zetor" Anyway I like their production of proper stockman spec tractors with manual controlled hydraulics etc. Less to go wrong. Never mind their recent re-introduction of the, the then, rightly famed Zetor Crystal, again with a simple "brute horspower" uncomplicated varient, but with a Deutz engine! marcus
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Spallted beech, too good for firewood?
difflock replied to big chris the log's topic in Firewood forum
Wots the subtle difference between spalted but sound, and spalted rotten? -
cough cough, more like if the fire is hot enough to "burn" the aluminium, it is hot enough to clean the chimney! Doh!
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JHC From 7thDevils posts to date, I conclude he is possessed of a well functioning brain. I cannot imagine he is going to attempt to continue to spin the lathe up to speed if it exhibts ANY untoward behavouir. The bearings may fail somewhat prematurely, but almost certainly a stupidly high FOS inbuilt. "Suck it 'n see" springs to mind. PS Speaking to a very canny lifetime joiner, who near died as a result of an accident on the 13th of July this year. Cutting a piece of ply on the table saw in his shed, the ply closed on the back of the blade, climbed and was flipped off the top of the blade, a clipboard sized piece. It hit him in the stomach and ruptured his bowel. Accidents will happen.
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Suggest simply taking the short one to a engineering shop, and ask them to make a longer one (to a length of your specifying, unless they object) to the same spec. M
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Unfortunately the slug of a 617 diesel fitted to the 460 Series, was a proper "deal breaker" once experienced, and while tremendous off road in the low box, and good for 500,000 miles, horribly underpowered and undertorqued. Especially compared to late 1990's spec diesels. I am considering getting the 1988 lwb re-engined, since a few guys in the club have, after a LOT of effort, sorted affordable workable engine upgrades. The Musso TD engine (a MB copy under licence) knocking out about 120/150BHP, or a Sprinter lump looks the best bet. regards marcus
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All 1 of me. Anyway the parked in the weeds SDP Van, is looking good, wor mechanic was absolutly astounded when I said she had been parked up in a grass field for 2 years:lol: As "sound as a bell" underneath when i viewd her up on a lift at lunchtime today. 1 front wheel bearing needs tightened up, plus a leaky steering box dried off, and moniterd, prior to the MOT. If no more than 1 drip per hour, or rather 1 hour between drips, we are "good to go" My ah hoc addition of Super Universal Tractor oil:001_tt2: to the power steering resovoir also met with his endorsment:001_tt2: 'n thats it! WoW:thumbup:
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I would add that Eoin McCambridge of "Ballynaglough Training" as was, now called sommat else? has been very professional and through in any Lantra accredited training he has provided for us. Marcus
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Huck, A very genuine issue, and very much the same as the "Professional" politicans who rose through student Unions and into lifetime sinecures. Ditto for the Consultants and Senior Administrators in the NHS. Absolutly Zero experience of the real world, a days graft, or the hard earned value of every £stg.
