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Coleraine area in 2007-2008 £3,000,000.00/Acre Cos a bloke I know was dicked for about 40% of an assessed £50,000,000.00 valuation. In death duties as a result of an Uncles and then his fathers death within months of other. It is about 15 acres of marginal farmland surrounding the farmhouse his family has owned a few generations. Now surrounded by urban sprawl. But will never be sold for development, by the current owner at least. It merely being the land that was always there. GULP!
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I like Ash trees (and i believe/understand Ash trees were venerated in Irish history ) I have planted ash, I will continue to plant Ash, transplanted seedlings, some grotesque in shape due to a harsh start in their life(per WRSNI's comments) Some will live, some will die(hopefully not all) Those that possess the necessary fluke of genetic inheritence to survive the Ash die-back, may well be the stunted malformed stock, which may well be part of the necessary genetic mix. But hopefully even these bent and twisted survivors will "throw" good clean Ash stock in the future. Evolution being all about surviving, then the inevitable genetic mutations can perhaps succeed in the "new paradim" Since that is how nature works. Marcus
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:thumbup: New, akin to a Silky type saw in sharpness, as one of my knuckels too well knows:blushing: oops really REALLY want a 30" blade for a long lazy effortless cut, using every 1" of the available blade. Less wasted reversing effort for any given amount of cutting.
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Running a winch on an under power'd tractor
difflock replied to Robbyrasta's topic in Large equipment
Should not be a problem at all. Depending on the line speed,(ie the gear ratio used) it may not be fit to pull the rated amount, but it will certainly work, 100% As long as it physically fits the tractor. OK Quite a large winch, but presumably within the 3 point capabilities of the tractor. Though probably able to winch in, far more than the tractor can carry and drag. -
:001_tt2:What fire we talking about?
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Christ! ye must have large funny shaped feet Isabella.
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not really, if in doubt, refer back to the OP.
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came home at 12:00, fire near out in the Morso stove, a fist sized lump of conifer only left with a few embers glowing thereon. Fished a lump of bone dry Elm out from the back corner, behind the stove, about 6" in dia by about 300mm long, placed on the embers, cocked the door open, until the embers flared back into life. Closed the door up, came back 7.5 hrs later, room still warm, opened door and a fist sized lump of ember containing Elm still present. loaded up with split conifer chunks, left the door cracked open, and inside 2 mins a roaring fire once more. I wish we had more Elm.
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Trailer Brakes while parked backwards down hill
difflock replied to Stephen Blair's topic in Large equipment
I have seen somewhere comments about IW type over-run brakes not working in reverse, with the result that they have dragged the towing vehicle backwards down a steep hill, after forward/upward momentum has been lost. But surely if one smartly engages reverse and bangs the telescopic coupling up tight, it should bring the trailer brakes on (on the "over-run") and then hold parked on the hill. Though with less braking efficency than if moving forwards? is this correct? -
First wool/wool rich socks, leather or leather and Gortex type lining, Mycota power and rotate multiple pairs of boots. One could mid day, also wash ones feet with a flannel and warm water (from a flask), makes a remarkable difference, with fresh socks after of course. The Mycota powder is wonderful stuff, easily able to wear Army boots for a week at a time, while on Exercise, without, as I recall changing socks.
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I wonder is he working on his own? (i)Else why bury the Ax in the tree so as to support the back of the saw. (ii)Also is that a bottle of lube of some sort, for man or perhaps saw. (iii)Easy seeing how obese we are all getting, when, myself included, we see him as thin. Bit like dogs, we tend to imagine they are only right fed when actually overweight. Working dogs excepted.
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A hyd "beak" on the forks to allow you to selectively grip single logs? Ideally a grab/grapple on a 3-6 tonne excavator
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Do no tracked excavator manufacturers supply "extend-a-hoe" dipper arms?. Per the comment I read in "Earthmovers" re Eddies new 8 tonne Kubota being tried with a longer dipper arm, I ud ave thought in combination with the 2-piece boom this would have been an ultra flexible/articulate set-up?
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:001_tt2: Or girls! :lol: The "glow" ud fair be dripping off them mind!
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werry werry complicated, and light built forby. Can the doubtless capital investment in the machinery, and its ongoing maint costs, be recouped over its working life, compared to a simpler more manual set up running an extra, perhaps casual labourer? Anyway that Beech is simply ideal feedstock, try instead some thran knotty crooked Lodgepole Pine
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I am taking delivery of a Farmers M8 next Tue, while purchasing the 390 saw from my local dealer.(substantially cheaper than Logosols offer price btw) To get me started, I thought the 25 year anni offer was "not unreasonable". I was very very tempted to go for the M8 with the 661 Stihl, but felt it was unjustified. I may even use the Logosol to cut timbers to build a shed to house the Baker bandsaw mill. I had also been promising myself a 2nd saw this while, and can run the same bar and 325 chain on both the 026 and the 390(when not on the mill)
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Lorry running away in bath today killing 4 people
difflock replied to mendiplogs's topic in The Lounge
After Glasgow's accident in the mouth of Christmas, this HAS to cause some soul-searching in respect of HGV operating in pedesterian crowded/urban areas. -
The Romans grew grapes in England (I think), the Thames froze solid in 16 something/17 something. There are numerous physical evidences of Ice Ages and inter-glacial periods. Giraffes in what is now the Sahara. The North African continent being the Roman Empires "Bread basket" WTF do we think we have the "right" to live in a prolonged period of benign weather/climate, while breeding like vermin and thereby stretching the Earths limited recources to exhaustion. And why do some insist on bleating on about distorted AGW "facts". Population Population Population. Endez!
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Cos it didnay appear in the photo (which of course may not have been Eddie at all) in the recent "Earthmovers" magazine:001_tt2: Yon digg was pure "sex on a stick" though. Ah nivver seen so many hydraulic pipes running up a boom in my life. Eeny meeny miney Mo!
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Erm??:001_tt2: Follow the Money! An Infalliable rule. Hint Budgets for "scientific":confused1: research:001_rolleyes:
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Nagano, Japan - snowy tree work with traverse hook
difflock replied to Wooden Hand's topic in Video forum
As a gifted Joiner, now in his late seventies, and had started his career housebuilding, was in the habit of saying; "Hard work was never easy". That work looks to be proof of this adage. m -
I could introduce you to my Wife? But I think its just her Osteo Arthritis. m
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Shelf life is NOT an issue. But anyway, despite knowing bought bread is "full" o preservatives, surely real bread should keep, dry out yes, but not "rot". Then breadcrumb it , make Croutons, or toast it? PS In wor house a smidgen of blue-mould is not unheard of. Best eaten with Blue cheese wot left the shop as Cheddar or perhaps Brie.
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With a Panasonic Breadmaker. Wife bought hersel one a few weeks ago. it is simply stupendous the difference in "real" bread. The simplest meal becomes an absolute treat. Poached eggs on buttered bread, Cheese toasties , Soup (home made of course) with bread. Yada Yada Yada. This from someone who has been fed the best of Organic wholemeal from Sainsburys Supermarket. etc etc Mind 800g each loaf has 30 to 50 pence worth of flour alone in it (bought in the biggest bags too) Old Mr Montgomery who drove the bread cart when I were a nipper 45 years ago, said even then, of the "Pan" Loaf "This shite's not bread, its only stiffened water" He warnt wrong, even away back then. Cheers M
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Well I would, without a doubt, as long as I owned the house, and shed. PS bin posted before
