difflock
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Ah very good idea, says he from the safety o N Ireland. Still a good idea regardless. imho.
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heating with Biomass, have I got the figures right?
difflock replied to difflock's topic in General chat
Indeed, so proceeding VERY cautiously! Getting an EPC done tomorrow, hopefully £55.00 well spent. To get some idea of the likely annual payback on the "deemed" basis, cos otherwise screwed with the much-loved Morso stoves not insignificent contribution to our heat demands. I will hate to take the oil boiler out, but if that is what is needed, cough cough. Looking at either a Froling or Herz installation, though the Froling is well expensive at about £7,500.00 for a 36Kw S3 boiler ALONE, plus other not inconsiderable costs. PS The Herz guy allows the NI scheme is "well generous", I did somewhat acidly state from the installers perspective, it could be, but NOT form a fuel-wood purchasers perspective. Needabe stark raving bonkers to pay the capital install costs and then BUY the firewood! cheers M -
Help on options for 4x4 with 3500kg towing...?
difflock replied to theflyingscotsman's topic in Arb-Trucks
My pet "hobby-horse" at present, is the blind acceptance that 3500kg plant type trailers NEED to weigh about 1000kg. I would be considering owt over 600kg as being too heavy. Why not fabricate from aluminium alloy, or hi-yield steels, or at least sommat other than humble hot-dip galv mild steel. The first firm to offer a good product in this catogory will clean up good. regards, Marcus -
Fuel consumption of a 175kw Batch Boiler
difflock replied to arboriculturist's topic in Firewood forum
From my own measured experience: 0.5m3 (and prob a slightly generous 0.5m3) of 1.0m long split Lodgepole Pine at an accurately measured 12-15% moisture content was averaging 165kg. (measured with 300kg capacity crane scales) When tightly strapped in a bundle. So say 300kg/m3 allowing for a looser filled m3 volume or 3m3 per tonne. . . near-nuff. -
It was still a MAGNIFICENT tree, regardless of the age or history. I did however wonder, did it not perhaps blow down in a storm, as the butt/rootplate was still attatched? Otherwise a quare odd way to fell such a massive tree!
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Yep they bes right good too, casually resting a rifle across the left forearm while nochantly hovvering, to kill a bull that has the temerity to "lie-up" beneath a tree, and not missing either. I ud like to see the "risk appreciation" for that task.
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Obviously not a Council or Local Authority operation!!
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Our current collection of 4 dogs, of varying ages, and years of loving ownership, do not appear to suffer from fleas, worms or skin problems, despite not being vetted or dosed for such ailments. Merely fed on cheap dry dog nuts, and the unlimited run of a few acres of rough grassland and moss. They all sleep in our bedroom, mostly in our bed. All are disgustingly healthy, except the JR, and his current colitis is purely due to his scoffing of about 1000g(easily) of cooked gammon off the lunch table. cheers m
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most excellent!
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My kind of tractor:lol: PS Re poor brakes, the Military trucks produced in the USSR very pragmatically ignored Mr. Westinghouse's fail safe air brakes, and simply used the air pressure to actuatue the brakes. Lose an airline, no worries, one can still move towards the enemy, as for stopping, well Russia was a rather large country. I liked this distillation/evolution of Military thinking.
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I used to enjoy the Carol service at our local Church. Other than that a lot of mostly forced, debt inducing merriment and pointless waste. Never mind the alcohol induced family squabbles. Bahhumbug indeed. PS I do enjoy a beer or wine or whiskey bytimes. Marcus Anyway, we open our Christmas present to the 2 sprogs tomorrow, a virtually untouched (other than oil heating installed) Victorian period detatched dwelling in Belfast Still got the full lath and plaster ceilings etc, etc. Previously, for many years apparently lived in by a Professor, and his Cook. So hopefully the daughter bes cooking this year.
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Excellent
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I got that, every bloody time, on the Toshiba netbook, I did have cause to wonder, what did they know . . .
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Or "instant access" for future housing:lol: development, such development being much more easily obtained behind existing housing. I can therefore See why farmers dont want to sell agricultural land, at agricultural prices:001_huh:
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As they do say "there not making any more of it" Riverine deltas excepted.
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The very simple answer to that question really depends on how good a Poker player you are, permed by how hungry or not the landowner/farmer is. Plus who pays the legal costs etc. Me, I ud be looking for 10k, plus costs and this assuming no possible "hope" value. Cos once its gone its GONE. Cheers M
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Cordless Grinders, Dewalt, Metabo, Ryobi Cordless Grinder As someone said, spend on intruder type alarms, or Mastiff type dogs, rather than expensive padlocks and chains, any one of these with a 1.0mm thick "plasma" disc will make fun of the hardest strongest metal. cheers m
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guessing about 3tonne, and probably a bit less, since no cab. They really are astoundingly small, especially by modern tractor standards. Tracks also look reasonably worn, at least judging from the apparent depth of the cleats in the rather poor photo. Carraro is, as far as I am aware, a well regarded crawler manufacturer, after Fiat and Same. but I could be talking bollocks. cheers m
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Thats my bull-bar, seriously! The bloke who had owned the wee Fiat crawler (the one that I bought) had traded it for a 90BHP Carraro crawler, to power a topper. Said bull-bar was supposed to be part of the deal, but she turned up without it. Because he kept it to fit to his new crawler! Do I need 2 crawlers? prob not. cheers m
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I take it that is book-matched, but one side flipped over, looking at the shape, shakes and coloration, rather than a large double bole trunk. I think . . . our dining room would be big enough, just about. . .
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I was in conversation with a local tree surgeon, who was looking at buying a new German built tracked MEWP, which weighed sommat like 3 tonne, or very very fractionally under 3000kg. To tow on a 3.5t ball hitch. Simply because said German firm supplied a special built trailer fully road legal for the 3500kg class. It only cost £6,000.00:001_tt2: (the trailer that was) That unobtainium bes proper expensive apparently. Marcus
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See the wee Fiat Crawler, been sat outside unstarted since the 3rd week week of Sept, with the nowt-special battery that come in her, and started absolutly first kick yesterday in the tight white frost (Ok, so I wisnay oot o bed too early:001_tt2:) M
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Buy a 40 year old Fiat, started absolutly first kick yesterday, in the frost, after sitting unstarted outside since the week of the APF show. Should Be good for the foot deep snow forby!!
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If the bundle is strapped tight enough to be stable, the saw will most likely bind as the billets move under the strapping pressure on cutting. Anyway even a single phase rocking cradle cross cut saw is plenty fast at cutting billets, to simply cut to length as needed beside the boiler.Oops, and guessing no dearer than a large chainsaw to purchase, plus chainsaws not best suited to cutting dry timber. m
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That MF372 is surely a trifle unusual. An import perhaps? I am not a MF fan but still kinda know the commoner older models. . . PS The 390 is missing the "T"
