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Funny enough I have wondered exactly the same, could part of the difference lie in the current back-end-of-the-summer ploughing, as opposed to the earlier/older winter spring cultivations. Slurry instead of FYM bound to be another factor contributing to a lesser no of earthworms. Or did a few years of rotovating and powerharrowing do the earthworms in? As opposed to discing and spike harrowing.

Someone above mentioned a "plan", yes, as far as I am aware, there is a "plan" by OPEC to flood the market with their cheap to extract oil, so as to make fracking/shale oil/Falklands oil etc uneconomic. Cos If these otherwise marginal oil sources become enomonically viable, OPEC got no barganing clout. That no doubt combined with speculators now dumping "hoarded" oil in panic. And to think in 1974 I was writing doom laden essays about the end-of-oil (for "O" Level English)

I "understood" regardless of the over-run brakes being 3500kg weight limited, that 50mm ball hitchs were limited to 3500kg also? Being vaguely aware of the possibility of towing up to 4500kg with some of the older Range Rovers, guessing with air brakes though, and being unsure re the hitch.(and prob poss to get >3500kg 50mm ball hitchs) Cheers M

99p/l in Muff today, incl Vat

Cept this year I "fell off the wagon" during that brilliant weather we had in September. Off on leave, enjoying life, cutting sticks one day and BAM, off the rails the next. really really bad depression. For ABSOLUTLY no reason. Dr. conculde I am Bi-polar, which hardly surprise me! Pulled out of it there over Xmas, & I joked it were the days getting longer did it for me. BUT I have learned to live with myself during these intermittent bouts, knowing I will always, always, eventually pull through. So now I merely roll with the punchs. In the past I would have tried to "fight" it. cheers marcus

At 55, and me n the Mrs. now offically being "empty nesters", with both sprogs in recent (and hopefully prolonged) gainful employment in Belfast. Take it easy, and enjoy life a little more than I used too. And hope for grandchildren to spoil over the next 10 years! And get the Baker Mill up n running. And build another shed to house the Baker Mill an start building log cabins (very neblous, that one) An get the Steyr Puch Van back on the road. And sell various other unused Veh And finish the house, and sheds, and landscaping, and garden, And dig a Well, in the garden. And excavate the existing very overgrown Pond at the Risk. And fit a remote to the winch. And start selling fire-wood (OOps, first need to produce firewood.) And and and, mostly keep the wife happy! Cheers Marcus

Now when nuclear Fusion is harnessed. This stratdgy will make perfect sense. Though I favour GTL diesel for HGV's, in a hybrid installation, where the diesel drives a generator at fixed revolutions and therefore cleanly and efficiently

I had; (i) Kinda decided on a Cooks bandsawmill, though they are not as keen to export as some other brands. Basically cos they provide engineered/crowned bandwheels on their larger offerings. (ii)When a knowledable engineer I know, and asked an open question of, about what Yankee mills were worth importing, straight up said "Cooks". Hmmm! Anyway I has bought this 2nd hand Baker mill, reasonabally locally, which is still under canvass, until I (a) get a roof over it, and (b) source a 3Ph power supply. The "Forestryforum" website is a good source of info for Yankee built mills, they seem to be a very genuine helpful bunch too. see link http://www.forestryforum.com/board/ cheers marcus

corrected that for you, cos intuitively it just bloody looks all WRONG, n always did!

Intriegued!!

Wot "e" said:lol::lol::001_tt2: I recall this is the same rig our local contracter is looking at, @ over £5k for the trailer(& i tink he said £6k:001_huh:) cheers m

Just recieved my latest edition of the GWAG magazine. Eddie Gilmartins re-built "G" Wagen features. Fitted a 5 cyl Sassangyon motor(the same basic lump as I have in the 290TD Van) with an uprated (5.5mm to 6.0mm plungers) inj pump and intercooler /turbo etc. Stupendous torque and 180BHP. I intend to put our Van back on the road, in time to pop down to the Valentine's meet/rally in Wicklow. Cheers M

For that size of an install Timon, I ud ave thought a logwood boiler taking 1.0m length billets would make perfect sense. Assuming labour was available, which I suspect would be the case? Or wood chip surely? Pellets best suited to smaller installs. cheers M

Absoutly!, So at least go for the electro-hydro hydraulic spec, which can easily be upgraded to remote. My only caveat is the possible added risk of a remote operated winch when operating on ones own. Based on how I would probably be working with a remote, which is exactly why I desire a remote control, which practises may or may not lie within recognised industry guidelines. Like winching windthrown trees, as I cut them, kinda.

pm sent. PS This was the same firm, that per a local Bapist Pastor, supplied & installed a pellet stove absolutly free, when the Clear Skies grant was only 50%, I could only figure because one was required to sign up to purchase pellets exclusively from them, and probably at a slightly less than competitive price. cheers m PPS During a RHI presentation about 18 months ago, a rep admitted that they had had "teething troubles" with their pellet production, despite the absolute blanket denials at the time.

Very true/very sad, saw exactly the same thing locally with a designed-from-scratch Hoval pellet burning boiler, in a very very nicely architect designed dwelling. I was there simply because I was asked to see if I were interested in any of the salvaged components. Less than 3 years old, endless trouble right from the install, ALL due to shitty (and I could name the manufacturer) crumbly pellets. They simply installed an oil boiler, regardless of the price of oil. cheers m

Despite the shortcomings of our Solarbayer logburner, rated at 40kW, BY-GOD it cant half put up heat, even when fed shitty (but impeccably dry) Conifer. That is all.

Bloody Hell! I just "worked back" from our EPC figs. a heating demand of 295m2 by 236kW/m2=69,620kW*Hr/Year Devide 69,620 by calorific value of kero at 11.8/kg at SG of 0.845 and say 85% boiler efficency = 5900kg or 6982l at 100%= 8214 litres at 85% = £4,000.00/Yr heating oil bill BLOODY HELL PS We only been living there 20 years. PPS That Morso stove is worth its weight in Gold!!

I ud love to read the users manual, be quite a thick document I imagine?

I saw too much saw "dust" to be impressed, I gather that was a tough old lump but even so?, deadly slow. What was the chassis, before?, guessing a sideloader forktruck for some reason. m

Well after a very through measuring session on Sat morning, I recieved our EPC this morning. Need to upgrade the roof-space insulation, which I knew, but peeved that the guy, who appeared to be very diligent, apparently under-measured our dwelling by nearly 50m2. Compared to the Land and Property services stated measurment, and both sets of measurments were taken externally. So does the EPC use the internal area?/volume?, since I know rates uses the gross or external measured square footage/m2age Huh?

IF anyone is interested there is a bloke on the GWOA Forum, Eddie? I think I recall, but definately from about Dublin, who is totally passionate about "G" Wagens, and has more critically "re-engined" some with success. A project that is apparently near impossible without a LOT of electronic savvy/knowledge of MB engine/gearbox intercompatibility I do not know him, but from following a few threads in the past, I had formed the opinion, that he was completely straight, and not having been near the Forum this good while, I recently saw someone knowledable commending his latest work. For me as the smug-proud posessor of a 290TD,(imho opinion from the optimium period of simple efficient reliable diesel technology) all I need to do is bung Upsolute a few kid for their kit for the very common TC/IC 120BHP Sprinter engine. It would be tempting to hack the Van bodywork off and fabricate a pick-up rear end, but this would simply be scralidge, in the circumstances. Or take it to V Henry, the local diesel Guru, for a re-map regards Marcus

Mercedes-Benz G-Class - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia start with item 9 or 9,1 461 chassis, good MB diesels and auto boxs +diff locks

We really enjoyed "Le Routier" eating when travelling in France, sit down, not infrequently at a trestle table, and simply eat (and drink!) what is put in front of one, more often a sensible cassorale or stew type dish. Country food like wot I were reared on! PS Mildly amused to watch the French truckers tucking into icecream lollies, which were the "dessert" in one (admittedly, low priced) establishment, after a deeply satisyfing plain meaty main course, with unlimited wine.

Um, I ud have thought, most probably, since the Russian firewood should be better value, relatively, with the Russian exporters only too glad of a hard foreign currency, assuming the importer does not pay in Rubles.