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  1. difflock
    keen mowers damage the bark, thereby allowing the pathogen an entry.
  2. difflock
    Shocking slow to load the truck though, which is costing someone money. Though with artics it should be possible to drop an empty trailer and collect a full one. As always I continue to be astounded by the tall straight relatively slender stems that forests in North America can produce with ease. Apparently.
  3. difflock
    Buyers from the far east the near east, India even, south america etc etc. Per the articles written by one of Cheffins Auctioneers for the Classic Tractor magazine. proper Jaw Dropping stuff.
  4. difflock
    link not correct Logan
  5. difflock
    Oh I do say sir! Nah Too Complicated I prefer the simpler rotary carosel / revolver cutter. That process appeared to be slow and tedious, but i suppose for 1.0m3 of sticks cut to 250mm long, productive enough.
  6. difflock
    Makes a whole lotta sense!
  7. difflock
    But were we the British Population not perhaps used to an excess population(over the natural population) of Sparrows in Urban(and other areas) simply because their natural predators had been virtually eliminated by Man? And then use this distorted figure as our "baseline" And now that birds of Prey, incl cough cough Sparrow Hawks , are back, nature has corrected itself?
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    And an even better result, tonight while pond watching with the Mrs as the Sun went down, spotted some activity, so flicked in a couple of feed pellets, at least 12 fish, some Koi, some Sheebunkin, though hard to count. Do they prefer to feed after the Sun goes down btw? Strangly fascinating watching them. m
  9. difflock
    Billhook, thank you, a point I have attempted to make for many years, particularly in respect of some of the yummy mummies with sickly ashmetic children, who choose to blame "them farmers with their chemicals" whilst dowsing themselves, their children and houses in numerous chemicals, for myriad reasons, and running to the Dr. for antibiotics for every childhood sniffle. marcus
  10. difflock
    be glad, we once sniggered at an absolutly loverl family group traisping along somewhere. Father Mother & following like a flight of stairs Girl Girl Girl Girl Girl Girl Boy Just a tad obvious, and quite how the last few girls felt it was hard to know!
  11. difflock
    Population, and unrestrained breeding is the REAL problem. Monsanto and chemicals are merely a by-product of our essentially selfish human nature
  12. difflock
    An interesting comment above somewhere about the overuse of "Simazine", I was told that the blacktop gangs (some transit based and somewhat transient too) put it on by the broadmouthed shovel full, to prevent the weeds from popping up through their doncy bitmac. Btw, I did recently ask a 90 year old local farmer how they used to deal with Couch grass or Scutch in the past, before Glyphosphate was available. He replied that the old joke was "simply buy another farm of land" ! m
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    Update: Out in the gloaming on Sunday evening past, and paused for a reflective moment at the pond, with my back to the light. Spotted a mini shoal of 3 smaller drab coloured fish and a very colourful larger Koi, which after a little hesitation and darting to hide among the weeds, decided to take some fish pellets. Bingo, a result, after 3 weeks with no rain nor no pond aeration, some o them are still living. PS The bloody Scutch grass or Couch grass loves the pond margins, someone tell me it is a good oxygenerator? cheers marcus
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    difflock replied to rovers90's topic in Arb-Trucks

    I want, I want I WANT!!! Only iffen I lie down to have a proper tantrum. It will take me too long to rise again. cheers m
  15. difflock
    So instead og a "backacter" fit a small forestry ( 3 point linkage type) crane to the back of a cheaper compressor model. With a grab on the front bucket, or pallet toes. The perfect Yard tool surely? M
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    Callum, is that a home made linkage mounted mini-forklift grapple arrangment, a very tidy job, especially if it is. Rowan, I started my log-rack musings with attempting to figger out how to use my splitter mounted 1.0t winch to "power" the rack, since I already use the winch to pull the logs end on from the nearby stockpile. But I would need to re-fasten the winch rope to the log after each cut, unless I use the winch to pull a sliding buttplate down the rack, but then how do I get the sliding plate back. So it really requires hyd powered toothed feed rollers cheers m
  17. difflock
    Ashes:blushing::blushing: You are absolutly correct:thumbup: But I am the animal I am, and have learned to live with myself and my undoubted shortcomings:lol: Taken me a good 35 of my 55 years to appreciate this btw:001_tt2:. Cheers Marcus But seriously, bytimes when my back is creaking bad and I cannot sensibally physically work, thinking is the only thing I can do. PS Rowan, had that possibility sussed, an awful lot of "tooing-an-froing" for 5m lengths. Now for full tree lengths, as in "up the Moss" , perhaps.
  18. difflock
    A rustic Commode?
  19. difflock
    I reckon, with a correctly set up feeder rack allowing sawing to length at waist height, that I can reasonably mechanise the rest. I think I got the plan/set-up and mechanics sorted out in my head. Including a v simple wire-rope tipped (using the splitter ram stroke) bundler frame. And a simple 6 toed "buckrake" type frame will lift up to 5 billet bundles at a time, 3 on the bottom 2 on top (& I got the scrap 76mm tubing to make the toes too) either mounted on link arms or mount to the forklift for higher stacking. All is "sorted" except the log rack layout, which can get complicated with chains and hyd powered feeder rollers. cheers M
  20. difflock
    probably:lol::lol:
  21. difflock
    RNj I was aware of these simple ingenious bale systems, BUT (i) Not cutting in a nice large level dry stubble field. Am "up the Moss" (ii) billet bundles will NOT slide(and I realize they sholud NOT really need to, but??), strapping ud possibly be more likely tear or break as billets "snagged", either during loading or unloading. But a wonderful simple system for the job it was designed to do. WW Yes I realized as a basis for a log rack:thumbup1: cheers M
  22. difflock
    A plan is coming together; (i) To fabricate a billet bundler out of steel, and bolted to the side of the Krpan splitter. (ii) Using the 17tonne Splitter hydraulic ram stroke to pretension the billet bundle with a wire rope, prior to Polystrapping. (iii) Incorporating a crane jib (using the 1.0tonne splitter winch) to lift and swing the billet bundles away onto my front and rear tractor mounted racks.(Which racks being tractor mounted can be positioned exactly right.) (iv) Transport to the Yard and unload using the Parked-up log trailer and crane into tidy rows. Should keep me occupied of a few winters evenings. Marcus
  23. difflock
    RNJ (i) Crawler only suitable for winching for extraction to a landing, not suitable for the turns on the Rodden. And too far anyway. (ii) I have, however, toyed with the idea of moving the billiting operation to the Moss, then extracting the billet bundles on the DB1490, both front and rear 3PT linkages being used, Say bring 2 or 3 on the front(=500kg/750kg) and 3 or 4 (750 to 100kg) on the back. As I find it remarkedly slow loading the log trailer (cos sticks rarely straight) But need to figger a loading/racking set-up for the 3pt linkages that is not too heavy or cumbersome. WW Answer=No a simple trailer is the one bit of kit I lack:lol: Hmmm, he therefore thinks? thanks for the interest and suggestions
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    My non-direct experience is that since they were designed for Finnish farmers, who spend the winters cutting timber/working in the woods. That they were designed to better cope with the particular issues working among timber brings. I know they got good slick/high underbellies with no vunerable pipes or cables to snag. Do they also perhaps get protected valvestems? etc etc More reliable, hmmm?, perhaps a more rugged, but more basic design,in respect of gearboxs etc, they were well engineered yes, If Sisu engines? if so were very good. But need the same level of maint as any other tractor of a similar age.
  25. difflock
    I was told of a vegetable grower who was approached by Tescos to grow carrots for a perticular contract. A fair price was offered if he installed a very expensive sorting/washing/packaging plant. He took the contract, and installed the plant on the back of a swingeng(to him )loan. Tesco's then "took another look" at the contract and revised their price sharply downwards. Ouch! Plus (but this was merely hearsay) a veg supplier who was found to be supplying Lidl or Aldi with the produce that did not meet Tesco's contract specs. And was bluntly told "them or us". Nice people. But then Lidl are apparently simply BRUTAL in their treatment of managment trainee staff. Good money for VERY long/unlimited hours AND the sales targets are kept moving. The "suits" fly in once a month, and it is apparently not a pleasent experience answering to them. cheers M

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