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Since I bought the crane scales, I have weighed a few 0.5m3 billet bundles. When wet 250kg (single representitive sample only) When dry 165kg at 12.5 to 15% max (average of 10 bundles) So at 4KwHr per kg= 660KwHr each = equivalent to burning a 30Kw oil boiler for 22Hrs. I actually find that hard to comprehend. My bloody Solarbayer must be well inefficient. cheers m

regardless of the fuel, I would suggest burning any stove inside a vehicle is potentially sucidial, especially if pissing with rain and windows wound up? m

Our back field of rough natural years old grasses an rushs is stonking full o it. I noticed cos I was towing a tarp round to clean it, the nice clean Sitka pole I was using for a spreader bar turned orange, as did the blue rope. m

Idea as posted ud be a non-starter due to stumps fouling the pick-up and stones being fed into the chipper. However at the last APF J Deere had a brash Baler, working on the demo circuit. An ungainly cumbersome looking machine, from my recall, and fed with a standard grapple on a forestry crane(again from recall) Marcus

Quite a few of those wee beasties in the Lodgepole Pine I was cutting n splitting yesterday. Also intended to ask re which creature left the 4mm 5mm 6mm dia holes in a Sitka Butt. Must be quite an impressive beastie. . . a Beetle larve presumably?

I only took a look at this thread out of idle curiosity, my only relatively inexperienced (but recent experience) would be that rubber tracks are VERY limited in respect of their traction/flotation capabilities. Having had an 8 tonne rubber track Hitachi on hire recently. Quite perplexing how much worse they are than the equivalent steel tracks. Working in peat mind, not really wet peat, but wet enough to be slippery though. And recalling the oh-so-nearly badly bogged 10 tonner on rubber tracks that came back to the same site in v similar weather about a year later on steel tracks instead, and performed like a different digger entirely. Same professional operator in both cases btw. marcus

A guid feed o hot Vodka. Bound to have the same effect as a feed o hot whisky/whiskey

Are the Trimax flails not murderous heavy? Simply Cos they are so well built. I had a notion one of the "stander" type zero turn machines (all American built as far as I recall) were a very tidy easy to transport(cos so short overall) for a owner operator/one man band. Step off to lift litter and step on again. V good practise for downhill skiers too. All fuel guzzling petrols when I was looking, but it may not be practical to fit a small enough diesel. I still have time for Kubota diesel engines, but had formed the opinion, that since the days of the virtually indestructible G1700/G1900's they had gotten lighter built and flimsier, some of the so call Kubota decks for the Euro/UK market were subbed out/built down to a price. That said we bough 2 Kubotas this spring, because they were the only compact ride-on diesel hydrostatic available. I considered the JD petrol engined equivalent but quailed at the predictded extra fuel costs. The Kubotas will have paid for themselves inside of 3 years running on red diesel. Double the fuel at double the price sure adds up! PS The 3060 outfront Kubota is still "Oldskool" engineered.

Sniff! Do i see concrete posts mentioned in here:lol: "Oh sorry sir i forgot about them, and btw, how much will that new tyre cost for your Fendt 930?":lol:

A good flail behind a tractor, if only 6 years growth over 12 acres. Especially IF IT was Lawn before.

Brand new loppers "borrowed" and left back well busted. An enquiry elicted the response that they really need bolt croppers but seen the loppers first. For to cut off a padlock. Strangely this "outside the box" thinking did not work.

Spirograph and Creamola foam(in the wee tin)

see; 7500kg-3240kg=4,260kg for Dvr, diesel an Payload So with the 260kg for the Dvr and diesel = 4,000kg payload. With a simply beautifully balanced gas strut assisted tail-ramp. Phew! Already planning my next purchase, an alloy body tipper, on the same(ok shorter) chassis, in my head/dreams. new truck.pdf

Then one is employing a flawed business model, travelling long distances for minimal wages. Or, In farming parlance a "busy fool", working hard, yes, but not achieving a lot. Cheers Marcus

The new Iveco 7.0t van chassis is also very light. But simply not light enough to claw back the missing 500kg (from 7.5t) But nearly!

(i) If I required to drive substantial distances on a daily basis, I would run a newer car, possibly with Green Star cover. Or simply change every 3/5 or 7 years when the manufacturers warrenty expires. Plus have contingency plans in place, like short term hire or loaner. (ii) See above. Simples.

per above, we went with the Mitisu fuso canter merc chassis. Weighed today with complete 5.5m beavertail body work, full width gas assisted tail ramp and 24V winch Total chassis and bodywork came in at 3240kg So 4260kg for payload, less a driver, piecebox and a tank of diesel(say 260kg for these) So a nice round 4000kg legal payload. I am very pleased. Partly because most bodywork suppliers/coachbuilders, that I spoke to, said it could not be done. So a big thanks to Norman Hueston, and his fabricators, for their paitence dedication and downright coachbuilding skills. I will post photos post delivery.

"You lucky lucky baastard" To misquote The Monty Python lot.

It does indeed look finished, the "sheen" was a dead giveaway. Wonderful looking workmanship, my only concern would be the softness of the Tulip wood(=Poplar?) taking marks so easily. marcus

(i) No odure/shite/bullshit (ii) started with a 1100cc petrol Polo, oil pump failed at about 55,000, AFTER driving back from Glasgow. A short block fitted, only in my twenties and working local so I cycled. Other minor issues like head gaskets were done mesel, an I cycled. Then the ould BX, only issue was the head gasket(hmmm again, but it was suspect when I bought the car) Cant remember, think I arranged a loaner car from a mate. Drove it back from Glasgow (again, Glasgow) sans hyd pump, so no brakes, suspension nor much steering. Then the short lived Vento (senior managment stuffed it through a hedge) borrowed a car from the dealer we got the replacment from. Which was the long lived Galaxy, a few issues, BUT never caught out. I did drive it back from Newark, to NI, without any brakes btw Throw in a few hobby purposes but incrediably reliable/easily fixable "G" Wagens. And now the Octavia. But on measured reflection. NEVER stranded at the side of the road due to breaking down. I did run out of petrol ONCE only. PS Including doing the Continent several times a year with all of the above cars.(not incl the "G" Wagens) WITHOUT any recovery/get you home insurances. cheers Marcus PPS I do recall taking the DB1490 Tractor to my work for a week during the Citroen BX days. N.B. Part of the secret is keeping cars for long periods and getting to know them What, we had 5 cars since about 1984,(=30 years) and the current one, the 5th is good for 10 years yet. So 5 cars over 40 years(incl a w/off after a very short period, the Vento)

I really really must order some of Morso's most excellent firewood. 1 cubic metre of Morso Fire Wood

How much fruit did they produce before your work? Ud be my first question.

Strangely enough having, and still intending, to run cars to 200-250,000 miles or 12/13 years old. Over 37 years. And for many of those years only running one car. And now back to only one car after a few years running 2. And mostly servicing/mechanicing myself. At 55, I cannot recall a car breaking down, beyond my "on the spot" repair. Nor indeed "failing to start". Absolutly Seriously. Any driver should be able to spot a tiring battery/keep a trickle charger. The few repairs beyond by capabilities were booked in to a garage. And I cycled or had arranged to borrow or hire a car. Thinking that over, I scratch my head. And I dont reckon myself to be "lucky"

On that line, an "Old Gallant" of a farmer shouted down the shop to Maureen behind the counter that he still wanted to get into her knickers. Quick as a flash, Maureen replied; "I got one arsehole in my knickers already, an I find it is plenty" I could not help clapping in appaluse.

I dont believe the payment is based on the boiler size. Rather on the calculated annual kW*Hrs required to heat the dwelling. To provide a "deemed" figure, for domestic installs. Unlike the heat meters fitted to commercial installs.