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But "own brand" dry dog nuts from the local Agri feed merchants. £8.00/15kg and feed "ad lib" Plus the megre table scraps, very mouldy bread etc. And rich tea biscuits (bits of) in bed in the morning while I have my milky coffee. Healthy as trout job done
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Hybrid vigour every time. That was what stuck to our 12 or 13 year old "bastard" Mastiff. When we have been repeatedly told 8 or 9 years is all that could be expected, from these pedigree breeds. His father may (or indeed may not) have been pedigree, but his mother was a mongrel staffie mastiff cross bitch. The Mastiff genes from the father appeared to "win", but the hybrid vigour was all there.
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Gardenmac, You mention your TT's behavouir developing/changing. Interestingly most of our rescue dogs have probably taken a couple of years to "come till" themselves. Generally start out entirely silent (beaten as a pup for barking perhaps), & only "learn" to bark after a couple of years with us. Wor Rottyrador barked (once!) as the Postvan left recently. The first time I have heard him speak in over 2 years. And MOST impressive. He, at about 4 years old, also finally seems to be going through a puppy phase, playing with the other dogs. All very interesting to observe. m
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hmmmm? food for thought:lol:
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Hey 50 kg of Mastiff fitted on my lap, very comfortably. Ah couldnay really see the TV past him, but that did not seem to trouble the big sap. ps wot is it? bitsa bulldog/staffie mix?
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Good point. First place to start is a dog breed Characteristics table. Some large dogs do not need much exercise, if I recall the Great Dane falls in this cotogory, some small dogs need a lot (but the short legs help, relatively speaking) How about a Mexican hairless or Chewawa for the heat. Though windows left partly down/mostly , and a sun screen across the windscreen, and hey if cutting trees, parked in the shade/semi shade. Could/should be workable. Plus checking at tea breaks/lunchtime.
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very nice Rowan
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From me, Great company, check Warm in bed, check. Smelly, check, Irish bred itinerent deterrant, CHECK Noisy, uncheck costly, uncheck If getting a pup, get 2 same sex siblings, they will spend hours knocking/tearing lumps out of each other (as opposed to Italian shoes or furniture) Well at least our last 2 additions have. We are currently in the market for a Bulldog or "Queen Anne" legged Mastiff Bitch to complete our Irish bred itinerent un-welcoming party. m PS I took the Rottador to Dublin today, & he made several new friends, then to visit a sawmill where I let him out to introduce himself to 2 completely strange dogs. Nary a bit of fuss.
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life of bandsaw wheels before re-grinding/reprofiling
difflock replied to difflock's topic in Milling Forum
Clyde at Baker sawmills allowed about once per year in commercial production= 1700 hrs. Hmmm, just need to source a Genny. -
Was looking at a Baker mill today, alledgely only about 2000 hrs, it has been cutting clean Sitka Spruce. BUT! The origional bandwheels, prob for an 1&1/2 wide blade are away for reprofiling? So will this give me any indication of what actual hrs are on the Mill. How often do 1 1/2 or 1 1/4 crowned wheels need re-profiling. It was running a 2" blade and I watched it cutting 100%, in so far as I am capable of being aware. marcus
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PS Intended to mention (& hi Muldonagh) I did actually, after leaving the trailer sitting overnight, get "laired" in that one "russian" Ex slurry tanker tyre was in level with the hub, or perhaps even the axle. In Moss. So I slung a max weight stout log out at max reach of the crane to the other side, got reversed back just enough to insert a couple of 6"-8" poles below the tyre in the rut. Then with my cunning counter balance still deployed, forward with the Difflock engaged, smartly followed by full right lock with the skid brakes on. Phew! Made it, just! Good job I got virtually 90 deg lock with the trailer hitched to the winch plate, cos there was a sheaugh in front o me. I then retrieved my counterweight and parked the crane over the trailer. PS The trailer, with some quite long/overlong sticks was nicely "jinking", that is to say virtually no "nose weight" on the hitch. Cherrs m
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I might attempt to build a "revolver" fed circular saw bladed device, to cut to length. A most elegant solution.(As seen at the APF, and I will take photos this year) The problem with attempting to cut the billet bundles "through and through" is the fact that due to the strapping tension, each billet will twist and move within the bundle thereby fouling and binding the blade. Cheers M
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Broonie, thanks, Well organised/sussed in ma heid like. Output still bes a bit low due to the easily distracted (=lazy) streak. But am getting there.
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I park the ould DB, with 17 tonne Krpan winch (with integral 1 tonne winch) on the back. About 10m from the end of the butts. With the wee forestry trailer positioned off to the side (photos to follow of course) Winch the sticks over to the splitter, cut off 1.0m lengths, split and stack in my home made 0.5m3 billet bundler. Strap up with polywotsits strapping. And sling the billet bundles off into a carefull stacked pile with the wee crane on the trailer, driven offen the DB hydraulics. Can get them 4 or 5 rows high, which seriously ecomomises on the covering. Am a lazy bugger! I can then lift and transport the billet bundles with a set of pallet toes, or better still a round bale fork/toes. Simples. Cut to length as required with the wee cross cut saw in the shed either in 1/2 (& = 0.5m long)for the outside boiler Or in 1/3rds for the Morso inside.
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Muldonagh, 99% of our moss is "non drivable", this is one of, and just off one of, the three main "Roddens" that accessed this upper end of the Garry Bog, for to allow the Dervock residents to cut and draw home their peats. The first was referred to as the "stone rodden", the second, this one, as the "clay rodden", and the third, as the "green rodden". Though these descriptors referred to the first wheen o yards, say 100 odd, in off the county road. Where I am working & have my landing, has been eyed out by me during near 15 year of dog walking through the moss, as being unnaturally dry. Relatively high ground, and whin bushs/gorse covered therefore is essentially "dry" underfoot, cos them Whin bushs aint stupid! Though pure black peat moss. regards marcus
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I did somewhere see that one should deduct 1% heat energy for each extra % moisture content. So if timber at 20% moisture gives a nominal 4kw*hr heat energy then a log at 10% moisture gives 4.4kw*hr or 30% moisture gives 3.6kw*hr or 50% moisture gives 2kw*hr m
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Rowan, Absolutfeckingutly!! An entirely different experience when the sun is, and has been, shining. I were gobsmacked to observe a cloud o "stoor" as I winched the turns in. After preservering, for a good number of years, with a wet "glaur" hole of a sodden rodden, rush covered with puddles of clear water. I switched to a dry, non rush covered rodden. Each entirely different rodden beside a big deep sheaugh. So they SHOULD be the same. But they sure AINT. All in the one wee small small patch of ground. Marcus
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So, like iffen I order an 661 engine unit (or whatever one calls it) then in a seperate order purchase a bar and chain. fer instance off Jonsie. Would this work:biggrin:
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Nicely done Aspenarb! :thumbup: PS Reverse in empty with 1" spare each side. Put a load on, and the tyre sidewalls bulge. Do you get out again with a 1/2" to spare each side?
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cough cough Aspenberg, a pre 1997 car licence. I seriously looked at tendering for sommat similar based on an Iveco "tractor" unit, Iveco were briefly producing them for UK sale but I suspect poor sales killed that idea off. I tought dey were plumb cute! Anyway since it was possible to buy an "off the shelf" 7500kg chassis with a beavertail body, and 4000kg/4100kg payload. That was the option I went for. Going in the paper next week!
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thats sweet! m
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seeee
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I like the idea of the chain hydraulic combo. I get pissed when forced to release a turn, that digs in, gets snagged, or was just plain too heavy. And the wire rope takes off with a bang, free spooling the winch drum and jumping the snugly wound coils loose. Have to drive forward and winch myself back again to keep the rope sweet on the winch drum. At least with hydraulic one can "back off" or reverse the rope/chain under tension. Hmmm? He thinks, one o them Raubald hydraulic winchs on the front of the ould DB ud double up as a (kinda expensive) recovery winch.
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Sir Steve Redgrave was badly diabetic. He done good. marcus
