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I am not entirely sure I understood what you were attempting to communicate Broonie. Nor was Google's "translater" able to make head nor tail of it. Cheers Marcus

An why is the 271 lower HP (=3.0 HP) than the 261 (=3.6 HP) scratches head

I have always reshafted my own tools, spades, shovels, billhooks, hammers, sledges. But never yet tried an Axe. All with seasoned hedgerow Ash. No regrets or (unexpected/undeserved) failures.

Well bugger that! Very clever "gizmo". Needs incorporating into a "hitch" arrangment to avail of the extra mechanical advantage. It was however the "unknotting" that most impressed me. Very very well concieved. PS Anyone wanna buy a cheap unused strapping package? PPS I did search (in English language only) for permutations of rope fastening devices/self fastening devices for rope etc. Without success. Double bugger!!

Typical. Show a man a tree stump and what does he carve. Yet another Phallus symbol. PS Anyone see the new building in China. PPS now to be absolutly serious. Quite staggeringly brilliant Not never in a million years could I concieve such detail......................let alone execute it so exquisitely.

A gentleman by the name of John Brown perhaps. Stating that the first case of Ash dieback has been found on a native mature Ash tree in Wales. He then had the sense to say that felling/cutting/burning removal etc (as I have heard talked about locally ) is simply UNVIABLE as a solution. A sensible man AND he is in charge in Wales (he is ex Forestry Commission) Did I miss a blue moon last night, I went to bed very early is all. Marcus

PS Some of the China being imported from China, is fired with our toxic unwanted tyres. The dammned cunning Chinese have figgered out how to get them to burn, apparently. PPS Hats off to the guy who invented the term "co-mingled" for mixed "recylables"

Oops:blushing: Thank you Logbaron. Cordstrap's is a slightly odd business model in todays cut-throat world. But then the sisters daughter still under 30 has fallen in with an "old school" firm in London that trades and ships sugar world wide (the molasses part of Tate and Lyle as was) Some serious hospitality on offer from the Hamburg ship owners btw, on a recent foray. But anyway, apparently all about literally "knowing" who to phone worldwide. And needless to say "One's word is one's bond". She seems to be enjoying it. I believe Ascot and Lord's for the cricket also figure. Her brother who is a cricket nut(English breeding I suppose) was absolutly frothing at the mouth when dear Sis rhymed off some of the prestidious Cricket matches she had been oblidged to take clients too. now, where was I?

TOUCH OF INSULATION TO THE OTHERWISE BARE? ALUMINIUM WALLS MIGHT BE AN IDEA?? apologies for "shouting" i didnay mean tea

Gentleman! A shock announcment. I have just committed. Dermott from Cordstrap phoned me an we struck a deal. £280.00 + VAT For 4000m of 515 kg BS woven Polyester 1000 reusuable buckles 1 tensioner tool =£336.00 incl/500No = 67p per bundle Or is that Euros?? Hopefully, but likely not. Thanks all M

Our bin goes out the lane about once every 6 to 8 weeks. Compostable gets composted. food scraps get eaten by der dogs. cardboard and clean paper gets burned. All bank & credit card statements get burned in the stove regardless. Metal goes to "T" Met occassionally (price dependant) Actually most of the bin contents are not entirely strictly speaking household waste. An we still pay stupid high rates.

I would query the "re-usability" both intuitivetly and after reading the comments. Also no rated breaking strain, "S" hooks peel open very easy (from prev exp) Thanks though M

A "bugger" storing the 3mm/4mm plain wire for re-use. Wire also expensive. Blue rope 6mm/220m/550kg breaking strain = £10.85 Reuse once = 25p/bundle (2 loops per bundle) Now I am searching for "gripples" for blue rope:001_huh: PS I found this very good site/supplier Ratchet Straps and Webbing Assemblies

The sooner this technology is fitted as mandatory factory standard to ALL cars. The faster the manufactured and grossly exaggarated personal injury claims industry would crash. just a though. from someone who installed a Road Angel after being screwed over by another inattentive road user who fluttered her eyelashs at the virile young constable. Not particularly pertinent I appreciate.

I thought I had already confessed to being a prefectionist:blushing: Anyway I had already noted that Posch use what appears to be heavy "baler" twine, or what is effectively light loose spun polypropolene rope. I will probably resort to 6mm/8mm blue rope. (Which would be a few times reusuable) With a farmers hitch ("thrown" on with a flick of the wrist) which will allow me to winch the rope drum tight. (Tied down many a high load of baled straw with that one, Oh aar boy!) After pre-consolidating the bundle. Hmmmmmm? Now thinking how I can use the 1 tonne capacity winch on the splitter to tighten up the bundle prior to tying. (Since using the splitter hydraulics would be such an OBVIOUS sensible method) (An I am tinking I know) A blinking good job this is only a hobby for me:001_rolleyes: Far far better than ANY trainset. cheers all Marcus PS The plastic wrap wont let the bundle breath. Nor is it practical to rotate the bundle on its end to wrap with silage/straw bale netting. Which is also surprisingly expensive. Nowt made from oil is now cheap. Sigh Which is why I am burning timber. 1995 28 sec kero 16p a litre but if money "doubles" every 10 year = 32 p/l = 64p/l (near enough 20 years)

Chipboard burns REALLY well, with stonking calorific value. Proper Polystyrene is also very good for kindling. I would avoid Wavin sewer pipe though. The fumes from it, as I have reason to know, are pretty toxic. I also finally persuaded Senior Managment NOT to put the plastic liner from the bathroom bin in unchecked. Not that difficult seeing as she had quite a bit of dusting to do after the aerosol assisted contents of the grate exited the stove past my ears.

OK Doak Iffen I go down the woven Polyester route. 19mm wide at 600kg breaking strain. 2 straps per bundle. 1000 buckles 7 by 600mm of strapping 1 tensioner tool About £500.00 (del) And should do 500 No bundles (50m3/yr = 10 years) So near enough £1.00/bundle Hmmmm?

Per Title. Steel strapping = strong but expensive per m Polypropelene = cheap, but is it strong enough Woven Polyester = kinda in the middle Extruded Polyester = much the same. The Polypropleyne is MUCH cheaper, so i would probably, at least try, that system first.

Having been mulling this squirrel trap over on a possible gender bias grounds. I was relived to realize that the upturned spike in the background must be a trap for the lady squirrels. Yes?

Ah! Ashes:001_tongue: you could well have spotted a distinct corrolation:lol: I appear like complicated solutions to simple problems. Cept to me I see it the other way round:001_rolleyes: cheers M However quite seriously (i) the meter long trunk and split billet is optimum for manual handling, with mimimal chainsaw cutting. (ii) the bundled billets are ideal for measuring and easy counting, in m3 quantities. (iii) perfect for stacking more than head high mechanically and allowing good air flow to facilitate rapid drying. (iv) Pilfer resistent (v) suited for mechanical rehandling and onward delivery. So I will stick with Der Meisterplannung. marcus

Should not fall out. Double strapped, and if handled horizontally should sit. Plus if forward handled by a grab, should clamp the bundle as it is being handled. Anyway i reckon an Agricultural round bale grab is the perfect tool. Tilt the bundle back against a backplate, and the billets cannot escape.

Thank you Rowan. Was certainly interesting. I did note a few points: (i) straight splinter free hardwood, beech I presume. (ii) despite this regularity of billet size and shape, the care being taken hand aligning each one in the bundle. I did not see much consolidation of the bundle, even under the hydraulic pressure. And the very solid/stable bundles handled and stacked with a standard timber grab. I had figgered the tip of steel strapping (or polywhatsit strapping) end feeding through a guide provided for the purpose. All in all a very very slick operation. PS I figger the bill hook (or is it a hand-bill?) is used coz it allows the operator to trim the very occasional snag or protruding splinter that makes it his length. PPS Brain spinning again. Assessing the sense or practicality of "clipping" my yet to be fabricated bundler, to the side of my forestry trailer (see Avatar) and using the crane on it to unload,swing and stack. As always signed G, M an Twitch.

Something to consider? I have seen Council staff using a Stihl BR400 blower to blow dry grass before boxing off. Mostly we mulch rather than box off. It appeared to work, the box mower was a bog-standard micky-mouse wee rover or sommat btw. Obviously only pertinent in heavy showers rather than persistent drizzle or rain. Cheers, Marcus

Absolutly true story. When we wuz young an Officer Cadets in the Officer Training Corps. we went to a training camp in the barracks in Inverness (where I met the Mrs as it happens) Anyway after umpteen hours on a minibus, fell off somewhat dishevelled an looking for more drink. Except for "Rod" he fancied himself as a ladies man an rushed off to shower an freshen up. Being the narcissist he was he pranced back into the billets stark naked as he towelled himself down. He sat on the edge of an unmade bed, while he primped and preened his hair. then went to stand up and after howling like a banshee, sat down again VERY promptly. Being a Vono bed with the metal frame and the coil sprung chainlink mattress support. His scrotum had sagged between the coils of a spring stretched by his body weight. When he lifted his bum, said coils closed up nipping his scrote. For love nor money could he get himself extricated. He then resorted to asking someone-ANYONE? to crawl below the bed and pull the springs down , allowing him to stand. Volunteers were slow in coming forward, mostly because they were rolling about on the floor in hysterics. PS Names changed to protect the not so innocent.

:lol:Also I take it, one of the most expensive:lol: