difflock
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see photo. Seriously steadier than a single pallet. Guessing a good 3 cube (plus) next project, as soon as this almost finished billeted heap is exhausted. IS my bundler. Will take loads o photos of such contraptions down at the Irish show this weekend. PS Despite some weeks of heavy rain with lying puddles. Randomly thrown, not stacked, and all winter uncovered pile is surprisingly dry, only the few with grass growing up through them round the edges are wet at all. Simply stack them on a pallet and leave to dry. PPs With 2 men feeding the cross cut saw and the cut sticks dissappearing up the conveyor it is a seriously fast way to convert timber.
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It is remarkable how little it takes to launch a heavy projectile (or a lighter one with added rope drag) At low velocity, over a short distance. Back in "the day" on a RE YO's course at Chatham ( I think) we were shown a sophisticated decommissioned IRA Mk 5 / Mk 8 mortar. I seem to remember it was launched with little more than a boosted shotgun cartridge. so a .22 blank should be more than good. and muffled/quiet. gibber mutter & twitch
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Seeing as I am currently tucked up in be with der Mrs. after a wonderful home made Italian type lunch with an excellent bottle of SA red wine. I will forgo that kind offer from the local lonely BiSexual wit der Hardwood. cheers m
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Tiled Floor is so WRONG How do they "get away" with a ladder in lieu of Building Control approved stairs
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Does "hybrid vigour" apply to chainsaws as well I wonder. Cos it does wonders for doggie longivity.
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North County Antrim. Stihl Softwood (i) Stihl is in the blood (ii) Stihl dealer is much nearer, and the gossip is MUCH better. (iii) Also possessing a tremendously good covert view of the fuel pumps, to admire the attractive and summer dressed ladies en-route to Portrush. (iv) back in 1996/7 Stihl's range was so much smaller and very much easier to understand than Husky's bewildering range of overlapping cc saws. Sorry Husky
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Relatively speaking RSJ's/"I" beams are " as soft as marshmallow" I would really really recommend getting the HardOx, or equivalent steel. Should not be that expensive for all you need. Good luck M
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For the intended useage, would a short, say 100mm/150mm long section welded to the bottom end of the vertical splitter blade so as to form a "T" section, perhaps be an advantage. Even if scraping across concrete it should stay sharp, plus allow one to lift the log clear of the ground without it escaping downward. Plus better for scobing out stumps by cutting across the grain. cheers Marcus
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Ryan, I would need to scratch my head and try and remember, but there is a firewood man up near the coast, Whitepark Bay direction, with a mate who runs a harvester, or used to. I could drive to where he lives but dammned if I can put a name on him. Other option would be to ask the likes of Diamonds sawmills (Coleraine) or Arty Taggart (Bendooragh) for likely harvaster operators. Marcus
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Neat, but surely the line should be curved, not straight, to mimic the arc of the sun through the sky?
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Neat idea. BUT! Note reference to HardOx edge. the comment about "splitting" the dull edge with what I know as a "plamsa" cutting disc is spot on. I have used this techique to sharpen dull cold chisels and such. much quicker and less heat inducing than grinding away. I keep a wee 4.5" grinder with a plamsa disc fitted for any such odds and ends. Even better as I guess the disc is only 1.0mm thick. Beauty is one can VERY accurately use single handed. Basically a hand held electric hacksaw. Super for splitting nuts off bolts too. Without damaging the metal behind.
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I havney checked but I thought it was 10th 11th = Friday Saturday. I will be checking since I intend to go down Thur night to catch the Friday. Just checked Yes is Friday an Saturday.
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I am surprised it is not Hardox or similar. I`also suspect that regardless of the grade of steel, if it is in contact with soil at all, there is no particular point in attempting to get it particulary sharp or keep it "razor" sharp. jat m
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Being at that stage in life where I am, in all seriousness looking forward to becoming a grandfather (hopefully, in the next 10 years) and being able to devote time to the grandchildren whilst Son and Daughter strive to make headway in the world. I not for the first time (that was probably 15 to 20 year ago) that the natural human set-up is for the extended generation family to live under the one roof. The grandparents taking care of the infants and hopefully passing on some maturity and wisdom and unconditional love. While the child bearing age adults battle it out "out there" with their generally more assertive dogmatic youthful tendencies still to the fore. The circle of life an all that. From a mellower older man. Who, I blush to recall, could have been aggravating, and sometimes deliberately so, when younger. Looking after a clatter of dogs is proving to be good training, for looking after the future grandchildren. I imagine.
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http://www.mod-sales.com/direct/vehicle/home/54003/Iveco.htm
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Iveco, 40-10 Turbo Daily 10M 4x4 Access Platform , #54003 - MOD Sales, Military Vehicles & Used Ex MOD Land Rovers for Sale -
Yep, any rear wheel drive vehicle is simpler since one has got the steel shaft prop to use. before the diff. Dad done the same with a Gardiner engined lorry some 45 years ago, to drive the big fan on the grain dryer. The cab (wooden framed fiberglass) has now completely disintegrated. PS Tee hee! Wanna see the photo of the shaft drive topper I bought at auction, for such an eventuallity. Identical to my already owned one, so spares commonality forby. It got a splitter "T" gear box plus 2 right angle/bevel gearboxs. Each gearbox is good for 80 plus HP. I understand the hydraulic pump on the splitter can be driven in either direction, by merely swopping the pipes, so the contra-rotating shafts do not pose a problem. (topper blades turn inwards towards each other). PPS If I spent as much time gainfully working as "Heath Robinson" planning I would get more done. cheers marcus
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Right ho Simple sums assume 60 km/hr (just over 35mph or thereabouts) 60km =60,000m/60 = 1000m/min assume wheel about 1 foot or 300mm radius so circ = pie*D circ = 3.143*0.6m say 1.8m 1000/1.8 = 555.555 (Ok I used a calc for that) but near enough 540 rpm (especially since pie*D more than 1.8m) Actually 1.885 (calc again) and then 1000/1.885 = 530rpm = Bingo!
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Funny enough............................ I have kept the 1.9TDI Galaxy parked up for that very reason. One really needs to drop both driven wheels into "rollers" so as to avoid overworking the differential.(if only using one wheel) Slipper bearing and steel shaft with wider rims welded on for rollers, cumbersome though. I did some sums in my head in bed one night and decided that the speed of rotation of the tyre was about right to give 540rpm, especially with a whole gearbox to play with. Or I could cobble the whole shebang together into a trailer unit, cos I got an axle squirrled away as well. but again "top" gear best as it is "straight" through. Gibber, mutter and twitch.
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The luxury of 2 PTO's to drive my splitter and saw side by side. see att. My next "project" is to mount both items side by side on a frame, driven off one centrally mounted PTO stub with suitable pully sizes so as to allow the Fiat to power both at about 1000 engine rpm on the 540 shaft. The old DB has the benefit of a 1000 PTO setting, but I need her for off road forklift duties. With perhaps a home made "bundler" on the back for my 1.0m3 round bundles of 1.0m long billets. Hydraulically clamped and tied with 6mm blue rope.
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Happy!
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Ho ho! Senior Managment can indeed be a trifle dogmatic bytimes. Senior Managment is also nuts about dogs. I would not however have married a dog. A man gotta have some standards. And mine are reasonably high.
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Planning to attend. are well behaved dogs welcome? cheers M
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Hmmmmm? Are those Tibetan Terrier type ears beneath all that sawdust.
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strangely enough within the farming community it is not unheard of to buy without personal inspection. Perhaps more so for us NI based folk who Cannot reasonably travel to the mainland to view. And assuming one is buying off a proper dealer surely one is protected by the distance selling regulations, which I understood to be biased in favour of the purchaser. The brother who dabbles more on ebay than I do says the Paypal system is also biased in favour of the purchaser. And essentially yes, apply simple uncommon sense. And most importantly do NOT allow greed to cloud ones judgement. Cheers Marcus PS Brocks in Essex is very highly regarded as being totally honest in their descriptions, with the commensurate price priemum. Whereas there is a Quite Foxy Tractor outfit furthur North, that are widely regarded as proper scoundrels. Then those who fall betwixt and between.
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Ferris Zero turn. Generally "Unbreakable" but "fixable" with an angle grinder, welder and lump hammer. Kubota G17/G17 As said Iseki good as well
