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Iffen ye knowed me ye would realize " Ah got no style" Ah strickley roots and stumps I might chance it but would need to find out the weight/vis-a-vis track area. The tracks look nice and grippy for traversing stumps, tis the bits in between the stumps could cause the bother. Though in General Russian stuff is better designed for peat/thawed permafrost than many realize. PS I have persused that one previously, Haylocks also got a couple. Cept I ud be looking 2 for the price of their 1:001_rolleyes: Delivered to NI to boot!

About 2,000.00 + VAT, a slight difference between electric or hyd drive but very little. I got mine a bit keener along with a PTO saw, and sommat else?????, :blushing:bloody hell a proper Senior moment ongoing here. I have forgotten:blushing:

I treated myself to a wee 5.0m Krpan one from Marshall Agri Engineering. I fancied an old Fisons fertilizer or Potatoe evevator but not to be had locally nor at a sensible price. PS the brother trashed a perfectably servicable Lely bale evelator that would have been perfect for my billits or 500mm lengths. Dozed it into a corner after 25 years of dry barn storage. the hardwood slats were still perfect, though the engine was knackered. Gerr!!

To access the Moss in persistently wet conditions

Ah But Gentlemen, The clutch was not being abused as it was properly fully engaged at all times, therefore not slipping, in so far as I could establish, deliberately so as to get the tractor dug in, and in the ground conditions I doubt the tyres or chains were taking any harm. I did not watch the clip in its entirity only enough to draw my own conclusions. Cheers M

Gentlemen, I would very quickly assess that this was deliberatly bogged to teach proper recovery techniques:001_tt2: In which case the operator was GOOD! PS Hence the other tractor loitering in the background, and the crowd of ready made "by-standers" Cheers M

My own conclusions neatly summed up. Either on an "incidental " and cross subsidised basis as a sideline to tree surgery works.............or out and out large scale commercial basis with a business plan/known costings.

Ah, those happy memories of improvised rafting weekends with the Engineer Platoon , based at Drip Camp , Stirling. Jan or Feb, and having to break the ice on the River. Then when approaching the far bank, jumping in to apparently only 2' deep water clutching a wee anchor. Which us being Army had to be taken to dry land:confused1: To find I had somewhat misjudged the depth. and persistently holding on the the anchor on the bottom While my mates admired the lovely shine on my toe caps. And laughed themselves silly.

I am literally crying with laughter. The only downside, my moniter and keyboard are generously splattered with those last few otherwise difficult to shift phlemmy remains from my recent chest infection. But man, I now feel grand. That Barrantines, even virtually/ second hand sure is good stuff for clearing ones chest. Cant recommend it highly enough.

I was really minded to buy a processor, however working on my own very part time the economics could not be justified. I did note that at any demonstrations, of firewood processors, that I have witnessed, that the operators (from the companies selling the machines!) spent quite a bit of time inside the machine sorting out stoppages and blockages. Wheras at least with billets it is "foolproof" production and can be reasonably slickly mechanised, the billets also facilitating bundling and onward mechinacal handling with strapping or cheap light cordage.

I try and start with two fatter nicely matched 1/2 rounds on the ground, i.e. only 2 ground contacts, set perpindicular to the line of the stack, this lets the air whistle through below the stack. cheers M

Sniff, I Had no leaks, though after persistent pestering from the brother I reluctantly tested my plumbing by connecting my pipework to the 4 bar mains pressure. Before pouring concrete floors throughtout. Unfortunately I forgot to isolate the copper hot cylinder, which attempted to turn itself inside out. Whilst I enjoyed a beery supper. However a 1/2 plastic drum under its permenantly deformed arse, and 15 years later all is fine. PS Good point btw Pumpy about the second/spare coil, an omssion I still regret.

Prinz be my choice but 30k be too rich. I drove a 6 wheel petrol one at war and peace a wheen o year ago. A proper truck. The owner looked proper sick when he thought I:blushing: near rolled her backwards down a greasy side slope. but man those lever action all axle diff locks sure are slick. He was relying on her to get back home to Germany. tee hee

Beer! At Christmas in Scotland. Tak a proper dram.

Dogma:thumbup: One to remember.

I cannot figger how if the ring of stools are all from the same tree, and are coppiced every 20 years. Why not coppice one clump (out of 10? or thereabouts) every 2 years in rotation?? Rather than all once every 20 years.

Since our mutts will hardly stir offen the mat in front of the fire to let me put more sticks in. They can hardly be called ArbDogs. All rescue dogs btw. HMMM ah canny find them, too much other clag in my files. Bit like the shed/roofspace/yard/kitchen table = throw nowt out PS What position does Rosie hold in the Church of England??

No bottom pully? Or were you wishing to change/work on the front wheels:lol:? PS Horrible industrail tyres to my bog-wise eyes. PPS Actually just jealous of your shiney new Kubota with its loader:thumbup:

Erm! Cut the PTO to a more suitable length:001_rolleyes:(though I presume it belongs to another implement) btw I run the wee cross cut saw the same (ie not connected to tractor) simply because the DB 1490 PTO is mounted far too high relative to the saw stub.

Simplistically all one requires to do is attempt to ensure that the hot cylinder is located as nearly vertically as possible above the range or stove. And the higher above the better. Then keeping bends and fittings to a minimum ensure that the pipework always rises (even the nominally horizontal runs if these are needed to route the pipework) towards the hot cylinder, then in the top of the coil, out the bottom and again constantly falling back toward the heat source. I would suggest keeping all in 28mm, (one could possibly use cheaper Hep"0 once a couple of metres away from the boiler, though harder to keep straight/ rising gently.) Since colder water is denser the hot water will always rise to be displaced by the cooler ret flow. One can insulate the pipework, absolutly no reason not to, though perhaps some merit in leaving the return flow pipework uninsulated. Referred to as a "Thermosyphonic" system I believe. One must ensure an open vent at as high a level as possible in sufficiently large diameter pipework to allow the stove to boil & vent steam for safety. This is generally simply a continuation of the hot pipework from the boiler rising on up vertically and then curving back down to discharge back into the header tank. Or taken up through the roof and curved back down. Plus a gravity fed cold supply, from a header tank or cistern.) I am not a plumber:001_tongue: but have successfully plumbed:001_tt2: a couple of houses.

Erm! But should they RJ, the Scandavian climate is a lot colder than ours, therefore they can justify more expensive insulation, on a very cost effective basis. Our economics are however different are they not? I would suggest if most turned their thermostats back it would be a hellav start, rather than expecting to keep all habitable spaces heated to tee shirt wearing temps. Yorkie, yes it is horses for courses. With our settled routine lifestyle of this past good few years, which includes: (i) The Mrs. out "gardening" in all weathers in peat soil. (ii) Several large dogs, one of whom is long haired, excersing up the moss, then coming back in the house. (iii) Me ploutering up the Moss cutting sticks and coming in with dirty feet. With sensibly designed in hard floors throughout downstairs, a bit of ash from a stove is the very least of our worries. PS I got the Boxer bitch sleeping on the Kitchen table, despite the 25m2 of underfloor heated floor:lol: well.......... I suppose the table top was cleaner than the floor:001_rolleyes: PPS that terraza is great stuff for hiding the dirt.

Good insulation is the first part of my "heating oil is cheap" mantra. Bloody expensive though on absolute terms. Our build is NI 1995 bld stds with a bit extra insulation to walls and floors per my own notions, it is however about 3750 sq ft. When, if ever we build a retirment dwelling, it will be well insulated, nominally open plan and with a centrally located woodburner as the main heat source. I am not sure however that I can buy into this Passive Haus windtight construction as I feel our timber needs air movment for any reasonable longivity. And yes I know all about breathable membranes:001_tt2: PS A big fan of geotextile fabrics/membranes this good number of years, which some local contractors seem to reckon make me a funny farm candidate:lol:

Having pondered this exact same conundrum, I have opted for billets. But one wont split metre long billets with an Axe or Maul. From next season I will be bundling billets into 1m3 strapped bundles, for mechanical handling and stacking, and indeed possibly for onward sale. let the customer play with a chainsaw, as most appear to be keen to do so. Or run through a cross cut saw and up a conveyor, into storage, bags, boxes, trailer, pick-up or whatever.

Erm! Actually I would respectfully suggest a correctly sized boiler or indeed perhaps a fractionally undersized one ( but only if in conjuncton with another heat source........... like a wood burning stove) as one requires to keep the boiler running "flat out" if possible, and yes I appreciate they will all modulate to some degree but it is less than ideal. So a gasifer to provide the "base load" topped up with a stove to meet fluctating demand. During our exceptionally cold winter of 2010 it was no hardship to keep the boiler running most of the day/night, rather than simply firing once per 24 hours. PS I was able to size ours fairly exactly as had a winters worth of recorded oil boiler daily run time stats to go on. Plus I had installed underfloor heating with a deliberatly overthick slab to act as a giant storage heater. Which fortunately works as I had intended. Cheers Marcus

I cannot comment re working in Germany but I dd marry a 1/2 bred Army brat (Scottish/Prussian cross) and forby that my sister moved out there when their children were in Primary school, and made a good life there, the children are absolutly fluently bilingual which I envy, never getting past ordering 2 large beers:001_rolleyes: in German. Bytimes I regret not moving out there 30 year ago, but the Mrs. was only too happy to settle into the close knit agricultural community here in NI. Far off fields often look greener.