difflock
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But on a brighter note. I do note that the other bath, the one with the Monestra? The Amarillis cannot compete. That thug rules! P.S. All the product of planting out the various Amarillis bulbs we were given as Xmas presents. plus pure benign neglect. I would need to split the bigger bulbs though. They are now sending up 2 strong flower stalks is all.
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Still been stonking fine this past few days. And apart from Henry Weston interfering with post lunch chainsaw activities, not much to say.
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Bugger! Too good to cut up for firewood. One I had marked for saving. Bugger! Mrs Brown was on her knees pulling that off the stump,O.K. only 1200 rpm, but the front wheels were well in the air, and she was getting it tight. And AARGH ! As I sat to type that, the midges decided to eat me! AARGH!
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Keep up the good work Israel.
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Remote control replacement for double drum winch.
difflock replied to Tom at Heartwood's topic in Large equipment
Look up "Lodar". I imagine that was the brand name I found when musing about converting my electro hydraulic winch to RR op. P S. My email just received a message from whatevwr firm dies "Tyro" remotes. -
Oops, Is that to say, that there is no point paying more for the Metabo GG. Or, the Milkuee one is 100% as good as it gets?
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I was unaware these battery adaptors even existed WP. Guessing they let one run a physically different battery mount system, as long as the voltage is right? Yes? Thanks.
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Was in the local commercial motor factors getting a few bits and bobs, and while I waited, I saw a Metabo 18V grease gun sitting on display. £185.00 + VAT And I already got some Metabo 18V stuff already. But no other cordless stuff at all. However the Milwalkui stuff is significently cheaper, but I would need to buy an additional Milwalkui charger and battery. And the Milwalkui range of stuff is fantastic. . . So any thoughts as to which brand makes the better grease gun? P.S. Spent some time recently looking for a third hand to (i) hold, (ii) pump and (iii) keep the end correctly aligned wi the grease nipple. And was thinking, man ah need a cordless GG. Edit To add they were able to cross ref the original Korean Deadong? hydraulic filter fir the Kioti. I was rather impressed.
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Well I bought the wife a Magimix Cook Expert, wi the cocotte thrown into the deal, for Christmas, in the Jan sales. And she is like a lamb wi two tails. Makes a perfect and very visually pleasing 3lb loaf every time, dough prepped in the Magimix CE, including the 2nd proving in the cocotte, then baked in the traditional oven, while still in the cocotte. Much more reliable than the Panasonic breadmaker. Pics to follow.
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Hard to describe how balmy and mild and sunny it is here in North Co. Antrim. March has been an unbelievably dry and warm month. From beginning to end, with only a smirring of rain a couple of days ago. Yesterday afternoon we were in Portrush, and again staggeringly fine sunny weather, with zero biting wind Better than we experience many a summer. Might even be tempted to go skinny dipping!
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Well folks, she held up well, when I caught the tip of the blade on a heavy branch, accidently like. I have found that to be the weakness with a slasher. But I rapidly concluded that the Silky saw was the tool of choice, simply reach in and snick off the offending branches. Much less effort, with total precision. And bulldoze the branches away wi the wee kioti.
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The grain in this piece of hickory is a bit gnarly, and split or cracked, I freed the shaft from the ironwork the last time, prised the crack open as best possible and tried wood glue, which failed. Fingers crossed this repair is effective.
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Yup! And I did glue the whipping. Going to face a thorn hedge tomorrow, just removing the spindly branches that have fallen over/out. At least I got the distance from the lane to the hedge line right, but it looked proper silly when I planted the thorn quicks.
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Our ponds are full, and the first one solely from rainfall, the past 12 month the big pond has never dropped, such was the weather, unlike a couple of years ago when it dropped 2' in a dry spring. Our ground is still bloody wet underfoot, despite the searing weather.
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I would actually like a spot of rain, to nail down the bone dry and mischievously behaving Beech leaves? Get off my lane!
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Slasher, which I bought many many years ago, like about 40. I regret not "acquiring" an unloved billhook from the Council. They stole the slashers right left and centre. But the unloved bill hooks. Nope. Leave them in the store.
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60 feet of salvaged Steel Wire Armour. 2 30 foot lengths admittedly, hence the slight discontinuity in the middle. Set on a smear of Stixall. And as smooth as a babies bottom. Fingers crossed
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I would need to sound like D.T. to describe the past 10 days of weather here in N.I. and indeed Donegal last weekend. Stupendous, brilliant, magnificent, etc etc etc. Esp for mid March
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Thank you so much OSM for your detailed informative words of sound advice, I should(obviously!) Have pruned and tided these years ago, and there were/are so many narrow forks. The Ash I did prune have lovely clean boles up to about 7 feet( the limit of my unaided reach) but are all dead with ADB. I shall however have enough material for shafting tools for the next several generations! But I will leave felling then to the dead of the winter, which is what month for minimus sap? P S. I am going down just now with the blower To The wee Kioti fits below the trees, and the Major 8000 roller mower mulches everything green to bits.
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Can't seem to add text to the images above. But I was surprised at how well the wee 50 HP Kioti handles the Major 8000 roller mower. And superb visibility, plus low enough gears for tiddly awkward bits in reverse. Plus physically small and low sans cab to get in below the hedges and trees.
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Thanks all, These trees are, at least for my lifetime, intended to be purely for amenity and pleasure. But yes I have and will continue to remove some lower branches, though mostly just the overheavy oddball ones.
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Thank you for that Mark. So retain every third tree. Better give the scraficial victims an extra special hug before firing up the chainsaw.
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Along our front access roadway. Beech on the gravel knowe, then Oak on the peat. Like? Should I remove every other one at some point, and if so, when? Or just let them be. P.S. I was told to just buy slips and not bother with the 6 bigger and disproportionately more expensive ones. They were absolutely right. Despite the great care I took in planting the 6 bigger ones, the slips rapidly put them to shame. Marcus
