difflock
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Kevin, Indeed this was my country reared mothers method of timing eggs.
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At least here in Nth Co. Antrim, despite the lockdown. But I got a lawn to sow, trees to cut, a vegetable garden to grip, and more kerbs to lay, lay a concrete a base for a glass-house, nevermind a house to paint, inside and out. And then if I get bored I can start fettling any 1 of 4 of the G Wagens!. No worries!
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Nope, def room for another bucketful on top, if the digger can reach high enough, that is.
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First Swallows here, on the Nth coast of Antrim this evening, only 3 so far, but . . . And the Brown trout are feeding much more actively, saw one a clean clear foot out of the water this morning. Better than the TV, with the birdsong all around. All it needs is a beer to be absolutely perfect.
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My project is clearing the wind thrown Sitka from the first, now 40 year old stand, only about 1000m up the rodden at the back of the house, only for very expensive/labour intensive firewood, but fingers crossed the trees still standing will not blow down, and there will be a nicer section of more open conifer woodland for posterity. I already went through the 10 or 15 acres of Birch and "freed-up" the volunteer Oak and Beech, for the 2nd or 3rd time, from competing trees and vegetation, again simply for my current satisfaction and the future enjoyment of others. And actually started to build up a little cardio vascular stamina, for the first time in 30 years! After the fierce wind yesterday, it is absolutely glorious bright and sunny here today. Cheers all Marcus
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Especially for loader work, and credit to JD, they had some very clever but simple to use electronics sharing the hydraulic flow between the wheels and the loader, that prevented spinning or stalling or bogging the engine down and all while working the loader to the max effect, called Powermatch or somesuch, it certainly was very very effective.
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I really really, REALLY wanted a hydrostatic drive tractor(and a 4066 J Deere would have been rather nice) having specced and purchased a hydrostatic JD with a loader for work( a 3 series with about 45HP) which was a phenonomal wee tool, but hey-ho, it was not to be, and I get on fine with the geared EX50.
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I carefully hand "levelled" enough to put the right sidethrow below the rear wheels, less than 2.0m,then levelled the rest of the 31 tonne with the EX50, using the bucket tipped vertical in 1st gear and mark 1 eyeball referenced off the batter on the kerbs, finished by "tickling" with the empty linkbox, it actually looks better to the discerning human eye than my wee camera can properly capture. Left near-enough 100mm low for asphalting. The 2 "D's" in front of the bay windows will be finished with pink granite. Marcus
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Which generator to run a sawmill - NEW or USED ?
difflock replied to arboriculturist's topic in Milling Forum
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Sniff! Fix It Again Tomorrow, do however make some cracking good engines ESPECIALLY the diesels, right up there with MB inmho.
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However, how often are we, or "they" going to test HNS nd other staff directly involved, every day, before they start their work, since, unless they, the staff, are going to be kept in sterile accomodation, they stand a chance of catching it between shifts. Imho, the whole lockdown thing is unworkable, and we may have to/might have been better to have accepted that the virus will run its course. And less hysteria about deaths, shit happens. With revised protocols for NHS staff and how often they change masks/protective clothing. From someone with a daughter working directly with Covid paitents, an 87 year old mother, and a 55 year old wife who has quietly assessed that she would not qualify to be put on a ventilitor, due to her underlying health issues. Which is to say I got skin in the game. Marcus
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But what would be good enough, methinks it would require a fairy wi a magic wand. BUT Testing is the one factor we, the UK, led by our Government, appear to have failed on.
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I have zero time for the sleazy big bollox, BUT, it perhaps highlights the fact that the courts are currently overwhelmed with dubious "rape" cases, especially those of this nature only being reported and investigated years after the alleged transgressions. Which should have been dealt with at the time by the woman concerned, without recourse to the Courts.
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But one will still be proscuted, fined and points, for motoring offences, with no option of speed awareness courses! Hypocrit much!
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I missed this earlier, and I too have been pondering buying a gerneral purpose/dropside tipping trailer, my old db 1490 used to be about 84HP too, and I reckon about 10HP/tonne, thinking back to when trailers were 4 t and tractors 40 or 50HP, plus 15 tonne behind a 150HP still sounds OK. So I am looking at an 8 tonne trailer, possibly on tandem axles to carry better. Marcus EDITED; To say, that I been looking and looking and looking, and will prob end up buying new, since anything likely looking 2nd hand is not neither local nor even in NI, so prob end up with a 6 tonner on a 400/60/15.5 tyres on a single axle, and probably a Woods from G Kennedy up at Dunloy.
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Absolutely brilliant here for about the 4th successive day, bright Sunshine and a staggering dreuth(tis still cold mind), I walked the dogs up the moss earlier, and came back with dry clean boots!
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I just finished a big plate of bolognaise made with Aberdeen Angus mince, the fattier one from Tescos, stacks of celery, onion etc etc, very heavy on the veg, but so satisfying without being fatty or heavy, served with wholewheat pasta. And ketchup, and stuffed olives, and pesto and parmesan. Senior Management cooks from scratch, including making her own bread and jam, I tease her that I need to get a Cow, and we can have our own butter as well.A behive for honey is also on the cards, so far in my dreams. Shame on me, but no home grown veg, rubarb and fruit only, perhaps next year for the veg and herbs, if I get round the house tidied up and the landscaping sorted this summer. I hope to blag Damsons or plums this autumn for jam making, I love my plumb jam. mth
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Why the freezer for 48 hrs, if for feeding to the pigs anyway, P.S. per Lock Stock and 2 smoking barrels the only bits the pigs cannot digest are the hair and the teeth! Btw, I believe the wife mentioned the Italians were "loaned" coffins, I understand purely for the sake of appearances, to transport the bodies for the mandatory cremation.
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I had a browse through a local undertakers coffin stock, pure curiosity, I had expressed an interest in the cardboard coffin(as recommended by the Green Party, but still a very good idea) he was more interested in showing me the latest faddish Wickerwork coffin(complete with naff, probably not biodegradable, plastic liner), which, needless to say, was more expensive than a solid wood coffin. I was however, in general gunked at how poorly made many of the "solid Oak/solid Mahogony" coffins were with poorly colour matched filler showing, nevermind the hideous shiny not-brass handles and trimmings. Marcus
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I tickled some 1" graded down the lane, while the soil dried a bit, into the couple of potholes, then ran the link box up and down the entire length a couple of times, it leaves a lovely finish. But I intend to get the lane surfaced this summer, prob just go for concrete, then asphalt round the house. Covid19 permitting of course. The daughters man, fly fishes, how prescient that he had stocked my pond, cos he now got a private fly fishery!
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The empty link box is generally enough to usefully use the loader, but once filled, much better, she would not actually lift the filled link box, but I had cunningly ramped it up in the pile, while filling, and then using the hydraulic tipping ram, levered it a bit higher again, the 3pt linkage ram then "held" the weight. I did drive canny btw! I did however move a surprising amount, surprisingly fast, with no fuss.
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Kioti EX50, & 50HP, unsure re the age, but I bought it direct off an equestrian place in England with 1800 hrs on it, cracking good/fast hydraulics, and I bought it specifically to have a handy loader tractor, I quite deliberately avoided a cabbed model to get in below a low lintol, plus tis wile handy stepped on or off, which suits the way I use it. It has a clutched shuttle and oodles of gears, I never use the 2 lowest ranges, but still 3 ranges by 4 gears outside of those. Also got a mid PTO, but I cant figure a use for it, other than a midmount lawnmower deck, which does not interest me. I generally choose to not work if it is raining, so no cab no problem! The only weakness is the hard bastard industrial tyres, they would spin on a wet snotter, and simply do NOT carry over soft ground. Marcus
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Not so much overloaded, as nicely loaded, with no fuss, nor any clutch slipping/abuse just used a super low gear and let the wheels spin fractionally, I was moving the aggregate to prep the base for the relocated glasshouse, see images
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Landscaping, after a fashion, I was moving the flags anyway, and thought they would make good ballast to use the linkbox as a rudimentary land-leveller, tis a bit "tiddy" tweeking the ram to finessee the cut but . . .see images.
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Oil in first, then petrol, and absent-mindedly give the fuel jar a shake before filling the saw, but despite leaving the mix sitting for months and months and months, I have never seen any evidence of the oil settling out.
