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We are due the possibility of ground frost here in NI tonight, since the forecast says it is to drop to 4 deg! FFS!

I love the smell! Even in the living room and kitchen. It helped mask the burnt pizza!

Borough in this morning from the wood shed, since being miserably cold here I lit the fire. I put this Hawthorn stick on the dying embers of the fire when we can home late afternoon, the Sun then came out, and thrifty Scots-Irish that I am, I removed it from the fire after a couple of hours, it was barely touched or alight so I left it below the stove. Some time later, prompted by Senior Management, who noted it was "stouching" up the living room I took it outside, again just barely smouldering. I "assumed" it would go out in the cool of the night(after 20:00 ) And forgot about it for an hour or so. Wow! The bit of wind outside was sufficient to kindle it!

Da fleet. Our Polish son in law is for refurbing the neglected but entirely unmolested LWB 300GD in the back(and I had her through the tough N.I. MOT back in 2019) The other LWB 1989 "the Black Bollocks" is up with the son in Belfast, and needs to be moved on, once GIW 405 is back on the road. V5 away to Swansea to get her historic reg. New water pump and water pump housing and thermostat and refurbished alternator fitted(the coolant dribbled down through it after the aluminium water pump housing corroded through) And starting absolutely, absolutely "first kick". The van was over in Donegal on Sat for a wee meet up. Absolutely Brimmed the tank on the way out and repeated to dribbling out, on my return 160 miles later, and hard to believe but a genuine 32 mpg, for an automatic.

A bloke I knew worked as an engineer servicing the curry factories about Brum/Bradford which churned out curry pastes by the tonne, through screw press extruders at some point in the production process. He said that the top grade picked for corrision resistance solid CNC machined Stainless Steel augers appeared to dissolve in the acidic? nature of the curry ingredients, since he knew how often he swopped them out. I dont belive these dissolved metals are listed in the ingrediants on the label!

Now now, that square mile may well choose to be as many acres as it likes.

I put a 5 tonne on the 84HP DB1490, sometimes I imagine a slightly larger winch would have been a better fit, but even running 3 chokers, I can load the butt plate sufficient to have the tractor struggling to pull the load in a reasonable gear or struggling for traction, with the front end airborne bytimes. Plus the 5 tonne winch can easily stall the tired 84HP when sitting at engine rpms of 1000/1100. Horses for courses, within reason.

Yep, I lost some sound and unsplit heavy section Birch which was well up high and dry buried in a 2 year old pile of mostly Ash that was perfectly dry and ready to burn, but the Birch was damp and rotten. Bugger!

Ye Ha!

Wunderbah! A picture is indeed worth a thousand words Jules. Thank you.

Rotary valve, but otherwise a conventional 4 stroke piston engine.

I took found this channel, and was gobsmacked at both his can-do gotta be fixable attitude, his downright stupendous level of knowledge and application. Never mind the endless, " I remember we just happened to have a few spares" like the odd Meteor tank V12 engine, endless black box control units, suitable for a Cromwell tank, etc etc. He must have really went to town when the army had a clear out of new old stock.

Thank you for that detailed explanation Jules. Needless to say I had meant to deal with this branch years ago, but oops. I procrastinacted. I do not quite follow your instructions though. Are you saying nick into the main stem just below the union to prevent the bark stripping down the stem and then pull the branch off with a winch? To as best possible mimic storm damage. Cheers Marcus

From memory this engine is capable of being, or is inherently "fuel agnostic" to sound all hi-faluting.

I wonder what they are doing with all the unwanted 240l bins?

Can I, or is there any point in painting the fresh cut surface with "Arbotech" or whatever that tarry paint for this job is called, from hazy memories.

Mark, Thank you, being aware of the likely hood of Beech adversely reacting to heavy pruning was what caused me to seek advice. Cheers, Marcus

Pics, I wish to eliminate the narrow fork weakness for future form or stability. It's the one on the left in the 3rd image

Despite Trumps shortcomings as a human being, he is much better person to be President than Biden or that apparation that is VP. P.S. I also support those that claim the last election was possibly/probably stolen with bogus votes and postal votes for the Democratic candidate. Since they run the rather well paid appratus of the state and wish to maintain their grasp on power. And Trump was going to disturb their happy tax dollar grasping lives. Simples, innit.

I have been interested in this engine technology since I first happened across it a few years ago, they went into partnership with Cummings for a US military contract. Then total silence. now this teaser

To add, and more related to the NIMBY reference, the next door house but changed hands recently, the newcomer came over to introduce himself, and in the ensuing conversation he mentioned the piece of "waste ground" marching their property, I said "thats not waste ground, it belongs to your neighbour on the other side, and we got a fully legally enshrined ROW over it". We know this because it was all on the deeds/discussed with our soliciter when we purchased this place. My wife then blithely added, "and we will be using if for timber extraction access when the forestry in behind is felled". Plus the locals use that for access to the moss to walk their dogs. "I cant have that says he, and he repeated this sentiment in several different ways, our grandchildren will be playing there". And he went away and I shit you not, planted a laurel hedge across it at the county road end to totally block access! Arrogant NIMBY prick! I am unsure whether to simply drive the tractor through his new hedge, as I access our forestry, or uproot them and dump them on his drive. Neighbours, eh!

I have always been perplexed by people making a fuss or mystery zeroing scopes. Visual alignment, large target close in, well bedded/supported rifle, even 1 round and adjust if way off, then fine tune at increasing/longer ranges. Simples, or it should be. Ditto for peep sights on target rifles, I almost never have had reason to touch mine, yet other blokes seem to be endlessly adjusting their sights. Hey Ho.

If the land was "bought cheap" why did somebody else in the community not buy it? I hate this "community" type activity pertaining to telling other people what they can or can not do with property they lawfully own. Because the community enjoy the amenity benefits of the other property for free or at the lawful owners expense. But the "community" never dips into their own pockets.

I like your analysis, and I hope I understood correctly, so my take is; the 261 is such a blinder of saw that will do most anything the average person/firewood/tree cutter needs, that the only other saw one could need, needs to be something seriously professional and powerful. Like a 462 and upwards. Me, I like light. Even it it takes a tad longer to do the same cutting.

Regardless, I understood your dilemma, and can only suggest a "cam-o-flay" aka a shaped charge(of explosive) to blast a hole down through the impervious clay. From vague RE memories of 40 years ago.