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The burner has not been lit for a few weeks as winter if over for us, but last year was mainly Lawson, Macrocarpa, River She-Oak (Aussie hardwood).. The collection for next winter so far is mainly Cherry, as much Mac/Pine as I want, and small quantities of Ash, Olive (should be good), Cedar, Juniper, Silky Oak and all kinds of stuff!

 

I take small quantities of wood back home and split with an axe; if I've got a load/half a load I take it to my bro-in-laws farm where the splitter is. I seem to get mainly hardwoods from clients and softwoods from windblown trees on his farm, so we gonna do a bit of swapping. Definitely need both, just got to educate the missus on what bits are softwood, might have to put signs up in the woodshed!

throw a lump of hardwood at her then try some soft she will learn very quickly the differance i promiss:biggrin:

My dream machine would be a amazon land cruiser/bruiser 4.2 auto

Toyota Colorado, (the old model) real workhorse

Yes another good one my mate a 3.0 diesel auto for 8 years it pulled like a train he put 350.000 trouble free miles on it and then part ex'd it for another later one etc and he still see's his old motor towing a horse box about to this day

I burn just about anything ,the Mrs is great at lighting the stove its the cleaning I am concerned.........endless fires in the Hoovers ,she just does not get it !

 

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anything thats come from a tree i just mix it softwood for getting it going as already said and then burn anything i put my hand on so i've not got piles of hardwood & piles of softwood etc if its wood and its dry/seasoned burn it and keep warm jobs a goodun >> nice

PS my dog loves softwood too

I was sitting here scratching my head thinking that pic was of the old 3.1 bullet proof engine and not the common rail engine. So I think you answered it for me

3.0 ltr diesel came out same year as mine 1997 i think!!. Its got all the same stuff as the 3.0 i think its called a mark II dash grill lights airbags etc

mines totally standard from new as when i bought it took it for its first mot when it was 3 years old etc

its had lots of waxoil over the years and regular chassis checks cleaning protection to the cavities etc. I never thought i would keep a car so long but its been no trouble so why fix it if its not broken

there are some 3.0ltr to 3.1 conversions out there too but as already said if all the recall work has been carried out it should be fine with a 3.0 lump in

i have had my trooper almost 14 years now in use everyday been to france 10 times too fully loaded with a big trailer behind. I also get around 33mpg

Done it with leylandii that size many times, and on purpose. They do survive (obviously not if skinned up like that.)

i hope you refunded them :001_tt2:as opposed to charging for felling

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mines got a alko axle fitted bamford tank n pump and fitted a 5 1/2 jcb 3d ram as its and upgraded ram like a jcb 3c but stronger and a thicker chrome rod its a slower ram pushing but faster return as its got less oil to displace because of the thicker rod etc 11hp honda & i set pressures a bit lower as its very strong and worried it would self destruct even though its got twin I beams welded together i use to flex them downwards when it was running 3300 psi so got it running at about 2800/3000 psi now

its never let me down so far" not had one breakdown yet & its not the fastest but it does bust through all the knotty stuff all day long i've left it looking tatty so it does'nt attract attention so other folk think they have the rite to make it theirs

and this when i was building it outside my back door lol

what sort of warranty does dolmar/makita do compared to say echo >>> also do they do a saw that would replace a 880 or 395/3120 etc and doeswould it blow the socks off these models in comparison

Echo without a doubt. Best value and warranty for a non-pro.

:thumbup1::thumbup1: iv'e got some echo hedge clippers and there quite good

pssssssssssst not many models No's named with the brand name say best echo for logging or best felling saw that will take say 25/28 bar ????????

Why not make it horizontal all the time then if you mount a pushing plate on the cylinder and a fixed blade you could split directly into a IWT tipper. It also helps if you could change the blade for a 4 way or 6 way depending on what your splitting as it will double or treble production!! You could make a log lifter to lift the larger rings onto splitter

thats how i made mine and also used forklift forks cut up for the cutting/splitting blade and the bits of fork that mount on the carrage i cut down and used them as the push plate because the fork mounts have a claw like mounting thats ideal to use as a guide on the i beam/girder mines horizontal too facing to the rear i can even park a wheel barrow under the splitter too and the exhaust gases have them blowing away in oposit direction i mounted my hyd control valve in the center above the ram so i can use it from anyside etc

dolmar, or jonsered, jonsered was its own company before being marketed under electrolux so can get away with that one !

now thats funny i thought jonsered was a h copy and was owned by h at one time and i did,nt know electrolux had anything to do with chainsaws

Dolmar .

just shows how out of touch ia'm i thought dolmar was finished

As you know some of arbtalk members are only weekend firewood chainsaw users like myself etc and if moneys are/was tight and stihl n husky didnt exsist and never have etc what would you be using today and advising others to buy for there own needs say a decent saw for felling and a good all round logging saw inc a climbing saw for you climbers

i'am hoping this post will help others to choose other than husky/stihl who cant justify having a fortune invested in a saw sat on the garage shelf etc remember no stihl or husky words lol

bosch here too on everything that requires new blades

got balls or insane

undo the nut that holds the bracket then remove said bracket hook springs on then refit bracket etc

yip got mine burning 80.2 f in the living room burning some elderberry

i would also like to add to this post your better off buying mixed bags of logs it all burns and its cheaper etc and any softwood gets the fire going better i love burning any seasoned softwoods theres nothing wrong with it burns lovely i use the hardwoods for longer burns when i,am out etc for a few hrs

like well done