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cutting hay meadows in Sept and removing arisings
Daniël Bos replied to difflock's topic in General chat
I've a few years (and some) of experience of cutting and exporting on sensitive sites. The "crop" ranging from 6ft high grass to just old heather to rushes and birch regen. We used a drum mower+silage wagon A butterfly mower+ silage wagon A flail with blower towing high-sided chain-ejector trailer (favourite for a few years as eats everything and the "produce" composts quickly due to chop lenght etc) The current set-up is a 7m wide mower (one on the front, two on the back) followed by a 14m double acrobat type rower-upper followed either by the silage wagon or a round baler. For anything that needs moving more than 2 miles or so we make round bales. They all go to an AD plant. Its by far the cheapest and easiest way. Anything roadside we just bale and leave in wee piles, to be collected with a grab lorry. -
Pretty sure the law on headges says it must be cut to head-hight.... I'll get my coat...
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Neither have I, can't find anything on Google either?
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Safe Overnight Stopping Place in Denmark (Horses/Dogs)
Daniël Bos replied to TRADITIONAL LOGGERS's topic in The Lounge
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Safe Overnight Stopping Place in Denmark (Horses/Dogs)
Daniël Bos replied to TRADITIONAL LOGGERS's topic in The Lounge
Stena Line sails from harwich to the hook of Holland, much easier than Dover>calais, quite cheap too. We normally take the night boat with dogs staying in the car overnight. (they have kennels but I think our dogs prefer the car they know to the sterile kennel with other dog in it too) The boat leaves 11 pm and arrives about 7:30 (so the journey passes whilst sleeping, no time lost), 5minute drive to the beach to entertain the dogs and on we go. I'm fairly sure I've seen horseboxes on the boat before...? Edit: just checked, they take horses. -
My last makita impact driver died a while ago, 5 years of hard work, never failed once. (apart from this one last time when it fell off the roof) It's replacement, the very same model is not as good. Its made in China, the old one in Britain, the rubbery bits are tearing already (still mainly intact on old one) and it feels less solid overall. I'll be looking elsewhere next time.
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I run a 2.7crd chipped to 200hp, comfy, quick, grunty, it has a turning circle (as opposed to the maneuvering Acre many other 4x4s need) fairly economical (near 30mpg average overall) all the toys, well built (in Austria, with German engine), 3 lsd's means actual 4wheel drive!. I've not had any issues with the brakes, but I did put on some ebc pads on as soon as I got mine ? Seriously good value imo, but I've not owned one of the newer ones.
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If I'm not wrong, the electric saw has about 3 x as much power, and costs about 3 x more than the 391? So not really a surprising result. Nice video nonetheless!
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Whereabouts is it Andy?
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I have the mak, but only as I've heavily invested in their batteries. The fact it doesn't charge batteries is the main drawback for me, bassy sound as well. I think I'd buy a bosch otherwise, it charges batteries, is very robust (has an external scaffold cage thing) charges batteries and has external sockets.
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I use a G-clamp for that, but only when it really matters or when I have a lot of cuts the same depth as it's added hassle. Little nicks with a 1mm disc at 20mm intervals for measuring. It would be better than a G if you could move it with some sort of quick-release, so it would take no time to adjust/remove.
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YellowHammer I reckon
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Did the car take the planted trees clean out? If not they've got a good chance of growing back if they're reduced to stumps (makes a nice dense hedge as well). As for planting replacements, you could do it now but you'd have to water them at least twice a week until winter... Much better to wait until november.
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Newbie: Is it OK to drill through replaceble nose?
Daniël Bos replied to Wulbert's topic in Milling Forum
Drill through the centre of the sprocket, no issues then providing the hole is small enough the leave a few mill clearance between the hole and the rivets You'll burn a few (a fair few..?) Drill bits before you're through though... -
Salting soil is exceptionally damaging to soil flora and fauna, a damage that can take many decades to overcome. The way I control the amount of ragwort (for the sake of my neighbours, I rather like the stuff) is by cutting the fully mature flower heads off. If you wait for the flowers to fully mature, the plant has already fulfilled its life cycle and started to die off. Cut if too early and the plant will either produce more flowers the same year or grow again next year. Cutting just the flower heads takes very little effort (I can clear a couple of acres/hour vs two-three full days/acre if pulling/digging) and you have much less material to dispose off. It also leaves the first year plants and the lower halves of the second years as caterpillar habitat.
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Pulling ragwort is fools work! It'll likely grow back in the same spot from either broken off roots or old seeds in the now freshly exposed soil.
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Got a brand new one in box, heated handles, never been started (apart from the pdi). Getting rid as divorce forces a change if the way I work. £450.
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Cant make ought of the leaves, but the stick says rose to me?
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Stihl rescue chain (rdr) would cut it, but needs a hardnosed bar that should be written off unless you have a high output oiler on an ms660 or 460. It's also not easy to get and expensive!
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Leaf looks like paulonia tomentosa to me?
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Its a 44cc saw, anything more than 13" is too much I'd say ....
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6'4 15st of muscle and arrogance. 35 years old BTW. I was always 14st or a bit less, no matter my diet/exercise, the in the month after my twin daughters were born I gained a stone and never shed it again?!
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You sure about those measurements? 0.5m x 1.5m is going to be immovable I'd have thought!?
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Looking at Husky 135 or Stihl MS181 comments welcome.
Daniël Bos replied to Super_Spud's topic in Chainsaws
Everyone who's answered you with either husky or stihl (i'm ignoring the echo, dolmar etc as you do -but perhaps shouldn't) that has used or held both says Husky. Go and get a husky and be done with it! -
Good looking beasty. I'm no owlologist but to most people I reckon that would be an owl, perhaps one with a slightly darker past than most? As for the base, I think you've made a bit of a cock-up mate:lol:
