Daniël Bos

Supposed to be very water resistant and fine, dense timber.

Is it an ex-council machine? If so, it's probably just not used to working for more than 10 minutes at a time?

Nice toy, would it not be wise to add an extra brace (or two) ?

If the chain is new, how about the bar? If the rails are splayed or unevenly worn the chain can wobble a fair bit...

Good on ya:thumbup1: I had to miss it as my car died of catastrophic water-induced ecu failure:thumbdown: Next time perhaps.

I'd scour the world to find a Same Atlanta 45 4x4 with a loader. a bit old (60's) but absolutely brilliant! Small size but decent power, aircooled V4 engine with twin exhausts, modular engine design which means cheap parts and easy repairs. Very very frugal, very reliable. Twin exhausts! one either side of it's wee snout, I'll never forget the day we sold it....

Is there a way to improve the search function? Sometimes the search words I need to search for are too short but pretty essential. Can't think of a decent example but say " husky 346 vs husky 550 bar size" searches just for "husky, size" Searching through google is more effective sometimes but more hassle as well.

I can: 6'4", 16st...

Maybe because it was 5 years ago that it was put on?

Good barrow, second only to the Dutch made "Fort smb 100" which is virtually indestructible. Saw a demo where they put one on it's side, then pushed down on the side with a 1.5T digger until the digger was on one track. Fort is owned by some French company now, that also own belle and thus they don't sell them here. The UK market version is orange, for Belle.

That's real.

Been around for ages haven't they? But no, I'd say its not a bargain considering you can get a tyre: a better, more durable, more effective solution for free.

Ten Cate "Toptex" Lets the rain run off but does let air through. As it lets air through, it's a lot less susceptible to getting blown off, And wood dries a lot quicker under it than under tarps with no mould or condensation issues. There was a chap on here a good while ago said he was selling it for less than £2/m2 if I remember right.

Exciting stuff! I've never been in a comp before, never saw the point... But I've also never worked alongside any other hedgers before and besides an odd look or two at the nationals (both times I went I has two small kids in tow, which kind of impedes hour long observations) I've never even seen anyone else work a hedge other than a passing glance. Looking forward to meeting you, I'm Daniel, 6'4" ginger-bearded Dutchman.

Hi all, I was felling some nice oaks today (a dozen around 3'-4') with one or two of them with a nice brown colouring. All of them were either dead or near dead but with reasonably straight stems, the heartwood still hard as a hard thing even on the very deadest tree I was wondering If I could use them for construction or not? So, is there a way to measure the strength of a timber and relate that to a table of standard or minimum strength?

Interesting, If the grounds were planned with all the individual trees marked out on the designs, then removing them would restore it to something nearer to the original state. It was designed without them so somebody a while ago must have thought it would improve the situation, a bit like an art student painting in an extra figure or two in one of Vermeer's paintings...

Fog light is good, for a little more light I sometimes put my foot just on the brake, quite a bit more light still. But, It won't tell the numpty behind me I want to reverse a bit so I can get off the road...

I was thinking about this thread this morn as I want the same result. I thought of going about it slightly different though. I'm putting the tail-lights on 1 pin rather than two (it's fused to power sidelights plus three marker lights= 20W, but I've got only one marker light+led sides) and put the reversing light on there. They'll need a switch-over switch (reverse/light) on both the trailer and vehicle, so I can use the trailer normally behind another vehicle and another trailer behind mine. The main advantage I thought would be that this way I cannot occidentally leave the fog-light switched off as would be possible in the suggestion above, and having to get out of the vehicle to switch the reversing lights on would be a pain too. Can anyone see any problems I might run in to with the above solution?

I have two little lines engraved into some of my bars, just at the bottom of where the grinder sits. It means that when I'm milling or doing other repetitive work, I can put the grinder in just the same spot again, at exactly the same height which means minimal adjustment needed on the grinder.

Why? Many American homes (Most even?) are built of timber. Many American homes have damp problems, just like here. The spores of the moulds that grow on damp interior woodwork can make one quite seriously ill.Mold health issues - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia So perhaps not such a ridiculous comment?

Not an hse officer, but whilst I was in Oxford for a farming conference I attended a speech by a consultant who's main theme was "future-proofing for climate change and severe weather events" who told us he was a little late as he had trouble locating the shallowest bit of the park and ride carpark. The water rose another 14" during that day....

I think it's blatant sexism, and not appropriate. I also think it's a nice picture of a good-looking girl... I have two daughters, that are growing up in this age of photoshop and insanity, vanity and completely unreasonable expectations of what girls should grow up to look like. I'm not saying that pictures of pretty people should be banned, I'd much prefer looking at a pretty person than an ugly one, but time and place appropriateness is vital for our childrens (of both sexes) to grow up into well rounded individuals with a realistic view of what people look like.

I want them to... They'll be on a rotation: Grass for 6-7 years, then pigs, then veg, then hens and pigs again (to clear up any unharvested veg) then grass again. p.s. I've asked my granny: she knows very little about sucking eggs?

Dagnammit! I'm so easily lured in by the promise of being right... I'm not a native English speaker though.... I've 12 acres of grass that I'll be planting up with a variety of trees. I'll be planting fruit trees, nut trees and a few specimen trees of other beneficial use like Robinia -nitrogen fixing, excellent for bees and can be "shredded" for fodder, Some hybrid poplars for their ability to produce such huge amounts of leaf and thus add carbon to the soil=better grass, as well as bring other trees up a little straighter etc. and probably some just for beauty, perhaps plant some cedar, wellies or some such for visual enjoyment only. We're probably aiming for about 1/4 to 1/3 tree cover so there are no areas shaded permanently but the whole field has an equally spaced splattering of trees. This should provide shade and shelter for the animals (we've cattle, sheep and hens, pigs to follow...) without impeding grass growth too much. The nutrients brought up by the trees from areas deeper than the grass roots will be shed by the trees by their leaves thus enhancing the soil and making better for grass growth, hopefully compensating for the diminished light. It also means we can create a "3D cropping" system, with the trees using much deeper soils and heights no other crop can benefit from, where other arable or pasture just uses a foot or so either side of soil level... That's the rough plan anyway.