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    I asked a question about their size and what tree they were from :-) hi i dont have a weight for them and ther fairly heavy but i dont exsactly no alot about them as i am a women and they were given to me a few months ago and been stored but i no ther tree logs as they have been cut and passed on to me by a family friend, sorry if this dont help. Genuine, but perhaps a bit bonkers -not that there's anything wrong with that!
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    Sounds good. Start small and work your way up slowly. You may annoy some of the full time pros by undercutting them as you will have lower costs, but if you stick to smaller jobs (as you have indicated) you should be fine - and competition is good for business anyway. Just make sure you have the basic tickets to allow you to get insurance. Good luck!
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    higher octane.

    hardtop110 replied to Aaron's topic in Chainsaws

    I suspect that if you looked at figures for contamination events vs volumes sold, the supermarkets would be no worse than independent or oil company owned petrol stations. Why take the risk for a couple of pence saving? I'd give it a try if I could find a local a supplier. I've not come across it in my neck of the woods (Highland Perthshire).
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    higher octane.

    hardtop110 replied to Aaron's topic in Chainsaws

    I would strongly advise not using supermarket fuels unless you really have to as these are known to be the worst. Really? Do you have a reference for that? I was of the opinion that supermarket petrol stations shift more fuel than some others and so it tends to be fresher. Is that assumption wrong?
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    To be fair, its not as bad as the Euc take down auction 40 Foot EUCALYPTUS TREE for FIREWOOD LOGS felling 12Mtr | eBay
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    If there is any doubt in your mind at all, do not eat. I would not trust the judgement of another out there in internetworld with my own life, as seen before there are just too many "experts" whose knowledge may be flawed. and Paul, The combination of turning yellow when cut or rubbed and the smell of hospital disinfectants (phenol) is species specific for Agaricus xanthoderma, a poisonous champignon !!! And I only answer your ID-call to warn anyone picking field mushrooms never to eat fungi "identified" by photo (and description) through the internet !!! Good advice, but to be fair, no one suggested they would be OK to eat. I used to try to use a minimum of 3 books (including Philips) to ID anything I was considering eating. Now I just stick to Cauliflower Fungus, Chanterelles, and the odd Amethyst Deceiver, as I'm usually confident in my own ID skillz with these.
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    Omnifocus is good for this if you want a mac or iPhone / iPad app Just be careful not to create too many long lists which come haunt you!
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    This ^^^^ Yellow stainers are too easy to confuse with field mushrooms. I don't touch them for that reason - just not worth the risk IMHO The yellow in one of the pics would definitely be enough for me to avoid them.
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    Home made cantilever saw horse
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    Cheers Perkins, I'll bare that in mind. Can't wait!
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    Well I had a dabble today. Took the cover off, worked out which bits are which, cleaned the air filter and applied a liberal dose of GT85 to anything that moved. The af was well clogged - it's idling much better after a clean.
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    Matches
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    Perkins - I have one of the Stratford Eco 20s waiting to be plumbed in. Should be done next week intime for it to get really cold. I've got 20 cube of seasoned hardwood in the stores to get through too (-:
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    CS30 & 31 are planned for next year. I'm only a home user at the mo though, so no business need for tickets. Perhaps I'll just have an explore with the old performance power (sic) saw.
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    * wanders over to YouTube
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    As title really. After a couple of months of use, my wee husky 236 could probably do with a bt of tlc, but I'm not sure where to start. Any books or video guides anywhere for the wannabe spudulikes? TIA
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    The morso one Looks remarkably like the cheaper one I have from [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Tester-Detector-Moisture-Zary/dp/B003UUFT2Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316698566&sr=8-1]Amazon[/ame] Of course you could pay the extra 20 odd quid if you wanted to.
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    Have a look at woodwarm stoves. You can add various boiler options to them. Just make sure you size the stove and boiler correctly for the room and number of rads you want to power. I had a similar idea and bought a Franco Belge savoy with a plan to add the boiler later, but it's only a 2kw power output unit and nowhere near enough for what we need. So I've bought an aarow Stratford and am selling the Franco Belge. There are some cheap options on eBay. Not sure how good they are though.
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    Any experience of Titan or Archer chains then?
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    Yes, and some gloves (-:
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    this ^^^^^^
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    As in the title really. I keep seeing warnings about only using stihl / husky / Oregon chains because of the damage a snapped chain can cause. Do cheap eBay chains snap more?
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    http://www.nfuonline.com/Our-work/Economics-and-International/News/EU-Energy-Taxation-Directive-and-its-effect-on-red-diesel/ Europe innit!
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    Cheers Goaty - nice review there. I've been thinking about one for a while. I think your post might be the one that finally persuades me.

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