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  1. openspaceman
    Oh so not even black and tan?
  2. openspaceman
    Yes I realised that but burning a stump out is easier in some circumstances than digging it out, you still need to pull the laterals once the middle is char. I made a small device to do it many years back but that sort of thing is in the past as it still requires a lot of attention and a couple of hours with a stump grinder is the modern way. We also used to grub stumps out and burn them on land clearance but that also required you to be on site for several days. Last land clearance I did about 12 years ago we hooked the stumps out for a borehole near norwich, windrowed them and spent the day mulching them with the Awhi, all done, dusted and invoiced in a day and a nice bund of mulch to landscape with when the site completed and landscaped.
  3. openspaceman
    It's quite a bit easier than trying to lift it out as long as the ground is not too wet.
  4. openspaceman
    Would they be issued with brown shirts too?
  5. openspaceman
    Good job I wasn't asked for a response or it would be gone now.
  6. openspaceman
    No ones beating a path to my door, anyway this one has some sentimental value as my curly haired little girl was 2 when I bought it so we named it after her.
  7. openspaceman
    Am I missing something? It looks like those blades held on, albeit after losing some chunks, after hitting something very hard. If you're going to chip stuff with contraries in then the Heizohack makes a good choice, cheap blades that snap often without damage to holders. I would have expect overheating during regrinding to lessen the brittleness
  8. openspaceman
    Well the k is"just" 1000 times different. Using a winch you would need to uncover each major root and sever them one at a time, then lift the dead weight out. In the days before tracked mini diggers and stump gobblers we did it but always had a bit of stem left to act as a lever. Complete waste of effort and time nowadays.
  9. openspaceman
    you need 106kN to lift 10.8 tonnes so out by a factor of 1000, I haven't looked at the article
  10. openspaceman
    eggsactly that, just carry on, if you get stopped it will be for something else and the tax business will not feature. I taxed the bike with 3 days mot left and see that has been extended . I'll get it tested in the week if I have time as last thing I want is to have to work on it in January.
  11. openspaceman
    Yes and it is still showing untaxed since 1st July, I do have the confirmation e-mail though.
  12. openspaceman
    I did a bike today with no apparent problem, using the V11 reminder. I got an email confirmation but cannot see if the money came off my credit card as I get a paper statement.
  13. openspaceman
    I'm using 13mm as supplied with the winch (Ultra High Molecular weight Polyethylene) .i'm unsure if the sheath is the same fibre as the core. I probably haven't reached the winch 2 tonne limit yet, perhaps I'll see if I can stall it when next out.
  14. openspaceman
    I posted a picture a year or two back but don't know how to search for my own pictures. There's a wreck of one on ebay atm, asking £8k. Mine needs quite a lot doing to make it presentable, I see a hole in the manifold and that white cast iron can't be welded. Worse thing is the brakes, they were designed for a 3 tonne Ford 5000 but with the grapple loader, winches and bomford blade the 1124 must be double that. Too daunting a job for me to take on. So it may be worth more with the forestry kit stripped off and sold to a collector.
  15. openspaceman
    That's one instance where I would consider eco plugs, then retrieve the bits with the plugs in after a couple of years. In fact I think ammonium sulfamate would work but it's not licensed
  16. openspaceman
    Good Ghod I don't believe what I'm seeing but agree NI should pay for health and pensions but it doesn't, tax pays for what the government does on our behalf and its own funding.
  17. openspaceman
    Even Trump is saying when he gets his second term he could get the constitution changed to allow him more than two terms.
  18. openspaceman
    @Billhook How far did you get with the 1124? I have replaced the slew cylinders on mine, rebuilt the starter and bought a new alternator then it should be ready for work. I'm trying to glue the fibreglass bonnet together as it is in four bits and then some gaps where the fibreglass has fallen off.
  19. openspaceman
    best phone Sion @Treadlight Forestry then BTW what rope are you using?
  20. openspaceman
    Yes maple, you've better eyes than mine re reduction but I would say it is an inappropriate tree for the situation, enjoy for the while then remove and replace
  21. openspaceman
    1800 and 13mm
  22. openspaceman
    Yes he doesn't mention how many wraps he's trying, I find my Eder needs 4 at least and preferably 5 wraps to guarantee a good pull. I also read his post as saying the drum continues to rotate so cannot think of much else that would cause slip.
  23. openspaceman
    Just because the fuel is metered directly into the crankcase doesn't alter the engine from being a two stroke.
  24. openspaceman
    It's a good chance that it is from a fungal attack, massaria, but wait for someone familiar with it to come along as I don't think I've seen it other than pictures. A cross section through a branch showing the CODIT reaction would confirm it is more than bark stripping.
  25. openspaceman
    Apparently not fussed which of the olive family it lives on but identified by a young friend as a Privet Hawk Moth , living on ash with dieback we were felling, it moved too fast for me to show its size but the biggest moth I have ever seen and the first time.

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