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That is interesting, I was thinking it was tubular with some stuffing from the picture. Anyway it looks eminently doable with that tape and some ordinary door seal rope to add a bit of "give".

No higher back axle ratio; say the standard is 3.5:1 then the 4.2 tonne one would be something like 3.8:1 so the propshaft has to spin a bit more for the same distance but there is more torque at the back wheel for the same torque input by the propshaft to shift the extra load,

Thinking back I remember that if one added up the permitted axle weights, front and rear, of a standard transit 3.5 it came to 4.2 tonnes so...

Back jn about 2010 you had the option of a 3.5 or 4.2 tonne gvw transit. As far as I could see the difference was heavier duty rear springs and a slightly higher ratio rear axle

yeabut I never want to drive my old things on the road again

That makes sense, I would want something with the creature comforts of a Qcab, decent brakes (including trailer), heater, radio/stereo and 40k manual box and reverse drive without electronics

Crikey, I thought the 2007 t190 drove for a firm from new cost £50k.

I think this would be unnecessary and an undue burden on the house owner. 1960 build is 64-65 years ago (size fits with that being open grown) and could easily have been planted by the first owner. They are also going to get much bigger if nothing is done.

Yes that is what I thought, neither of them look older than I. Also the building looks like it was built in the 60s so the footing should be deep enough to take a bit of surface movement however unlikely. I would not like them growing bigger that close to my house.

I'm no mycophile but in the absence of expert replies I'd say spindle shank

Exhaust Gas Recirculation valve. I still cannot understand why an engine with adblue would have one??

no is what he said

Yes but it would be an interesting comparison to see how much the yield of usable loggettes differed between whole tree and snedded poles. @Woodworks made charcoal in his retorts from the output of his branch logger but I don't know if he sorted any of the arisings for logs.

Yes. I have not seen one working in the flesh. I wonder about the quality of small logs from whole thicket stage trees.I did try some slabwood logs that had been bagged from one. It's obviously a big labour saving to not cut side branches first.

It's not a leak it is unburnt fuel oil, probably because you are leaving it on high idle while cutting under low load rather than modulating the power as required. As the revs hit the limiter the spark cuts out so fuel doesn't get burned and goes out the exhaust.

That may be aluminium pick up stuck on the nikasil rather than scores through it. Worth cleaning up chemically and a light hone before condemning it. My 346 arrived back like that and is now my goto saw.

I'd agree; 5w30 is too thin for engine longevity, it was forced on engine makers to increase economy at the cost of engine life.

I was actually thinking it may solve the puddling issues without having to tarmac.

I had a Jotul 601 for over 30 years but I cracked the back by stuffing over long logs in it. I wanted to upgrade to something cleaner burning and bought a morso s11. I like it and the radiant heat through the glass door is noticeable. I heat the downstairs rooms with it. My regret is in it not having a hob as I used to cook on the Jotul and now have to use electricity (which is only a problem between mid November to mid January).

Yes and spreading the labour needed for processing. I wonder about the benefits to a smaller producer who can fit a year's produce in a polytunnel as in SE England a polytunnel will dry wood sufficiently in a summer month. On the larger scale if you need to dry 1000 green tonnes for a year that probably means holding a processed stock of £100k for a year so the cashflow becomes a significant problem. If you have a 100% efficient drier I think you would need 14% of the dry weight for fuel and our dryer was 50% efficient, I would guess sawdust and scraps would amount to about 5% of the processed material.

I am no groundworker but what about installing a fin drain and shingle along my blue line?

I wonder if it is an effect of the oak reacting to the insect by increasing tannin production? we see this in lammas growth where a tree has been partially defoliated by tortrix caterpillars in spring and the replacement leaves contain more tannin.

@peds has answered this; the iron in staples react with tannin in the sap and this then carries the blue stain up and down the vessels staining the wood Quink blue, that is how ink was made from iron filings and oak galls. Once a tree is compromised or felled boring insects dive into it, after a couple of years they get into the heartwood, the valuable bit of an oak. On some soils oak trees develop internal cracks, shakes, which also devalue the timber. They cannot be seen (though can sometimes be predicted from the look of the bark) until the butt is cross cut. Thirty years ago I would have taken the job on if it were local to me and paid the owner for the butt whilst keeping the second lengths and firewood for myself. The second length would make knotty tiebeams or sole plates on the woodmiser. About 40 years ago my felling partner and brother had the job of providing roof shingles for the local church steeple, they had to buy clean butts like this to cut and split so even single butts were used. Generally forestry counts in large amounts so you need lorry loads (27 tonnes nowadays) of the same quality for the best prices. You are far north of the sawmill in Ferriby I used to supply but there must be other homegrown mills nearer you who would send a buyer to look. The bu

That is one area where vehicles are different from other property, moving things without doing anything else to them is likely to be a civil matter but moving cars may be interpreted as taking without owners consent and is a criminal offence although the law states it is "for use" so may not be applicable. If a timely warning has been given I'd do it and have done in the days before electric parking brakes and alarms.

There's a bit of a balancing act going on between those branches supporting it and the rootplate, once you have that sussed without squashing anyone then it looks like you have a clean butt of 8+' and 30" quarter girth, 50Hft. In my day that would have been a week's wages for two men so worth dragging to roadside. The only worry would be shake and pinholes and as it is a farm field ink stain and staples.