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  1. openspaceman
    Jonsereds 621 1973 vintage??
  2. openspaceman
    That may be so, and I'd like to see some empirical evidence of this as I have not tried drying re wetted logs, but as far as the fire is concerned Steven is correct in that the same amount of energy is robbed from the fire to vaporise the moisture.
  3. openspaceman
    An old adversary's son had no end of trouble with his 06 plate one, sorted that by front ending it and it has sat in his yard for a year while they decide what to do with it! Anyone have an opinion on the IsuzuDMax?
  4. openspaceman
    I'm angling for one as it ticks all the boxes for me. I don't have much trouble with vehicles, Blown head gasket killed my Subaru and a CV joint on the alfa 164 are the only things I can remember stopping me. Had employees break plenty though. I had two LRs from 1980-1995 and 1997- current which never let me down, still got the LPG 110 which will have to go but is still a workhorse.
  5. openspaceman
    Not if you retro fit to a post 2006 vehuicle, it has to be digital I guess all younger generation grow into accepting the new rules it's just us with grandfather rights that see it as difficult rather than just another business expense that has to be allowed for. I was staggered when contractors half my age were investing in £100,000 harvesters but there's no going back to the motor manual methods we used now (even though the hardwood forests will never be as good as a result)
  6. openspaceman
    I was only employed for 9 months forestry worker and 2 6 months stints arb climber/supervisor, left the first two sacked from 3rd then 30 years self employed forestry contractor. Now been employed supervisor/manager for 5 years, got fat and unfit, and don't use a fraction of my wages whereas whilst I made money self employed I was always spending it on toys. Biggest financial relief was when mortgage was paid off, which I have my wife to thank for as I was content to rent.
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    That's okay for a vehicle that does not have a tacho but what's the position with not using a tacho, because it's an exempt journey, even though the vehicle has one? My normal solution is just to use the tacho disc but now I wish to hire a LEZ compliant 7.5 tonne tipper and that has a digital tacho, the card adds £35 to the cost even though the journey is <50km and exempt (if one allows the exemption 5 carrying of materials for the driver's use to include arisings back from the job, which personally I wouldn't were I a VOSA inspector). To my mind it's getting difficult not to have a tacho and if VOSA change from targeting 44 tonne lorries to light goods vehicles towing diggers, trailers or chippers then we'll see precedents set for what is allowed.
  8. openspaceman
    I've been quoted £1200 to retrofit one and calibrate it, if purchased new with the vehicle they only add £500 to the cost. As there are few 3.5 tonne gross trucks out there fitted with tachos it is worth bearing in mind, £1200 spent on a £7000 value vehicle verses going new.
  9. openspaceman
    Equilibrium moisture content varies with the relative humidity of the ambient air, inside my house it seems to be about 10%. There is a small hysteresis so the equilibrium is slightly different if the RH is increasing from RH decreasing
  10. openspaceman
    I don't know if he'll look at a truck but an old neighbour, Arthur, has a workshop in Auto Electric, Goldworth Road, Woking, he's done some work for me and seemed reasonable. He did complain at my lack of sense of humour!
  11. openspaceman
    Speak with Howard at Redwood and ask him how to do it. I know pressing them out through the casing is wrong.
  12. openspaceman
    Yes that is my interpretation but the VOSA lady from the now closed Mitcham office said she would allow it as materials ancillary to the work. I have never seen any official statement.
  13. openspaceman
    There was a position statement posted about smaller vehicles towing trailers. VOSA say that if the vehicle is being driven with a B licence (car or truck up to 3500kg MAM) then the actual weight of the trailer will be allowed, not it's MAM in calculating the weight. So a trailer with a gross plated weight of 2 tonnes could still be towed as long as it s actual weight does not exceed 750kg. This is different from the previous interpretation which still applies to C1 and C +E towing where it is the MAM of the combination that counts. I suspect this was a compromise to allow ordinary car drivers to use trailers for personal use.
  14. openspaceman
    Yes but if the vehicle is MAM of 3500kg and it pulls a trailer such that the actual weight exceeds 3.5 it needs a tacho but not necessarilly an operator's licence. It's when the vehicle and trailer exceed 7.5 tonnes that the tacho must be used at all times. So I could drive a 7.5 tonne lorry within 50km and not need to use the tacho if I only travel to work and use the chipper. I have a C1+E grandfather right to drive the truck with a trailer up to 8.25 tonne gross but as soon as I hang the chipper on the back I must use the tacho. In fact if I do have to drive any vehilce with a tacho I do use it.
  15. openspaceman
    "If pulled"? Naughty but if my experience is anything to go by I agree, not that I do it anymore. The chap that delivers our chippers with a disco did get stopped and fined GBP200 and now has a tacho.
  16. openspaceman
    Best bet not to use the last 75kg, in fact if you account for nose loading of the trailer you cannot get to full GTW in any case. Once you exceed 3.5 tonnes and don't have any of the exemptions ( like carrying tools for own use within 50km of base) then you are subject to EU driving hours rules and must have a tachograph, if vehicle is post 2006 this must be a digital one. Perceived wisdom is less than 1% of 3.5 trucks pulling a trailer have tachos. In your case no need for the operator's licence as you probably have a dual purpose vehicle and your trailer is less than 1024 kg unladen.
  17. openspaceman
    Clarkes who advertise here otherwise any ships chandler but get the right wire build. It's the sliders that have got expensive and where to find a wedge eye soket now?
  18. openspaceman
    Pear for veneer fetched more than Yew, GBP15Hft+ 20 year back. (US keyboard, cannot find pound sterling character)
  19. openspaceman
    Be very careful how you pull the bearings, they are not self aligning and if you distort the housing when tne new ones go in they can be skewed enough to cause problems.
  20. openspaceman
    Snaps like a carrot too so watch your anchor points. Never had it as firewood though.
  21. openspaceman
    Surely only op licence exempt? You still need tacho if gtw exceeds 3.5 tonne
  22. openspaceman
    Trouble with that is the MAM of the combination is something like 9.5 tonne and would require HGV C+E as well as operator's licence and tachograph. A transit and the chipper still needs the tachograph if you exceed 50km from base but not necessarily the Operator's licence and you only need add the trailer test to your B licence. Mind overall if I were a young man with post 1997 licence I think a couple of grand and a few days for the C+E licence would be a worthwhile investment.
  23. openspaceman
    It's good value for money if it's clean, similar to the original Jotul, which was copied by Quebb in the early 70s. I still use a 35 year old Jotul 602 but doubt it would get DEFRA approval as is. Does it have a horizontal baffle front to back? The Jotul design was meant to burn like a cigar with all the combustion products being forced to come forward and meet incoming air befor exhausting, which is different from a fire with a grate where the primary and secondary air are more distinctly separated. I like this type of design as it takes a 16" log. Has anyone tried ChilliPenguin? The bloke that started the company did the design for the pressure vessel and refractories for an experimental burner my colleague designed. His background was chemical industry design so they should be well thought out.
  24. openspaceman
    That's my boss's understanding too!
  25. openspaceman
    Do you need CPC if just carrying tools to and arisings from work? It's the arisings that become questionable as to whether they are goods.

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