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  1. openspaceman
    I found anything bigger than the 4000 just pulled the County backwards. Also bear in mind anything up to the 1184 was only safe to tug 4.5 tonnes of traction. We did have an 8000H on a 974 but the electro hydraulics played up and were converted to hydraulic only. For static pulls the Farmi 8 tonne was better as it acted as its own ground anchor. Be aware also if you add front weight and it still rears up you can crush the bell housing, this is one of the reasons the highland bear had the branch deflectors in tension.
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    Diesel at best 40% conversion thermal energy to motion and costs ~7p/kWh, electricity ~90% conversion electricity to motion and costs ~12p/kWh but motor has a fraction of the maintenance costs. In practice when using a 10 kW diesel to generate electricity we averaged only 20% conversion. My guess would be a kWh at the shaft will cost between 17.5p and 35p for gasoil fuel and about 13.5p for 3ph electricity.
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    I agree to send it away to have it re tensioned and gulleted but touching up the top face only with a flat file is necessary between major sharpening.
  4. openspaceman
    NO because you may only think you want to ONLY do physical work all your life. Looking back on my life with few qualifications I'd advise get a college qualification and then aim for continued professional development as you work. Many entrepreneurial types will profit with no qualifications, those of us with little commercial flair are probably better off being employed and qualifications are a means by which an employer gauges your initial worth.
  5. openspaceman
    Yes, decent qualifications come in handy if you want to venture into management.
  6. openspaceman
    What are the pros and cons of having the wedge moving on the piston rod compared with the piston rod pushing the wood through the wedge?
  7. openspaceman
    If the developer has the agreement then the council have to do the maintenance but any liability must remain with the owner I think. Unless no one ventures onto the space the council cannot establish exclusive use and the agreement to maintain would prevent them gaining possession as this would be seen as a licence.
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    Some of the tropical woods, those known as mahogany possibly, deposit grains of silica (sand) as they dry and it comes out of solution. This makes them too abrasive to mill when dry so they are only milled from green.
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    I can vouch for one attempting to bore into a douglas resin soaked thigh whilst driving a ford 4000 with tongs. The ovipositor doesn't have a sting but a stinger is a modified ovipositor.
  10. openspaceman
    NO. Fair enough to borrow (and credit card is a bad way to borrow) if you are guaranteed the work with higher pay to pay it back but never invest on an offchance. Any decent firm will pay for training but expect to have to pay it back one way or another.
  11. openspaceman
    Yes Dave bought some of mine when he returned and got on this wagon.
  12. openspaceman
    I didn't mean it was the best option but up till 30 years ago English sawmills wouldn't pay much for chestnut ( because of shake??) and then a couple of firms realised there was a demand from Portugal. The interesting thing was that the Portuguese would mill short logs and butt joint random widths for things like drawer bottoms. Also around this period I started noticing pub table tops in chestnut. We were able to sell sc coppice that had gone over rotation length and all the time the bark remained smooth there didn't see to be any shake even on sandy ground and the Portuguese would by sawlogs at 8"qg where British mills would not accept butts less than 12 or 15 "qg.
  13. openspaceman
    That's a significant size, 22 Quarter Girth, if they are sound and clean they'll go for export.
  14. openspaceman
    Both the person felling and the person causing the felling
  15. openspaceman
    We sold scots for woodwool (Thermacoust) in 1978 at £19/tonne roadside to Forest Thinnings (Euroforest predecessor). I think cut and extract was £8 then. I think that was the peak period for softwood and continued in decline, especially after 1991.
  16. openspaceman
    I thought the MK was just the 4wd version, it carried on production longer because of military orders.
  17. openspaceman
    Beat me again
  18. openspaceman
    Looks like the button for the flashing beacon on my truck (aftermarket fitment)
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    Lucky for us old uns that's not the way it happens, I'd be below the minimum wage if I was paid on climbing performance.
  20. openspaceman
    I find the Google mapping app with traffic is a good indicator of congestion on my android, I think this is crowd sourced data. Presumably the tom tom one uses traffic cameras and the loops in the road?
  21. openspaceman
    Gone up by £1 in 6 years then?
  22. openspaceman
    Hey I probably passed you both. Next time I'm coming south on the A34 to the 42 then 40.
  23. openspaceman
    Is it any good with a telescopic pruner, Stihl HT101? Nowadays I find I can hardly support the thing fully extended even near vertical. BTW Is NPTC unit 31 (as was) necessary for a pole pruner?
  24. openspaceman
    It was called the woodchuck, first chipper I used. I think Gibbs imported them with a 5 litre petrol V8 and replaced it with a diesel.
  25. openspaceman
    That's me to a T 'cept the LR doesn't break down

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