Bearded Munch

Got two six footer lads at home to eat us out of food and drink.

The Bearded Munch is off on hols with the wife as she is 50 on Monday, off to Tenerife with a 7 day cruise around the Canaries then a 4 night stay in Tenerife (well she is only 50 once) fly out from Bristol Friday (17th) and back on the 28th, I shall wish you all well and do a lot of catching up when back,many regards Munch (symon).

http://ansteesiteclearance.com/gallery/2010-d-thumb.jpg Was watching one of these Volvo's working in Cwmbran S Wales this week amazing, they also had a 22" chipper taking whole tree's with a grab tractor feeding it,they are clearing a site for a new Morrisons store. Sorry about the picture but if you go to their site look at the gallery better pics.

Nice airflow trousers in the pics.

I have not heard the term brashing for a long time used to do it regular 30 years 'ago, as you say it won't do the trees any harm.

I like all his PPE he's got on.

When you can tell which is what here's an old guide to how they burn (rough idea) Note that all woods burn better when seasoned and some burn better when split rather than as whole logs. In general the better woods for burning that you are most likely to come by (including non-native species) are: Apple and pear – burning slowly and steadily with little flame but good heat. The scent is also pleasing. Ash – the best burning wood providing plenty of heat (will also burn green but you should not need to do this!) Beech and hornbeam – good when well seasoned Birch – good heat and a bright flame – burns quickly. Blackthorn and hawthorn – very good – burn slowly but with good heat Cherry – also burns slowly with good heat and a pleasant scent. Cypress – burns well but fast when seasoned, and may spit Hazel – good, but hazel has so many other uses hopefully you won’t have to burn it! Holly – good when well seasoned Horse Chestnut – good flame and heating power but spits a lot. Larch – fairly good for heat but crackles and spits Maple – good. Oak – very old dry seasoned oak is excellent, burning slowly with a good heat Pine – burns well with a bright flame but crackles and spits Poplar – avoid all poplar wood – it burns very slowly with little heat – which is why poplar is used to make matchsticks. Willow – very good – in fact there is growing interest in biomass production of coppiced willow as a fuel.

A extremely big van

Nice one Martyn I shall have a word with Grimes

Not a great shelf life.

Dropped a nice ash branch on a groundy once the dull **** parked the chipper under the tree I was up . Another one I rolled a large willow branch onto a smaller tree below me and in turn it bounced off that straight on top off a groundy.

It would be nice to fell some smaller one's Martyn.

People say we have got it hard, have a look at this link, When the Northwest logging industry was still young

Great for thorn tree's

Don't tar the police with the same brush as we had two 190's pinched a few years ago, early hours of the morning all caught on cctv, hot wired a tarmac lorry chained the first one on drove out straight through the fence and back within 12 mins and had the second one. The lorry was found near the local gipsy camp, a few months later a police patrol in Porth in the Rhondda noticed a chipper in a front garden of a house, thought it was a bit odd did a few checks and we had it back, so the police were good in this case.

The tried and tested one Martyn.

Pies wrapped in foil work well.

A little bit rotten