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What thickness steel should survive galvanising is is it all about how well it's braced?
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Nice pictures as ever Paul Been working on a wind farm recently and I find them majestic.
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Farmers take milk off shelves at large supermarkets Re price of milk
Woodworks replied to mendiplogs's topic in The Lounge
You could be right but aside from food security (which I am surprised your not in favour of) you would lose what I presume is the biggest employer in rural areas. -
Farmers take milk off shelves at large supermarkets Re price of milk
Woodworks replied to mendiplogs's topic in The Lounge
matelot We live in a small Dartmoor hill farm. We get some grant funding for the way we manage the land and being in a LFA. We are paid to not use chemicals on the land and to repair old Devon stone faced banks. We had £3250 last year according to Kevin's link combined with the income from our sheep we may break even as long as none of us charge anything for our time Yes there are perks to farming but without them many could not or would not be able to keep going. Whether anyone likes it or not farmers manage most of our countryside and being encouraged to do it in a sustainable way seems to make sense to me. Around here there are many moorland farmers living a subsistence lifestyle to survive. Without them the land would probably be left idle for better or worse. Like any system it gets abused for profit. For another example look no further than the RHI Beau -
This distortion issue could be deal breaker for the whole machine Could get the chassis done and paint the rest.
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Don't know about galvanising being a fraction of the cost but definitely cheaper. Just had a quote for painting the whole thing and that was £600-£800 Galvanising comes in at 85p per KG. The whole processor ways around 750kg Both said they needed it shot blasting first.
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Think it would have to be blasted as everything gets covered in hydraulic oil from the chain.
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Touching up the affected areas is an option but think it is only a matter of time until it all needs doing. The salt water gets everywhere just is worse on some parts more than others.
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"Powder coat has trouble with sheared edges, common on most machines. The big give away will be the edges where the coat comes adrift after a while" Exactly what is happening so powder coat. Thanks
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How do I spot the difference?
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Need to do some work on our processor as it's got a fair bit of rust developing. It was fine until last winter when I had a lot of jobs in the cold weather and towing it around on freshly gritted roads did it power of no good. Only metal paint I have used in the past is Hammerite but really not sure this is the best option plus it will look shabby unless I can get a colour match which seems unlikely. Would love to get it galvanised but imagine that would cost a bomb so what do you recommend
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Paid 44p per litre for only 500 litres from Watsons after a bit of haggling
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A winch on a splitter is the dogs danglies IMO. I use ours a lot for getting large rings onto the splitter table. Saves so much time not having to cut them down to liftable sized lumps.
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Lifting is likely to be your problem. We have a 55 hp compact and the Krpan 18 tonne splitter and it's right at the limit of our tractors lift. If we had the Posch equivalent don't think we would have got it off the ground. If the weight was close in it would be OK but the weight on these splitters is a fair distance out from the hitch attachment points. Suspect when it comes to running it you would be OK most of the time. I run ours with the PTO on eco and it only stalls on the gnarliest of lumps.
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how to sell firewood , bags , loose or nets
Woodworks replied to bythamboy's topic in Firewood forum
Think this is area dependant. Some on here swear that bags is where it's at but delivered a load yesterday and they said they had chosen us as we delivered a loose load and not baged. Just do what your customers want. -
Yep finally got to keep it. Got to clear a patch of bracken and brambles in the field and it made mincemeat of it
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Ahh I had not picked up on you considering buy processed logs off me. Was just moaning about not being able to easily sell softwood to our customers. Not Looking to off load it in bulk. As you point out haulage kills that option anyway
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You have lost me here Have you been talking to mendi-plogs?
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Got logs dotted all over the place but here are some of the stores
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No not got a whole wagon load. It's mostly processed and now taking up valuable crate space.
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Easier to light without a doubt but I will take your word for it on the other two as I can't say I have noticed.
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Think Deutz, Same and Lamborghini are one and the same. When we bought our little compact we were asked how we wanted it badged and we had to go with Lamborghini to please the big kid in me. Had some spares and all labeled Deutz. If it's any help our compact has been superb
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Looks like a nice lump of rosewood Steve hope you can get collection sorted
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I can move the last of the chestnut to those that have not had the prime species off us but the softwood is proving a tough nut to crack. We burn some and have two customers who had some when we had nothing else but beyond that it's been a no go. I don't blame them to be fair. I don't reckon you get any more kWh per pound with soft at £70 and hard at £100 and it's taking up that much more space and needs loading into the fire more often
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Youe sure about that? Had some softwood that's been here 2+ years and can't budge it. Had complaints for some regulars with only small amounts of chestnut added to the load. "Dont bring me any of that yellow stuff again" was the phrase used. Sure if I kicked it out at £60 per cube it would move but would not be worth the hassle for that.
