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Another vote for a G-coupler. Got one after a recommend on here and would never go back Very happy with my Dewalt Impact wrench. Went for the smaller one as it's up to the nuts and bolts I do and light enough to use for heavy duty coach screws
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I wouldn't get too hung up mpg. My Isuzu was supposedly about the best for mpg (37 I think) when I got it and it averaged 27 around here with logs loads and trailing. My 10 year old Hilux with 130k on clock manages 25mpg. Book numbers and real world numbers seem to be a world apart these days and you are never going to get great numbers when hauling loads around Devon hills
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Also just say for second say it all turns out to be a huge hoax that vast amounts of scientists have colluded on. What is so awful about the main aim of not using fossil fuels? They are finite so its just plane common sense to ween ourselves off burning them. Think of all the amazing things that are made from oil that we will deprive ourselves of if we burn it all needlessly.
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I see he made no attempt to disprove global warming just showed that in a few states in the USA have not experienced more extremes. Global warming is the big problem and this will lead to climate change which will vary dramatically from area to area with some parts of the world getting colder while the world average still goes up. I dont understand why some people cant separate these two very distinct things.
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I have tried a few of the chains and would agree with the comments about inconsistency. One I had was very hard. First outing on the processor thought it was great but when it hit something hard it caused far more damage than I encounter with my usual Oregon chain and it was pig to sharpen. Also pretty rough when new presumably due to varied teeth hight. Got one for emergency destructive work but stick with Oregon LPX for day to day use on and off the processor.
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We just bought a Browns to put on a pivot steer loader. UK built, quality construction, side tilt and not badly priced IMO. Cant give a long term report as we have only just got it but this the digger one Browns Agricultural WWW.BROWNSAGRICULTURAL.CO.UK
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I am a convert to the Japanese style saws. Oddly my favourite is made by Irwin with a more western style handle but the cut is fast and clean and they last an age.
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Because if you have never had a problem why change? Being in the SW we have some of the highest ethanol content in the country and I am still waiting for these much banded about problems. It must help that most of my kit is kept busy with a good turn over of fuel but even the kit that sits on the shelf most of the time starts without bother.
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I would have thought there might be a fair range. If you had a fast saw with no torque I would set it up with the rakers quite high so it would be taking fast but shallow cuts. Conversely if I had the kind of power and torque the engine in the clip probably offers you could knock the rakers down to take a big bite. The limit would come when you start snapping chains.
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Too much at present haha. Had a problem with the oil pump but it now fixed it over oils IMO. Would normally get through around 1 litres on a busy day but it varies as the pump is actuated by pulling the saw down so cutting large wood you dont get through much but lots of small stuff you get through way more. Never tried it on plain rapeseed but the it's main constituant of the Clark Bio
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No one knows but it doesn't stop the press guessing. Apparently it will all hinge on the NAO (north atlantic oscillation)
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Hard pushed to get it big enough for firewood here. Not thought of stakes binders and hurdle making. Devon style laying is different as its normally on high banks. Will look into it though
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No major aims other to enable more wildlife and happy for a bit of shade for the sheep. If we grow a bit less grass under them I can live with that. Could look at fruit but the first site is very exposed and the apple in our garden often loses its blossom prematurely.
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Excuse my ignorance but whats the product?
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I am really unsure what to plant. I have in my head some tall trees with a dense understory for wildlife. What naturally grows well on our banks is beech, ash (well it did but almost all dying), oak. hazel, hornbeam and hawthorn. Only one sweet chestnut and that has recently died. We have fir doing OKish in a corner but it's had some wind damage over the years. Next door have a few larch but they have recently died. We have high rainfall but relatively well draining ground. It's pretty acid and exposed to easterly blasts.
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Just a little update. Been running the Clark Forest bio chain oil for a year now with no problems. The OH quite likes the fact I come back smelling like a chippy ?
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I was rather thinking of not laying and letting it grow up tall into a future crop. It's only a small place but we already have 3km of Devon bank with some of it layed and some of it as maturing trees. I was hoping to add to it possibly with some different species. Here is one which could really do with a cut back ?
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We are run a small sheep farm and we are looking at ways to manage it better. Thinking of trying mob grazing as its apparently better for locking carbon into the soil and more productive. To do this we need to make some of the fields smaller. The idea is to have double fencing and plant trees down the centre but just wondering if any of you have had any experience of this and if so how best to combine farming and forestry. Thanks
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What handsaw do you use Mark? I have found you can get within a mm if it's nice and sharp. Also used the crosscut circular saw without the guard and flipping it. Only works well if the piece is nicely machined from the planner though. Rough cut to length and router jig would work well. If you have a Woodrat no need for a jig
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Good man J. Both the saving of the owl and for sorting out the littering. Liz saved a bat the other day that got stuck to a fly paper that was in a shed. Wont be using them again
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Just calling at as I see it but my other forums are about renewables so not surprising they are doing OK My OH is on the farming forum which appears to be booming. It's diligently moderated and cultivates respect so I am told. Might be worth a peep? I really like a regular forum for ease to come back to topics at a later date. So much good info on here that can be found with a quick search. Never had much luck searching Facebook groups
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Not charged at all. It's not which way someone voted but how they conducted themselves and what was deemed acceptable language on the forum that left a bad taste in the mouth.
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I felt the Brexit debate showed some peoples true colours that prior to it we would have been blissfully unaware of. IMO it drove many away so it seems pertinent to Wisewoods question so I mentioned it.
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And this exactly the kind of post that drives people away. Just because what some of us consider distasteful stuff is posted in only one or two sub forums it does not stop it tainting the whole forum.
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I am on a few other forums and have not noticed much decline. On here there used to be plenty on the Woodcraft forum and quite a bit of chat about charcoal but it doesn't have its own specific place. Now colliers have their own facebook page with no swearing, racism or political talk. A much happier place to discuss matters. Just try posting plenty of your work and maybe work in progress and you might temp a few people back?
