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Biochar to improve soil water retention.
Woodworks replied to Gary Prentice's topic in Tree health care
I suspect because you wouldn't like the findings. I looked around for some info on this a short while ago to see if I should be trying to sell our waste charcoal as biochar but after reading this decided I would give it a miss. Mind you I did read some similar findings that mention it's abilities of water retention but cant find that now. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170425131407.htm -
It's one of the heavier dense hardwoods we have over here. Can be over 1000kg for a solid cubic meter.
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An IBC mounded up with wet beech comes in around 600 kg so you have around twice that plus its neatly stacked. Wet I would go for 1500 kg
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Yes roots can cause problems with water pipes. Just fixed one of our farm troughs just a couple of days ago. Large rood was pressing on the pipe and it had pushed it into a sharp rock causing the leak. Only got pictures of the bodged repair ?
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Dont think I could stand wearing one of those all day. If you do consider disposables these are pretty good and and dont mist up goggles. https://www.zoro.co.uk/shop/personal-protection-and-clothing/disposable-respirator-masks/2405-ffp2d-dust-masks-with-ventex-valve--pack-of-20/p/ZT1178174X?utm_campaign=pla-Personal+Protection+%26+Clothing+-+&utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping-pla&utm_keyword=ZT1178174X&istCompanyId=6aa6787b-063e-4414-802d-129f235df603&istItemId=wtqixlxrqx&istBid=tztx&gclid=CjwKCAjw68zZBRAnEiwACw0eYa3LXRYX3W0dPyNKcKB6aAKzCkjT4m1eMeTbMI8eEe_hSsUzDjeYmxoCfbYQAvD_BwE
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Had the same when looking to update ours. All said "oh very dated platform" you need this that and the other. We left it alone and still brings in plenty of work. A lot to be said for a site you can access and alter yourself.
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Not convinced that is helpful. They point out it burns OK but then say it's half the weight and the same calorific value! It's not half the weight and has a higher calorific value per dry kg. By their guide we would need to sell softwood for half the price.
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Ah yes that rings a bell. Will have another go some time and try to clean up the mess I have made. Thanks
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Had a play with one but sadly the staining went further in than hoped. Not too bad though unlike my turning. Got the inside reasonable and now needs sanding but keep having the gouge bite in when working the outside and cant for the life of remember how to avoid this. Only had basic lessons when at school so remind what I should be doing.
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The Navara snapped chassis group looks as busy as ever https://www.facebook.com/groups/505526562959686/ To be fair to Nissan they seem to honour the warrantee with the built in defect. Isuzu on the other hand say it's our drivings fault when there dodgy DPFs play up.
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Got some lumps of ripple sycamore I scavenged from the firewood. I roughed them out into blanks for the father in law but they are getting a green mould forming on them. I am not really a turner but own a lath and have seen blanks turned green and then set aside to dry. Thought I would try this with one to maybe speed drying and avoid the green mould taking over. How close to finished dimensions do you take them and do I now need to re seal the part turned blank?
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How many hours do you put into your business?
Woodworks replied to Stefan Palokangas's topic in General chat
Me neither. He posted on Arbtalk Facebook on pricing a job. Customer had winced at the price that he thought fair. Worked out at £74 an hour including driving. How can you charge that per hour do 126 hour weeks and not be VAT registered? As Steve says though something maybe lost in translation and I admire his enthusiasm. Good luck to you Stefan regardless but no work is worth an early grave IMO -
Pleased to see the end of the hot weather. Cooler Atlantic air is most welcome
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Just reading about Fernando Alonso racing for Toyota and read this bit from the BBC Toyota are effectively without direct opposition at Le Mans this year because they are the only team racing in the leading LMP1 hybrid class, following the withdrawal at the end of last season of champions Porsche. The other LMP1 cars, which are not hybrids and are run by privateer teams, have a series of handicaps laid out in the rules. They are not allowed to lap faster the Toyotas, and if they do, they are called in to the pits for a drive-through penalty. Hybrids can do 11 laps between fuel stops and non-hybrids only 10 and hybrids have a minimum pit-stop time five seconds shorter than the non-hybrids.
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Not a chance of getting permission living here
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Dont Al. I would love one but never get permission for one here
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Ah yeah, good shout. How come you dont stack them on top of each other? If you stack them the runoff will blow into the lower crate. This happens a lot with just one crate. I guess if you are not on an exposed site it would be better. I have moved away from this system now as we needed to free up field space. I now stack 2x5x3 with a tarp on top but it's nothing like as quick drying but farming had to come first haha
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The tanks that come with the cages cut at an angle
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Plymouth pallet and drum
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I tried some bags but the drying times were way worse. Cant beat IBC with hats for keeping it simple. If you are hand balling the logs out of the crates look on the bright side when you see all the crap left at the bottom that you dont send to your customers ?
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Great stuff Ernie Thanks Dont know much about the Adam retort but looks like a nice pile of charcoal.
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This probably explains what the driver was on about but I got lost trying to work it out. http://www.hse.gov.uk/cdg/manual/commonproblems/bowsers.htm
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Yep thats what I got told.
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Am I the only driver who thought vans could do 70?
Woodworks replied to Squaredy's topic in Arb-Trucks
Sat nav should be spot on the flat but doubt that they allow for hills. -
Oh I had better not mention it to them when they deliver.
