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All sounds very wooly. From the BBC "But a Defra spokesman told BBC News that open fires, coal-burning and wood-burning would not be nationally banned. Instead, new stoves – including wood-burners – would have to be cleaner. And people would also be encouraged to burn dry wood, because it emits fewer particulates." What does encouraged to burn dry wood mean? Not banning wet wood but your very naughty if you use it? Sounds like more unenforceable nonsense
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These details no longer working? http://www.loadhandler.co.uk/contact.htm
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Great feedback Mr Hook. Which size Remet did you go for?
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Still mulling over getting one of these. Anyone got anything new to add?
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1. Watching the blackbird getting worms out of the lawn for his breakfast 2. Sunrise. Seen it a thousand times but it still warms the cockles of the heart. 3. The smell of the morning dog walk on Dartmoor. Gorse, May blossom bracken just the smell of freshly wetted ground.
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We got one of these and now rarely pickup the strimmer.
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A mate has one. It's not bad and cuts well but has been in for service quite a bit. This may be down to poor fuel as the guy is not great with machinery. Got a Mitox leaf blower myself nothing fancy but it starts and runs OK. Probably the best of the cheaper Chinese kit out there. Mind you if I was wanting a cheap saw would probably get a SH Husky.
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Seriously guys take your f...ing politics elsewhere. So sick of it on Arbtalk and it's undoubtedly why so many members dont come on here any more
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No I am not talking about the 3 in 1 sharpener which is good but the glasses! Always been pretty pleased with my sharpening but I have got to that age where the sight is not what it was. Been in denial for a bit and only used the glasses for reading but finally succumbed to them for sharpening and have to admit I should have started using them some time ago. Saws and processor are cutting markedly better so a cheap investment haha
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2009 Hilux single cab. BFG AT's lots of short hilly trips 25-27 mpg Reliability. Perfect in the 18 months I have had it.
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Yep just let them get on with it. Must be horrendous have the press and public scrutinising your every word.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44113494
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Dont know what a 10.8v impact wrench is like but I am surprised what my 18v Dewalt impact driver doesn't move. Often need a spanner on nuts 13mm and up to free them but great for spinning stuff off with long threads or when they are sticky all the way. Very handy to have none the less.
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Haha. Great minds and all that. I used some lengths of bungy for a while
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Fuelwood do an AMR one that should fit that spec apart from single handed use. Here you go https://www.fuelwood.co.uk/Log-Splitters/Towable-Log-Splitters.aspx
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If only large groups of cyclist were as considerate as that. IME they are not. One local club had probably 100 riders sprawled out over a mile or so of just two lane roads. Some clubs need some clear guidance and it would be great if the videos above were used for instruction for both parties. Maybe we should have public information films back on the TV
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Very sad and hope they catch driver. It's a nightmare from either perspective. I used to cycle loads with a club but cycling is a victim of it's own success. The club rides used to 6-8 of us many years ago but went out with them recently and you get 40 riders turning out on a Sunday morning on roads that are busier than ever. Then they end up strung out over half a mile of country lanes and unsurprisingly drivers get stressed not being able to pass. I gave up riding with club for this reason alone. If I go out now it's off road or at quiet times. There are idiots on bikes and idiots in cars but only one loser if the two colide.
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Need to replace the bar on our processor and wondering if a Sugi bar will work. The snag is it has to be used with a spacer (show in picture) to work. Would the profile be much the same?
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OK so the fact I will let my retort get up to 700C towards the end of the burn could be why this chap found our charcoal so good. We simply make a more energy dense charcoal than most. "Retorts tend to self limit their temperature because the process goes back to endothermic above about 440C as the structure of the char matrix begins to change and most of the evolution of the hydrogen and oxygen containing species has finished so the exothermic reactions of the initial pyrolysis products splitting and cracking has finished." Any chance you could break this bit down for numpty's to understand? You say it will tend to self limit but it wants to sit up around 600C-650C for much of the burn without careful air control. The temps are taken in the firebox mid hight of the charge chamber.
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Thanks Ian. Yes I cant see why it should be very different but I think my retort probably gets it hotter than some systems. Not clear if hotter makes it very different to use. £7.50 for 2kg is good going and that's what you get not retail price in a shop?
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Not sure what the two stores charge but it's probably a bit more expensive there.
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Out just past Yelverton. £5 for a 2kg bag or you can get it in the Lifton and Lidford farm shops. PM me if want to come and pick some up
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Just got this Email after asking for feedback on our charcoal. "Essentially I’ve found that most standard retail charcoal, even Big Green Egg charcoal that claims to be the best with a price tag to match, is very woody and only partly combusted, which gives it an unpleasant burn, produces more flame for less heat, and eventually more ash. Your charcoal lights very easily and relights easily after being snuffed out. It burns very cleanly and gives a very controllable heat (particularly when I need it to be quite low and to burn for a long time), and a very high heat when required. I did three pork shoulders on Sunday, using less than a single bag, I lit the Egg at 10:00am, and eventually put it out at 9:00pm having held it at C110, and there was still more charcoal left at the end." I can live with that but is there much difference between retort charcoal and ring kiln charcoal?
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brilliant
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Yes I think it needs to be fairly large as you need to be converting 1.5 -2 cube of logs a day to consider it being profitable in my limited experience. Maybe we should promote native charcoal more but keep the price up. It is superior so why not charge more? Unless the price of logs goes through the floor I cant see how native charcoal can compete with cheap imported charcoal as the raw material simply has too much value regardless of efficiency. PS welcome to Arbtalk and by the way have you still got that mate who gets deals at Dixons?
