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  1. Wood wasp
    Ha ha I should! Missed everyone at the APF too, did get a bloody good soaking though on the Friday
  2. Wood wasp
    I would upload pics if I could but ipad/site/cottage wifi doesn't seem keen
  3. Wood wasp
    Down in the Lakes, very beautiful but busy. Had a walk through the woods today and came across couple of harvesting sites and brand new John Deere harvester. Also came across a national trust site where they were clearing larch (diseased?), pretty rough snedding but not sure what they're going to do with the poles so maybe doesn't need to be close. NT signs nailed onto oaks raised an eyebrow though!
  4. Wood wasp
    Passed a brand new JD harvester in Lake District today when out on a walk, wasn't great timber around us and steep ground too... immediate thought that flashed through my mind was how's he going to make that pay? Hopefully he's getting price to reflect quality timber, on shores of windermere so might even be one of these FC/AN other quango sites where economics don't matter
  5. Wood wasp
    BBC Sport - Greg Norman 'had premonition' about chainsaw accident
  6. Wood wasp
    Awful news and these occurrences seem to be happening more and more, wonder if the law will ever take into account the impact of such a loss on a small business? Hope you get back up and running ASAP
  7. Wood wasp
    For some reason on ipad I can only post one pic at a time...
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    More pics
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    Spotted an outbreak of Fly Agaric at edge of beech wood where I feed the birds, counted more than 30 in an area 5m square
  10. Wood wasp
    Been out in the Osa last couple days, had couple wee glitches with crane electrics but have been tidying them up as I go and crane now working a lot better. Will post pics once I put new tyres on it as currently running slicks on couple of wheels!
  11. Wood wasp
    Did they really "make money" or just make a fair wage for the men and equipment required? How many people were on site for example? Someone has been out and quoted for job Travel time to job both ways, any arisings needing tipped? Insurances, equipment, certification, holiday pay, pensions etc etc etc So... They maybe did or maybe didn't make good money but there's always more than meets the eye. And for every one that maybe went well and good return made there's a job that goes the other way! Edit: The fabulously named Gray Git has covered this already
  12. Wood wasp
    We've just got registered recently so interested in this too. I do remember receiving an email from registration people saying to keep records for something like 7 years.
  13. Wood wasp
    Thanks for your post Openboater, great to see different options being deployed as and when required. I realise it's hard to cover all angles in one post on a forum but when I saw couple people posting about leaving trees in water my heart sunk... I very much feared another "native woodland" scenario was developing!
  14. Wood wasp
    Got back to machine yesterday, it was a faulty ISP card that was throwing one ISP box out
  15. Wood wasp
    No error lights, top two LEDs are green and tried swapping cards about too. From your experiences it sounds like something just needs reset...
  16. Wood wasp
    It makes sense to have features in watercourses but couple rivers up here are heavily choked with fallen trees, once they're covered in debris they're more or less a series of dams. I'm no flood engineer, and there may be other reasons, but flooding upstream would certainly seem to have got worse over the years. Whatever impact other issues have on flooding I would think the fact that water can't get away doesn't help.
  17. Wood wasp
    Interesting County, do you know what it is that needs reset either by switch on/off or a good kick?
  18. Wood wasp
    Forwarder crane Yes had a poke around, will double check tomorrow and there's a coupling under floor of cab which I'll split and take reading from tomorrow, hopefully establish which section of loom has fault and from there hopefully be able to see pinch point
  19. Wood wasp
    Drill sharpening device and lubricating spray arrived today Thanks again for all advice
  20. Wood wasp
    Yes makes sense CTS, bit of patience with a meter tomorrow I think!
  21. Wood wasp
    Today I had a fault with crane in that all functions from one lever are working flat out - there's no phasing them in. It was working fine till I went over a stump and came down with bit of a bang. A fellow contractor in the FCA (who's been an immense help to me as a new start) says the cab will have moved slightly and pinched wires resulting in a short. This I can understand but what I'm not exactly sure of (despite best efforts of FCA chap) is how every function on that lever can be affected? Something to do with a fault to earth? On one function I tested The voltage leaving the ISP control board connection and it was 9v but at solenoid connection on valve chest it was 24v - hence the all or nothing. So tomorrow I need to track down the fault in loom and repair, any tips on how best to trace fault? Thanks in advance W
  22. Wood wasp
    I like with the tafjun that you stand next to the splitter so easier to straighten logs that land awry. That wasn't a cube he filled incidentally, bag wasn't totally full and once that's been moved couple times it'll look even less - anything from 2/3 to 3/4 full would be my guess.
  23. Wood wasp
    I always thought circular saws were thinner than bar & chain, I guess the bigger blades need to be thicker but half an inch?
  24. Wood wasp
    Zookeepers banned from using ladders to put out food for tigers - Telegraph
  25. Wood wasp
    Yes fair points LGW. I think you either need to be large scale and main focus or just few loads getting rid of waste to actually make money at firewood. Anything else means lot of investment for kit which isn't worked hard enough to justify it.

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