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Planting/management
woodyguy replied to oakland firewood's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Not sure you're going to make much money from flogging sycamores when you can buy them on line for 30p each anyway... You need to decide on a management plan for your wood. What are you trying to do? Grow a wide range of species? Grow firewood? What's it for? Most wood owners take a view of sycamore and either live with it or reduce the numbers. I'm about to fell about 30% of the trees in an area because the bigger sweet chestnut is being taken over by sycamore. I shall replant with Cherry, Italian Alder and Wild Service, which suits that area and my aims. Yours aims may differ! -
I've bought a couple of lengths from him of the LSK rope 50m and 60m and it is fine. Good non-stretch rope and if you wait you can get it about half the price from a shop. Nothing to be afraid of.
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ash and sycamore, how distance effects seedling density.
woodyguy replied to lucas logs's topic in General chat
Don't understand your graphs or questions. Why the quadratic when you would expect a roughly linear relationship? Why have you drawn a line of best fit when the data doesn't support it ie the r values suggest that only 20-30% of density is explained by distance. You'd need to look at lots of variables many listed above but including direction of wind for seeds with wings. Perhaps you can define your question more clearly? -
If you go down to the woods today.........
woodyguy replied to David Humphries's topic in Picture Forum
We had some in a beef stew last night. Very tasty but slightly chewy. Good year for it this year. -
Sorry, missed that. Hence 100foot long not high!
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Sounds a great job. Sorry to rain on your parade but does she have the felling license to take them down. It sounds as though at that size, the combined trees might breach her 5 cubic metre per quarter right to fell. Just a thought that might be worth checking.
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If you want that size winch then the link below on ebay is good. I bought one a few months back and they're very solid. I suspect that the Draper one you list and all the other non tirfor winches are the same chinese manufacturer. Good quality though and pretty cheap ACE Wire ROPE WINCH HOIST expert 1600 lift 2500 kg pull - 1.6 ton 2.50 ton | eBay
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I've got a similar cheap one. I did the nerdy bit of comparing it with weighed wood at various percentages and it was crap. Totally inaccurate but in the right direction. So it read less as wood got drier but was reading 15% lower than wood really was even when fresh split. So a rough guide but less use than picking a log up and feeling how heavy it is.
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Biggest Chestnut leaved oak in UK or world. Enough said.
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There are lots of sellers on ebay and web who sell a variety of fungi on dowels or other culture medium. Easy to cultivate and innoculate. Lots of varieties of pleurotus and shitake especially. Give it a go and report back.
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Thanks for discussion. Clearly the 18mm Tenex would do the job very well. Interestingly 18mm Dyneema has a 16 ton breaking strain! I guess I prefer the 10mm dyneema whoopie as I can tuck it in my climbing harness easily and not notice it, whilst 16mm rope is pretty cumbersome. Keep safe!
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Sorry, cross posted with Tony who is far more knowledgeable than me on these things. I'd go with his advice!
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Interesting idea which I've never thought of. I inoculate logs with various types of fungi to grow edible mushrooms. Not sure that Oyster is vigorous enough to stop regrowth but I don't really know and it might be fine. At lowish temps eg outside in UK, I'd prefer shitake which invades far more vigorously and will cost you the same. Just a thought.
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Thanks for trying but still don't see it like that. The pulley has a 200kg load on it. A 10mm dyneema whoopie sling has a breaking strain of about 7000kg. It will only stretch by a mm or so. A 16mm Tenx will be less strong but stretch by at least 4-5mm. The load absorption needs to be in the rigging rope not in the sling. Dyneema slings are a problem if you climb above your tie in point on non-dynamic static rope. Not because they snap generally but because the forces put upon you by your harness will injure you if you take a high fall factor fall. When I rock climb on dynamic rope with a 7-8% stretch then dyneema slings to tie in are standard because they are light and immensely strong. Braking a falling section of tree needs several cm of stretch. This can only be supplied by the 20m length of rope (for example) that you are lowering it on and not by the few mm's of any type of sling.
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Please notice that the general license applies to Monk parakeets, whereas I'd be surprised if you don't have a nest of ring necked parakeets which are totally different and outside this exception license. Just a heads up and apologies if its a monk's nest!
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Interesting comment. Not all parts of the system need to have stretch. A whoopie a few centimetres long will have minimal length of stretch whatever its made of. A dyneema whoopie is incredibly strong for its thickness. connect it to a nylon rope for lowering and you've got a system that will take shocks very well. What would you wish to make whoopies from by the way?
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The copies off ebay are very good. Not quite as indestructable as Tirfors but not much less either. I've got the 1600 which is pretty good
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With about 1% stretch and being very thin for the strength and expensive it's not great. A 6mm dyneema will take the weight but its horribly thin to handle and pulleys don't run well on it. If you use 12mm it handles better but will bankrupt you. Good for whoopie slings bad for rigging.
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As they said, "Since January 2010 they have been classified as agricultural and horticultural pest by Natural England. This does not affect the legal protection afforded these species and it remains illegal to kill or interfere with them, other than in exceptional circumstances. These circumstances are defined in special licences that enable people to deal with problems where parakeets' behaviour impacts on public health & safety, therefore pest control should only be applied by registered and licenced operatives."
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its pretty easy and the costs are limited to the court fees of about 60 quid. have to fill in paperwork and attend on the day. As others say the big issue is enforcement, as instructing bailiffs can be more expensive than what you are owed. often people will settle before hand though as people don't want it on their credit record.
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I've got one of these and a Tirfor. The cable length is very short and they are not that robust. But with light weights and for the right task they're fine. Just doesn't replace a tirfor.
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Thanks for posting. Magical
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Anything after 1st march is risky. Lots of birds nesting now. Wouldn't take the risk of fine if I was you
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I'd bid £57 so you well outbid me. hope you enjoy it
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Not a great situation but take this opportunity to sort it out as soon as you're back and earning better money again. I've paid many many £1000's over the last 30 years on these policies to cover life, critical illness and income protection. Never made a claim but has bought peace of mind. Make sure the policy covers what you need but there are plenty of good policies out there.
