gdh
-
Posts
1,680 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Classifieds
Tip Site Directory
Blogs
Articles
News
Arborist Reviews
Arbtalk Knot Guide
Gallery
Store
Calendar
Freelancers directory
Everything posted by gdh
-
As it's a new decade I finally got round to going through our old photos and making a video for our Facebook page. Hopefully it's of interest to someone. ?
- 15 replies
-
- 14
-
-
Same for me. Xperia 5 android.
-
Yamaha's are pretty reliable, our two 550s are still going strong and I have a friend who's (heavily abused) 550 was just sold after 25,000 miles which still worked but needed a lot of structural welding because it had been rolled too many times. In terms of performance we've had a few Polaris bikes over the years and they're the best I've riden but I would prefer Yamaha for work. Admittedly my current Polaris1000 scrambler isn't very practical though. ?
-
I'm going to take a guess that it's a waste product not a herd of cows that are walked in one at a time. ? Edit: Thinking about it I expect it will be fat like the cars that can run on chip shop waste.
-
We originally looked at pellet boilers when we put our 200kw (commercial) boiler in but we went with chip in the end. Apart from space it was the far better option and with pellets now twice the price of chip I'm glad we did. I'd be interested to hear more about the animal boiler. Is it slaughterhouse waste? I imagine that would be a nightmare with transport and paperwork but a good renewable resource if it worked.
-
How much do you pay for your stove wood?
gdh replied to BowlandStoves's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
We sell firewood but if I had to buy in with my own best price it would be £75 a cube including delivery so at most £2250 a year. We have an 18kw woodburner in our front room which, apart from an oil Rayburn for hot water, is the only heat in our 4-500 year old farmhouse. In reality we mostly burn the rubbish odds and ends that we can't sell so it only costs a little bit of time and a bit of heat for the kiln. -
It's worth going to a dealer if you're not sure, you would probably find one in that size but there's also variation in the bolt holes where it mounts on the saw that you would need to know and that isn't always clear online. You could try posting the saw model here in case someone else has it or knows it.
-
If you were attaching to a frame or trailer you could probably make your own with only a grinder and a drill for very little money but for the price we bought one because it has legs and galv.
-
Been a pretty good few months for us, similar to last year in sales. Probably averaging 70 cube a week which is about our limit with drying. I'm actually hoping not to have a Christmas rush this year but no doubt we'll have the usual people phoning on the night beforeChristmas Eve for delivery before Christmas.
-
Technically I would think smaller is better with the extreme being a woodchip boiler which is far more efficient than a log burner but in reality unless you can get a slow and consistent feed with no waste heat you'll probably use less wood overall (and effort) with bigger logs.
-
I'm probably missing something but even 6ft seems to short for a strainer? And £1.50 very cheap when you consider a 7ft 8inch strainer would sell for 10 times that. Either way I would be happy with £100 a day but there are people on more (or less) depending on your area.
-
Commercially viable amenity uses for woodland
gdh replied to Big J's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Couple of ideas depending on size and how much work you want to put in: Motorbike races Mountainbikes Wild boar Pheasant shoot Horse trails Adventure playground Glamping with treehouses could be unique if you had some older trees. -
I wish I could get those rates, there's still people hedge trimming around here for £25 an hour. I go out with our heizohack 12inch (the model below) for £50 an hour plus vat and charge travelling on top at £35 but I don't have a crane on the same tractor and do very little contracting so I'm not really competitive. Our valtra costs £25 an hour to run including diesel, depreciation, insurance etc, then I put £10 in for me, the chipper is the hardest bit to cost when you try and work out repairs etc.
-
@doobin @Rough Hewn I tried the different tools today with 6inch screws into Oak posts and I'll admit I was surprised. All Milwaukee fuel (brushless) M18 Gen 2 except the impact driver which is a standard older one: Drill on screw setting: Failed Impact driver: spun out half way at 28seconds Impact wrench: 10 seconds Drill on drill setting: 5 seconds and took my wrist with it... I stand corrected ? I'll probably stick to the impact wrench because it was the only way to get them back out and can be used one handed but, as said, the drill with a side handle is quite a bit faster.
-
I'm going to experiment tomorrow with all 3 tools and get back to you.?
-
If you're doing a lot of screws into Oak an impact wrench does it even faster. I tried it as an experiment once and it was three times the speed so I always do it now. Takes a few seconds for my Milwaukee to put a 6inch Tek into Oak posts which is a big step up from 6inch nails a few years ago. ?
-
I've got one of those and they're great for changing cartridges (although the screw in cartridges are a bit more expensive) and nice to use but I still pick up my Milwaukee first. They both completly drain the cartridge but the Milwaukee is much quicker, especially where you need a lot of grease. It's easy to overgrease but it's not hard to avoid and you can limit the squirts on the Milwaukee if you're worried.
-
Some of the top brands like Milwaukee are going (relatively) cheap if you get the last generation and if you're looking at getting a few tools it's probably better value to get a pack with a couple of batteries then blank tools after. Milwaukee M18 CBLPP2A-402C 18V 4.0Ah Li-Ion RedLithium Brushless Cordless Combi Drill & Impact Driver Twin Pack | Kits & Twinpacks | Screwfix.com WWW.SCREWFIX.COM Order online at Screwfix.com. Combi drill and impact driver pack delivering power...
-
Rotatech chains are the best value I've found while still keeping a decent quality, most people I know who have tried them have switched to them. Stihl chains are slightly faster but triple the price and blunt on mud and stone just as easily if not worse so it depends on your priorities. Rotatech bars are cheaper but I found they were too soft, especially if you always cut in the same place so I use Oregon or husqvarna (no experience with Stihl although most people like them).
-
What size machine is that gdh? It's an 8 ton tb285.
-
It's surprising how many websites there are about for older parts. I managed to find everything I needed for our aarow a couple of years ago after the local dealers couldn't get hold of stuff. This one does Jotul including door handles. Jotul spare parts WWW.STOVESPARES.CO.UK Spares and parts for Jotul The cheapest way I've seen for firebricks is to buy a sheet and cut it down.
-
I'm starting to get the hang of ours now after having other people on it for a couple of years, biggest advantage for us has actually been having it on a postknocker but it's mostly been on a grab or tmk tree shear.
-
Is it definitely the oiler not the pipe to the bar? That pipe can crack over time because it's always flexing. The oiler should only work when you're cutting because it's powered from the same shaft as the sprocket.
-
Max wieght for a forwarder to lift?
gdh replied to drinksloe's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
This is our trailers crane for comparison (Farma 8.5m): -
Max wieght for a forwarder to lift?
gdh replied to drinksloe's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
There should be a chart showing lift relating to distance on newer machines. With trailers the listed lift weight on websites etc tends to be close in but you can always pick up an end and drag it on.
