Peasgood
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I think I can beat that. I ordered a new firing pin a while ago. I was a bit dismayed when I was told the postage was going to be £8.50 It took longer to arrive than expected, but then I found out it was coming from America. I guessed that explained the cost. When it arrived I couldn't believe the size of the parcel. :eek: The firing pin is the tiny black item in the pic. Not sure about the eco friendly claims of the packaging material either. It had fallen to the bottom of the box anyway (as you would expect) so an envelope would have been just fine
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I would cut willow off at the ground, it will shoot again. If you wanted more than that just push some straight bits in the ground, they will grow too.
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No fire lit tonight and it's plenty warm enough. Probably the first time this year. There have been other nights with no fire but it wasn't warm enough.
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Sounds good to me. I am a professional rhubarb grower.
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A big glass with a bottle of orange WKD tipped in it too works wonders for me. Probably not good advice though. Take up fishing
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Big house here, no gas, no oil. All cooking, heating and hot water is log powered. It's the future! Just keep planting trees as quick as you can.
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Peasgood replied to Honey Bros's topic in General chat
Sorry I am a bit late to the party, I didn't take much notice and assumed it was just the saws that were face to face. Didn't realise it meant everything else as well. Seriously? That is just mental! Someone should explain to them what happened to Comet for not being online. -
Two lit tonight. It's cold!
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I'm an iggly, I'm an iggly, what iggly am I ?
Peasgood replied to David Humphries's topic in Ecology
I would have said wind damage. -
Not true really. Many chemicals are withdrawn because it does not make financial sense to the producers to put them through the approval scheme when it needs renewing. They are then banned from use, not because they do any harm but because the paperwork to prove that in triplicate is too expensive.
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Aliette might work but I don't think you can get it now and it would be illegal anyway. Phosphoric acid for plants is worth looking into, google it.
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Spent many a drunken hour in that pub but can't tell you anything about the tree. Don't remember much about anything else there either!
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Judging by the side of main roads, dual carriageways etc, if you made ragwort notifiable it would cure any unemployment in the country!
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You did ok mate, don't beat yourself up.
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Near Kelsall. I burn almost exclusively leyland because I have an unlimited supply, never heard of trees being cut down before. I assume they were going to pinch the tree maybe they were testing their saw. Maybe they were going to drop it across the road Dick Turpin style. Not so far fetched either, they did similar near Chester this week. http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/local-chester-news/2013/05/21/police-appeal-after-delivery-driver-robbed-in-aldford-59067-33361813/
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You folk seem to think it isn't worth anything but three "travellers" were caught trying to steal one of ours. I mean a growing one, about a foot diameter trunk. They had half cut through it when my cousin came along, they ran off abandoning their chainsaw (which they did come back for and then started arguing the toss over whose tree it was. There's no doubt whose tree it is and no doubt it was definitely not theirs. Odd behaviour, they usually dump the stuff rather than steal it.
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What are the reasons for someone to choose a twin wheeler?
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Cord wood on the end lifting device tong thing can't find
Peasgood replied to DM TREES's topic in General chat
Genuine Stihl Lifting Timber Tongs For Dragging Cord Wood Tracked Royal Mail | eBay one of them? -
On dry tarmac twin wheels will give you more grip, that is why drag cars have wide wheels, more rubber in contact with the ground. On slippy stuff narrow tyres have more grip, snow tyres are narrow not wide. From that I would deduce that twin wheelers will have less grip on mud/grass. Wide wheels are going to be better in conditions where you might sink, low ground pressure tyres are a good example of this. It's a big mistake to take a Cabstar into those conditions, trust me I am a farmer and i have owned a Cabstar for all of the last 20 years. Single wheel version will carry more weight than is legal with no problem at all, twin wheelers will only be able to carry less (legally) not more. Truck will be 3500kg GVW either way. If the two extra wheels weigh 75kg then your payload will be 75 kg less than the single wheel version.
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Two lit tonight. Only stuff I have fit to burn is willow!
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Often wondered how easy or not it would be to fit a rear axle off a Terrano onto a cabstar. So you have a limited slip diff. Nissan claim my Cabstar will do 20 to the gallon. I think that's thirsty. The old ones definitely rotted (mine did quarter of a million miles first which is how far away the moon is!) but my current one which is a 2000 model is a lot different. No rot on the cab but some on the back. Only bit on the cab is where a seam is starting to swell, other than that it is perfect as far as rust goes.
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Good trucks, reliable, pull anything and carry anything. Thirsty, ridiculous price on genuine spares. Trucks are all going to be 3.5ton GVW. Twin wheels just knock the weight of the wheels off what you can actually carry = Single wheel versions actually have a greater payload than duals. Have had 3 ton load on single wheels with no issue at all. (other than being overloaded)
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best spray for bramble and rhododendron
Peasgood replied to woodland dweller's topic in General chat
Your Fairy Liquid is being wasted, there are more than enough wetters/adjuvants in glyphosate. Put 10 ml in an empty knapsack and see if you can squirt a hose in to fill it. The froth will be overflowing before you get your 15 lites in there. A better "sticking" agent if you feel the need is to mix the glyphosate with an equal volume of vegetable oil. Mix them together before adding to the water. But as I said, there are enough wetters in the concentrate without all that. -
If you leave leylandii outside, uncovered so the weather can get at it for a couple of years the sticky sap disappears. Then cover for a year, split and burn. You can of course fell, split and burn straight away but you will get covered in sticky sap and your logs won't burn very well.
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Spits on an open fire. I burn very little other than leylandii and vast quantities of it. I honestly think it is one of the better firewoods when properly seasoned, kicks out a lot of heat.
