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  1. sandspider
    Cheers. Have tried MOT type 1 in the past and it hasn't lasted that long (dust washes out and stone / bigger lumps eventually follows), but didn't add cement. Will try again next spring / summer.
  2. sandspider
    Well, it's just to fill some potholes really. Most of the surface is OK. Maybe 4 or 5 tons then, but not 26 anyway!
  3. sandspider
    Have this problem on my drive. Got a digger man in a couple of years ago who did a nice job, but it doesn't last as water runs down the road and people drive too fast. Will try planings next time, but only have narrow access and everyone seems to want to deliver in 26ton loads, i only need about 3 tons as it's not a long drive.
  4. sandspider
    I did dink my X27, just at the top of the blade. But it was a poor shot, there's enough rubber over the wires to protect the axe from most things. Do tractor tyres have wire reinforcement?
  5. sandspider
    Thanks, Comrade.
  6. sandspider
    Hi all I've got a previously coppiced ("hacked back") willow in the garden, which I'd like to cut back again to keep at a manageable size. Should I cut back to the previous cutting points (knuckles)? I seem to remember reading somewhere that this was best, but also reading somewhere else that it's better not to cut to the same point every time. It's a nice willow and provides privacy, so I'd rather not hack it back again and see. Cheers.
  7. sandspider
    Big tyre on a big round of gnarly lleylandii, resting on a bit of ply. Stops the log sinking into the ground and absorbing impact. Tyre makes a big difference to efficiency, though if you catch the tyre with the axe some have wires in the sidewall. Guess how I know!
  8. sandspider
    YR.no is quite good. I look at three or four different forecasts, take the average, then look outside and see what's actually happening!
  9. sandspider
    I have a couple of sets of cheapy log tongs from the bay - work well for me, much easier than wrestling with damp, hefty logs.
  10. sandspider
    A sad thing to have to do, but a lovely job.
  11. sandspider
    Thanks. I do get some condensation in the polytunnel I currently use, despite plenty of ventilation. Perils of living in Wales I suppose! But lovely and hot in Spring, Summer & even Autumn at the moment, so worth it overall, as you say.
  12. sandspider
    Out of interest, why was clear plastic corrugated roofing a bad idea? Toying with this idea for my next log shed...
  13. sandspider
    I have a Truncator. Works well for smaller diameter stuff, and has a rubber bungee strap to hold the logs down. Also plastic cups to hold the logs, so safe for the chain. Not so good for bigger bits, but mine only cost me £25!
  14. sandspider
    Thanks. Something we might want to do in future as our house is old and cold and stoney. Pretty though!
  15. sandspider
    Is EWI ugly? I guess there's a choice of finishes...? And the better the finish the more expensive?
  16. sandspider
    Presumably it's happened now? How did it go? Also, is that Eddie Hitler presenting the punt gunning video?!
  17. sandspider
    Looking good. Did the water level drop much in the dry may?
  18. sandspider
    Those leaves aren't alder
  19. sandspider
    Slatted and south facing. I have a solid wood store on a north facing wall (not my choice) and wood seasons terribly in it. Split a fairly short sycamore log that had been in there over two years the other day, and it was over 22% moisture (as high as my meter will read) still. When I stuck it in front of the fire water was condensing out of it still.
  20. sandspider
    A polytunnel? I dry a lot of wood per year for my own use in a 2 x 6m tunnel, works really well and cost about £100. Has to be loaded manually though, mine isn't big enough to get a tractor into.
  21. sandspider
    Or maybe a really wet winter followed by a dry spring?
  22. sandspider
    I'm in South Wales and in a bit of a frost trap, we've had 4 or 5 hard frosts in total this year. Winter at the start of 2018 was brutal, -5 and -10C for a week or so. I did notice that several young willow stems I planted last Novemeber ish have got a few dry top leaves, but like the SC in my original post. Maybe that's drought this time around, we've hardly had any rain for 3 weeks or so, and I've only given them the odd slosh in pasing.
  23. sandspider
    I never found out for sure, but my SCs seem fine now. I'd guess frost nip. Don't seem to have it this year, but the trees are older and it hasn't been as cold. We do have some larch around us, part of which has now been felled due to phyopthora. Don't know if this is related, but given that they seem OK now, I still think frost nip.
  24. sandspider
    I tried a bit of drive smoothing with the link box on my little compact tractor. Not easy, but with time the finish was ok. I should've put more weight in the box in retrospect... Loving the pond! Get a fly rod and have a bash...
  25. sandspider
    Shame, it's a really good stove otherwise. Burns so efficiently I only have to clear it out once every month or two, and that's burning all day 85% of the time...

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