sandspider
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I do well if mine stays in overnight! Not that I try to (don't keep it running during the day as the house is usually empty), but it's only happened once in 5 years!
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REF what the price of hard wood cord now thanks
sandspider replied to mendiplogs's topic in Firewood forum
Where in the country are you? And how much is there in total? Any pics? -
Not yet! I get married in 2 or 3 months, bit scared!
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Genuine chuckle for that one!
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I've used Autoaid (UK Car breakdown recovery insurance the cheap way | AutoAid Breakdown) for years. Not temporary cover, it's for a full year, but it's only £40 odd quid. They cover my ancient car, but they also cover the driver rather than the vehicle. Worth having anyway. And they've been fairly quick and efficient when I've needed them a couple of times. The only thing is, sometimes you have to pay the recovery company, then claim a refund from AutoAid. Can take a week or so, but has always worked smoothly for me. (And sometimes the recovery people will invoice Autoaid directly, so you don't even need to pay on the spot).
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Where will you put the cannons?
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What's the most "basic" home use chainsaw course you do? (No commercial use, mainly logging, possibly a bit of small tree felling) And what sort of cost would the Lantra basic tree felling techniques course Mat mentions above be? PM if you prefer... Thank you.
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£400? Yikes. That's more than I was looking to spend. I want to be safe, but I have been safe up till now.
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Cheers Mat. Will investigate.
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Thank you Mat, that sounds about right. I'm finding it quite hard to find any price information though! Will drill a bit deeper. I assume a LANTRA course would still be cheaper than CS30 without the actual assessment?
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On this note, what courses are available and appropriate for a home saw user? I cut a few logs for personal wood burner use, might eventually start felling the odd small tree if I can. But I use a saw four or five times a year. I have PPE, and would be interested in some training. However, as I'm never going to use a saw commercially, I don't have hundreds of pounds for CS31 etc. Perhaps a LANTRA course? Or are there any cheap basic non commercial courses available?
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Nice. Doesn't matter if the welds are neat as long as they're strong!
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Bless. Lovely dogs - can be quite hard work though, they're too intelligent to be idle!
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Ha! That made me chuckle!
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Bloody mosquitoes are around here already.
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Nice collie too!
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Surely it's not that simple? To quibble over details, you haven't got the money back out, it's still in the house. Assuming you can sell it again in due time, and that the bubble doesn't burst. You also haven't got back the purchase price, just (in theory) the deposit that you put down. There's tax, maintenance costs, wear and tear, redecoration etc. surely too? (Even though the expenses are I believe tax deductible). What about rent arrears, times when you don't have a tenant, management company charges?
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Saw horse for awkward stumps, unions etc.
sandspider replied to sandspider's topic in Firewood forum
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Saw horse for awkward stumps, unions etc.
sandspider replied to sandspider's topic in Firewood forum
Thanks one and all. I'm not a tree surgeon, so I don't use a chainsaw that much, and while I have used my feet on bits of wood while chainsawing, it's not ideal. (They're less than size 12!) The step idea sounds good, nice drawing ballibeg! Or the moving grippy bits on the sawhorse. I'll see what I can bash together... -
Hi all. Random thought - does anyone have an easy way to grip the awkward stumps, branch unions, big nasty pieces left at the bottom of the wood pile while sawing them up? I've got a sawhorse that does fine for the longer nicer pieces of wood, but was looking for a safe way to grip the gnarly bits left when the nice bits have been chopped. Something like a pallet with some holes drilled in it perhaps, and upright struts stuck in the holes to trap and secure awkward bits of wood? And yes, I could just bonfire the awkward bits, but it seems a waste. And yes, I chop the large gnarly bits rwsting under their own weight, but I'm left with awkward bits too small for my sawhorse, but too large for my log burner that I can't split. Am I missing a trick? Perhaps I should just get a hydraulic splitter! Cheers.
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It's been nibbling your weed plantation!
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Is anyone burning wood they planted themselves?
sandspider replied to spandit's topic in Firewood forum
Thanks Martin, that's useful to know. A fair bit of wood (maybe 4m3 per bay, allowing for spaces?) and a fair bit of work then. Yes, I'd be working it on my own too - not something my partner is particularly interested in / keen on. Does your friend's pellet boiler not sit in some sort of outhouse? And I thought RHI was only paid on actual heat / energe generated? And my condolences - sorry to hear about your wife. -
To build a barn from oak or larch, or bit of both?
sandspider replied to SteveA's topic in General chat
Interesting blog, thanks Simon! -
Thanks. As I feared, out of my budget - just have to stick to my metal gun cabinet for now! Lovely piece of work though, wish I had the skill.
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Very nice! How long did it take, and could you give me an idea of what it cost? (PM if you prefer) I'd love one, but I suspect the time taken would put the cost out of my range...
