sandspider
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That is a really good idea. I want one! Nice find...
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Cheers brush cutter, I'll look into that.
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2500 years. My history knowledge isn't up to much, but the times that tree has lived through, and the things it could've seen...
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Signed, possibly twice.
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Thanks. Yes, I meant the blue tub, hadn't noticed the blue drainpipe too!
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Can't help you I'm afraid, but be interested to see the suggestions. Is it possible to get one PTO powered mower that will do a reasonably neat job on a lawn but will also tackle rides, thistles, brambles, small saplings etc?
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Looking tidy. Where does the blue pipe go? Into some sort of soakaway / draining system?
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Had mine done in Feb 2012. (Drastic pruning) Looking good now, recovered fine, and sprouting lots of thin new branches from the big old stumps.
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Anyone know of a Guilliet & Fils/ stenner sawmill?
sandspider replied to Graham w's topic in Milling Forum
Is that a truck engine on the generator, with a radiator off to the right? Looks like a beast! -
That's pretty much the problem. I can probably work around it by wedging them between other bits of wood, but I think I might need to cut my losses at some point and have a bonfire. (Some bits have nails etc. in too) Hugelkultur sounds interesting, but my garden isn't big enough just yet! One day... Cheers all.
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Still looking good.
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I've got a heavier toolstation maul, but no wedges or grenades. It's not so much that the X27 won't split the faces, it's more that there's so many branch junctions there's no way for a split to run for any length, so it ends up with me doing lots of hacking or / and giving up. If there's no cunning way to do it, I think I'll just gather the gnarly bits until I've got a decent pile then get the saw out. Cheers all.
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Cheers gents. This is wood for my personal use, not for sale, so I'm not too bothered how it looks. Guess I'll carry on with the chainsaw if there's no simpler way. And I take your point about not leaving them till the end Jake, but its easier to just throw them to one side and take something splittable! Suppose I could save them all up and hire a log splitter for a day...
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Hi all Probably no easy answer to this, but I'm just wondering if I'm missing a trick. Getting to the end of my wood supply and preparing more for next year, and I'm mainly left with knotty / gnarly big pieces of wood. (Where the trunk branched into 3 or 4 main branches for example). I've got a chainsaw and an X27, but it's not easy to split due to the knots and branch bases - there aren't many flat faces to get an axe into in any case. Besides haggling them into smaller pieces with the chainsaw, is there an easy(er) way to deal with the big old reject wood pieces? (I don't have a hydraulic splitter, and can't justify one really either). When haggling these bits with a chainsaw, how would you stop them moving / rotating? They won't fit into my sawhorse nor anything else I've got for holding wood. The wood is mainly plum, with some conifer, plus a few other odds and sods. Thank you for any suggestions.
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I thought they were told to piss afterwards to "wash out" their own bits, not to piss on each other's!! Whatever works I suppose!
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A week's worth of splitting, or a week's worth of burning?!
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Looks lovely, and good toys too. Nice one. That chap has a great 'tache!
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It reduces the risk of sexual harassment from your boss!!
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Good to see. Looking healthy. When I think about it, I'm surprised by how slowly trees grow. Planting a woodland really is a long term project...
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Cheers. 16 ish hp? Do you ever find it underpowered, or do you just use bigger tractors for bigger jobs?!
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Land legend?
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Nice little Kubota. What model is it?
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Thanks. Looking good!
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Any pics of them coming into leaf? Bloody freezing here today, but my plum trees are suddenly covered in little leaflets, primroses are out and hopefully Spring is getting closer...
