sandspider
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Thanks Steve It's not occasional moist logs, it's just that I've noticed a bit of moisture coming from 2 of the cherry logs I put on - dried for a year, and cracking, but still with a bit of residual moisture. Stove is still too hot to touch, and can burn through welders gauntlets when opening the door! When I say builder's waste I mean old roof beams (100 years plus) and that kind of thing. Don't think they were pressure treating then, though I suppose some of it might be. Does have a bit of crackle and spit from time to time, if I put them on to very hot coals. Does pressure treating trap sap in the wood or similar? I haven't burnt this volume of builder's waste before, so that could be a contributing factor.
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Anecdotal evidence only, but I've been burning more softwood this year - mainly old conifer roof trusses / builder's waste. This is mixed with hardwood and whatever else I can find and dry (a fair bit of silver birch, some cherry etc.). I have noticed actual chunks of tarry clinker dropping out of the chimney / stove, and don't remember seeing that previously. I don't leave it in overnight, though it does idle a bit towards the end of the night when I stop feeding it. I say anecdotal as I'm not sure how dry the other bits and pieces I feed it are (still seems to be a bit of moisture in some of the cherry, though it's cracking), and I'm not positive there wasn't some clinker drop last year! Just seems more noticeable this year...
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Tasty venison... Spandit, are there other woods / scrubland next to yours?
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True. I like the OP's version too - wish I had the skill.
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I think the head on the X27 is lighter, so it takes more downward force to split. The Toolstation maul did it more by weight.
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I used a toolstation maul for a few years - Toolstation > Landscaping > Log Splitting > Hardwood Log Splitting Maul Personal use only, not huge volumes, but it did a fine job for the price. (£13!) Got a Fiskars X27 recently, and yes it's better, but I wouldn't say it was all that much better than the Toolstation maul for the difference in price.
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I've got one in my kitchen, in mahogany I think. Green men tend to have leaves coming out of their mouths, noses, eyes, ears etc. (as mine does). Bit freakish, and probably not easy to do with a chainsaw!
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Which (compact?) tractor, to do everything on a smallholding?
sandspider replied to sandspider's topic in Large equipment
That's a good price! I've been looking at siromers, but will go and look at landinis too. Cheers. -
Which (compact?) tractor, to do everything on a smallholding?
sandspider replied to sandspider's topic in Large equipment
Thanks chaps. I've heard mixed reviews of the Land Legends, but it sounds like they might be worth a shot. Ecleverdon, do you know what model Kubota you have? Does it suffer from lack of power at all? -
Quit horsing around!
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That's rather neat! My X27 is simpler though...
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Which (compact?) tractor, to do everything on a smallholding?
sandspider replied to sandspider's topic in Large equipment
Has anyone got any experience of the Land Legend range of tractors? Cheers. -
Good work getting all that planted in a long weekend. You'll be looking forward to going back to work!
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No newts is good newts? Sorry!
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Ha! Don't worry, I wasn't suggesting you pulled them out! It was just a thought that happened to occur. Probably not a good idea (for the various reasons mentioned) as the vast majority of tree planting seems to be dense and thinned rather than thin and fill gaps later. At least the end is in sight now. I get quite a lot of pleasure from seeing chillis on chilli plants and even little rocket seeds germinating, so I can only assume you'll get immense pleasure from seeing the trees grow and become a woodland...
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Tell him he'll be sharpening the chains!
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Had about 20 in my (small) pond over the past couple of days! Lots of froggy loving! Also drove past what we thought was a huge toad on a wet road, but turned out to be one large and one small toad in the throes of passion. They didn't even stop when I moved them off the road and into the undergrowth!
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Good stuff, and good for the birds in any case! Hope it works for you.
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Trees and the future, what should we plant?
sandspider replied to corylus's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Don't want to derail the thread, but surely they can't just rock up and stick a TPO on a tree that's in the middle of your field, and doesn't affect anyone else? If it overhangs a road or something, fair enough... (This is a genuine question, I don't work in arb as such...) Thanks. -
They look quite densely planted (depending on what they are!) - I assume you'll thin them out a bit in the next few years? Wonder if it would be better to plant them at a thinner density to start with then replace any that die rather than cutting down / pulling out healthy trees? (Not sure if you'd get a mosaic of different aged trees then, or if the replanted ones just wouldn't grown due to lack of light...) Just a thought, probably best ignored!
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That's quite a log pile! How many cube?! Also, is that coming into the UK or leaving the UK? I assume it's at a port...
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Looking good. Be interesting to see it change over the next few years... Where did you get the trees from?
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I suppose we'll find out how the flora and fauna cope! I hope that Andy is right - after all, nature must have gone through this kind of thing before. We've finally had a day or two here with less rain (no rain!) and even some sun. Fingers crossed that will continue, and water levels will return to normal. I imagine that the quicker water levels return to normal, the less the long term effects on f&f will be...
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I think the mud deposited by flooding is usually nice and fertile - which is why people used to plant crops rather than build houses on flood plains. So in the long run, the soil (and plants, insects etc.) should do better. Not sure about the shorter term though...
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Hi there. I'd also like to have some sort of a price for an abalone inlaid bowl please, if you could PM me SB? 6" diameter and 2 - 3" deep perhaps. Don't really mind what wood it is as long as the grain is attractive? Thanks.
