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Our Florabest brushcutter has been worked hard on our farm and it still works great. Zero break downs. Absolute bloody bargain I reckon!! Cheers, Steve
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Norwood Skidwinch ....multi=purpose & looks really good:
SteveA replied to SteveA's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I hadn't thought of the mud & wet causing problems. Thanks I hadn't seen any 2t winches until you mentioned it.... wonder how many £'s this one would cost? https://www.igland-as.com/en/skog/igland-2001-2/ -
Norwood Skidwinch ....multi=purpose & looks really good:
SteveA replied to SteveA's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I think its suited to small woodland owners with a small tractor.... if it had a hydraulic winch with Dyneema rope it would tick more boxes. I'm toying with the idea of buying a 5ft hydraulic transport box (like fleming) and bolting a hydraulic winch to that.... much more use to me than a standard forestry winch. Although whether a transport box would be strong enough to skid big lumps is a bit questionable. The edge of the box could be dug-in to help stop the tractor being pulled towards the tree.... and the hydraulic winch could be operated with a remote. cheers, steve -
Norwood Skidwinch ....multi=purpose & looks really good:
SteveA replied to SteveA's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
They are looking at getting CE approval, but not for quite a while.... so if you need a winch soon best to look elsewhere (they have lots of other things currently going through the CE Approval so the Skid-Winch is not top priority right now). I watched a video showing the strength of their bandsaw milling bed.... stacked up horizontally with a huge heap of heavy logs. Tiny amount of deflection in the bed & it sprung back to square after they were removed. Norwood are obviously designing things well so on that basis i reckon the skid-winch will be very popular.... cheers, steve -
Norwood Skidwinch ....multi=purpose & looks really good:
SteveA replied to SteveA's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Yes I believe that's right. Also important to have the rope feeding onto the capstan fairly square.... so doing a high pull could have issues with the rope slipping off the capstan. It's basically used for extracting trees on the ground. The pdf says not to pull beyond 10 degrees left or right of the capstan. Cheers, Steve -
Norwood Skidwinch ....multi=purpose & looks really good:
SteveA replied to SteveA's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Been in touch with Oli and a chap from Norwood.... unfortunately they cant sell the Skid Winch in the UK yet because its not been CE certified; apparently potential for fingers to be trapped in the wire where the capstan is (but I believe no worse than any other forestry winch!). They sent me a load of info on it and it does look impressive. cheers, Steve -
I don't understand why it's not okay to have a Tidal Lagoon in Swansea but it is fine to dump radioactive mud in the sea that isn't tested properly???!
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Norwood Skidwinch ....multi=purpose & looks really good:
SteveA replied to SteveA's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I haven't seen any ratings for what it can pull - it's £1,150 according to the Norwood UK website. Yeah I'd like to find out alot more about it. I'll jot an email to them... cheers, steve -
Check out this log skidder, winch, chainsaw holder, cant hook holder, mini forklift/ log mover & tow ball receiver by Norwood.... looks like its very capable of pulling hefty lumps. Anyone used one? Cheers, Steve
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The end, or a new beginning?.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-45225406 Ministers bid to cut most polluting wood and coal burned at home The sale of wet wood and coal for use in home burners could be phased out in England under government proposals. Bags of logs sold in DIY stores, garden centres and petrol stations often contain wet wood - which is more polluting - and would be banned. Traditional house coal could be phased out as early as 2019 under Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) proposals.
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Wood pastures and society – changing times and changing desires
SteveA commented on Kveldssanger's blog entry in Arboriculture
Here in Wales, Glastir (EU funded scheme via Welsh Assembly) certainly don't want wood pasture.... they insist on stock exclusion. Be it a yucky galvanised fence or electric fencing. They don't mind farmers catching grey squirrels though.... so it's not all bad; although Pine Martens are probably doing a better job at that! Cheers, steve- 7 comments
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Hi Dave, have you tried Jonathan Latham in Kent? He imports the Antonio Carraro's advertised on eBay.... worth a try. Cheers, Steve
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Glad you got it sorted in the end. You were lucky! A few extra things; I've stopped selling stuff on ebay due to their out of control 'buyer protection' policy (not all sellers are evil!) Worth noting that vehicles bought via on ebay arent covered by PayPal protection Gumtree is owned by ebay Travis Perkins owns Wickes (Wickes is often much cheaper than Travis Perkins TRADE) Buying stuff adds even more clutter Nice sunny day today.... cheers, steve
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That is not a wheelbarrow... Wheelbarrow, noun; a small cart with a single wheel at the front and two supporting legs and two handles at the rear, used typically for carrying loads in building work or gardening.
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Sounds too good to be true doesn't it... well, it is true! People have and still are fitting them in other countries, the UK is somewhat lacking in going with it. The Hookway retort is a glorified rocket heater; kind of similar in the 'rocket' concept but also quite different in design .... what I'm talking about here is a Rocket 'Mass' Heater which will happily melt metal in and around the first area of the burn tube. A 'batch box' rocket mass heater can have a more traditional door (similar in style to a woodburning door/ glass door) where you shove a load of wood in and light that, close the door and let it burn out, or feed more in. The 'mass' is heated up and behaves like a big thermal battery.... slowly releasing the heat. Cheers, steve
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Hey no worries here - it would take alot more than that to offend me. cheers, steve p.s.... I'm not talking bollocks about the 1/8th amount of wood required. They are very different tech to wood burners.
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Interesting, I've not heard of any condensation issues in RMH's to date. Some people used to have issues with smoke backfill until the flue was up to temperature but those problems seem to have been ironed out (apart from where people haven't designed the system properly!). I'm most interested in Peter Van Den Bergs batch box as it can be stuffed full of wood and without any tending, whereas the vertical fed or gravity ones need more care and attention. Cheers, Steve
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Yep, there's that plus the exit (eg, chimney pot) temperature is much lower so far more of the heat is absorbed into the mass (when compared with a typical wood burning stove).
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A bit of forum etiquette would be nice.
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I see that as a question/ answer session.... not an advert for the latest DEFRA stove. If you want basic numbers check out Peter Van den Bergs research here: http://batchrocket.eu/en/workings I dont think there is a single woodburner that can compare with those kinds of efficiencies and cleanliness of burn throughout the whole cycle.... perhaps some masonry stoves can achieve similar though? The biggest battle with this kind of tech is the resistance to adopt, to change. That's human nature though. Worth bearing in mind that this stuff has been happening elsewhere for years and the UK is dragging its heels (as usual). Cheers, Steve
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It's accurate according to whatever method they use to calculate to get to that figure.... but in the real world there is a huge loss of the heat in a woodburning stove that goes up and out the chimney & very little mass to absorb heat from the actual stove itself. Something else to consider is that a rocket mass heater (or masonry heater, etc) could use 1/8th of the amount of wood to heat a given space.... so when applying your typical woodburner efficiency methods to that the maths just doesn't add up; ie, how is it even possible to exceed 100% efficiency?! Basic discussion around that subject here: Cheers, Steve
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Modern woodburners aren't 80% efficient... most of the energy goes up the chimney. They say they are 80% efficient as it sounds better in the adverts & DEFRA jumped on that bandwagon by approving some. cheers, steve
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Just like we were mis-sold diesels as being the 'environmental' choice we'll soon enough be heading to a situation where DEFRA approved stoves are sold as the 'environmental' choice for burning wood efficiently..... all while Rocket Mass Heaters aren't on the approved list. Moronic. cheers, steve
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Good call, so many modern tools verge on single use throwaway items! But I guess in the world of bandsaw machines repairing old cast iron machines could work out a trifle expensive.
