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  1. SteveA
    Yep, here's as far as I got.... "We can also offer a smaller vertical machine that will produce 25-30kg per day. It is made of stainless steel and the current retail price is £2500 plus VAT. This retort may be more in keeping with your requirements. Demonstrations for this machine can only be carried out at Exeter." That sounds great & should be more suited to the scale of our farm... I had considered using standard oil drums but from what I understand they only last for about 10 burns. How many burns might we expect to get from your vertical stainless steel machine? cheers, steve "Ah, yes. Oil drums are meant for carrying oil, so are very thin low quality steel. Hard to say how many burns because none have yet reached a stage where they are yet showing any serious signs of wear. Hundreds of cycles, certainly."
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    I doubt it. It's a beast of a machine! cheers, steve
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    Exeter make a smaller upright retort but it's still a few grand. Some people use oil drums but they burn out pretty quick.... within about 10 burns I think. cheers, Steve
  4. SteveA
    Yeah, Kevin's link made me wonder the same thing. I've gone off the idea of the decimator pretty rapidly. cheers, steve
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    Not heard that before but thanks for the mention & link Kevin. Our Florabest came with two metal brush blades so pretty sure it'll be fine with the two blade Oregon mulcher (fairly similar in design aspects). Fitting metal chains on a strimmer head seems totally nuts considering they only have a flexible plastic guard for protection! cheers, steve
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    Haha! Looks good and exactly the kind of thing I'm thinking of getting. cheers, steve
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    Our Florabest is still running and cutting great. I've ordered an Oregon two tooth brushcutter blade for it today, for mulching a big wodge of bramble.... looking forwards to seeing how it copes with that. Also thinking of getting a fixed line head for grass strimming duties but I'm not sure what to get.... can anyone help me decide? At the moment we've got a standard two line bump feed fitted. cheers, steve
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    yep that's a pretty low mileage for that age. Maybe they drove in reverse a lot? cheers, steve
  9. SteveA
    ....that looks amaaaaazing, I particularly like how you've burnt the wood around the exit wound to represent blood. Do you have a photo from the front of the guy who's been sworded? cheers, steve
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    Humpty Stumpty.
  11. SteveA
    Positive git cheers, Steve
  12. SteveA
    What's in bird poo?.... the remains of squished up insects and stuff innit. cheers, steve
  13. SteveA
    That sucks. Have you informed the police?... not that they tend to do a lot about it though. cheers, steve
  14. SteveA
    Chances are that he doesn't have a groundie helmet, suitable footwear or education. I've tackled similar a few times with: "it's very kind of you to offer to help but we're not covered on our insurance, especially without a helmet. But it's very kind of you". Cheers, steve p.s.... but I only do groundie stuff as part of a team.
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    Positively thinking about eating cake and not nomming a shitsandwich. cheers, steve
  16. SteveA
    Achieve every goal by only rewarding yourself with cake upon completion. More goals; more cake. Cake is where it's at. cheers, steve
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    He pours a bit out onto a metal workbench, adds a dusting of sand, beats it for half an hour with a peening hammer, sieves it through some old stockings and then does a final taste test. Quite simple really! cheers, steve
  18. SteveA
    Maybe Pick Your Own Family Apple & Fruit Farm Chelmsford | Lathcoats Farm could help?... or maybe Kew could put you in touch with someone? cheers, Steve
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    Yeah there are still some very excellent business's with quality customer service out there. Here's a couple more I rate very highly... a) Chainsawbars ? chainsaw chains, chainsaw bars and chainsaw accessories b) http://firsttunnels.co.uk cheers, steve
  20. SteveA
    Looks ace & goes well with the exposed stone. Suns out too so that's a bonus! Are those peg joints?.... be nice to see a few photos of those too if you have any.... cheers, steve
  21. SteveA
    Nice building. I've seen others in a similar design so can't see any problems with that. Architects tend to draw on other buildings for inspiration and from what you've said you are doing the same. Cheers, steve
  22. SteveA
    That's great news. Good to hear. Have you got a dedicated UK Dolmar website? cheers, Steve
  23. SteveA
    Yeah, high quality stuff in that Endgrain link. Funny because I've had a cuppa tea in the cafe at the National Botanical Gardens in Wales and remember the floor.... I thought it was high quality laminate or some type of engineered flooring. Didn't realise they were endgrain wooden blocks! I remember it well because there were birds flying inside and I thought it wouldn't be so nice to have them crapping on people's sandwiches, cake. Thanks for the Wadkin factory link. cheers, steve
  24. SteveA
    What a great story/ bit of history. Thanks for sharing. cheers, Steve
  25. SteveA
    If the Dolmar was easier to order around the time I bought my 550xpg - pretty sure I would have bought one of those instead. If my memory serves right I think there's a heated handle version too? Also, would there be a full UK warranty now?.... because I think that was part of the reason I didn't get one. cheers, steve

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