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Eucalyptus Tree dying off after pollarding??
skc101fc replied to Julie123's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Glad you've finally got round to asking the question that perpetually slips my mind too. -
We make it commercially in the distillery whete I work. 1000l per year. Sloes come from Poland, but importantly, are frozen, which ruptures the skins, rather than pricking with forks or pins. Fruit is kept on the gin and sugar for at least 9months, in steel ibcs to exclude light. Light will cause the liquid to go brown rather than its gorgeous purple colour. Half demerara sugar half white , gives a richer flavour. We initially add in 100kg of sugar, then gently stir every 2-4 weeks. After about 5-6 months we start sampling and adding more sugar to get to right balance. Not all sloes have same sugar contents year on year, so not practical to just follow a set recipe.
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ID please, and can I cut this back quite hard?
skc101fc replied to Cordata's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Yep olearia. Cut the f**k out of it and it will come back with even more prolific regrowth. Often used as a windbreak nurse shelter around coastal forest plantations here on SW coast of Ireland -
Afraid to get the seat dirty?
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Yeah , suppose that makes sense. I just have this inherent and always wrong belief that any machine on tracks is constructed with the mechanicals and power of a Cat D7 and expect it to have that ability, and am frequently reminded to reduce my expectations.
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Curious to know why you went for the gooseneck method rather than mounting a ball hich on the end of the loadbed. I'd want to load up the dump unit itself, and the trailer.....but hey I'm just greedy.
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Me too. Not rubbish
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Is that scottish? Found myself reading as a glaswegian would read it
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Makes the heart sing when you get logs like that, that's when you know you're in the right job.🙂
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I visited Cologne (and frankfurt) way back in late 1980s. Noticed most street trees with any sort of defect filled with cement/concrete, and held together with massive galvanised through bolts. If they're still there I'd guess its because they're practically fossilised and no-one would want to put a saw anywhere near the poor things
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Why fill with concrete? - It's not like they were going to float 🤔
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Isn't there just a little bit of you that wants to grab hold of those stringy bits to clear them away......
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Yep, rolled an articulated dumper going downhill then turning across hillside. Steering brings the uphill side wheels closer together and widens the gap on the downhill side. The skipfull of earth moves centre of G. down outside the wheelbase and over she goes. Terrific traction, and good self recovery when stuck, but not without their own particular set of risks.
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Don't know the particular machine, but always used to make my heart sink to see a site with a zero swing turn up for milling work, craning over my lucas mill. I knew it was always going to be a trialing day , that reach and lift were compromised by balance and ability. There's a reason why zero's were manufactured, and why road construction and service industries love them- there's less restrictions to traffic flow when passing a working site, you can keep full lane open passing the excavation rather than narrowing to accommodate the extra length of a full fat machine as it swings. Horses for courses, but if your doing street work zero is the way to go, if not, old school will give way more capacity in all directions.
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In all my years of arbtalk, the codwood/cordwood threads have given me and so many others so much delight and laughs. Don't know how it ever struck such a brill response but hey guys, run with it and don't perch on the fence.
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I have a recollection of it being used for decks of lorries and trailers, as its light, flexible, not brittle, squashes and compresses under point pressure from heavy loads but expands back out when unloaded, and takes preservatives relatively well.
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Whoaaaa ..... how does that work? Incredible. At first I thought either the statement was stupid or I was stupid, then it happened.👍👍
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Stunning, but how did he get it on?
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Woodworking advice needed for fixing wheels
skc101fc replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Woodcraft Forum
Sorry Steve, only looked at first picture and didn't spot the second one of your iron wheels. A wooden beam axle would look really shit with those. -
Woodworking advice needed for fixing wheels
skc101fc replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Woodcraft Forum
Shaved and shaped wooden beam as axle, turned or sanded, round wheel areas ( "journals") then either wooden pins or large lynch pins ( available from farm stores, usually for securing jcb fork attachment bars) to retain wheels in place and allow rotation. -
Yep, me. They always look so tempting, then I lose the appetite to eat them.
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That's where stocks on the village green and public retribution come in. Oh how I want to hear the sound of a three year old, well seasoned coconut bouncing off his slippery vegetable encrusted head.
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We'll still never be able to truly despise him, as the little shit will have his hoody pulled tightly down over his face and be claiming all manner of underage protections, and will only grunt when asked to give his name. Expose, shame and humiliate rather than give them free absolution to carry on being the turds of society
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If you're running TVO, she'll smell lovely too, once warmed up
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Wow ,how does that work then?
