Billhook
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I was strongly advised by the NFU to put up signs saying "Private Land, No Public Right of Way" and warned that failure to do so may lead to someone bringing a case for a public footpath if they could show that people have had unchallenged access for a period of years. I allow polite people in the village to walk through the woods if they, a, pick up litter, b, have dogs on a lead, c, report back to me any suspicious activity, d, report any interesting wildlife. So far it has worked well and people seem to appreciate the lack of "Git orf my Land" approach. But we do have a low population here, away from major town and mainly elderly retired and more responsible folk.
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Sycamore split logs have green fuzzy mould
Billhook replied to LumberJack1984's topic in General chat
Being in the East Midlands too, I know how very wet it has been these last two years. Very hard to dry anything and the yard here is like the Somme. I had some green mould on some Oak logs I posted some time ago which I thought were Elm and queried whether it was the DED fungus coming out until someone corrected me. -
Sorry that was a bit boring! I was interested to see what the line was going down one side of the tree. I thought that it was rotten on the inside and had split, but it turned out to be sound i was wondering if it had been struck by lightning as the root was blackened where it had broken off
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There is no picture on the forum but when I press the start arrow the video appears with sound. Perhaps I failed to press the right button uploading but I have done it successfully before
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Poor old trees, as if they did not have enough to suffer with dieback, the ground is so sodden now that it does not take much of a breeze to tip them over i was expecting this one to be rotten in the middle but it was fine The frost coming out and the snow melting has left the yard and tracks in the worst condition that I can remember IMG_0805.MOV
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Not round here it hasn't
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Firewood moisture meters, and "wet basis" vs "dry basis"
Billhook replied to carbs for arbs's topic in Firewood forum
We always used to measure grain by grinding it in a coffee grinder then compressing it in a small chamber on top of the actual meter. I think that modern combines can do it fairly accurately without having to do all that but I am not sure of the process -
Just bought what I thought was the usual litre of milk from the CO-OP and was pleasantly surprised to find it was two pints. Or 1.136 litres Pounds shillings and pence next then!
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I think you are right, on second thoughts. being a day after Valentines, they came out smelling of roses!
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Possibly, but on a more serious note, are these NO2 canisters nearly a kind of date rape drug as somebody told me it has the effect of completely knocking out some girls.
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I have a trail cam..........
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Knickers! A hedge full of them! Near a lay-by at the edge of one of our fields. You would have thought that it has been plenty cold enough. There were a number of those little shiny cylinders also on the ground which I am told are NO2 or laughing gas.
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Only just realised how appropriate this video is in the current climate ” Yorkshire Airlines takes off from Leeds International Airstrip, touches down twenty minutes later at Leeds International Airstrip , cos if it’s outside Yorkshire it’s not worth bloody visiting!”
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I know , you’ve probably seen it before but I can watch it again and again
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It seems to easily pull above its weight on some steep grassy slopes with a load and trolley. on the road it should easily cope and as Toad says its registered as agricultural and will not go faster than 25mph.
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I don't know about money's worth, for if you added up all the money I have spent on woodworking equipment on one side and the savings from using gas and oil and sales on the other hand, I think I would still be in negative equity. It is just that I enjoy the work and do it for free as it is out doors and healthy. But if you start to charge my labour £15/hour then it becomes really expensive. On the other hand these labour saving tools might help me to stay healthier longer and prevent bad back ,hips, joints which may take a lot of time and money to sort in the future as well a causing a lot of pain.
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Slight modification today to improve the turning lock by extending the drawbar on the Arb Trolley. The Mule tow all is so close to the axle that the handles on the Trolley foul on the tail door of the Mule even in a moderate turn. This mod also means that I can put longer lengths on the trolley Another problem surfaced going down this steep and bumpy hill. The narrow track of the trolley combined with the weight of the logs stacked high made it unstable and it tipped sideways twice. I intend to solve it by fitting a bar at right angles to the trolley possibly with a couple of small wheels, just like a child’s bicycle stabiliser . Just needs to be easy to fit and remove
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160477 0-727-10 EQUIV 12V 100A 100 AMP HEAVY DUTY SPLIT CHARGE RELAY CAMPER VAN WWW.EBAY.CO.UK ORIGINAL PART OF HC-CARGO 160477 & DURITE 0-727-10. 30 - FUSED FEED FROM BATTERY...
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The Matbro has enough room in the battery compartment for another similar sized one ( 960 If I remember) so I now like the split charge relay idea ( thank you Openspaceman) as I am generally doing a lot of work with the Matbro, carrying logs, pushing brash, supporting hung trees and releasing trapped saws. The Matbro has quite a big alternator as well.
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My poor bloody arthritic wrists cannot manage the pull start
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Great advice again, many thanks Just You
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Good thinking, that is what Arbtalk is all about!
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Well the Kawasaki generator which I thought was 800 watts turned out to be only 550 watts and the charger needed 570 watts so it kept tripping I bought the 1100 watt inverter from Krieger, against good advice, thinking that German may be better than Chinese, (but it is probably made for the Germans in China!) I have a good tractor battery and connected it to the inverter and it worked the Stihl charger and charged the Stihl battery without any apparent problems. I will see how many charges I can have out of one full tractor battery. If it does drain more than I anticipate, I can always jump lead it to a running motor.
