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Billhook

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  1. Top 10 Reasons You Should Use a Bidet - EndAllDisease ENDALLDISEASE.COM If you’ve been wiping your ass with dry paper your entire life so far, then it probably seems normal to you. The reality is toilet... This is a bit toe curling but worth a watch given the current situation
  2. Yes, I understand all of that but I would have thought that gold would be taking off and have sailed past the £2000/ounce mark especially when the Eastern countries are badly affected by all of this.
  3. Cannot understand why gold would go down slightly when the world is facing the biggest financial meltdown in history.
  4. I fitted a Dunsley about ten years ago as a link between the Aarow Stratford boiler stove which is about 90,000 btu and a North Sea Gas boiler about the same btu. There were complicated loops suggested in the Dunsley system with a pump to stop condensation. I put it in but have never used it as the stove runs full tilt most of the Winter You do need thermostat to start the pump if it overheats, but again it is not used in my case as I leave the pump on all the time which does fifteen radiators and two bathroom floors.So my system is very simple. I have two large cylinders, one for wood/gas heat and the other for summer and solar tubes 24 of them. This is slightly more complicated as I have a changeover/mixing electric valve that I can operate in the bathroom should I run out of solar water halfway through my bath or shower! The wood/gas cylinder is heated by convection so the pipes need to be at least an inch and have a clear straight run from the Dunsley to the cylinder above. The system is therefore very simple and the gas automatically cuts in when the fire dies down either at night or if we are away. It senses the heat in the Dunsley as it has its own pump on that circuit which is separate from the main heating pump. It works for me as I have an unlimited supply of wood and my wife is always cold! I think that I must save myself several grands worth of oil or gas with the two systems over the year.
  5. This elm died last year. It is 30 inches in diameter. I have felled no large elms and was a bit apprehensive about tackling this one especially since I only had a 16 inch bar I cut out the gob and plunged from either side and cut back to leave a tab. Nicked the tab and ran to as safer place as I could find behind a large sycamore . the 70 foot tall tree just keeled over gently, exactly where it was supposed to Now to make some floor boards with the Lucas Mill I left the stump high partly because I have a bad back and partly to judge the plunge cuts more accurately
  6. I think it’s more like a monetary suppository to alleviate monetary constipation causing monetary diarrhoea so we all end up in the shite
  7. Our journey was last summer, but you are right, it felt like lock down or even "After the Apocalypse"
  8. Sounds a bit like EU money misspent, just like many places in Europe. My wife and I drove from Lisbon to Porto and there was not a car on the motorway which looked to have been built at vast cost due to a lot of it being elevated above a low plain. Just a small sample of the waste. Subscribe to read | Financial Times WWW.FT.COM News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication
  9. Cannot really understand the full implication of throwing untold billions at the economies of the world. We seem to owe trillions here alone, Italy seems to be in terrible trouble. The EU seems to have lost all control of its border policies and its fiscal policies. I think it will be the final nail in the coffin for the EU, they certainly have no monetary reserves left. Surely printing money must end up with massive inflation and the only reason we have not had inflation since the 2008 financial crisis is that governments and banks have put the lid on it. They never actually solved the basic problem, just pushed it forward. But as you all know, when you seal the lid on a boiling container, at some point it has to explode.
  10. Winching at the bottom of this page A pity I live just too far away to try out the Hyster on the D7. 35 tons of pulling power and 100 yards of 1 1/4" cable I could have charged £950!
  11. No photos I'm afraid but know it is a true story from a few days ago Farmer friend goes away on holiday, leaves son in charge. Game keeper goes off with Landie and becomes stuck in the woods. Farmers son goes off with Teleporter, it also becomes stuck. 150 hp 4WD tractor with chain also becomes stuck. Second Teleporter sent in, you've guessed it Right time for the big boy, big Caterpillar rubber track, yes also stuck. Another friend with a winch tries to pull from the road but no straight pull as trees are in the way........fail Professional firm came with proper equipment, Farmer friend has not confessed the bill yet!
  12. No safety gear either, needs reporting to H & S !
  13. 2008 JCB Fastrac 2170 4WS in THIRSK | Auto Trader Farm FARM.AUTOTRADER.CO.UK Search for used JCB Tractors with Auto Trader 28K not bad for Cummins 170hp , 65kph, AWD. AWS. Air brakes and full suspension 2 speed pto
  14. Are you sure that you have not been cleaning the glass with those poor muts. They look very blackened and tired!
  15. I think that it is all right to reduce it as long as you ask it politely first (advice from Lincolnshire!)
  16. Thanks for that I remember now that when the mechanic caused the first explosion in the workshop a bit of battery casing flew up and smashed the strip light, so there is a lot of force especially if it hits you on your face. When this last one went of a bit of plastic hit me on jacket sleeve, which luckily is pretty heavy material, but I still felt it perhaps with the force of someone throwing a stone at me. Again we laugh about these things but it could have been my eyes. Any more confessions out there??
  17. Thinking more on the subject, I am now convinced that it makes little difference having a well ventilated room for the battery charging For it to explode as it did the exact explosive mixture must have been created inside the cell of the battery where there is no ventilation unless you remove the caps which does not seem possible on many modern batteries But there again maybe they are sealed for protection against explosion Anyway what ever my theory, do not create a spark near a charging or newly charged battery until it has settled down
  18. It was actually an old pair of pliers, slightly seized so they stuck open at the right distance with insulated handles I think that the Hindenberg Airship only burned with no explosion in spite of the huge amount of hydrogen released
  19. I think that now it seems so easy and successful as well as fun, and the axe seems to have survived the trauma and has not been wrenched out of the concrete; when (if) it dries up I shall lay down a couple of rails for the trunks to slide on and hold them in the correct position for the static axe and I may make a carriage to rest the D7 blade on at the correct height to push the log through Here are a couple of photos for Difflock, still in mild steel I am afraid but it seems to have coped with the forces this time
  20. I vaguely remember that the ratio of hydrogen to oxygen had to be exactly right to result in an explosion. We used to burn hydrogen in the lab with no explosion
  21. A pearl of wisdom from an oldie is that there are many occasions when you should be wise and you are not because you think you know everything Years ago in the farm workshop we had a tractor battery on charge all night The next day the mechanic was grinding some metal, luckily for him at the far end of the workshop, when a spark caused an almighty explosion which ripped the battery apart and sent bits of battery and acid flying all over the place Again to show how old I am when I was at school we never wore protection in the chemistry lab even when dealing with concentrated acids which were all lined up in front of our work surface in glass jars The teacher decided to show us the explosive combination of oxygen and hydrogen when mixed in the correct proportions He bubbled the mix through some fairy liquid and a large bubble was floating in the air which he unwisely lit The following explosion was enough to shatter some beakers and move the acid bottles though thankfully did not break them, So yesterday having forgotten all my hard earned knowledge I tried to start the Stiga mower having left the battery on charge all night but the solenoid would not work Being impatient I bridged the terminals with a spanner which of course caused a spark The result was a huge explosion that even made my wife come running out of the house from the far end Bits of battery plastic hit me and a fine spray of acid . Luckily I was wearing a thick jacket and gloves, but the acid changed the colour of the gloves from yellow to red i think that is what might have happened to the skin on my face but again I was lucky to be near the Belfast sink which I had only installed a few days ago and which had a spray nozzle. I was surprised as the mower was out in the open and not enclosed in a shed but I know differently now! Hope this confession may help some of you from making the same mistake
  22. I also meant to say that the six ton Matbro had a go at this log, me thinking that Ash would be easy for it. After several failed attempts, both with four wheel drive and then just using the teleram against the brakes I decided to charge it to create an initial shock to open the split. The only initial shock was when my nose came into contact with the windscreen after a very sudden stop and the log just sat there laughing! Just shows the power and traction of the D7, completely effortless.
  23. Just saw this which is more akin to a child's toy, if it was not so dangerous. I mean look at the speed it cuts that bit of timber at the end!

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