spandit
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I use a tow hitch adaptor on the front pintle of my tractor to run an electric winch. With a cheap wireless remote it's fantastic and I can fit muck forks to the loader to anchor into the ground if desired
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They're pretty simple machines. Mine jammed up the other day when a fork went through it but the overrun clutch on the PTO shaft saved the day. The product is fiddly to burn but you can really fill a stove up and it goes for a long time. It gets choked up on brash but it's a decent way of reducing bulk if you don't have a chipper
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Do they take from cuttings? Tempted to coppice it this year as it's been a mast year so unlikely to crop heavily next year
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The point of the branch logger is that it processes stuff too small to split. That said, a lot of it splits naturally when going through. Soon be stove weather so will be burning a lot of it
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Don't the biomass companies have their own chippers?
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It is very slow and makes it difficult to mow around.
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If sold cheap then maybe it'll garner some interest
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Did you read my post? I've tried layering but it's not working
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Doesn't bark sometimes serve to protect a tree from forest fires and therefore doesn't burn well?
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I have a tractor with a FEL but it's not a big potato area here so doubt 2nd hand crates are particularly common. I'm currently just storing them in hessian sacks but letting the sticks season before processing (and I know this is harder on the blades)
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I wanted to propagate a Kentish cobnut by layering but haven't had much success. Was under it today, seeing if there were any nuts that the bloody squirrels had missed, and saw 2 suckers - can I just dig these up and replant them? They're blatantly not growing from the same stool (suppose they could have grown from seed)
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Bloody 'ell! 5l engine in that? Impressive
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What the most unusual thing you have found in a tree
spandit replied to Henry218's topic in Climbers talk
My mate found a brick in the first log he started to cross cut with his brand new chain -
I sometimes extinguish a BBQ and then save the charcoal for future BBQs. Easy to sieve off once dry or winnow it in a stiff breeze
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These were chonked in February
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Been burning some of these recently. You can pack a lot into a stove and they give out immense heat. Makes a superb bed for bigger logs if you have them. Tipping the net out onto the hearth is easier than trying to pull the bits out individually. I then just sweep the debris onto the fire shovel and chuck it in. Have tried ones stored in nets and in hessian coffee sacks. They have all dried
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An ideal solution would be a 4 way splitter that can push those lengths through which can then be fed through the branch logger. Surprised such a thing doesn't exist but it seems people want firewood with nice flat ends?
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The pile is currently at least 3 times that size now. I think I will cut some of it by hand and use the hydraulic splitter on the tractor when I get bored with the maul.
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Actually, that pile is to cut to 70cm lengths for torch handles. The branch logger pile was way bigger.
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I'll look that up, thanks. It was just an idea as despite being pretty easy to split stuff, there's quite a lot of it (at least double that pile)
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I have a load of quite straight trunks from my woodland thinning. All about 4 feet long by 6-10" diameter. Whilst I could just saw and split it myself over a few days, just wondering what the feasibility of hiring in someone with a processor would be? Shouldn't take too long
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Lovely firewood. With enough airflow it should be good for the coming winter
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Unlike most of us who have a face for it
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Heavy Duty Woodland flail mower?
spandit replied to tektoms's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I have a Scrubmaster too - never worry about sharpening chains! -
I find it dries pretty quick - I think the tubes that make up the structure are larger diameter than some other woods and so let the water out quicker. Anyway, I have so much of it, it's one of my favourite woods to burn as it is pretty renewable
