spandit
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Everything posted by spandit
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Don't often see hawthorn that big, though. I've hauled some Scots pine up there - might have to replace it every year
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My wife is starting a forest school and she'd like some stumps for children to sit on - what wood would be best (i.e. rot resistant etc.)? If you have any gnarly bits that are no good for firewood, we'd gladly take them off your hands
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I'd love those but too far away for me. Sycamore splits really easily - have you tried just whacking them with a maul?
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You can get free willow & poplar from me...
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Got me down to a tee
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Ah, wasn't actually asking you, I was enquiring about the OP (tonyOK)
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Whereabouts in the country are you? I'd take the logs & brash
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If you want a woodland then plant a damn woodland! It's what I've done and if I need to sell the land as a paddock again then I'm sure I could find someone on here with a chsinsaw. I did mine through the Woodland Trust MOREwoods scheme. I'd suggest that planting a proportion to begin with would be best otherwise you might end up with no space to plant in the future when you learn about new species
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PM sent but no reply. Is this still available?
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Will it survive? (Cobnut tree)
spandit replied to spandit's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
It's certainly quicker than using a bill hook! -
Will it survive? (Cobnut tree)
spandit replied to spandit's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
No problem with keeping things wet at the moment! Let's hope it does make it. Can always buy another one, I suppose, but not really the point -
Was hurrying in with my new DR Brush mower because it started raining. Saw a small patch of grass that I'd missed before and since it was on the way back to shelter, thought I'd just chop it down. Unfortunately, being in top gear, the mower didn't stop in time and I "power coppiced" my only cobnut tree: Do you think it might survive as a coppice stool? Wrong time of year to do it, I know, and it wasn't big to begin with (but had produced a small crop of nuts this year)
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I passed my test in 1997, just after they changed the rules. My wife, who passed a few months before, can drive lorries, tractors, the space shuttle etc. but I'm limited to one of those tiny Erde trailers (assuming my Hilux could cope with the massive weight ) Anyway, I know I need to do the trailer test, and now have the vehicle in which to practice in (I presume I can just add some L plates and have my wife with me). Are reversing cameras allowed and what about low ratio? The trailer we have is a flat bed so I'll either have to fit a superstructure on it or borrow a larger one. Would a horsebox qualify? I did have some info somewhere about what the manoeuvring section entailed but appear to have lost it
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Like any wood it will burn when dry. Grows very quickly too & as mentioned, you don't have to be careful when coppicing it. Personally I like burning it, makes good charcoal too
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Spent a couple of hours playing this afternoon (and it's effing hard work!) Before: After: At least you can see the trees in spirals (they haven't done very well this year, probably because of the bracken). Hauling the mower in between them is back breaking but on the way back to the house I cut a path through some rushes and willow saplings. It didn't falter once but does have a tendency to push stuff over rather than just cut it. When it does cut, it takes out whole clumps of rushes and when I checked the blade afterwards, there wasn't a ding in it, unlike my ride on mower which looks like it's been hand beaten out of bronze...
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Well, it's arrived, it's massive and it goes through long tussocky grass like it isn't there. Haven't tried it on high brambles yet but they're not really the main concern I have anyway. Beast of a machine...
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Yes, pretty much, although haven't used it for carrying anything yet
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Didn't rain on the way home but will let you know...
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Well, picked it up and drove it home 120 miles. Engine sounds like a canal boat and radio reception is AWFUL (although slightly improved when I extended the aerial ). Less wind noise than the Subaru and feels nice and solid on the road
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Update: gave the underside a good wash, sharpened the blade and increased the tension (which is a pain as you need plastic spacers so I had to make them from an old numberplate). The grass is even longer now and although it struggled in places, it only jammed once. Almost regret ordering the DR brush cutter now although in places the grass is 2' high and I have plenty of brambles, rushes, bracken etc. that needs controlling. Most of the lawn is now covered in a thick layer of chopped grass so might look at a mulching blade
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I'd say for arb waste, which is likely to be knotty, go for the higher tonnage. The faster one would be great on straight grained stuff. I look forward to seeing the results
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Same colour as the Jimny! Should have better road manners too
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Here you go. It's a standard Hilux, not very exciting
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120bhp - the 104bhp one I drove just felt a bit sluggish and I didn't like the colour. Might regret not getting the 3.0 litre one but none of them are going to have the acceleration of my Subaru Forester (for sale if anyone wants it!)
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Just ordering a reversing camera for it. It's already got a dent in the bumper... Picking it up on Thursday
