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  1. spandit
    I was going to video it but 6 hours of me shouting "c**t!" would be wearing There wasn't an intermediate threaded hole. The instructions say to hit with a hammer. Getting the outer bit out was easy. The length is a bit short but it's so much quicker and easier than chainsawing them - even stacked up in a log cradle - lots of sawdust and you have to pick the sticks up. I put some pallet bits through yesterday, straight into a wheelbarrow. Filled it in under a minute.
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    If I needed stuff chipped, I'd get a chipper. This does a decent job at reducing the brash which I expect the Bilke might too but its not designed for it
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    Blades seemed to be slightly misaligned so decided to adjust them. Absolute bastard of a job - to remove the inner clutch taper you need to hit bolts with a hammer but there isn't enough space to properly swing one due to the frame being in the way. Getting the PTO shaft back on again was a nightmare too - resorted to a die grinder and Dremel to take the burrs off but not until I'd almost broken a finger getting it off. Managed to rig up a strap and run the winch underneath the tractor to pull it off, which helped. Anyway, seemed to make very little difference but it still cuts logs fine. As I said in my video, it isn't a chipper.
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    I had wondered that too. Maybe I've pushed them out a bit by overloading it? Edit: looking at other videos, green stuff doesn't always get chopped through. The blade spindles are held in place with expanding clutches which look simple enough to adjust although it means taking the whole thing apart. I'll see how it gets on with the logs I have piled up ready for it
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    Not an awful idea. Sadly I was so late in replying she doesn't need them any more
  7. spandit
    Here's how it handles various types of brash. Makes a neat pile with gorse too. Happy with my purchase
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    Had a large birch tree that was leaning up against a chestnut and it was in danger of falling onto next door's property. Wouldn't damage much but the fence unless they were underneath it. Too big a tree for me to tackle with a saw so just pulled it over
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    Someone on my local Facebook site was after some silver birch poles. She didn't want many and they're not too large so sure I have something suitable I could chop down in my woodland but how much to charge for green poles? Obviously there's a fuel cost for the chainsaw and some manual handling for the snedding etc. but I'm not (yet) a business so don't have other overheads. She wanted about 6 3"x5' poles
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    Good in compost mixed with grass clippings
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    Here it is: 20241109_221804.mp4
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    You'd have to join to find out
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    I may do in future. Branch logger currently just a personal purchase. I'm allowed to sell 2m3 but I'm assuming the exempt stuff doesn't count towards that
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    Thanks! Bonfire society thing...
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    You're allowed to fell 5m3 a quarter - this is nowhere near that amount (and a lot of it is under 8cm diameter so exempt anyway)
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    Felled a few decent sized alder (big for me) as well as some willow, birch and oak. It's soaking in that part (and some of the stuff was cut on the smaller of my two private islands 🙂). This alder was planted 11 years ago The branch logger does choke up on the brash but it does the job. Got 6 nets out of the smaller stuff - would be really useful to be able to swing the bag chute out of the way as I think it would help with jamming. The arisings help grip in the mud anyway
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    So it will die anyway? Loads have been attacked in a similar fashion
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    Bark almost completely stripped yet there are new buds ready for the spring on all the twigs, which are still green when I snap them. I thought ring barking a tree was enough to kill it (although how cork oaks survive I don't know either)?
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    This year's is impressive too but I won't spoil the surprise
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    My bonfire site is covered in thick vegetation. I get the impression your opinion will not be swayed and I suspect we're veering away from my branch logger review a touch
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    Methane is an even worse greenhouse gas! Biochar has been found in archaeological records - it doesn't break down that fast
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    I think the attraction of biochar is that it doesn't break down as quickly as wood so keeps the carbon captured
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    They soak it in compost tea. Check out the prices in a garden centre - not the worst product to sell, especially if it's just the bits you sieve out of bigger charcoal
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    People are interested in improving awful soil and it's one way of improving it. It's supposed to be charged with micronutrients before putting in the soil. Not a bad use of otherwise waste stuff
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    I think one of the ideas of biochar is that it captures carbon long term whereas woodchip breaks down and releases it again fairly quickly.

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