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  1. cornish wood burner
    To answer you original question. No it shouldn't look like that. It should be sparkling clean before you take it apart. Much easier to clean when it's in one piece and you reduce the danger of getting bits where they shouldn't be.
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    That's it. Losing a little bit on the wood you get for your money but you are not paying the haulier for carrying water around. Other benefits I can see is you are virtually there as regards MC so almost no time in your kiln or air drying before selling. Money tied up for a shorter time has to be a good thing.
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    The trick is to keep them moist without applying so much water that you wash them away. I work for a large commercial nursery and the P&D guy uses them. He says they work well and gave me the above advice.
  4. cornish wood burner
    That certainly works or you can treat with nematodes.
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    We used to buy at the rate of 1.1 cubic metre = 1tonne So assuming you mean same price per CM or tonne you are losing volume but gaining transport cost. Assuming you pay about the same as us you will lose £19 per load. Or at least I think that what it was when I worked it out earlier in the day. You will not need to dry so long of course.
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    Thanks for the suggestions. I must have a look at it before we need it again.
  7. cornish wood burner
    Our 365 has had similar symptoms from new. Poor starting after being left for a while and also a bit hard to pull. I have now discovered fuel is leaking into the chamber.
  8. cornish wood burner
    It looks like my Toro 53cm has a two blades. Presumably the small winged one keeps the grass airborne to mulch. I think it might be an advantage to remove this blade if collecting. Rubbish collector with the two blades on but I always mulch now so never tried with one blade.
  9. cornish wood burner
    Behind a large hex nut?
  10. cornish wood burner
    We have threaded posts on our golf buggy batteries. My guess it's a deep cycle or traction battery take your pick. They are designed to stand being discharged to a high percentage of their capacity without damage. Consult your local battery specialist for one that will give you enough power. Ours give a trade in price on your old one so take your old one along as a pattern.
  11. cornish wood burner
    I'm sure the Colchester council tax payers are relieved you are not spending more of their valuable money / resources. My thoughts would be "its done live with it."
  12. cornish wood burner
    Good to know Thanks
  13. cornish wood burner
    Main reason I can suggest for specifying a 3 phase supply, is your supply company will maintain your supply, rather than you having to replace your conversion box when it fails. Depends how much 3 phase you are planning to use and the installation cost.
  14. cornish wood burner
    You cannot run big motors off a 13 A plug. There are 16 and 32 A ones available if you go that route. 5 hp motor would need a 32 A circuit and plug and socket, or wire in direct and create a 3 phase circuit with multiple outlets if required.
  15. cornish wood burner
    Thanks to all that replied. I think I will go with the winchmax as suggested by monkeybusiness. Just seen a 3000 lb version on Amazon for £99.95 so suprisingly within budget.
  16. cornish wood burner
    Cheers Tow ball mount is my other option. My ride on mower is going to carry the battery and winch and use a tree as an anchor. So probably the neatest plan would be to mount a small winch to the front of its chassis, reverse up to the anchor tree and hook up both ends.
  17. cornish wood burner
    Just had a quick look and seen one 3000 lb with remotes @ £136 which would fit the bill Thanks
  18. cornish wood burner
    Thanks Billhook It's only for small back leaning trees. Most of my hardwood comes off an overgrown hedge which I coppice. Most are in the 4 to 8 inch diameter range with one or two up to 12 inch. Must come my way as the neighbour has a fence along the edge of his field. A remote would give me the option of a second line as a guide if necessary. I would be surprised if I ever needed more than 1/2 tonne pull but I would like to have some safety margin hence 1 to 1.5 tonne.
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    Anyone any experience with the cheaper 12 volt winches. Ideally 1 to 1.5 tonne pull with a remote control but remotes are available separately so not a deal breaker. It's only for my own firewood and there are several I've seen on Amazon from £60 to £120. I do appreciate a winch for that money will not be a quality product but not sure I could justify spending much more than that sort of money. It's basically a toy to make the job easier than the manual methods I use now.
  20. cornish wood burner
    It might pay you to think about ditching the steel buckles and bundling smaller to suit the chipper if possible. They will find cutting bundles and pulling the straps out hard and dangerous work. They will also be left with a mess to clear up. The cut bundles will degenerate into a tangle of pieces pointing in every direction making it hard to feed the chipper. It will be very time consuming for them and I suspect they may then go down the round wood route. We never cut bundles and never buy any with steel buckles, for the above reasons. Given a choice of going back to cutting bundles or chipping all round wood it would have to be the round wood. As you say a little bit more ash but nothing to worry about imo.
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    Get some samples and agree a design, edges and colours with your customer. The first few lines that form the borders inside the edgers make a big difference to the look of the job, so best to leave some bricks with your customer for them to try and make sure they are happy with the design and colours.
  22. cornish wood burner
    You can get motors that run at 500 rpm. Not sure if spline drive is an option for them but if it was then it would make it a simple job. Worth enquiring I would have thought.
  23. cornish wood burner
    We burn a bit more than 1000 tonnes of slab wood per annum. We buy in by the tonne, it's cheaper than round but costs more to chip. It depends how fussy the boiler is, but ours goes straight in. I find it dries much quicker than round wood so as a result it's normally up to 10 % drier. If you bundle well with plastic welded straps ( no steel buckles)it should be able to be chipped in the bundle, assuming the chipper is big enough of course. Better you bundle the less mess you will have. Bark has slightly less heat/kg but the lower mc more than outweighs this.
  24. cornish wood burner
    I use a s/h ride on mower to mow similar. Easier and quicker than a walk behind.
  25. cornish wood burner
    There doesn't look to be as much metal around the pin hole as I would have expected. Presumably the hole is the original size? It wouldn't have been enlarged to take up wear in either the bracket or ram. Is the pin a good fit in what remains? If the answers are yes no yes then I would be talking to the manufacturer. Just had another look and the hole looks uneven/ worn, pictures can be deceptive though

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