cornish wood burner
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Beat me to it. We have artics running/ turning on ours
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Kiln dried Firewood - The future ?
cornish wood burner replied to arboriculturist's topic in Firewood forum
Depends where you are surely. I dry 3000 tonnes/ year to 25% as biomass boiler fuel. 1000 cube to 20% would just need more drying time and space / stack. -
You think it will dry OK in a 2x2x2m ?
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South west crane hire have always done me well. Different sort of lifting to yours but they have always been helpfull. Tell them weight and distance and you should get a price although they have normally had a look for the big lifts.
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Just been reading about the customer taking responsibility for seasoning his own wood. One thing not been mentioned is how they are going to achieve this. Even if they had some space it might still not be a suitable spot with suitable airflow. 8 cube stacked for drying would not be practical for the average house.
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Very true but as I have now paid off my morgage etc, I am quite happy for them to work with my money, but I expect something in return. We have found Loyds better than Barclay's or Sandander. They did make a mistake setting up a dd once and put £100 in our account as compensation. All branches obviously vary but we have found our local Loyds very good.
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Kiln dried Firewood - The future ?
cornish wood burner replied to arboriculturist's topic in Firewood forum
Lots of things wrong with the system IMO. Getting paid for using wood to dry more wood rather than sun and wind is only one. We get an OTT amount for roof mounted PV and biomass RHI, neighbouring prime agricultural farmland full of PV has to be the worst though. Bottom line is that if OTT or inappropiate payments are offered then its obviously good business sense to take them. I'm all in favour of renewables but I believe some payments have been pitched too high and some for the wrong things. -
Santander have a good system. Move some money electronically it disappears from your account but doesn't reappear where it should. Presumably they work with it until they see fit to pass it on.
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What do think of the BUDGET THEN THANKS
cornish wood burner replied to mendiplogs's topic in The Lounge
"Too lazy to work" have not had it too bad if what my wife sees is representative. She does social research for a living. Families get a letter asking if they would do an interview, often enclosed is a £10 or £20 voucher which never seems to arrive so they get another. Often income is £400/ week. Record was around £500. All seem to have all the designer kit, big TVs etc. Very few say they are looking for work which I can understand. Not seen the budget yet but its certainly about time the system was shaken up. -
Same here about 6 years ago. MC6012 probably different now though. As with all if you are a serious user calibrate it with microwave and scales. Kitchen scales that weigh to a gram are cheap as chips now.
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As we all know its the moisture laden winter air doing the damage. I try to minimise this by stacking in my shed at the end of the summer. It has poor airflow but if the wood is stacked dry then it stays dry.
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ericw You have missed the third and probably the most important variable. Air movement. Without it the moisture laden air stays adjacent to the wood. A large stack of wood facing the wind will dry quicker and down to a lower MC in a given time, than the sheltered stack downwind. I have found typically 5% difference with a reasonable gap. However some years ago a couple of lorry drivers stacked some of our wood with the rows touching. We found this wood started to go over( rot)after a couple of years presumably because of lack of air movement . It was restacked with a 1.5 M gap and dried better but the damage was done.
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Yes that the place. I would call first though to make sure Joe or Les are going to be there. Have a look online at their catalogue 01404 823975.
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We use Smith and Jones at Pottery St Mary for our irrigation supplies. Joe will be able to fix you up with some PVC glued connectors 25,32,50, 63 or 75 mm. Link top to bottomwith 90 deg bends and you are done. Postage might be high as pipe comes in 5 M lengths. You could save a bit if its cut to length first perhaps. Depends where you are but any horticultural irrigation supplier would have the bits. I have put in an underground tank which comes with a filter on the inlet to stop leaves etc, and manhole but more money. You will get trouble with algae as already said.
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I seem to remember some shuttle gearboxes used a red oil (ATF by other name )around the 80s Never did a MF30 E so your mate might have the best info.
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Heard of two layers laid from day one, when there is no soil. Used sometimes as a quick fix for new estate houses with a garden of rubble. Never seen the results but presumably it works although it might dry out a bit quicker than normal.
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Lots of water. Perhaps a light sprinkle would make the roots come up but never heard or had that. I used to maintain gear for a couple of turf suppliers/ layers and occasionally give them a hand. Last thing they would say to their customer was "water it well". Not enough water and letting it dry out will cause shrinkage as I am sure you know.
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Have a look in forestry and woodland management/ bracken in woodlands I had the same problem + brambles you wouldnt believe how thick and tall a few years ago. After regular cutting 99.99% gone. Very occasional weak shoot of bramble but you need to really look for quite a while to find one. Assuming you can cut it of course.
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Just clicked on the link from sand spider and that titan is much faster than my b&d. 13.5 against 8
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One important thing to check is chain speed. Most are very slow but some are around double the slowest. I bought a s/h black and decker for very little but its very slow. Worth having but I'm glad I didnt buy it new and only use it very occasionally.
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My portek head clamps via the threaded skid plate with the line running through to cut both sides, slightly smaller diameter and no lead in like the jet fit, so in the limit snaps close in. Keep it whistling and it seems ok. Jet fit is certainly better shaped but we have had one ratchet fail. Not a problem as we just use the other pair. Different heads have different problems but both are streets ahead of a normal manual or bump head IMO.
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Totally agree Stubby but if site rules say no blades then he has to make do with lines. I am in the same boat because of stones on my patch. I use mainly 4 mm diamond edge cutting woody weeds, saplings etc but one thing that seems to happen is that if I let the revs drop then that's when its likely to break. As a fellow diamond edge fan have you noticed the same?
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In the film when Jaws was first sighted it was said we need a bigger boat . Looking at what you have to do you need a bigger strimmer. Good luck.
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Anyone who had used diamond edge knows its the best. Nylium is reasonable but not as good IME. Regarding power I use 4 mm diamond edge cut to about 20 inches in my 52cc Chinese strimmer. Drives it no problem. Portek head using precut lengths. My guard is still in place but will accommodate 10 inch radius. I also have a 40 cc Stihl and use 3 mm diamond edge or nylium for light cutting to use it up.
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned fingernails. If you have reasonably long fingernails and one of your fingers line up with your thumb then pinch the ticks head between your nails and pull gently. We used to remove ticks at the farm that way. I have some long nose tweezers now, but if you are stuck fingernails are worth a go.
