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  1. cornish wood burner
    Love them too if you could just run them down to East Cornwall, might be a tad far though. Good luck with it.
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    I would agree for speed and power. Certainly if you are cutting for a living then speed and longevity are very important. At work we do most of our cutting with a 365 and it gets the job done. However I have a 450e that I cut my firewood with and it is a pleasure to use compared to the 365. I know the 450 is not a pro saw but it starts easier and quicker, its smoother with around 1/2 the vibration, much lighter, nicer to handle. Maybe we have a bad 365 and I am sure that 95% on here will slate the 450 as not being fast enough, but it will run an 18inch bar and as I am cutting in my leisure time rather than work time, I prefer the smaller saw even if it takes me a bit longer. No doubt it won't last as long but pleasure rather than pain is how I would compare the two. This is just my take on cutting firewood as a homeowner, I make my living doing other things.
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    Hope for all us old guys then. Just been watching a pigeon at our bird feeder. It finds it difficult to land and eat on the swinging feeder, so it lands on edge of the bottom plate, scratches some seed off onto the ground then flies down and eats it. Obviously pigeons are not so daft as you might think.
  4. cornish wood burner
    Just use water. A decent pressure washer should clean decking/ patio slabs fine. That's all I use on my slabs, decking and brick paving.
  5. cornish wood burner
    Hi Typhke Sorry missed the clue (380/400)and never read where you were. Long day If not been said already welcome to the forum.
  6. cornish wood burner
    Going to get worse as recycling depots charge for rubble and other things.
  7. cornish wood burner
    I would always recommend a 3 phase cable with flexible braided armour. Big risk of mechanical damage especially over a long length. Remember you have 415 between conductors so increased risk of a short between them. Quite expensive though. Biggest volt drop I have found is the power companies cable. I did a check on a house supply and the voltage fell through the floor when the cooker was turned on. They work on a very wide tolerance so can put in a smaller cable. If you run a motor on an extension lead all these volt drops can add up and kill your motor. Industrial 3 phase is normally a bit better in my experience.
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    Sounds like a good idea, you might even be able to run the pump a little faster as no doubt you have planed to do. My wood shed has electric so I do everything under cover now. I used to split outside with a maul but now I bring the wood to the shed after a suitable dry spell normally mid summer. I split cut some and store the rest in lengths or large pieces , then deal with it inside when I have time.
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    Very good point about the extension lead Fib. If you use a long lead voltage drops at the end of if, the motor then draws more current and increases the chance of failure. Any big motor needs as short and as heavy a lead as possible. I use a 2.5mm lead for my pressure washer, saw and splitter etc. I have plans to wire a socket in the ring main to run the splitter and saw which will be the better solution.
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    Had one for a year and can recommend it. Two speed so if you have something easy to split then the faster ram speed but lower pressure splits it. If it stalls then pull the lever a bit more and force jumps up to 8 ton. With the two wedges it splits which ever end is easiest. Never been beaten so far. Splits oak and birch forks, big chunks of (2 ft) spruce. Limit is what I can lift on to it.
  11. cornish wood burner
    Great on blackthorn. Used one to fell 5 inch trees that you could not get near the trunks. Overhanging branches along the hedges are quick and easy to trim. Very usefull tools.
  12. cornish wood burner
    Hire one with driver. Normally sub £30/ hr. Depends how much you value your time but digger should be 10 times faster and easier.
  13. cornish wood burner
    Dig around them with a 1ft bucket and they will come out easily. Any pro digger driver with a wheeled digger or similar sized tracked machine will have them out in minutes. Few roots left unlike grinding.
  14. cornish wood burner
    If you can get a digger there with a 3 ft bucket it would make the job easy and be more likely to succeed.
  15. cornish wood burner
    If you want stable steps/ladder Hailo are the best but heavy and cumbersome with the bottom hoop.. Lyte are very unstable and flimsy rubbish. Ok for up to 5 step but any higher forget it. Youngman steps are a good compromise, strong and light. Standard ladders Youngman are good. As been said a triple would be easier to carry for the same length but would be heavier length for length. We have all the above and best value IMO are Youngman. There will be other good quality standard ladders but none we have used for any length of time so cannot comment on them.
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    My wifes trick is to say I will just get my husband, put the phone down for a while then say he won't be long, repeat this for as long as they will stay on the line. Some are very patient but eventually twig. Quite funny to hear them get more woundup as time passes. You have a fault with your computer please turn it on is another. I think she kept the last one for 1/2 hour. Any unsolicited calls especially from India get the same treatment if we have time.
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    If I get to 70 and can start my saw I will be happy. Using it will be a bonus. As Stubby says well done and good advice about keeping going. I don't make my living with a saw but I really enjoy using one. Taking down some large leylandii at work at present, loads of obstacles so makes it interesting
  18. cornish wood burner
    A long time ago I made a large ornamental front gate for a customer to their measurement and design. Delivered it but it was a few inches too wide. Normally I would have visited, measured and agreed a design etc but she wanted to save the cost of this. Turned out her tape measure had a bit broken off the end and she added the difference rather than subtracted it. Worse thing was she wasn't going to pay for it because it would not fit. "Not my fault it was the tape measure" Luckily her husband said he would hang it on the front of the pillars rather than between. Lucky escape.
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    Over 60s unfortunately
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    I qualified a couple of years ago.
  21. cornish wood burner
    Sure just pm when you have a date or need phone number.
  22. cornish wood burner
    Have the same problem. I think mine was clay pigeon shooting in my youth. Used to be pretty fair at it and travelled over most of the south. Gave it up soon after I got married as we had too many other things to spend money on. Started again some time later but could never get to a standard I was happy with. Dog and I are out this afternoon to plant a few trees. She is suffering from old age more than I am but likes to have a run around the field. Have to make the most of it while we can. Beautifull day here BTW.
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    Possibly 6
  24. cornish wood burner
    If you don't get any replies on here, your local Euroforest should be able to help you.
  25. cornish wood burner
    I used to be a fan of the old stuff. They did what they were designed to do. Only problem was if you got stuck in the queue behind them. A plus for me was the welding and mechanical repairs almost paid my mortgage. Shame Freelanders weren't around then I would be a millionare by now.

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