Silverhooker
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Lashing all day I’ve been out unblocking drains !
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I use a mixture of Scots pine and sycamore, always find that mixing the species is best as on e will flare up and the other a more moderate burn which gets the big bits going. Never used leylandii as kindling just as logs but they burn lovely so imagine it makes good kindling.
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At a party a few years ago my dad ate half a bowl of popuri, you know the scented stuff in bowls, said it was the worst nibbles he had ever had !
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Fastest drying & best burning Softwoods 1-5
Silverhooker replied to arboriculturist's topic in Firewood forum
I burn loads of larch and agree it drys fast, like stubby said Leylandii is a top burner. -
I had one, it was great, really saved my back and stopped chain going in the dirt. Sadly it got nicked when my quad got stolen !
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Changed the old defender for a 9 year old Mitsubishi pick up this year, my tinnitus has gone and the trapped nerve in the right side of my neck has gone too ! Still, I do miss the landy camaraderie and next doors grand daughter misses climbing up on to the roof rack, they'er city folk relocated to the country and she thought that the back ladder and roof rack was a mobile climbing frame !
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In Cumbria your mate is referred to as “Marra” as in all right Marra !
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Sounds like someone has “borrowed” it and may not have told you and bent the bar. A bent bar will throw chains off, it’s happened to me more than once.
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I burn anything so long as it’s dry, mostly larch and Scots pine. Best to use a mix of hard and soft wood. Free is always best !
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Nice to hear that you got it going , I've a soft spot for little mittox saws.
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Can this tree be saved after severe intentional damage?
Silverhooker replied to Amy Foot's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
I agree with that I would get it felled and re-plant a more suitable species. -
BREXIT now there is a word I haven't heard for ages.... what did it mean again ??
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Nice one
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The tinnitus after a 20 minute drive was also an added bonus.
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That picture is a massive kick in the balls to all of the frontline staff who have worked their arses off in hospitals etc keeping everyone safe, fed, and looked after. when the second spike comes I hope all this lot are ashamed.
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Oops my bad, still looks a bit dodgy tho !
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That looks like a disaster waiting to happen, I was always a bit sceptical about a 4 stroke super saw and do think that all the clever electronics it must have will be its weakness, but that amount of stuff in a filter in 1 cut doesn't bode well.
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Will ask my mate, who has a repair business to keep an eye out for anyone trying to flog kit like that. Appleby fair was supposed to be 3 weeks ago so loads of dodgy gear being offered round Cumbria.
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Usually if it looks too good to be true then it is. I don't trust ebay at all now so much crap on it .
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Cost of living there is astronomical so you need the big tax free wage to maintain a basic standard of living. A colleague of mine went there a few years ago and was earning mega bucks, but his wife couldn’t work and they came back after 5 years and managed to find a good accountant who got there savings back minimally taxed. They were mortgage free but didn’t rate it as life experience!!
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My local butcher installed a hot counter just before lock down, his wife is doing sausage rolls and pies by the dozen. He tells me it’s the most profitable Part of the business now, But he’s shitting it about Greggs reopening!
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Those little rollers are very good for keeping your angles, the depth gauge is a bit fiddly tho, I use the Oregon depth gauge for my rakers, it’s sits nice and steady.
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Big plastic wheel barrow, I’ve moved mountains with it ! Also good yard brush and shovel for tidying up.
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Maybe, it was from recollection a Stihl rescue saw. Had a funny guard thing on it too. Was a new bit of kit that the local firefighters had.
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Carbide chains, as said, are for cutting up buildings not timber, I had a go with one years ago and it was very poor in timber but torn thru a concrete lintel like butter, dirty wood needs cheap semi-chisel that you are prepared, and able, to sharpen quickly and can be chucked when they get really knackered. Like others have said i keep a sacraficial cheap rotatech chain for such situations as I don't mind puttting them in the recycling bin.
