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Martin du Preez

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  1. Martin du Preez
    Bondgrip biomass near dunmow
  2. Martin du Preez
    climbing up a ladder and spear cutting the tops out? that's not going to end well. Get a tree surgeon in you are going to kill yourself. If you still refuse to do that put a tagline in and pull them over. either or best to get someone in who knows what they are doing, it'll save you time and your limbs
  3. Martin du Preez
    Mines a tcm Have the exact same problem, whenever I put pressure on it when chugging down it cuts out
  4. Martin du Preez
    i meant they'll be out to replace the chipper they just lost
  5. Martin du Preez
    Even if they look a bit exotic it doesn’t make it a bad choice in design? If it’s around a lake with a bathing spot etc, probably going to used mainly in summer so the likes of bamboo and laurel could be a welcome exotic addition? We always sneak into the old chalk pit lakes in summer and the main point of them is that they make you feel you are somewhere other than England
  6. Martin du Preez
    Well I guess that means they’ll be back out tonight looking for another set up
  7. Martin du Preez
    that has to be one of the most interesting videos that i have ever watched. the things i would do to own that company!
  8. Martin du Preez
    my youngest most inexperienced groundie gets paid more or less the same as that and i have to tie his shoe laces, get him out of bed and more times than i like buy his lunch ahaha
  9. Martin du Preez
    As title says, looking for an 880 preferably in the essex/suffolk area, TIA
  10. Martin du Preez
    Especially if you are handling decent size cord wood which can go through a 4 way splitter. And with 50 cm logs you would probably do all 15cube in a day
  11. Martin du Preez
    A swinging saw horse and a decent hydraulic splitter would do you for 15 cube a year of you really wanted to make your life easier. I’ve use a cone splitter and they are a pain in the arse/lethal on long lengths of wood. If all the timber is ringed up with two chaps on the splitter, one on the levers and one handling the wood through the wedge I’ve turned out 10 ibc cages in a long day
  12. Martin du Preez
    If everyone thought that way we’d have no trees left and unfortunately it’s starting to become a trend. Is not worth trying to keep and maintain the tree? A good reduction every 4/5 years work out to 150ish a year to keep what looks like a glorious tree, and being in London not many of them left!
  13. Martin du Preez
    I used 4x1 with 2 inch spacings. With the back of the shed backing on to a row of hornbeams and the opening facing the prevailing winds only one side is subjected to driving rain. Not a great deal gets through and if you stack it right up it’s only the end logs which will soon dry out with the rain
  14. Martin du Preez
    I had a lc4 2004. I’ve towed 4/5 tonne behind it on a tri axle trailer and it’s was a beaut. However the rear differential on the lc4 was a joke. About the size of a saucer as I found out drifting it in the snow. Rust has started to creep though underneath and it is one thirsty girl
  15. Martin du Preez
    Any seed pods from acers are poisonous to horses, same goes for acorns and over indulging in sweet chest nuts. The other ones are yew and laurels. Conifers absolutely fine, some just dislike it if it’s really sappy as it can stick to the rugs. Horsey women are well know to me the most difficult breed of cattle so do as they please [emoji23]
  16. Martin du Preez
    I don't mind any takedowns but reducing walnut and chestnuts has the lads stepping on tiptoes around me incase i have a meltdown
  17. Martin du Preez
    Always looks like far more timber when its standing. Tbh if you wanted to log everything over say 4 inch instead of chipping the additional cost wouldn't justify you keeping it. If it fits in the chipper it goes, Rings left. How comes they left the chip on site in bags?
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    Arb Body

    Martin du Preez replied to WesD's topic in Arb-Trucks

    Did you add barn doors?
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    Arb Body

    Martin du Preez replied to WesD's topic in Arb-Trucks

    That looks bloody smart! Have you got any more pictures of the build?? Want to do this myself soon
  20. Martin du Preez
    horse chestnut isn't notable, same as sycamore, they are just good to put in the mix though, plenty of flame. missed out on hornbeam which i think has the highest calorific value as well as Elm which is one of my favourites when bone dry
  21. Martin du Preez
    What can that skid steer lift ?
  22. Martin du Preez
    Oh ahah fancy the odds [emoji23] if you ever fancy parting with that avant let me know
  23. Martin du Preez
    There’s one of those where I store my chipper, bloody big bits of kit up close. What’s it like on the grass?
  24. Martin du Preez
    as above looking for baulk suppliers of kindling essex/suffolk preferred
  25. Martin du Preez
    Hi Steve could you pm me with a cost, got a beech in sible hedigham/ Sudbury direction

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