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Dan Maynard

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  1. Dan Maynard
    How many logs have you got in the firebox? A single log sitting on small amount of coals is hard to burn, two logs have a gap where the heat builds up so will burn nicely on much lower air flow. I just wonder if you need more pieces of smaller wood to burn with the vent at mid position. Our Hunter is a little bit the same, we never close the airwash below half as it loses draw. Spends all the time at about 3/4 and then regulate also with the fuelling.
  2. Dan Maynard
    Sounds like good marketing, I sense a business opportunity go selling 1000bhp cars. Rebranded Skoda's, like.
  3. Dan Maynard
    In the council's around me, once notification is on the planning public access system then the significant dates are set and displayed. This tends to be 6 weeks from date validated but I wouldn't argue the day or two that takes.
  4. Dan Maynard
    This has been a stupidly hot summer too, even better drying conditions.
  5. Dan Maynard
    Well we had -6 here, Timberwolf throttle cable frozen. Customer managed to come up with kettle full of hot water to free it off, so we were able to confirm that a broken kettle was not the reason for no cups of tea. Luckily not a long job there.
  6. Dan Maynard
    I haven't had to claim on public liability but no complaints with Trust paying out on stolen gear, have claimed twice. I guess the circumstances are very clear cut on theft if you have a crime number and kit is not there any more. Few photos of broken locks etc as it has to be in a locked building or compound.
  7. Dan Maynard
    That's that investigated then. I've got a landy too, would be great if there is a good answer apart from work indoors - which by coincidence is what I've mostly done this week.
  8. Dan Maynard
    Second that, talk to Trust. 2 days a week of my own stuff is basically what I'm insuring for and arborisk couldn't come close to the premium.
  9. Dan Maynard
    Time flies - was it really a couple of years ago? Or maybe 5, or 10? Sounds like they should get them back anyway.
  10. Dan Maynard
    A quietly radical thread cutting against conventional wisdom? Maybe have to buy some long ones to try now. I've only ever climbed on short spikes, conifers and yew have not been a problem but thick loose ivy can definitely be a bit of an act of faith to stamp up - just keep walking and push up again when they pop out, which they inevitably will.
  11. Dan Maynard
    I wash my Showa 310's, chuck in with coloured. Helps when they get smelly after wet work days.
  12. Dan Maynard
    You must take him to the dog groomer for a perm! Or maybe not.
  13. Dan Maynard
    You'd have to have a short memory to say this has been a cold winter though, I was working outside in a t-shirt in November.
  14. Dan Maynard
    I stand to be corrected but I think breeks are trousers north of the border, long way from Sussex.
  15. Dan Maynard
    It feels like everyone wants to keep the logs from tree work nowadays, some of the people are used to processing firewood but I have a feeling a lot of them aren't. They will find out it's hard work when they try, so could be a market there. It's not been normal for the tree firm to offer splitting as far as I know, too expensive at tree surgery crew rates.
  16. Dan Maynard
    Got one on Amazon with replaceable battery, 0.5s refresh, for about £20. In amongst the cheap ones there is some variation , have to look carefully at specs. You're supposed to wind the sense wire around the plug lead, I just have mine cable tied in a coil about 3 inch diameter and put that on top of the saw cover, it's enough signal to trigger the count.
  17. Dan Maynard
    Interesting idea, hydrogen cars need infrastructure investment to get started. But hydrogen is always going to be difficult dangerous and expensive to handle. Electric cars don't need infrastructure investment to get started, but they sure need investment if we're going to switch over any number of cars. If everything went electric car overnight we don't have enough power stations or grid cable capacity. Synthetic diesel would be really really easy to implement, we just put it in the existing cars.
  18. Dan Maynard
    I keep looking at the Eder range too. Seems not worth fitting one to the truck, get one of these and keep it in the dry. Think @openspaceman has one.
  19. Dan Maynard
    He's talking about arb waste though, not firewood grade timber you could whack through a processor. Personally I'd sell for £30 a ton especially if that's straight off the job site. I guess good wood being harder to find is going to drive firewood prices up in general, I think OP will have to put prices up next year to reflect that and then can make some money.
  20. Dan Maynard
    Yes thanks, been just fine this afternoon.
  21. Dan Maynard
    Think there's a case for changing rubber ones on age, but these are metal springs so can last a long time. I haven't changed my 2010 springs and haven't lost any sleep over it.
  22. Dan Maynard
    Yup, that's a shit day. I you've just got the multisaver can I suggest you set it longer? If you let the rings be lower than the branch on the right then when you move around the stem side to side, your rope won't rub on the branch just on the rings. Maybe not the best spot to explain it but keeping the loop as long as you can will sometimes save a lot of rubbing against branches. Also the lump of shit would fall out.
  23. Dan Maynard
    Yes, exactly. Get on the blower and don't be afraid to ring a few as people's workload will always be varying so you just have to catch the right person at the right time. There are lots of threads on rates, you're starting at the bottom - depends where you are but anywhere in region £80 - £120 per day. Someone will tell me I'm wrong, in the end whatever you can get. Powerline work will be good for your muscles, if you hope to go into domestic tree surgery later then you won't be learning a lot about making the tree look good.
  24. Dan Maynard
    I do wonder if that's worth sending to a good industrial electrical repair place, they would solder and sleeve to sort out broken wires, and the connector pin is unlikely to be specific to Husqvarna to be honest.
  25. Dan Maynard
    I stuck this up quick when it became clear our dog would dig over the vegetables, it's just on metpost spikes banged in. Looks nicer than stock, quick, will last 5 years, and removable. That's what I'd go for, don't know what supply is like now but at the time it was difficult to get hold of so ended up ripping down some old planks.

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