Dan Maynard
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Any one made a temporary shed with scaffolding?
Dan Maynard replied to cessna's topic in Large equipment
Put a row of slabs down the middle too, reduce the span. -
Any one made a temporary shed with scaffolding?
Dan Maynard replied to cessna's topic in Large equipment
I wouldn't go down the scaffolding route, we have a shed built from 18mm ply that was scrapped from my dad's work 40 years ago. The framework is 2x2 round the sides, roof 4x2 then OSB, floor 4x2 the packing crate boards. It has needed a new floor and refelting a few times but nothing wrong with the sides. I don't think 18mm ply is that much more than 12, it's so strong there is no point building a 4x2 frame. -
Advise needed on Storm damaged tree, should it stay ?
Dan Maynard replied to Wonky's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Well, before you had a hidden defect with potential for failure, now you have an exposed defect. Arguably that's safer now because you can see what's going on. Question to me is how much tissue the tree manages to put on before the exposed heartwood decays, if there aren't targets around I would leave it a year or two and see what it does before condemning. If it's by a public footpath then probably not a risk to take. -
I guess it's a step change like Vietnam compared to earlier wars, hopefully it can have an impact on transparency like you say.
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I started on distal as that was what we were shown on my CS38, I tended to find it binds especially when all my weight on. VT is good in that you can vary the number of wraps according to your weight and doesn't bind. Some people seem to like the Knut but I also found that bind, worth trying though. You may have to try a couple of different hitch cords too, I'm on 8mm teufelberger as fits in pinto better.
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I use VT and dmm pinto pulley, this is smooth for shortening as a side strop and you can clip the biner back onto the pulley to make a DRT system for short ascents or work positioning. I wouldn't like the ART positioner but you maybe have to buy one and try it to find out.
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I see a bloke chipping in the second vid but nothing in the first.
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I think you need a really thin splice for the fimblesaver, hole is small apparently.
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What trees have I got here? Bark id
Dan Maynard replied to JT19's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Looking at the greenish bark I'd guess willow, you ought to be able to smell if it is when you cut it. -
I don't know exactly but at least a few years. Bark starting to lift higher up, smaller twigs have been stripped out of the crown and outer branches going brittle. I'm pretty sure one moved in the wind Friday so I knocked it all back yesterday to stop it blowing over.
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Alder, any market other than biomass?
Dan Maynard replied to Johnpl315's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Clogs? Or was that pop? -
Could happen. Maybe need to knock them over into the field first and have a look at the bottom. They are field edge so I guess metal has to be possible.
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Brilliant, thank you, will get in touch with him.
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I was going horse chestnut, as above better photos needed.
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I've tried slings and found them awkward. Spike up the top side as Mick says, only thing I would suggest is if I'm worried I put a Multisaver (adjustable cambium saver) round the stem with main line through so that I'm already rigged for a clean safe descent if it goes wrong. That or get a more experienced climber in to dismantle it, will be safer.
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Fair do's that does look bad, damage to the buildings you've milled the timber for must be heartbreaking too.
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Think about 3 years ago, still a free trial available but you couldn't register any more so it stopped working on my PC.
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I have a friend who has two large dead elms on the farm, they look like they may have been pollarded 40ish years ago as the stems are maybe 8-10 feet to the split and 3-4 feet diameter. There is then a reasonable chunk of 1-2 foot timber. Would these go to a sawmill? Any recommendations for the best way to market them? Too big for my chainsaw mill that's for sure. We're in the southwest corner of Cambridgeshire so near Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire.
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Behave Mick. I remember we had mountains of softwood for the fire after '87 storms.
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DraftSight is excellent, it was created by AutoCAD competition and they gave it away free for a good while, so that is what I used to use. The commands are really just like an older version of AutoCAD, file compatibility excellent. It may be worth the money for commercial use, just too occasional for me.
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"I've got a chipper, but it's so crap I'd rather climb on top of my van and put branches on the roof rack"
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AutoCAD have long been the standard, largely because of those architects. Currently run NanoCAD when I need to be AutoCAD compatible, it's very close and the free version is really free.
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Oregon do a leather feed
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In a previous job my boss decided to build his own factory unit, went for triple thick insulation, heat pump, individual room temperature sensors, rainwater harvesting for flushing toilets, biodigester and pond. Trouble was, algae built up in the cisterns so the toilets always smelt a bit pondy and water in the bowl was greeny brown colour before using it. Went back to mains water for flushing rather than start using our own chemicals.
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Back to the original post, my wife found this somewhere. Seems a bit dramatic if true - every tree was lost? Not even blown over to be made into firewood or charcoal but lost as in don't know where they went? Would be nice to know they're ok, at least the shipping container shouldn't have blown away?
