Baldbloke
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Concerned about being shouted shouted down as yet to do any milling... Merely being an engineer and cutter. Surely a tilt down to zero % must add more pressure onto a chain than giving the cutting edge a leading in point? Am I being thick here, or doesn’t a lead in with more of an angle to the cutting edge equal less pressure onto the chain rather than the entire cutting edge hitting the work simultaneously, rather than the point being the initial insert into the work? Although the picture of your chain shows the rakers as being untouched, I can only ask whether taking down the rakers too much on another chain along with too flat an angle on the cutting teeth has contributed to the breaks?
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What stupid stuff have you seen on the road today?
Baldbloke replied to LeeGray's topic in General chat
Nerly broadsiding an old dear because she had indicated left, but then turned right in front of me as I overtook. Very near miss ? -
10 years later I did. It cost £12500 by then.?
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£18.60 a week for me at 16[emoji3]
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1. Congratulate him on his stance, remind the audience of the original questions that were voted on, ("Remain a member of the European Union" "Leave the European Union") and ask him what the fuck is going on. 2. When he takes over the top slot ask if it's possible to organise a parachute drop for Corbyn into Syria.
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Branch logging as an alternative to chipping in a forestry setting
Baldbloke replied to Big J's topic in Firewood forum
As a 60Kw log burning biomass owner I could readily see the use for bags of these branch off cuts. To get my stove going I need to have faffed around cutting kindling, then added cardboard, then newspaper followed by smaller diameter logs (or split logs) before adding the bigger stuff once the flue temperature is up to heat. If those bags of pieces were adequately dry they would certainly save me around 15 minutes for each firing as I wouldn't need to spend the best part of a morning in filling an old fashioned laundry basket for the kindling. The basket when full lasts about a week and a half assuming a firing each day. Why not approach biomass suppliers and mention this so that they could contact their customers to see if there was any interest? -
And once you do get taken on in forestry don't expect to make good money from the off, unless you are lucky enough to get into big timber clearfell. First thinnings and tight woodland as a beginner can equal small tonnage along with poor earnings. As someone else said, if you hang in there without injuries you'll become fitter than ever?
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B post door shut certainly looks tighter than on my Defender. Mines going to need a bit more replacement next time. I was looking at this which covers the spring area
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Had this old (1995 I think) Yanmar for about 8 years. Most reliable piece of kit I’ve owned in spite of being ex hire. Probably still worth what I originally paid for it.
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I tend to equate it to poorer firewood. But the milled grain does look good[emoji1303]
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I bought an old Jacobsen 3 gang hydrostatic mower off eBay a few years ago. So far it has cost a couple of small belts, 3 or so oil changes a year and all the required filters. Also much greasing of the multitude of nipples. I’ve even managed to use the back lap option to keep the cylinders sharp. I’m hoping it outlasts me. A £400 chance and a trip to middle England so far seems to have been well worth it.[emoji1303]
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When I’ve reused such a tin before I have always swilled it out first with petrol and used the swillings in my Briggs and Stratton enginged mower or rotavator.
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I’ve got a 4WD Shibaura with low hours. Around 550.it could be for sale. It has an American topper, a post hole borer and there’s a single furrow plough too. Bad points are the Seat is needing replaced and the original tyres sidewalls are cracked but have great tread80-90%. No air loss £3000 the lot. Trailer not included!.
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Something else to check after all the above: Water pump impeller. Sometimes the vanes are non existent if the motor has been run without antifreeze in the past. I’ve even seen the shaft sheared off internally. The pulley still giving the appearance that the pump is still working
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Good point. I’ll go below the damage and try to seal the wound. Might take a few years before shell fruit again though
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Think it’s too far gone except for retrieving this years crop
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What a fruit crop this year. Too busy at work to notice the build up of fruit. Probably try to leave a high stump on the plum tree to see if she comes back
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I did get approved for supplying wood and for an RHI subsidy for a biomass boiler. However, after reviewing the ongoing paperwork and other ongoing commitments I decided it just wasn’t worth the effort of having a bunch of twats looking over my shoulder. Now I cut and supply only for myself. No subsidies and no hassle.
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Easy enough although care needs to be taken when reducing the new shaft to accept the head. Remove the old wood by cutting directly below the head, fitting the head in a vice and knocking the wood out from the newly cut side. I use a 4.5 “ hand grinder with 60 grit scurf pads to reduce the new shaft. A little at a time. I mark off the limit of seating on the new shaft so that the head is secure and I don’t grind away wood unnecessarily. Also finding wedges can be problematic although at a push hardwood wedges can suffice. Saving the old wedges is handier. And the new shafts reduction should mean that reseating is hard as it should be a tight fit even before the wedge is finally thumped in[emoji1303]
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Just got a 5 ltr container from eBay @ £21. I too used it for many years when I was thinning as a job with no apparent problems.
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Bought a 5 ltr container of Husqvarna oil from them last time but am very rarely down in Huntly.
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On the point of RHI payments. I qualified for the payments, but between applying and approval realised that with the ongoing anal paperwork it wasn’t worth the few hundred quid my small 60Kw biomass plant would have made. I found I’d rather not have the hassle of record keeping and timing of mandatory submissions. Cutting my own wood without the subsidy still saves me at least 3k annually over using the oil boiler, so for a large house an efficient biomass boiler can still pay dividends without the government subsidy. Also I get to keep my oil boiler for occasional use if I can’t be bothered to fire up the biomass or if friends are house sitting[emoji1303]
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Christ that’s cheap!!!! Forestry commission softwood logs at roadside in lengths last year were £420 for 20-24 tonnes. Delivery via a wood wagon £270. £690 before you even log and split. You are £770 for 22 tonnes Can you deliver to Scotland??[emoji3] Our local suppliers quoted me £2200 for 22 r tonnes of seasoned softwood logs recently. That’s why I cut and process my own now. Drax is an absolute outrage using marine diesel to import logs from abroad [emoji1304]
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Late autumn through winter is good. Wait till ground is damp. Trees are too large for a T type replant so dig a hole to suit size of each tree. You may have issues disentangling roots from adjacent trees. Some root cutting will be unavoidable. Get those slower growing walnut trees out this winter before they get swamped[emoji1303] Might be easier running a mole through the trees to lift them. Soak before replant and not while its frosty.
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