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  1. Baldbloke
    Fortunate in clearing away any dead Elm trees threatening the local church allowing me access to further firewood??
  2. Baldbloke
    I’ve been using standing dead Elm in our 60 kW biomass stove for the last 2 winters and need 2/3rds of a load as against a full load of Forestry Commision lodge pole pine. The Elm is more efficient as it burns slower but keeps the 4000 ltr accumulator tank hotter for a longer period. The pine heats the tank quicker but is also out quicker too, meaning that the accumulator runs out of heat earlier. The Elm certainly burns adequately as the 200 year old house can get up to 26•C no problem even when it’s freezing outside.
  3. Baldbloke
    Certainly happy with my pre 261 2007[emoji1303]
  4. Baldbloke
    Doubt there’s many decent 4 track bodies worth mounting on a new chassis nowadays. Although I did pass one recently that was obviously being powered by 28 second heating oil[emoji3]
  5. Baldbloke
    Since there’s 44 along the driveway (and it’s a real ball ache to do one let alone 44, why not hedge trim the problem into a low hedge between the trees? Future maintenance would then take a morning with a good tractor operator rather than days. My efforts took me several hours on the first tree and because of all the nooks and crannies in the trunk will never be truly tidy
  6. Baldbloke
    Think any self respecting swan would turn up his beak at my pond. Would also need some fairly hefty air brakes to stop from hitting the far side[emoji2]
  7. Baldbloke
    Did something similar to my man made pond by introducing a wild iris which has gone mad and not even had the decency to flower[emoji849]
  8. Baldbloke
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/gardening/article-2121614/ASK-MONTY-DON-How-I-save-monkey-puzzle-tree.html Drought? Seems a common problem if searching fo Monkey Puzzle dieback
  9. Baldbloke
    I have a similar sized trailer with slightly higher sides and the gross weight (trailer plus load) approaches 2 tonnes
  10. Baldbloke
    Maybe better doing one initial run over a weigh bridge if this is going to be a regular delivery system?
  11. Baldbloke

    Air cannon

    Baldbloke replied to AWarb00's topic in General chat

    Made a launcher for full bake bean tins etc as a kid. Can’t remember the tubing we sourced but it was just loose enough that a very small amount of petrol was put to the sealed end (but for the touchhole) followed by the tin. A flame at the touchhole and the tin went up to three hundred yards. Was relatively quiet too - like a bazooka[emoji23] Think nowadays in this nanny state plod wouldn’t appreciate it.
  12. Baldbloke
    I’ve never not set off an airport security scanner and hope to be fully bionic shortly [emoji3]
  13. Baldbloke
    And the rest! I’m waiting for hip, and knee replacement ops too. Unfortunately can’t have the new knees as too much metalwork in bones at critical points. Cutting and sheep shearing when you’re young fucks you up[emoji3]
  14. Baldbloke
    If I was twenty years younger I’d be there. Sounds a reasonable rate to me for the work[emoji1303]
  15. Baldbloke
    Our tree roots around here don’t go much deeper than two feet deep. I replace any old knackered pipe works to a minimum of four feet into the clay if drainage points allow it. Very unlikely to be trees comprising water feed pipes. It’s usually old clay drainage pipes that get roots finding their way in. Problem is most probably furred up steel pipe works that’s causing a pressure drop. As someone said find best pressure upstream and renew from there
  16. Baldbloke
    Got me in the mood to do mine. First cut with the saw to see the wood from the branches. My hedge trimmer weren’t up for 1” branches
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  18. Baldbloke
    That’s great info for us too as we have a few similar mature lime trees with the same characteristics. We left one such tree alone for years and it allowed some suckering off the parent tree. We quite liked it as it made an additional feature. However, I do tidy up the main stem every few years, and it is due another haircut.[emoji3]
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  20. Baldbloke
    I still empty my oil hot BTW
  21. Baldbloke
    I used to believe that too. However,if you look at the positioning of a sump plug you will find that the female threaded section is actually higher (by necessity) than the lowest section of the sump pan whereas the dipstick tube allows access to the lowest part of the sump pan. I do 12 of my vehicles/mowers/digger this way and the only one I can’t is a Porsche. I suggest you try your usual method by draining your oil through the plug and then drop the sump if you are in any doubt. You will find up to half an inch of oil even after thinking you have emptied it. Better still, drain it through the plug, and then see if the vacuum can empty yet more out. [emoji3]
  22. Baldbloke
    While on the topic of draining oil and the possibility of stripping threads. Try using a vacuum pump and sucking the oil up through the dipstick tube. No possibility of stripping a thread, oil removed from lowest level of sump, plus you can suck any oil from a filter bowl if the filter is removed from an upright position. No need to crawl about underneath either[emoji1303]
  23. Baldbloke
    Me too. A weeks hard work with the Yanmar digger and three times over the summer for the mower with Kubota engine for oil and filters. Semi synthetic bought in 20 litre drums. These things only have tiny sumps so it’s never too often. Both over 20 years old and both without issues[emoji1303] Same care for the little Briggs and Stratton petrol engine on the little ride on mower.
  24. Baldbloke
    tight rather than “right”
  25. Baldbloke
    As above for price and adequacy. If it gets to the point where something feels it’s about to strip out opposing hammer strikes on the female arm can help once the scissor type splitter has been cranked up right by the spanner/socket??

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