Conor Wright
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Well spotted. I couldn't see past the paint.
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Hadn't noticed the peeled panel when I posted that, so not only did they vandalise the van they robbed it too and after reading the article, if I'm not mistaken they then went on to target the shed or storage unit later that night? Brazen bastards. Laws need to change. It should be fully legal to put a bullet between the eyes of scum like that.
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Simpler indeed, although I must admit that the lockdowns gave me a chance to get a few home projects off the ground, spend more time with the dogs and enjoy the countryside around where I live. It's amazing the things you see when walking that you never notice while driving. I know some people's experiences will be different but overall I enjoyed it. Have friends who live in apartments who didn't but we all make our own choices in life. My missus took some convincing to move out of the city (albeit a couple of years before the madness) and give up all the convenience of that lifestyle to live in a caravan in a corner of an overgrown field. "Post covid" she has never been happier, has an acre of garden, log cabin, pets, chickens and a tunnel of veggies and now gets to wfh. You know what they say, happy wife, happy life!
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Can't answer how they get sufficient "juice" but they work! I bought a 15kw rotary converter last week off a lad in kerry, he has another one. Decent fella and I saw both working. Can pass on his number if you're interested. Could be couriered up to you? It's a hucol and in good nick. I had to upgrade from my 4kw Clarke converter when I got a bigger table saw, starting it was too much for the poor thing and it burnt out.
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Bit like the whole stihl/husqvarna thing then?!
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"You've been had"? As in you have been robbed? Even if he hasn't had his tools stolen they're still filthy bastards for damaging the vehicle. That's gonna need a full respray. I'd lose the plot if that happened to me.
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May be worth calling a couple of tree surgeons in your local area, if you're not too far off the beaten track most small companies will drop off a load for beer tokens when they're working within a reasonable distance. make it as easy as possible for them, ideally room to reverse a small lorry and tip, then drive away. no one wants to be waiting at a locked gate or watching someone searching for their car keys at half 5 in the evening!
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No, I think they all cut themselves and died. I believe the hipsters are hip for now
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You'd be surprised how many uses a 4 or 5 ft board can have, table, shelf, island unit, bench etc. You could knock a few smaller pieces like platters, clocks etc from it. I've found smaller pieces sell better, not many out there that have space for a 1.2x4.5 mtr table top! I've had people come for two or three handy pieces for their DIY projects that only had the boot of the car and a garden shed. They don't want or need huge slabs. Plenty of turners around looking square stock for bowls too.
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Poplar vs macrocarpa? But yeah, generally speaking you're right. Now get them ash to the mill before they start to season! its much easier cut them wet ime. I left a couple of stems in the yard for about 3 years and they were a bastard to mill.
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what logs have you been chopping today!
Conor Wright replied to william petts's topic in Firewood forum
I said I aim for three, not necessarily achieve it! I've a log deck (of sorts) which takes enough for three ibcs easily and I line up all three crates then swing the outfeed conveyor from one to the other as they fill. With the right timber I can load, process and stack the full crates in an hour if everything goes perfect. It has taken over two when things don't. But we don't speak of those days! Yeah,my stall was a combination of jammed chain and knotty log gone sideways. I rarely do a full day as timber is usually an evening or "one load at a time" job for me. I have only done a few offsite jobs with the palax. The biggest was 224 ton bags of ash thinnings. A lot of it too small to split so it took a while! -
My better half records stuff like this around our own garden. She just informed me that our first daffs were three days later this year than last even though we had colder temps the same week last year. Our snowdrops almost two weeks earlier this year. Primulas later, buds forming on lilac for longer, gorse blossomed earlier, the chickens went off their eggs a few weeks earlier but came back sooner and the garden would look altogether better if I got off my hole and went out there instead of spending all my time working in everyone else's. I definitely sense some localised climate change, better grab the spade! Tulips are looking a bit later too.
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Hadn't really considered the price! I occasionally mow a lawn for lady. she has an ego battery mower and about 800 sq mtrs of lawn. It cuts it when it's barely clipping the tips on a single charge. Anything more than that and I get the call because it baulks at any volume of grass. Bear in mind this mower must be 5 or 6 years old and tech has come on a bit. I'd say there's a battery mower out there that would do the job now.
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I would say it needs an air filter!
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Different machine but I removed the two handle thingy and welded an old screwdriver to mine the day I bought it. Many years later, long after forgetting it ever had two handed control I had someone splitting for me and he thought it would be a good idea to put his spare hand between the blade and the log. Could have been a lot worse but he has a nickname of "no nail" now. It wasn't pretty. I do all the splitting now.
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Robot mower. sit back with a glass of wine watching it do the work for you. The man I bought my ride on from replaced it with 3 husqvarna robots to free up his weekends and have more family time. He had three separate lawns and put a mower and charger on each.
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what logs have you been chopping today!
Conor Wright replied to william petts's topic in Firewood forum
Not bad. I aim for 3 an hour but the size of the timber coming in is the biggest factor, there is a sweet spot where you get a nice 4 way split. Yeah roughly 2 bags to a crate. My palax throws chains every now and then too, little brashy bits often the culprit, as is sprocket wear. I like the idea of a tow behind but often wondered if the little petrol engines were up to the job. Stalled it yet?! I stalled a 35 hp tractor with mine before, although I was using it not much above tick over in 1000 pto to save fuel! -
what logs have you been chopping today!
Conor Wright replied to william petts's topic in Firewood forum
Tidy little machine, how long to fill the crate? -
That was a hell of a trek to turn back from. Understandable you went through with it. That gut feeling on first sight is usually right. The clue to misery should have been there in the ad in fairness, presuming it said something like secondhand land rover for sale! I had a 110 myself and I loved it for the first 15 mins, then it dawned on me that they were not built for my 6 ft 4 frame or motorways. Never again! Worst vehicle I ever owned and I've had a few poor motors over the years I will admit.
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Good advice. It has happened to me before and I was proper thick on the way home. More so at myself for thinking an almost "too good to be true" deal was genuine. To be fair I'm not expecting an "as new" machine. It's a bit over 3 hours away so pretty much the day gone either way but I'll enjoy the drive if nothing else, you know, bring some meth, hit a few pubs, stop off at a whorehouse the usual road trip stuff!
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Not bad, anything for 20 quid these days is a bargain! To be honest main dealers are often my last resort due to their often extortionate markups. I do what I can myself when it comes to repairs and maintenance and have managed to build up some fairly good relationships with local parts suppliers. How would you rate your machine in terms of chipping capability against a similar sized tw or gm? I'm not overly worried about having to change out some bits and bobs, such is the nature of secondhand stuff, just don't want to land myself with something that will clog up on first sight of a wet leylandii or brashy spruce top!
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Good to know. Which model do you have? From the pictures I've seen of it it looks fairly well used but not abused, then again there's no comparison to seeing it in person. Think I'll chance a trip up the road to see it.
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They look like a schliesing alright but I wasn't too sure about build quality. Seen one in the flesh?
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Jansen, hyundai, gtm etc. Not an awful lot between the various brands really. I bought a gtm 1300 a few years back and have no complaints with it.
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Possibly, then again companies come and go too, maybe they were poorly managed but made good equipment. Not too worried about spares, most bearings can be got, blades too. Its more the chipping capabilities, strength of infeed, likelihood of chute blockages etc that I'm thinking of.
