Conor Wright
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Not much chance of that working the other way around! The shiny new jeep will have to wait until that one real well paying leylandii reduction comes along... Humour aside, its helping us to save up to build a house, only problem is the more we save the bigger the house seems to get!
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I made a few coasters out of yew before, does that count?! I must admit I know nothing about crypto, my other half is a lot more clued in though, came in one friday evening and she was grinning from ear to ear, made 3k in a day! She then took the opportunity to remind me that I'd scoffed at the idea of investing in it only a matter of days previous. All in all it has worked out well for her, nothing life changing but a nice addition to the piggy bank.
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Looked at a lot of old places before we bought this plot, almost all had issues with boundaries, access, planning etc. The man we bought off owns all the surrounding land except one small field. He was happy to make the boundaries more "sensible" (at my cost of course!) Although to be fair, the same man was clearing land in spring and allowed me to take all the stone, about 200 tons, for free. Most is field stone but there is good cut stone in it too.
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Thankfully, yes. About a 10° difference under the trees. Nice breeze today, spent a few hours at it but I've packed it in for the day now. We have a weather station in the garden with a sensor in the polytunnel, 27° in the sun but 38.6 in the tunnel. The weeding can wait!
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Why start an argument with a neighbour? Our neighbours are sound people. We are lucky that way! I own the trees and the ditch. Property line has markers on each corner. This was done on my insistence when buying the land. Straight lines between each marker. Simples. Cant be dealing with that shared ownership crap. It's either yours or it's not as far as I'm concerned.
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Thanks. Learning as I go, plenty of help from a neighbour too.
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Cant go back any further, dont own the plantation behind.
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Bit of dry stone walling at home. Cheating a bit by backing it with soil and rubble. Will be nice once its finished, about 400 meters to be done in all.
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Chipper Vs Shredder for Hazel
Conor Wright replied to TattyMac's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Any chipper will take that, even a wee chipper. Providing it has sharp blades. This is sometimes an issue with hire machines. -
Chipper Vs Shredder for Hazel
Conor Wright replied to TattyMac's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
What length and diameter are we talking about here? Over two inches I'd say 6inch towable machine for productivity. Chucking long branches into a wee chipper is a good way to have sore shoulders for a week. Also, what do you intend to do with the end product? Is it just to reduce the bulk or do you want to use the chip for paths etc or is it compost? The only option where I'd recomend a shredder would be for compost, a chipper should be the better option beyond that. -
I'd say yes, older pops have a nice dark streak in the centre. its straight and easy to mill too. Although what I milled was soaking wet, it dried quickly. Finishes surprisingly well too.
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Really missing a trick with the duck sign, I'd have "slow down for duck sake"
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Best brush cutters/clearing saws?
Conor Wright replied to drinksloe's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Great heads them, I cannot get on with the stihl "bump and go" head. Bit more wastage on the Oregon but you can strim right down to the ground without letting out 2 meters of cord! Its horses for courses though, one of the lads here always changes it over to the bump n go, cant abide by the other head at all. At least he has learned to change it back to "my" one when hes done with it! -
My good lady treated me to a copy a few birthdays ago, bought it in the us. Gave about 300 dollars for it. Very good condition to be fair.
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Going average hourly rate for felling only service
Conor Wright replied to Philby4165's topic in General chat
There was a chap from up north working spruce thinnings beside me for 150 a day with his own saws and van. Three years ago mind. -
Hmm, you must have more horses driving yours. If I hit a bike frame I think my poor tractor would die from shock!
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Found a roll of sheep wire with my bandit last week. First pass of the field, early morning before the rain came. Was pissing down before I'd burnt off the last of the wire. Wouldnt mind but it was on my own land. 😡
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Ouch, but lucky, could have been a lot worse. How did it happen?
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Have to commend all those who ran over to check if the bicycle was alright.
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And there I thought I'd come up with it all on my own. Alas, back to the drawing board...
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No true peasant should have knowledge of bananas, mr cropper been giving you treats again?!
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It's not just road signs...
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Large machinery can be used without causing real damage in the right hands and right weather conditions. Have a look at an idiots guide to woodland management thread on here. Excellently written and informative thread. Well worth a read.
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A beauty. still a pup?
