Conor Wright

I've about an artic load of the stuff to come out before the end of the year. Wasn't looking forward to it coming back to the yard, it's full of wire, sorry I mean character. Please keep this rumour going so I can send it over the pond and retire a wealthy man.

Or a new wife.

Down the pub one night the talk was what would you do if you won the lottery. An ould buck at the bar chimed in and said "I'd keep farming til it was all gone"

Tricky job, maybe set a laser level along the line you need the ladder to be on and when you get close to the end of the cut, pull the saw out and advance the ladder, using the laser line and some wedges or whatever to get the ladder lined up again? Then push the saw back through the cut til it comes to the ladder and repeat Never tried it, probably way more of a ballache than it sounds.

Ouch. I would seriously consider a new tipping kit at that money. Or even looking elsewhere for a motor. Then again there's downtime to consider, just sounds expensive to me. Mick has a point, you'll forget the cost in a few weeks either way and its back earning. The path of least resistance is rarely the cheapest way. I'd think the scrappies would pull out the motors for the copper. Personally I gave up buying secondhand parts when I sold the mog!

Pure guesswork here as im not familiar with them but Is there a breather on the tank to allow air in as it empties? gurgling sounds like there could be a vaccuum in the tank. Could it be "pulling" on the lift pump if it's blocked with dust and chip, making it appear as though the pump is weak. Could it be dirt on the lift pump gauze? Partially blocked fuel line? probably worth giving the lines a blast with the compressor, back towards the tank, so not to push dirt towards the injector pump. Probably nothing in the above you havent considered already. @s o c has one, he may be able shed some light on the issue.

Fuuuuuuck. Morning just got worse.

Yeah, not so sure about that one. If you've got a solid pensionable job maybe. if you're running a business it's not so easy. If I hadn't taken out a few modest loans over the years I'd still be a man with a saw in the back of a jeep, running around subbing, getting abused by forestry companies and larger contractors. Now I have two saws.

Yesterday's demo went well. Now back to reality. 100 meters of conifer hedge to be reduced by a meter. Ugh.

Good morning all, been lurking on this page far too long! About time I made an appearance i guess. off on a cross country spin this morning to demo my little Neomach loader. Getting to like this kind of work. It's a lot easier than reducing hedges, which is tomorrow's job! 10 degrees 99%humidity Zero wind Gonna be a foggy start.

The way forward you say? Hear me out. I think they have their place, example being as a "pay as you go" city car that can be charged or partially discharged in multiple places, essentially, you create a hive of batteries that can help level out the grid, store and release energy, distribute people and goods and act as temporary personal power sources. This can obviously only work in a newly designed and purpose built, self sustaining city, no amount of retrofitting will shoehorn such an idea into fully functional existence In any existing population centre. It would be environmentally disastrous to even try. Something like a massive war would help erase these pesky, historic places and the people who wish to remain in them. wars seem to be carbon tax exempt too, as well as not requiring an environmental impact survey, so no worries there. Then the path is paved for a full, new, shiny smart city. One with a big ****************ing fence around it. then, and only then will the rise of the electric vehicle truly be able to complete itself (they'll be full ai by then and we will work for them) So yeah, if you drive a battery car you support genocide and slavery.

You're right, how foolish of me. Now i see the solution. tax those kids in those lithium mines. They're the real culprits.

The sensible thing to do would be to tax evs fairly by taking into account the environmental impact of battery production and disposal/recycling, along with the necessary grid upgrades and capacity required to keep up with charging needs. Averaged over the expected lifespan of the vehicle as an annual tax perhaps? This would surely be seen as a positive tax by ev owners, seeing as its environmental betterment that seems to be their usp. I'm not against evs but the battery issue is going to get ugly if some funding isn't set aside. They can't just be stored indefinitely. Being somewhat of a pessimist I can see a big shed of them somewhere becoming the new Sellafield for a generation that's not yet born. Maybe I'm merely whinging from the sticks too, sadly its not from a mansion, but a self built log cabin. At least that should offset some of my emmisons!

Late to the party as usual. How does it sound? If the motor sounds like it's spinning as normal then I'd have a guess at pump seals but if the motor sounds sluggish or rough then it may be the brushes,(can go slowly) the winding within the motor itself, or a cracked/corroded wire (usually either works or doesnt) That would be my logic anyhow. I have been known to be wrong, many times. Hopefully it's nothing expensive and you're up and running again soon. Lettuce know what the fault was, always good to have these issues aired. Makes troubleshooting that bit easier for the rest of us!

I started out with nothing and I still have most of it.

Had one for years, did the job. Not great, but good enough for wire or stone damaged chains. Keep the receipt and if its a shit one just bring it back.

What a show.

Carroll engineering make a good range of splitters, they have some UK distribution as far as I know. They're a small outfit and will build to spec. Very popular over here. There's also proarc, but they're no longer being made, great splitters if you can find one, but I don't recall seeing a pto model.

How well does it handle the baby shear? I've a few jobs coming up where it may be worth my while getting one but I'm not convinced they're capable enough at that size.

Smits Boomkwekerij WWW.SMITSBV.NL Smits Boomkwekerij bestaat uit 200 hectare aan A-kwaliteit (haag)planten en solitairen... it is impressive. its also eye wateringly expensive. i planted a blue cedar from this company last year. 7.5k plus delivery. You'd be surprised how many companies are growing to this size now. Can think of about 8 in Ireland and the UK alone. But Dutch quality beats them all imo. Smits have €250k trees if that's your kinda thing. Personally I'd rather buy 250000 saplings at a quid each and wait, but who needs patience when you've got money.

There may well be a margin in importing some over to Ireland. I've seen a cube stacked crate of birch in a local garden centre for 349euro. There seems to be a lot of companies already bringing timber over from eastern Europe though. Does your mill export to Ireland at all?

I read that in George Carlins voice.

Poor igor. A lot for him to process in his doggy way. Hope he makes a full recovery.

Meet Sunny the beagle. Likes: Slippers Peeing on rugs Waking up at 4 am to shit Sudden howls Pulling on leads Eating others food Chewing furniture Dislikes: Cats Authority Obedience It didn't take us long to figure out we needed a beagle in our lives again. No idea why, he's a right handful! Such a happy little guy though, brings a smile to your face as soon as you see him! Sheps are slowly accepting him as one of their own.

Someone has probably already mentioned the taxus chainsaw massacre.