Conor Wright

Closer to 6.. I usually stick to 4.8 ltrs and don't worry too much about getting the last drop out! If I'm feeling thrifty I might swill it out with a drop of petrol but it's rare that happens! Funny how some cosmetically clean machines can be buggered inside and other rough ould yokes go forever!

Backtrack all you like, I'm still not giving ya a pot of honey, too late now Mick! But yeah, they are admirable creatures. Relentless workers, and generally docile.. I get the odd sting but am luckily not allergic, my girlfriend is so she has to be much more careful. Was it from a hive or wild bees that you got your multiple stings?

Just done a lot of work maybe? Wonder what oil has been used in it? They can get used fairly hard so could be wear and tear, just curious..

Didn't know that. Can fully understand why you have a dislike for them so.

No free honey for you Mick! Valid point regarding the ivy, plenty of trees around here hanging with it when you stop to take note. Was just a thought, it could have worked in this instance as total removal of that particular ivy looks tricky enough. No arguing here that its a tree worth keeping, just saying its not always 100% one way or the other.

As regards the ivy being left, there is surely a happy medium between reducing wind load and stress on the tree and allowing some of the ivy to remain, therefore preserving both as a more diverse ecosystem than either one could be on its own.. to be fair that amount of ivy will regrow very fast even if you do cut it all off but it can be a habitat and also a good source of late pollen for bees. Just a thought.

Any indication as to the cause? Had to buy a new consaw a few years ago when the old one finally packed it in, would have liked a chainsaw type but went for the wheel because; a, they had one in stock and I needed it on the day and B, it was half the price (and probably far more practical, ergonomic and sensible overall) Ended up with a ts400. Decent machine. Easily started even when left lying for a while. But the 461 cut off saw still calls me!

Scrap it and get a gs461! Looks far more menacing!

Excellent. Nice job.

Nice system, I like the way it can be attached to the log at any point. Beats using an aluminium ladder! Can you attach two together to give you 9 mtrs? I ask because I have a 7 mtrs long beech trunk that's a touch too wide for the woodmizer and this would be a great way to maximise it's potential.. also looks better than using a ladder on a paid job.

I've put acres of over grown biomass willow through my gr110 at ridiculous speed. One good pull and the tops are free.. we were putting 5 or 6 stems in at once, if the odd top went through so be it. But they are not at all like a chipper to pull material in.

No worries, I'm far from an expert too. I just pick up little titbits of information here and there! It is true that some artificial fertilisers can have a negative effect on micro nutrients, especially when overused and not wholly drawn up by the plants they are applied on, the idea of building fertility using many inorganic fertilisers is not plausible in the long term. But that's for another day! One kg of borax can bring soil boron levels from deficient to required levels for plant uptake for a whole acre. And just to derail things further, calcium is required to stop blackness forming in cauliflower, I mentioned earlier we add boron to our brassicas, this is not for the same reason as beetroot (to stop blackheart or hollowness) blackness in cauliflower is usually down to a lack of calcium, you can have every other nutrient, macro and micro perfect but very low calcium will stop nutrient uptake and deform the plant. Gone a long way from mouldy beech logs in a few sentences, but there you go!

Thanks. Thats me kept out of mischief for the evening! Best of luck with your new logger!

Have you any pics on here?

Or..The flexible hours, bubbly, quick sale wanted, still in original packaging thread. ono.

Youre safe enough so! The one ive got will squeeze through 12cm but rated at 11 so maybe that little bit more bite was too much for the gear.. plus the fact it stopped so fast! You mentioned you're using it for charcoal. There's about 20 cube of logged ash in my yard.. you reckon it would be worth getting a basic retort? I have no knowledge of making charcoal.. but am struggling to get people to see the value in branch loggings..

Make sure it will shear before it cuts out the tractor, or worse. I made that mistake and stripped the drive cog on the pto.. was logging Hawthorn at the time. A v that was just a touch too big went in and immediatly jammed the blades The shearpin stayed intact. Was rated for heavier duty than the pto gearing on a compact tractor! It's on a clutch now. 35 hp tractor.

Nice. Similar to the gr110 I have but with a wider infeed chute and looks altogether a bit sturdier! Great, simple devices. Hope you have a slip clutch fitted!

It's clearly a simple typo. They obviously forgot the . After the 4 Change out of a fiver? Seems about right.

Never used resin, very much a newbie to woodwork.. this is the first lot of timber I have milled for my own use! Have yet to make anything worthy of taking photos!

Thank you! Got it by chance, wind took it and i got some of the heavier bits that the man cutting it thought too awkward to process. originally destined for firewood, but after one look i just couldnt! Interesting. Thanks for the tip.We have a bag of borax, use it to help keep blackheart out of the beetroot! A light sprinkle does no harm to our brassicas either, on our soil at least! These particular planks were not stacked in optimum conditions.. but at least it was dry. Only one piece shows any outward signs of wetness and that was from a small hole in the roof, probably the only source of air circulation!

Thanks! At a guess maybe 20% of the boards would be soft to the point you could leave a visible indent with reasonable pressure, also these seem to have the most fungal growth. Looks like I should probably chuck the worst.. gonna be the nicest looking bag of kindling I've ever made! Luckily the rest still seem hard and have nice spalting throughout.

Many moons ago I milled some heavily spalted beech, they were forgotten about for the last two years in storage, finally took them out yesterday to find some have a substantial bloom on them. The wood itself, while light is not spongey, but very light for beech. I guess it had lost some of its density before being felled anyway. Basically what I am wondering is; 1. If i plane up this wood and store it in drier conditions for a short while will the fungus (presuming it's a fungus) die off? 2. If used indoors (I have a shelving project in mind for it) could this regrow? Some boards have quite a covering, some are virtually clean, the airflow in storage was poor but it has only affected the beech, and only from this particular tree.

Gives a different perspective on the countryside, doesn't it! Smooth ride?

Ideal for anybody who does not value their spine in any way at all. Great machines, but so uncomfortable when empty. Looks cool though!