Conor Wright

Unimog for sale, unabused example. Never used for heavy work. Also for sale 8 sod reversible plough. Needs a lick of paint. Never used for towing. Also for sale 24 ton lowloader. Only ever driven to mass on Sunday, by an old lady, Has some age related issues, So does the unimog. Much loved Reluctant sale Sold as seen Cash only No refunds No time wasters Any offer considered Genuine offers only Machine in great condition. May suit enthusiast

Sounds interesting, would like to have more basic knowledge to hand before contacting him, your level of knowledge is beyond my pay garde on this matter, so i need to get my basics before I can understand the dynamics! Could it be as simple as crushing charcoal and spreading it or is that a shot in the dark?! The main sticking point I have is how to get a heap of damp chip to char in the first place! I would like to keep things as energy efficient as possible i.e. no major external power inputs.. don't like the idea of predrying using diesel or electric power etc.

Some food for thought there, thank you. Your knowledge of biomass and wood energy in all its forms is impressive.. did you ever consider writing a guide to small scale or community scale "forest to fire .. and beyond" type book? As regards the high iron content, thirty years of regular sulphate of iron applications for moss control has taken its toll. With regard to addressing organic matter we have applied over 70 ton of farmyard manure, straw based, in various stages of breakdown, to the surface and allowed the grass to grow above, then cut that to form a second "mulch" layer.. will be applying green waste compost, from annual hedge clippings mixed with rotted fym this coming year.. then I hope to incorporate that in the autumn and reapply a top dressing layer, followed by a green manure of vetch and clover. That should give us a quality base from which to start productive vegetable production.. nb. We are already growing for our own use, quality is patchy, micro nutrients are lacking. The biochar idea has a place in the scheme, I just would to get it right first time around.. would it suffice to make charcoal in a standard retort then crush it up and spread it or am I missing something?

Really good thread, so.. where does it leave me with approx 60 tons of chip and three acres of highly compacted silty soil?! The soil in question is potentially very good but has been used for three decades to harvest turf for instant lawns and as a result has high iron, low organic matter and serious compaction.. Having access to plenty of woodchip it seems to make sense to utilise this for soil enrichment, the original idea was to compost it over time and add to the soil as it becomes available.. deeper incorporation of char sounds like a better long term idea. Any useful information on how best to process this chip into useable biochar would be greatly appreciated..

Set fire to them and practice native American smoke signalling. Failing that,Is the plastic used to make them recyclable? If so, finding the nearest recycling centre that will accept them is your best bet, before they become pollution by being more unused plastic waste.

(Insert car make/ model here) Cheap for quick sale, Needs some tlc..... suitable only as a henhouse/ may block a gap in a hedge for you for a couple of decades.

My old man had one.. only saw he owned, he killed some serious trees with it..(purely amateur, for our own use.. rayburn stove heated the whole house) it's on a shelf in my shed now.. as a warning from history!

No experience necessary... you will drag brash and be screamed at by all those who hold saws. Must have ability to work on own initiative... yer on yer own mate, call me when your finished thinning this Sitka plantation, here's your McCullough Must have own transport... We want to turn your nice clean family car into a pickup truck. Tow bar essential. Attractive package... the boss is a pervert and you will be asked on a regular basis to tell him his package looks attractive.

More from the classified ads section... but might fit here... owner emigrating... been caught for nicking sumfink and the judge will deffo put me away this time low hours... useless,so never used it Good condition for age... just rust really or nearest offer... please, somebody, anybody... please, take it away from me! will swop... anything is better than this thing cheap bike... deathtrap. free to good home... it bites.

Feck! Typing at the same time. Beat me to it fair and square!

Nosey coppers?! Had one of them under the jeep not too long ago too. Can't say it was to anybody's benefit

Another vote here for the auxiliary oiler.. running a 42 inch bar on a 660, it needs it.. the much finer dust from the milling seems to soak up a lot of oil compared to big chip and a lot gets thrown off the nose, there comes a point where turning up the oil is of no benefit as it merely gets flung off the tip.. imo, I stand to be corrected on that one! also what oil are you using? Id go for a lighter oil on the auxiliary oiler. But I'm far from an expert.. in fact, I ate so much goose yesterday that it's a wonder I woke up at all.

Heading for my third set of Cooper discoverers on the hilux, good all rounder and hard wearing, had bfgs on when I got it first, chunkier tyre but loud at speed and a bit slidey on smooth wet roundabouts! Have no experience of Pirelli or Bridgestone, so can't say.. do see a lot of generals about.. had grabbers on a defender before. Waay too offroady for what i needed! 50 50s Could be good, or cheap, hence so many about on farm jeeps.. I'm comfortable with the coopers and happy to stick with.

Be honest, had you been trying to port it to get the dishes done faster?!

If you're not going to eat it, or its not about to eat you. Don't kill it. (vermin excluded of course) Who even trophy hunts sheep?! Thats just sad. There are serious problems with fish farming, thats true.. but would there be any wild stocks left at all without them? not that i am defending them in the slightest.. dirty business. I watched the same video mattyf links to.. its far from healthy food.. and if the conditions were replicated in a land based farming system people would be jailed, this end of the world at least.. just have to wonder where its all going to end up, i mean no one bats an eyelid at farmed beef, how many herds of wild cattle roam the land?! If all beef was "wild caught" today and suddenly someone said they were to lock em all up in paddocks and feed them preserved grass and grains all winter to fatten them faster PETA would explode!

Briefly looked at them before i got a palax ks35, which in its self is a bit underwhelming. petrol engine may be expensive to run and they seem lightly built for taking a battering from killed trees for a lifetime, but as a starter machine it could earn you a few quid.. wouldnt say it would like arb waste type wood, forestry poles only methinks. a lot depends what you are processing with it. could you get a stronger logsplitter and saw seperately for the same money, circular saw type?

Had a qick google of it as i'm not familiar with the make, to be honest, it looks like a.n.other chinese electric splitter, don't expect too much from it. if you are happy to cut your logs shorter it should split some moderately knotty bits but if you require longer logs and are splitting twisty or knotty hardwoods i doubt it would be great. Saying that, the ram in my processor is abot 7 ton and it splits most of whats put in front of it. If you own a tractor a hydraulic machine is far more productive If you are splitting reasonably clean wood it may do the job nicely.. expect it to take longer than splitting with an axe as you will have to wait for it to cleave through the log to seperate the fibers. Also, if splitting larger rounds, consider a vertical machine, its easier to repeatedly split the round when its on end. hope that was of some help, whatever machine you choose, happy splitting!

The nose is our natural filter, so adjusting to breathing in through your nose may help, there's been a world of advice given on here, probably hard for anyone to try everything, main thing is not to get anxious about what it may be, so relax, slow down for the few days, try to slow your breathing, if that works for you, and give your muscles a chance to relax. Coughing is hard on the body.. Hope you have a comfortable, cough free Xmas Stephen.

Thanks difflock, was well worth the half hour. Any idea if she is still around?

Can't help thinking that there's some scrote out there using the long reach trimmer I had stolen from the basket of the cherrypicker last week. Hope he slips and cuts his throat with it. Guts of a grand that I'll have to lay out in the new year. having read this whole thread, there seems to be three distinct groups. the cowboys, who Rob and con to get their money. the "must tick every box" type, who will have all the tickets, memberships and accreditations, but will still need to build up some experience before they can tackle all jobs safely. and lastly, the grafter type, who may not have all the paperwork, but has the knowledge and or a natural ability to understand the job in hand. just because you have all the tickets doesn't mean you have all the answers. just because you are years in the business but not certified doesn't make you a conman. But how's the average tree owner to differentiate? One last thing that I feel the need to say is the use of the term "pikey". it's a term that used to be reserved for those who dropped their pikes and ran from the English soldiers in the rebellion of 1798. Not all of these people went on to become "tinkers" many had no relationship to the travellers. There were travellers before there were pikeys The "Irish travellers" are a group oft related to the gypsies found across europe. They have even managed to achieve minority status over here, based on their ethnic status. The term pikey has become a coverall for thieves and conmen. These people are not "pikeys" please do not confuse a group of frightened boys and men from yesterday with a group of entitled thieves from today. I still hate the thieving cunts, just know who you hate.

here it is..

1. Dont wear a helmet, it may block your vision 2. Think ropes, keep your cuts as close to your rope as possible, it helps keep you alert. 3. Leave plenty of spikey stuff, helps stop it bouncing into the road when it's stuck in the footpath. 4. Colour code your clothes to the background. Tree ninja. 5. Who says you can't do this job sitting down. 6. Wooly hats make good helmets, warmer too. 7. Don't wear a hi viz. Ever, people may think you work for the council. 7. (Again) Proof neither of them finished school. 8. We do fencing too, sir. Good job. 9. Beware of anyone driving a Peugeot. 10. Leave it there and laugh when someone trips over it, then quickly remove magnetic signs, demand money and stop putting flyers in doors in this neighbourhood 11. Create pothole here with tree 12. This is the wrong tree anyway, the job should have been at the next house down, but we can't count (see 7)

Could you ask your doctor to do a comprehensive allergy test? There is a small chance it could be a food allergy or reaction to a chemical, usually from an artificial or highly processed food additive, aromatics or preservatives, Higher chance of it being dog or dust related to be honest but if you have ruled out the obvious it can be time to check for the unusual. Hope you get to the root of it and get it sorted.

Have to say that this little fella has a magnetic attraction to food, he once ate a tub of peanut butter, tub included! He has a great recall though, as beagles go.. and if that fails I just send the shep to retrieve him!! Great watchdog, all jokes aside. Very alert, it was him that alerted me to intruders in the yard just last week, he even went down the lane arooing them. they must have had food in the car!

Now that's a picture.