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No issues. I have done the same practice on an estate where i cut the bigger stems out of clumps , which were then processed through a harvester for firewood, the brash for bio.

Paul, Fair play for bringing this up. I respect how you have accepted your problem. Although you won't realise this i knew you when you were at one of your lower points in life, an am happy to see how you have turned it around.

Read what you have put. You are asking me to define things and then saying lets agree to disagree. Denial is easier than facing up .

Read what you have put Dave. How do you know you were the same person drunk as sober ? it defies logic. The accumulative units in 2 bottles of wine would put most regular drinkers over the drink drive limit most mornings after.

So apart from the finances which you have admitted to, when you were drinking at home were you drinking alone or with partner and children around you seeing your mood swings as you got more drunk and having to adapt to them ? Denial is a form of justification for a problem.

You may not consider it has harmed you, but has it harmed others, truthfully ?

Dave i respect anyone's views around excessive drinking, we all see it differently . Not everyone that drinks heavily will become addicted to the level i did, everyone has a different bottom with it. The problem i have with what you are saying is why did you find it necessary to drink up to two bottles of wine each night ? Did you like the taste of it that much, or did you drink for effect ? If its for the taste alone then there are other drinks that taste good without the negative outcome alcohol can bring, if someone is drinking to excess on a regular basis who is in control of that situation, the person or the alcohol. I have no problem around alcohol and how others use it, i am not them, however i had to accept that alcohol and myself are not a good mix and thats fine with me, my life functions without it, and i am happy with that. The alternative for me would be to experiment with controlled drinking, i have tried that one many times before i quit, and accept now i could be just one drink away from the gutter. That works for me.

Not run on block paving, but i have run full size forwarders fully loaded across golf courses on a combination of ply board, plant mats and steel plate and never left a mark after multiple passes.

As with all timber that dies standing Ash loses its natural properties. There are words and terms used in the round timber / sawmilling trade that describes timber that has turned past it's best , "dotey" and "frammy" are the ones i am familiar with. Anyone that is familiar with cutting standing timber on a regular basis would be able to tell the difference from colouration etc , from the felling cuts at the base of the tree. In the case of Ash , as was the case with Elm it was more to do with how many growing seasons the tree had been dead or on its way out. The outward appearance of the tree standing impacts on the internal appearance of the timber that is caused by deterioration.

I know of one case that involved a fatality where HSE asked for expert advice regarding the saw.

From what i have seen of spruce beetle you should be able to find patches of lifted bark and trackways on the stem . Sheep dip is more than possible.

I have had a couple of Hycracks, the first one which was the cheaper farmer type model. It eventually sheared the shaft. I had a stronger shaft made which meant bigger bearings , which in turn increased the gap from base plate to cone. Could spin logs for fun if you weren't careful after the alterations. The gap increase wasn't massive but made a big difference.

Something not quite right here . On older tractors 540 pto speed was achieved at around 1700 rpm.

I used to value a lot of standing timber for fixed price standing sales. The method used was working in guessed multiples of 6 foot ( pre decimal) by eye. The taper is reasonably easy to calculate on a uniform tree, so it is then possible to rough calculate the mid quarter girth or circumference., then cube the measures up for volume.

Some of the local plant guys will be familiar with this type of work .