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  1. Mr. Ed
    Ok, that sounds like a good list of benefits ...
  2. Mr. Ed
    On the subject of the backs of tractors what’s the balance of benefit from pulling things from a hitch on the drawbar compared with one on a 3point arrangement?
  3. Mr. Ed
    That’s the toybox Christmas list developing then: big arch, tractor winch, forklift ...
  4. Mr. Ed
    Glad I didn't see this advert before committing to the Ford. Not that we could afford it, and it's in the wrong place, but I mean, look at all those knobs. What a fine beast.
  5. Mr. Ed
    Brilliant analysis. Thank you so much. I do think it’s absolutely great that 50 year old machines are still practical and useful. Can you talk me through the forklift on the back of your yellow machine? I imagine that’s just the thing for moving and stacking in the yard.
  6. Mr. Ed
    That’s exactly what I told the disappointed gin seller I’d like to do..,,
  7. Mr. Ed
    You b*****rd! Just after consensus had been established .... I would rather buy the MF for handiness but am going to go for the Ford for power. I’ve just measured from maps and the land rises some 80 metres over a straight line distance of less than 350, and although the lane down the hill winds very sinuously and elegantly I could imagine the lighter machine struggling a little. And the cab will provide a dry place to eat lunch in...
  8. Mr. Ed
    I’m reluctantly being persuaded that I want the red one because it’s cute and has a number plate that’s close to my heart, and that the Ford is the sensible choice. Do people ever complain of too much power?
  9. Mr. Ed
    4 to 5k euros. In Ireland.
  10. Mr. Ed
    It’s a bit harder to start and smokes more? It may have had a harder life.
  11. Mr. Ed
    Nice!
  12. Mr. Ed
    Thx! Cope with smallish trees in winching or pulling up hill?
  13. Mr. Ed
    OK - hive mind wisdom needed Target purchase: small tractor needed to winch trees out to our lane that goes down through the woods and then pull them back out again, by arch or trailer and the to help move them around the yard Quantity of funds available? Modest. Immediate choice? A really charming MF35X with good history and recently rebuilt. A Ford4000 with cab. Both sound. MF more manoeuvrable - Ford more powerful. Good local bloke to fix them when they die. I’m in love with the MF - herself thinks the Ford is better. Photo of MF is a few years old now but it still looks good.
  14. Mr. Ed
    Just a matter of felling licence, planning permission, building control, architects (fortunately I have a very good friend who’s doing this) surveyors, grading the timber (it seems I have to get someone to certify that my trees are as strong as anyone else’s trees) and all that other stuff. Oh, and finding the money to do it!
  15. Mr. Ed
    Not sure the savings were quite that much but I’m very happy with it. We’re hoping to redo the house here and rebuild its extension and I hope (hope upon hope!) to do it with our own timber - Douglas, oak & spruce structural timber, larch and cypress cladding. Sycamore and ash joinery and floorboards. Let’s see. Sounds ambitious to me, but if you don’t have a dream, then how you gonna make a dream come true. Chicken shed into kiln next!
  16. Mr. Ed
    Yup. “The only crime in my family is to pay retail.”
  17. Mr. Ed
    It's exactly the same as the LX50 I think - still made in the same factory, and Womanizer just dropped the branding for Europe, while keeping it on for the US market. It certainly looks the same in all details as the WM. Not only did Stephen give a good wack off as a discontinued/demo item, but the sawhead had already been built and adjusted by him, which saved a good day or two of work (at my speed that is), and meant it works well right out of the box. I cut up a really revolting looking bit of long dead ash today looking for something for the missus to turn (is she the only lady wood-turner?) and found this lovely thing. I had thought about how much I could lie to you as to its size, but it's defnitely more cheese-board than dining table . . . Still pretty wild.
  18. Mr. Ed
    And that one in the trailer was his demo model. Woodmizer apparently dropped the Timbery brand in Europe but keep it going in the US. It is the same machine as the equivalent woodmizer but made in Poland. Simple materials but seemingly well thought through.
  19. Mr. Ed
    Yup, SW Ireland. Back in the EU. Got my Irish citizenship just last week. I had an exciting trip back last week as a freight driver. As they say, a hi vis jacket makes you invisible.
  20. Mr. Ed
    Slatted shed for cows. An unplumbable depth of slurry lies below, beckoning to each washer, spanner and mobile phone. It’s actually not been used for cattle for 20 years or so so it’s not stinky.
  21. Mr. Ed
    Just done my first trial cut with our El Cheapo mill Timbery and I’m delighted. Thank you Stephen Cabrol. I’m impressed with how well thought out and sturdy it is, for an entry level model. The engine’s a bit crap, but it’ll do. We were rewarded with the joy of having liberated a Pooka who had been enchanted in the tree for 18 years. it’s not screaming, but yawning.
  22. Mr. Ed
    We have some really rapid growing and happy looking 9 year old Alder here - and similar birch.
  23. Mr. Ed
    I can speak to pine martens doing for greys. Not a one here, but some reds. And pots of voles and birds too. this clip might show our resident charmer: https://maggs-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/p/ed/EeTEDnU_IK1MvcMhdCF1le0BoS4K2_tN6_9ZG_EHYinnYw?e=WOwDfb
  24. Mr. Ed
    I write from Ireland where there’s another interesting angle to it - the clearfell cycle means that the boffins reckon Irish forestry has contributed to CO2 over the last couple of years. Apparently only some 20% of a Forest’s co2 capture is done by the trees and the rest is in the soil.
  25. Mr. Ed
    Whoops! Sorry John. Ahem.

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