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1 hour ago, Dan Maynard said:

Just looked up the conversion, 11nzd is only £5.51. Still absolutely eye watering for a screw.

A junkie hooker would be better value.

I think it’s heat or drought stress.

16 hours ago, Billhook said:

The 1124  has nothing like the ability of the Matbro Teleporter in the woods

It cannot lift even half as much and the teleporter is great at helping trees go down in the right place as well as easily dealing with hung ones.  Another plus is that the muck grab is above you helping to guide the tree  and protect against falling rotten branches 

Today we have been thinning some 80 foot high sycamore which were planted too close and the trunks are only just over a foot in diameter.  They are so close together that every tree becomes hung up

Just a nudge with the teleboom is enough to bring them down and if not a chain around the base and a short bit of reversing.  The logs are stacked at ten foot lengths and I can pick up a large bundle with the old muck grab and deposit them gently on the log table by the Palax

I would like to restore the old 1124 back to agricultural spec. ( ducks down under desk to hide from missiles!)

There wouldn’t be any missiles being thrown from me. Any pics?

48 minutes ago, David Cropper said:

Hope the Irish Sea is wide enough.

Check the coil. Can be a bad connection in these. I had a similar problem with my 630.

Did the low oil pressure light ever come on?

33 minutes ago, gdh said:

Is it a Vario model? We have a T series so not sure but is there a switch when you spin the seat that's not tripping?

Thanks for the reply, it's the Hi-tech and a 121 about 10 years old. 

Apologies for hijacking the thread. Does anyone here have a twin trac (reverse drive) N series? Would there be a reason for it to be stuck in reverse drive only? Or was it ever a factory option to be available only with reverse drive from new? I can't see any benefit to only having reverse drive, so I presume something has broken in the transmission.  

Paddy went on holidays to the Med. All week he was having no luck with the local ladies. In his hotel there was an Italian man who was having all the fun with ladies. So Paddy bought him a drink at the bar one night and asked Tony what was the secret, how do you have all the women flocking around you all day, and all night?

'It's very simple' says Tony, 'You take a banana and you put it down your speedos. I guarantee you the women will go crazy for you.'

  'Great' says Paddy 'I'll try that so in the mornin and go to the beach'.

So Paddy, next day with the banana in the speedos was on the beach early. But every time he approached a group of girls to try chatting them up they ran away screaming.

That night, back at the hotel bar Paddy spotted Tony and charged over towards him, shouting 'You bastard Tony, you told me to put a banana in my speedos and the women would be flocking around me. Instead they were running away, screaming and covering their mouths'. 

'Ah but Paddy when I told you to put a banana in your speedos, I meant for you to put the banana down the front, not the back'.

Roundup works well. But you need a warm, sunny day in mid August to hit it hard with a good soaking. In August the plant is starting to transfer nutrients down to the roots for the winter. By doing the first spray in mid August you have a chance to do any bits you missed the first time again in mid September. 

Nice looking stakes, I hope it's European larch though. Any chance of a photo of the cradle. What was the problem with it?

Silky saws should have a hollow handle for a band aid and super glue 

For bedding cattle I find dry conifer chip to be the most absorbent, compared to fresh Ash. I haven’t tried anything else. I have no tests done but from personal experience ploughed in muck from spent woodchip bedding does reduce N availability in the first year after spreading.

Dummy lock at normal height with 12g cartridge attached to go off when hasp is opened. Put the real lock at ground level. Around here a simple cctv sign deters travellers. Seems they don’t like having their photo taken.

What weight is it full of fuel and oil?

I reckon you need a new tv show 🤔arb 4 townies.

On 25/02/2021 at 06:29, Ashley_smith said:

Hi

 

my parents have a few trees that require some work! They have a maple of some description, it has dark red leafs? That needs re-pollarding when would this best be done? Would waiting until next winter be best or could it be done through the summer? 
 

the second tree is a big oak, it’s been reduced about 5 years ago but now they are thinking of having that pollarded! When would the best time to get someone to sort that? They want it doing soonish so it’s not blocking the light trough the summer!

 

pic of the oak tree

I think you'll have to wait until August September time to do the purple maple. I think if you cut it now it will bleed as the sap is probably rising already. 

Keep the ripple. It's probably rarer than wider boards IMHO. How much wider will the boards be the other way?

On 07/02/2021 at 17:10, s o c said:

They put small cable tie on gate or railing of property where they spot valuable dog. Then come back later to steal.

the traveller gangs are more efficient at planning than the best utility companies 

We've found that some female versions can read and rite on Irish forums too, it's got to the stage that we might have to be careful what we say about them online now. 

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057383006

As to OP, I reckon the numbers could be depth.

How far does it reach? Must be an Irish thing, I bought a Silky Ibuki blade on ebay and a florbest handle fits on nicely.

The Bahco pruning saw is good value for money, easy enough to put a telescopic brush handle on it too.

2 hours ago, Woodworks said:

Amazingly suicide rates internationally didn't rise last year. Maybe those who are depressed dont feel as isolated as they might do as they know so many are in the same boat.

I logged on to the site to read the jokes thread because I needed cheering up and ended up here.....

Good news is wife is a health care worker and got her first shot on Friday. 

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Just imagine a sheet of tin on top, and a couple of heavy posts at the end, would be pretty close to mine.

6 hours ago, Marc Lewis said:

I notice certain wood rots in different manners. A prime example of this is oak, it can rot away or turn to bone oak which takes a very long time to break down. Does anybody know the reason for this?

Tanins in the oak I guess stop it breaking down. To answer OP we are chipping the tops and light branches, cutting the heavy stuff into 4m lengths and stacking it near the house. Will cut and split it during the summer. We make mini shed with 2 posts each end, 8ft apart, with 2 pallets tied to the posts. Then stack the fire wood between the pallets about 5ft high. Screw some batons along the top then screw an 8x4ft sheet of galvanised corrugated iron on top. It’s cheap to extend too.

1 hour ago, rapalaman said:

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The biggest lie I tell myself everyday - "I don't need to write that down because I'll remember it"

 

A short pencil is better than a long memory.

 

Sound only for me too on laptop. 

Try and keep the kink in the planks, someone might like it as a kitchen counter top end. If it doesn't work out it can always be cut off afterwards.