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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.

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.

Wood 'Shed' ideas... I'll apologize in advance... | Firewood storage, Outdoor firewood rack, Wood shed WWW.PINTEREST.CA Aug 20, 2012 - Hi all,I realize there are a bunch of threads about wood shed ideas on the site (have been... Just imagine a sheet of tin on top, and a couple of heavy posts at the end, would be pretty close to mine.

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.

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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.

Any more pics Matty? Looks like the uprights along the low wall just magically float there in mid air. You made great use of the existing walls there.

Louves as doors, a pair to each bay might be too complicated but would give you the best of both worlds. Open them for access with the tractor and good weather, close them when it’s wet. Do you have a band saw tvi?

Sorry to hear that Sam, better luck next time.

Looks like everyone has their own method. I put two sods of turf flat on the bottom then 2 more perpendicular on top. Put the firelighter between them. Then stack dry kindling criss cross on top of the turf with 2 medium sized logs on top. Then light it and put a bigger split log leaning on the side so that as the kindling burns down the big split log falls into the fire.

Probably on the phone too, rough day Johnny, glad you are ok. Could be cracks in some of your castings after a smash like that.

On the table Buck's fizz, the prunes, the beatles? The stripes?

Not exactly experience, but I tried to do a masters on it, long story. But to get decent yields it needs good soil, dry land for harvesting and a hot summer. The big advantage is that it can be harvested at 25% moisture content in March / April before the new shoots appear. Big disadvantage of it was that some bright spark discovered that it was high in HCl so not good for boilers. It cost a lot for the rhizomes to get it established. There was perhaps 2000 acres of it planted in Ireland in the noughties, but it is all gone around here now as there basically was no market for it, there might be a bit left in Wicklow / Wexford where it is used as animal bedding instead of straw. I think Drax(?) power station was doing it in UK, maybe 15 years ago. Drax ends miscanthus contracts and reviews straw supply - Farmers Weekly WWW.FWI.CO.UK The UK’s largest power station is to stop buying miscanthus from UK growers from next year. The company is also...

Not bad at all. What's it like to start on a cold morning? Mate of mine has a 6.30, he has rigged up a 24v starter for it.

Wall to wall Sitka spruce, leave it for 30 years, don't thin it, clearfell at year 30, rinse and repeat. This will piss off any neighbours, they'll probably leave, buy them out, plant more Sitka. Pretty soon you'll have 1000 acres of Sitka. If it works for state owned forestry surely it will work for you too.

Junkkari hj 5 chipping Ash. No feed rollers so forked branches have to be cut half way through and folded in towards the central main branch. IMG_1345.MOV

If you still have one nut take it to the hardware store with you, find a bolt to fit it, then get a few nuts that fit that bolt for spares.

Might have dry disc brakes exposed under the cab, can be a fire hazard. It’s the linkage at the bottom of the gearstick that wears out, should be an easy fix though. All the controls are rods and links so a can of wd 40 would be handy. Bomb proof air cooled engine if there’s no oil leaks to clog up the cooling fins. 4wd or 2wd?

Bit of frost last week was great, moved a trailer load of chips today across a field and left a track behind me.

With a day like today in Ireland you made the right choice. Just watch out for stray branches in the radiator/fan area. A nose guard would be good too. Change the oil in the back end once a year, engine every 150 hours and that tractor will be a family heirloom. Best of luck with it. You even have room for the chainsaw down beside the clutch with the guide bar along the mudguard.

Looks like some people here could soon move on to an over 70 thread😃

Ford 4000 with the cab gets my vote. It is probably 10 years younger.

Just wondering with so much Ash being felled at present how have prices held up? Over here in Ireland €25 / ton standing seems to be the local price, this would be on a smallish site, 15 acres approx with good road access. Trees are between 20-25 years old. I haven't seen them so I don't know what log size is like.

My wife just texted me that Gavin from auto glass repair injected his special resin into her crack. I’m not the jealous type, but I do have the car🤔