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  1. Gav73
    My advice would be to check for branches before you start splitting if you haven’t got a big splitter. Any without obvious branches should split well with a decent size axe/maul. Anything with branches I would saw first.
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    Ah this takes me back to a simpler time when there was a guy who ran an ice cream van during the night. If you called him he would sell you a bag of crisps for a tenner and you got four cans of beer free. Got away with it for years until the hounding from the local council finally shut him down
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    Make it to the size of the pallet. No point breaking up a solid pallet.
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    I was astounded by the sound it made. I actually thought it was steel at first!
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    I have to agree with this, which words are used in legislation can open up something, which should be relatively simple, to a wide version of interpretations. But that doesn’t mean it will be easy to prove that a chosen interpretation is valid, it would still need to be tested in a court of law and for the judge to decide it’s correct or whether the “spirit of the legislation” has been broken. Personally I think you’d be on a hiding to nothing trying to justify your interpretation of the 2 cube rule and it was probably cost you more in legal fees than just paying woodsure.
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    That’s a good shout, I’ll try them [emoji1303]
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    Ah the good old blue pallets, last lot of them I had stained my hands so I looked like a Smurf [emoji23]
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    The “daddy of pallets” ?
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    Gumtree always seems to be better round here than Facebook for finding them - but I rarely see more than 3-4 pallets in any one place
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    I did something very similar, I bought a venom to get through all the wood we burn in a year. Since I’ve bought it, I’ve split firewood for a number of people (most of them had a tree taken down and decided to process it themselves with an axe or wedge, tried it and gave up as it was too hard work) that paid for the splitter in a short period of time. I toyed with the idea of a processor, but all of my firewood is arb waste, so I don’t think it would actually work that well for me as the logs I get are already cut down to a size that can be lifted
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    Wet wood in a garage with no airflow. It’s going to go mouldy
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    Not a clue on the calories, but it definitely went through double the amount of fuel. I normally mix up a litre of fuel at a time for the blower and use about half a litre blowing the leaves on the drive, around the house and a bit of the road. With the super unleaded the tank doing the same amount of work, the tank was almost dry.
  13. Gav73
    Just to add to the drying times - I have a lot of log stores dotted around and some season wood quicker than others depending on which way they face and the amount of wind they get. My best ones are at the top of my garden, get the sun all day long and are exposed to the maximum amount of wind. If I put softwood in them, it can season in as little as four months (depending on when it was felled and split). So my suggestion would be to experiment a little on where to put your log stores.
  14. Gav73
    Nope, I’ve had three different ones over the years, I bent one, broke one in half and the last one mushroomed so much it was almost flat. It’s quicker and less hassle to cut the gnarly bits down with a chainsaw unless you have a decent splitter
  15. Gav73
    I do this too, I put two plastic crates under the splitter when I’m using it. Once they’re full, a quick shake gets rid of the smallest of stuff and I’m left with loads of good kindling. I leave it in the crates to dry and it’s useable within a few months. The other thing I’ve found great for kindling is poplar. It’s dead easy to split and dries really quickly.
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    I’m got the choice of a MS181 with a 16” bar and a MS391 with a 20” bar. My instinct was to maybe use the 181 as the chain is smaller and there would be less wastage, but it’s probably underpowered
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    @agg221 that’s really helpful advice. Thank you, I’ve had a quick look at the options and yes the Ecomill looks like it would suit what I want to do
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    Morning all, I recently got a few pieces of yew that aren’t quite big enough to be worthwhile for someone to come and mill, but I quite fancy having a go myself. I’ve had a look online and have seen several mills that are quite cheap, but because I don’t know much about milling, I’m concerned I might pick one that’s crap. Anyone got any recommendations for a mill that won’t break the bank or itself?
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    I’m size 13 and I’ve had a few pairs of Karrimoor boots - none of the recent ones have lasted more than six months. All wore out in different ways - disintegrated inner soles, split soles letting in water, fell apart at the seams. Totally different to the first pair I had - they did last years!
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    I had a huge thorn go under my finger nail and snap off a couple of years back. I could only see a faint shadow of the thorn it was in really deep. Tried cutting the nail as far back as I could to get it out - no luck with that and decided it would work it’s way out given time. Next day I couldn’t put any pressure on that finger and it was swollen and red. Decided the best course of action was to squeeze the finger as hard as I could after I’d soaked it in hot salty water. Many expletives were uttered, but after a load of pus came out, the thorn followed - it hurt like hell, but was much better the second it came out and healed very quickly!
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    I had a similar flashback to when I was a kid. Me, my brother and 2 cousins jumping from the top of the stairs onto a beanbag in the hallway - Christ knows how we didn’t kill ourselves and why didn’t our parents stop us??[emoji848] Anyway beanbag burst, polystyrene balls all up the walls and ceiling and I can remember my mum hoovering the walls and ceiling every day for about a week to get rid of them all [emoji23]
  22. Gav73
    Wife fires the stove up to get to 23 degrees in the living room, I usually have it hovering around the 20 mark - I tend to go outside if it’s 23 to cool down!
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  24. Gav73
    Postage to Scotland would be very expensive! [emoji23]
  25. Gav73
    I’ve got a little stack of them under a pallet log store! I’m digging them out in the morning too

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