5thelement
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They will be available to the public in 55 years.
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I saw one on fleabay a while back that had been retrofitted with 4 pneumatic tyres, the description claimed it made the mobility of the machine far easier. Given the weight of the cumbersome lump I think they where probably right.
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What does it do except make the saw louder?
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And don’t forget the obligatory ’Bark box’.
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It can be done, it’s just a faff to do so. You can get a .325 sprocket with a different spline size, then get an adapter for the larger Husky mount to allow a .325 bar to be fitted. When I looked around, the only combination I could find was an expensive Cannon bar in .325 with an adapter to allow it to fit the Husky.
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You can put a .325 sprocket on but will struggle to find a .325 pitch guide bar carrying the correct Husky mount to match it all up, e.g the 560 bar won’t fit. You can get bar mount adapters from Rob D at Chainsawbars. co.uk to make it all compatible. Fit a semi chisel chain first and see how you get on.
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This is a genuine image from the Conservatives own site. He makes the cop out of The Simpsons look athletic, talk about the “Fat Blue Line”, he’s like an egg on legs!
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I’m offering you good advice to prevent you being injured, take it or leave it.
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If I was you I would go out with an experienced arborist and learn some techniques and applications for different cutting methods rather than taking a few pointers on an arb forum and jumping to your own conclusions on what the purpose of the inboard/outboard cuts ‘lark’ is all about, as you clearly haven’t a clue.
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I will definitely do a full scribe at some point, even if it’s on a micro scale, just for kicks. The guys I knew who went to Devon where dealing with timbers that needed offering up with a telehandler, Canadian style cabins, very, very nice. They bought woodland in Bulgaria and never came back, one of them was on the run from a Glaswegian gangland mob though!
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If I owned a saw mill I would certainly be going down the timber framing route rather than log scribing, especially having access to decent saw log. I think theres potentially a reasonable sized market for pre made/self assembly framing kits.
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The best we can hope is that the screws are vigilant enough to prevent them committing suicide and let the inmates serve real justice for the boy.
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A long way off but there was a guy in Devon that used to run week long courses in full timber scribed cabin builds. Accommodation on his farm and as much Cider as you could drink. A couple of guys I know attended one and really rated it, they went on to buy a Black Pine block in Bulgaria and developed a holiday cabin complex, never saw them again.
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I was informed today that there is up to a million tonnes of wind blown crop at Keilder Forest.
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I have cut old sleepers for landscaping jobs/retaining wall plenty of times. They can be a surprising variety of timber species, ranging anywhere from Oak to exotic rainforest growth. I usually scraped the surface first to remove any large lumps of bitumen/stones then cut with a combination of chainsaw with tungsten carbide teeth (Stihl Duro) or large chop saw for neater joints/corners. They are still hard on the cutters and I suspect it would ruin a bandsaw blade per mantle, if not quicker.
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Those 4x4 type pulleys are designed for winching your Ranger out of a ditch, leave them alone. The swing cheek one in Mick’s image with the swivel hook is the way forward, I use them often, just compare both of them in your hand and you can feel the wight/build difference. Just check the compatibility of the block with your steel rope diameter. ‘Ace’ brand are made in Birmingham, they do a good snatch block, they are on Ebay and have a direct website.
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Termites are endemic in France. Because of this, Poplar is often used for stud work, even un treated it is less prone to infestation.
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I worked for a guy over 20 years ago who clad his tractor shed entirely in oversized Poplar boards, they greyed up lovely, I recently went back and they looked exactly the same. There is also a well known chainsaw instructor near me who has a Poplar clad woodland home. It seems to work okay externally as long as it isn’t in the ground/continually wet.
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I’ve cleared several ‘future forestry’ tree experimental blocks over the years, largely due to imported infections. The last 5-6 years in the UK I worked predominantly in Ash dieback, the volume of losses where just tragic. I would replace the felled Ash at your place with Black Locust. Seeing its uses and the quality of the coppice timber growth, combined with the regenerative speed that is unaffected by deer browsing, I think it would be a winner In Devon.
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The Forestry Journal has indicated that there are 13 confirmed sites in the UK, they are currently creating a demarcation area in Cumbria.
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Although the old boy has lost a yard, he has been a prolific Rabbiter. His nemesis ’Mr Hare’ has always evaded him until today. The Hare sat tight until the last possible minute before erupting at full speed. Jasper cleverly steered it out of the stubble field and into a field of Mangles where it lost too much momentum, a quick shake of the neck and it was game over. I have never actively killed Hares, they are a little bit special, unfortunately for them they are absolutely delicious, all giblets are currently being served to the victor.
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It depends on what you intend to do in the future. You could do CS38/39 for aerial/climbing work. Or medium/wind blown tree tickets if you want to keep your feet on the ground.
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I am surprised that I haven’t heard loads of politicians bleeting on about this ‘endless stream of positives’, they normally don’t miss an opportunity to slap themselves on the back. Personally, I can’t think of any benefits that I have felt that are the result of Brexit. I thought that there would have been a bit more to shout about by now. What post Brexit benefits have you taken advantage of Andy?
