Unframed Dave

These are the trees, identified in a previous thread as Poplar. I'll add some pictures from today of the area, but need to do it from my phone.

Definitely not Holly.

To the best of my Knowledge and I'm a proper amateur, all Poplar. Both were laying on the ground and had been for some time. In my (proper amateur) mind, the one of them could have still been alive and the other not seems to make sense.

All of this was cut from the same type of tree. Within a few days, it was all cut together. The orange colour wasn't visible when stacked, most was stacked only a few days ago.

A request please. If you decide to have a crack at this, please be aware that anything you pull out of the river becomes your responsibility in law. I live on the Norfolk broads and see the detritus people pull out and abandon on the side of the bank regularly. Worse still, large lumps of steel or cast iron dumped in the grass nearby, a horrible accident waiting to happen for some poor bleeder operating a flail mower or a passer by. At best it's littering, at worse, it's a danger to human life. Rant over.

I have a requirement for basic training and possibly onwards for myself and son. Am also hoping to rustle up maybe a couple of others. Can provide location, shelter, timber and refreshments on site. Please get in touch.

Definitely struck a power cable.

I have four pairs of tongs, I'll rank them below according to my experience in using them. Husqvarna ~ most expensive, best to use. Biggest capacity wise. Stihl / ebay jobby. Both will pick up the same size log. The Stihl feels better made, but haven't used either long enough to determine durability. The ebay jobby is cheaper. Stubai from Chris forestry. Well made and cheapest. Work well but smallest log capacity of the four. Perfect if you don't want to lift anything too heavy. Nice company to deal with as well.

Got up there today and managed to get a lot of it cleared. Seriously heavy stuff. Took the wife and I about 3 hours, we'll finish the job Friday if it forecasts dry weather.

The ego batteries have an inbuilt timer, if they are left unused for a good length of time, they partially discharge. Clever stuff. From the user manual. "NOTICE: This battery pack is equipped with an advanced self-maintenance function to extend the battery life. Depending on the battery charge,it will automatically performa self-discharge operation after one month of storage. After this self-maintenance, the battery pack will enter sleep mode and maintain 30% of its charge capacity. If stored for a month or longer, fully recharge the battery before the next use. (Not applicable to BA2240T which is equipped with other advanced technology to extend the battery life.) It is not necessary to run down the battery pack charge before recharging. The Lithium-Ion battery can be charged at any time and will not develop a “memory” when charged after only a partial discharge. Use the power indicator to determine when the battery pack needs to be recharged."

Thank you.

This is what the trees look like standing for ID purposes.

You were quite right. The stump has righted itself. Thanks.

Would be good to have a positive ID, when I first started cutting some of these trees, I was convinced it was Poplar, then I was informed they were Ash and I've gone with that ever since. I'll put some more pictures up in a while.

Thanks all and good call about it having settled back. We've had a lot of windblown Ash in this part of the woods.

It's in Norfolk.

How do I go about finding out who to talk to?

Assume that's tongue in cheek?

As admitted previously I'm a hobbyist, but would that machine pass safety standards over here? Looks incredibly dangerous to me.

We own three plots within a larger wood. Two of the plots have poles in them. The whole wood is gated and padlocked. Couple of years ago, the arborists who look after the electric supplies around here contacted me and arranged to come in with a unimog cherry picker and do some trimming around the poles. Absolutely no problems. October 2020, we visited the woods and noticed our woods had been badly churned up by a four wheel drive, the ground was very wet. The tracks went in two directions from the internal road in the direction of the poles. I was a bit pissed off that no effort to contact us and that they had somehow got through the gate. The damage was fairly minor, but not a happy bunny. Anyway, yesterday we were clearing an area we hadn't previously been able to access and discovered a felled Ash. A rather large one at that. I know I haven't done it, and the age of the felling seems to coincide with the previous event. I'm quite surprised that this tree was felled in the direction of the power supply and can imagine some serious chuff clenching as it toppled directly towards the cables. Thoughts please.

Is this what you mean? For me, this is absolutely fantastic. Game changer now the kids have mind's of their own and we can't make them barrow logs out of the woods.

I've had this in my wood store. Generally at the bottom or towards the building walls. I put it down to poor airflow in those areas. This year I am stacking everything on pallets and further away from the walls.

You are quite right. I was pointing the thermometer at the glass door. This reads currently 300 ish. Open the door and the temp is beyond the range of the thermometer. It tops out at 380.

The thermometer is for the flue, bit of design flaw though as my flue is stainless. Not magnetic. The burner body is cast iron, so that's where it sits.