coppice cutter
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This!
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We've had the 8kw Burley ourselves for 7 or 8yrs now. It has been absolutely flawless, words wouldn't do it justice. Thus it being a total no-brainer as a wood burning option.
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Thanks for the reply. Happily it appears that they're going to be content enough with wood only so Burley it is, probably a Holywell even though it may be a tad bigger than ideal. Even more happily, a local stockist has them available off the shelf at a cracking price! Sorted.
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In the process of doing up a house for another family member and we'll be putting a non-boiler stove in to an old fireplace which previously must have had a high output back boiler and grate, but it's been removed and capped off and we'll leave it like that for the foreseeable. We're not sure yet if they're happy enough to go wood only, if they do then it'll be simple, we'll put in an appropriately sized Burley. But I've a notion they'll want the option of burning coal and I know you can put a grate in the Burley, but that's sacrilege and I think we'd be better just going bespoke multifuel. It's a wee room, with a couple of standard sized doors so some heat could be let out, but I reckon 4kw nominal is as big as we'd go, smaller would probably even work. Single lever control as per Burley would be good too and budget is flexible. I really don't know much about multi-fuels so any recommendations would be very welcome.
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I've tried that. Works well but fierce hard on the wrists, .....................well for us oldies anyway!
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I'd go along with those who say that if you've room for it all then keep it all. The way the energy situation is going world-wide, knowing that you can keep yourself and family snug and warm for years to come is becoming an increasingly enviable position to be in.
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I'd agree with that too. But he'd have to up the budget considerably. And to be fair, a Natanoko is a 'pro saw' within his £200 budget at least.
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They are what they are, some people think they're fine, but I was buying a new saw this spring and after checking them out they weren't for me. All I'm saying is, they are certainly not the same as the old school chainsaws and cut off saws which you mention earlier so check them out before you buy. I've two Stihl cut-off saws and to me even the pro Stihl stuff is no longer in the same league, nevermind their homeowner stuff. But over and above all of that, I still think you'd be grand with the Silky.
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In that case then after buying the Natanoko, use the remaining money in your £200 budget to buy a decent short handled brush hook, Fiskars or Silky again, and a good axe for splitting, probably Fiskars as the Silky "Ono" is stupid money (still want one though!).
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Worth noting as well that the Stihl and Husqvarna saws within your budget are also Chinese built and bear little resemblance (in my opinion) to the 'traditional' Stihl/Husqvarna stuff.
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For that size of stuff? Easy, .................................Silky Natanoko. It'll give you more pleasure and less hassle than any chainsaw ever will given your budget.
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You've never lived!
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Yet when asked if he knew what the minimum wage currently is, his instinctive reaction was "yes" despite the fact that he didn't know. Are all politicians programmed to lie so easily?
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Not necessarily wrong. Castrol R was used extensively in two-stroke racing bikes through the 60's and 70's due to it's extreme anti-seize properties. It had one major problem, when it was exposed to the wet it tended to emulsify and had to the potential to stick the throttle slides open. So Castrol set about developing an oil which contained R to prevent engine seizures but had other ingredients to mitigate against it's nasty characteristics. It was a difficult job as R was a vegetable oil (the Yanks still call it "bean oil") and highly incompatible with most standard mineral oils and additives. The resultant oil was Castrol A747, it's still available (or something close to it at least, it's no longer made in Swindon so it's hard to be sure) and it's still the preferred choice for many people racing classic two-stroke motorcycles.
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Do the job properly, get a litre of it and put the recommended amount in the lawnmower as it's engine oil. Unigrade oils are recommended for mowers anyway so it would actually do a very good job too.
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Yeah, I'm prepared for that. Best get on with it and see what I have to deal with.
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Lawnmower belt disintegrated this week so a trip to the nearest Kubota dealer was on the cards. They're also big in to Husqvarna so I retuned home with 5l of the two stroke mix and 5l of the unmixed. We'll see how it goes in various things, mostly things that will have been run on a petrol/oil for their entire lives, and I'll keep the thread updated as a pointer for anyone that may be like minded. Oh, and I should add, he gave me 15% off and it's much simpler to claim the VAT back on it than pump fuel as well, both of which help to narrow the price gap a wee bit at least.
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Spoken with a strong West Country accent I presume?
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what tree to choose as grow-your-own Armco?
coppice cutter replied to noco's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Hazel is a good shout if you have the width available to make it several rows deep. Failing that, buy some s/h armco, put it in yourself, and plant beech hedging up against it to keep it hidden. -
No auto-return throttles in those days. In fact some bikes had a tensioning screw in the throttle unit that you could use to adjust the tightness of the twist grip. There's also an MOT exemption for it if the bike has no indicators. Not that safe, but that's how it was back then.
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Putting something right that has been screwed up unnecessarily by the shite that masquerades as fuel nowadays is soul destroying work anyway. Would much rather be fixing something which has either broken or worn out. Or just get them running sweet.
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No, it means up to 5% ethanol. Important difference.
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Interesting. I fix motorcycles for gainful employment during the spring/summer and have seen an increase in problems since the introduction of E5 and suspect it's only going to get worse with E10. Specifically all classic bikes or those in infrequent use. The more I look in to Aspen I'm actually wondering if there's a future market there in the motorcycle trade as well as horticultural.
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Is that because you're a Stihl user or it's handier or what? Sorry to seem so picky but I'm looking for some reason to buy one over the other, although fully realising that there's probably precious little between them. I'm just a bit OCD that way.
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Have you any preference between them?
