George.
I do all these tasks mentioned. Having a disabled wife, leaves me no choice.
There is always a bit of dust about. When I start seeing footprints in the dirt on the carpet, I get the hoover out.
I cook about 80% of the food that we eat. I enjoy cooking. I like eating good food shot, butchered and cooked by myself. from hoof to plate, I have control of the whole process.
Ian
Splitting wood.
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PESCA
Re: Splitting wood.
Good on you, Ian.
I'm strictly a can't cook, won't cook. I enjoy cooking, but as I can't get the timing right, I leave it to my much better half. A plate of food is no good if it's nicely cooked, but half of it is cold.
Don't do housework, but my missus doesn't hang doors, put skirting board on, repair the roof, paint the masonry, fix the plumbing, etc, etc, so, fairs fair
George
I'm strictly a can't cook, won't cook. I enjoy cooking, but as I can't get the timing right, I leave it to my much better half. A plate of food is no good if it's nicely cooked, but half of it is cold.
Don't do housework, but my missus doesn't hang doors, put skirting board on, repair the roof, paint the masonry, fix the plumbing, etc, etc, so, fairs fair
George
Re: Splitting wood.
PESCA wrote:Good on you, Ian.
Don't do housework, but my missus doesn't hang doors, put skirting board on, repair the roof, paint the masonry, fix the plumbing, etc, etc, so, fairs fair
George
I still do all them things as well George and more.
Ian
Re: Splitting wood.
Well domestics aside, I just got back from the pub. £17 for 4 drinks. Holy cow, and when you work it out as me on the women was having very large wine, not whine, it was about right.
Anyways
One of the chappies is a tree feller and I showed him my Woodstock. I said how long do you think that will last. He said 2 years.
stop collecting wood.
But,
I went up to my local farm who have been cutting all the wood down and I asked what he was doing with it. He said I can have the willow. So I loaded up the pickup and by my reckoning there is another 7 loads. I think I may have enough wood for a year or too. Yeeharrrr. Well if its free I can't really turn it down. It will get burnt at some point. And they had already cut it to 3 foot lengths. Perfect to fit in the truck.
Happy days.
Anyways
One of the chappies is a tree feller and I showed him my Woodstock. I said how long do you think that will last. He said 2 years.
stop collecting wood. But,
I went up to my local farm who have been cutting all the wood down and I asked what he was doing with it. He said I can have the willow. So I loaded up the pickup and by my reckoning there is another 7 loads. I think I may have enough wood for a year or too. Yeeharrrr. Well if its free I can't really turn it down. It will get burnt at some point. And they had already cut it to 3 foot lengths. Perfect to fit in the truck.
Happy days.
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22-250jock
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Re: Splitting wood.
we've got an eighty foot ash to take down in the garden at work this comming friday,we've got a tree surgeon mate comming in to get it down to 30ft
then we can clear fell it, not looking forward to lugging it out, this thing must be 4ft accross at the base. those rings are going to be ***kin heavy, luckily weve got a compact with a front loader
going to be a tidy few trailer loads though
enough to see the boss out i recon.
cheers jock
then we can clear fell it, not looking forward to lugging it out, this thing must be 4ft accross at the base. those rings are going to be ***kin heavy, luckily weve got a compact with a front loader
going to be a tidy few trailer loads though
enough to see the boss out i recon.cheers jock
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Re: Splitting wood.
Never turn it down. You can never have enough wood. I burnt out this winter cause i thought i have enough split. couldn't get to split any cause it was under 12" snow!!
Re: Splitting wood.
Just to dig this thread up again. Can anybody send me a link to decent chain sharpeners that don't cost the earth. Don't fancy the idea of a hand file. Chain is sharp at the moment but I have to cut up a load of logs for a mate. The selfsame mate who has permanently loaned me his chainsaw, so I couldn't really complain 
and I still have half a forest of my own to chop over the next few weeks.
Another interesting question. How much pressure would you need out of a cylinder to be able to split logs? I think 18 tonnes might be excessive and seeing that one for £400 makes me think I could make one next year. It was when you mentioned fork truck bits. And the one thing I have plenty of access to at the moment is.........fork truck bits. So I might be able to get my hands on some stuff cheap. I don't have access to a tractor so it would either need to be driven from the electrics or just use a worm wheel and thread, but I think hydraulic would be better for wear.
and I still have half a forest of my own to chop over the next few weeks.Another interesting question. How much pressure would you need out of a cylinder to be able to split logs? I think 18 tonnes might be excessive and seeing that one for £400 makes me think I could make one next year. It was when you mentioned fork truck bits. And the one thing I have plenty of access to at the moment is.........fork truck bits. So I might be able to get my hands on some stuff cheap. I don't have access to a tractor so it would either need to be driven from the electrics or just use a worm wheel and thread, but I think hydraulic would be better for wear.
Re: Splitting wood.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Faithfull-Cha ... 5640fe62b6
these ones arent bad for the money mr gloop
as for a log splitter
the bigger the better in my book, but i'd say 10ton for one that will handle most of what you can throw at it easily
these ones arent bad for the money mr gloop
as for a log splitter
the bigger the better in my book, but i'd say 10ton for one that will handle most of what you can throw at it easily
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Fox Hunter
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Re: Splitting wood.
You say you don't fancy the idea of hand file but have you actually tried one?Gloop wrote:Just to dig this thread up again. Can anybody send me a link to decent chain sharpeners that don't cost the earth. Don't fancy the idea of a hand file.
They are by far the best/quickest way to keep a sharp edge on a chain and don't take masses of practice to master. Granted the electric grinders put exactly the same angle and length to each tooth but they really aren't needed unless you've been angle grinding on nails or something and damaged the chain so bad you need to grind back half the teeth to match them up. The mistake that most make with hand files is expecting them to sharpen chains for eternity when they are only at their best for a 'limited' number of times. There's an electric grinder here, we used it twice when it was new about 4 yrs ago and about 3 times since...
All I'm trying to say is don't disregard the hand file if you haven't tried it, keeping a chain sharp is a lot easier (on you and the saw) than running it to extremes and starting from scratch each time.
Re: Splitting wood.
When we go for wood we cut and split it all before taking it home, ton at a time only takes us a couple of hours from start to finish.
Al
Al