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- Sun Jan 26, 2014 5:38 pm
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Log splitters
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3660
Re: Log splitters
That looks good mate , mine was able to be lifted up and down on the tractors hydraulics , it also had a lever with a rope to the cut off on the tractor incase you got tangled . the other useful thing it had was a hinged table ,hinged at the side so if a log got jammed on the screw you could hinge t...
- Sun Jan 12, 2014 5:55 pm
- Forum: DIY and Handicrafts
- Topic: Home-made wood burner
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4987
Re: Home-made wood burner
Nice one , waiting to see how the back boiler is made
- Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:37 am
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: "fuel storage" Not volume but quaility..
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8022
Re: "fuel storage" Not volume but quaility..
As the owner of an older vehicle (honda C90 cub) there has been a lot of talk of this on the forums , best advice is : only use Shell V power as this is the only petrol that is not using ethanol (at the moment) this is also confirmed to me by a mate that has a light aircraft that uses pump fuel , he...
- Tue Dec 24, 2013 11:01 am
- Forum: Homes and Retreats
- Topic: Electricity grid alternative?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5913
Re: Electricity grid alternative?
A friend of mine has a small holding at the end of a not reliable electric supply , so he set up a diesel genny in his barn , it starts up automatically if the power goes off , he runs it on central heating oil and has a couple of 1000 litre tanks as spares and his main tank is 5000 litres (i think)...
- Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:59 pm
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Log splitters
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3660
Re: Log splitters
I used to have a screw type log splitter on the back of my fordson major , it would split ok but the logs made were not pretty ,you had to load the round onto the table and jam it onto the screw , if it got jammed it was a pain to unwind the round off the big screw . after a couple of months of usin...
- Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:23 am
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Keeping things Lit!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3190
Re: Keeping things Lit!
Heres a link to a handy home made olive oil lamp ( i havnt tried this yet ,looks good though)
http://survivalsherpa.wordpress.com/201 ... -oil-lamp/
http://survivalsherpa.wordpress.com/201 ... -oil-lamp/
- Sat Oct 05, 2013 8:50 pm
- Forum: New Members Start Here
- Topic: Hi from Snowdonia
- Replies: 3
- Views: 470
Hi from Snowdonia
Hi , Mark here , Woody to my mates , jet mechanic by trade ,before that panel beater by apprenticeship/collage so good welder/fabricator , live out in the sticks/mountains , here to learn the info needed to last out a SHTF scenario , luckily we have plenty of streams for water and forests for fuel/c...