webber Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 McF and myself have recently suffered a triple whammy. I telephoned one of our farmers to enquire as to what he had planted and where, as he has land located in various areas. He then proceeded to tell me that most of the land and buildings where up for sale, and that he had sold his combine! He then went on to say that the land that they were keeping would be grass from now on. What a pity, we have enjoyed some excellent pigeon shooting there over the years. At least there are still plenty of rabbits. On Saturday, McF payed another one of our farmers a visit, only to be told that he was never growing rape again. Now they do say that as one door closes another one opens, well I'm not that sure. One of my customers owns a large golf course, and a few days ago he asked me to sort out the rabbits, thousands of em! A little before dusk tonight McF and myself walked the boundaries of the course, and other areas to carry out our risk assesment before any shooting. We saw no rabbits, and very few signs, but did see a few hares. oh and a load of mallard on a pond. We returned to the car for a breather and slurp, had a chat and waited for it to go dark. Tonight was ideal lamping, no moon and light wind. We walked the whole course, and saw no more than 12 rabbits, hardly the infestation that we were expecting. I will be having a chat with the owner in the next few days. Hopefully we'll get permission to use the rangie on the buggy tracks, and hopefully get permission to thin out the 50 or so ducks. So far I feel that the door is ajar rather than opened. In the meantime we hope that when the other land is sold, we will be able to secure permission and that the new owner may have even more land. Well we can dream. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 What we all need is Bio diesel to have duty removed on it, then suddenly half the landscape will be covered in Rape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham M Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 What we all need is Bio diesel to have duty removed on it, then suddenly half the landscape will be covered in Rape! Not too sure on that because I have heard that at the moment it costs more to produce it than it is worth. G.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Its also really bad for your engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Its also really bad for your engine No its not, the diesel engine was designed to run on vegatable/bio oil not diesel Pin. Commerce dictated that it would be best (cheaper and profitable for the petrochemical industry) to have the engine running on diesel. LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 I will readily bow to superior knowledge on the subject. I only recount what I was told by an audi tech I got chatting too. He said to me the higher combustion temperatures caused by modern common rail turby densil engines were causing massive hard burnt hydrocarbon deposits which was harming things, as well as the raw substance rotting things as it was. I don't know, might be ******** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 I will readily bow to superior knowledge on the subject. I only recount what I was told by an audi tech I got chatting too. He said to me the higher combustion temperatures caused by modern common rail turby densil engines were causing massive hard burnt hydrocarbon deposits which was harming things, as well as the raw substance rotting things as it was. I don't know, might be ******** No thats true Pin, but the biggest problem with bio+ is fuel filtering. The pressures and tempertures haven't increased that much but it has made a difference. The common fuel rail diesel engine is a very complicated bit of kit. Fuel has to be pre-heated for economic burning, cooled before being allowed to return to the tank, and filtered down to 2 or 3 microns. Don't hold me to that as the Bosch course I attended was a while ago and I was staying in a rather good pub. What we have now is a fuel injected diesel engine. Two points of injection, the first one a minor one (to lose the diesel knock) second one is for real combustion. Another few years and the diesels will be out performing petrol alternatives not that they are that far behind now. LB No more we are derailing LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted September 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Funny how this is supposed to be about new permission, but strayed onto biodiesel. I just happen to know more than a bit about the stuff. Both Pin and Lurcherboy are correct. My business retails biodiesel, and also runs 3 diesel trucks on it, although the rest of our fleet is on autogas. There are certainly some significant problems with the more modern diesel engines and biodiesel. I have however been advised that it is possible to have the system re programmed by the main dealer to accept bio, but dont know of anyone who actually has done so. In the summer months we run 100% bio, and drop to 50% in the winter. The engine when cold smoke a bit, but its not that nasty acrid smoke that you get from normal diesel. Unfortunatley our bio supplier recently had a serious fire, and is now out of production, so we are currently back on the real stuff. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 webber, hopefully the new owners of your shooting land will extend your permisssions. Its happened to me a few times in the past, especially if the outgoing owner gives you a good reference and makes an introduction. On the bio fuel question, I know a few people that are running their diesels on a mix of reclaimed vegetable oil and diesel. One is running 100% reclaimed vegetable oil and none of them are reporting any problems, including filter trouble. I have always been under the impression (something I read somewhere) that the main problem is, that it takes quite a few acres to produce a few gallons, as the conversion to fuel ratio is quite low. This may not be accurate, but its something that has stuck in my mind. Does anyone have any info ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 So what changes...one door closes and another one opens...always has been always will be at least for the optimists among us If you wanna see rape you should get to this part of the world. I'm in the process of gathering 2006/7 planting plans from farmers and it looks like rape is at least as popular as last year and maybe more so. There's 10's of thousands of acres being grown around here and long may it continue. Early sown stuff is already attracting birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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