Working for the Commission for the first time

[spuddog0507]

9 hours ago, Stere said:

Husqvarna's new posh helmet has a UV indicator built in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

some stihl helmets have had a UV indicator for about 4 years now,

[Rough Hewn]

[spuddog0507]

2 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

thats the one expert ? i think , got 2 of them ones ok and one i ran over with tractor,

[Big J]

Thanks for all the pointers chaps. Much appreciated. 

 

The first week went very well. The harvesting manager at the Commission couldn't have been more helpful and just left us to it. As we don't have the tickets for the processor yet, it limited our work a bit, so he found us other work to do to keep us going. Also not helped by having 4 inches of rain in 7 days softening everything and not having the tracks until next week. 

 

The forwarder is working really well too, and by Friday I was pulling out 5-6 tonnes an hour (on stack measure). 

[spuddog0507]

18 hours ago, Big J said:

Thanks for all the pointers chaps. Much appreciated. 

 

The first week went very well. The harvesting manager at the Commission couldn't have been more helpful and just left us to it. As we don't have the tickets for the processor yet, it limited our work a bit, so he found us other work to do to keep us going. Also not helped by having 4 inches of rain in 7 days softening everything and not having the tracks until next week. 

 

The forwarder is working really well too, and by Friday I was pulling out 5-6 tonnes an hour (on stack measure). 

photos video would be good to see J i await with interest along with many others,

[Big J]

2 hours ago, spuddog0507 said:

photos video would be good to see J i await with interest along with many others,

Ended up on some fairly large spruce windblow for a while and the machine didn't struggle with anything at 3m. The grab on it is 0.16m square, which I presume means that when the grab is just closed the area is 0.16m. On this log, the grab is nowhere near closed and it's the small end of the log. Probably about 0.75 cube, and not the largest log at all.

It's handling the terrain well, and it's very soft in places as well as stumpy. It's got the agility to wiggle between the various obstacles.

Edited August 19, 2018 by Big J

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Don't show that pic to TCD.

[Big J]

27 minutes ago, htb said:

Don't show that pic to TCD.

Haha! The stumps could be a bit lower, but they are all self righted windblow stumps. Until they were severed, they were all deep in the ground (it's quite boggy) and there was no way to cut lower without mullering the edge on the saw. I'm keener for my cutters to stay safe on multiple windblow rather than taking more risks trying to get a super low stump.

Edited August 19, 2018 by Big J

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I saw that they were windblow and can understand the cutting point, just could not resist mentioning TCD.

[Big J]

I hate seeing stumps like that, but as you know, a lower cut would mean a full sharpen on every tree. 

 

What is annoying is that some of the stumps from the previous thinnings (all mechanically done) are actually too tall for my machine with 40cm of clearance to drive over. No need for it at all. 

 

Hoping to get another 250 tonnes out next week. Getting into the swing of it, the machine is working well and I'm enjoying myself.