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I've cut for them before and a mate owned 1 fora while 

Quite often the 360/skyline wasn't on site.

 

I could be wrong but never heard of uk skylines using the fancy carriges like in America/TV.  

 

The principles aren't that complicated really and in UK most I've seen are converted 360's. Usually don't have all the many guy ropes u see in america,

Also they don't use the tooters either, just a radio to boy in cab who controls everything.

 

 

Used double drum winches and once a proper skyline in ' high lead ' set ups, which is just  a drag line with a back haul on the 2 nd drum.

For a true skyline set up is really need at least 3 drums ( sky line, in/out lines)

Been looking at making myself a set up but gets into big money quite quickly and not sure the real demand.

Most of the skylines I know spend more off their time parked up in yards/woods than working

 

Starting a job this month where a mini skyline would be handy

Got to abseil down 2 cliff faces/steep sides felling all the trees mainly Havel and some bigger ash and sycamore.

Stil not 100% sure how I'll get timber out yet, will figure it out thou.

Access is a bit tricky to say.least

 

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1 hour ago, drinksloe said:

I've cut for them before and a mate owned 1 fora while 

Quite often the 360/skyline wasn't on site.

 

I could be wrong but never heard of uk skylines using the fancy carriges like in America/TV.  

 

The principles aren't that complicated really and in UK most I've seen are converted 360's. Usually don't have all the many guy ropes u see in america,

Also they don't use the tooters either, just a radio to boy in cab who controls everything.

 

 

Used double drum winches and once a proper skyline in ' high lead ' set ups, which is just  a drag line with a back haul on the 2 nd drum.

For a true skyline set up is really need at least 3 drums ( sky line, in/out lines)

Been looking at making myself a set up but gets into big money quite quickly and not sure the real demand.

Most of the skylines I know spend more off their time parked up in yards/woods than working

 

Starting a job this month where a mini skyline would be handy

Got to abseil down 2 cliff faces/steep sides felling all the trees mainly Havel and some bigger ash and sycamore.

Stil not 100% sure how I'll get timber out yet, will figure it out thou.

Access is a bit tricky to say.least

 

Zactly Drinks, those big fucker on 60 ton chassis hauling 10tonne of Sitka out in one drag- you want something that takes 2 hrs to set up an off site at end of week befr pub opens. Steep banks or marsh where yr tractor cannot go without flotation tyres. Certainly got it in mind now. Best dig that diesel Petter an my drawing board out ;) k

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9 hours ago, jmac said:

Look up at650 skyline winch on YouTube, it's a video of mine with previous owner. He's got videos of his digger based one now too.

 

3 hours ago, struie said:

it was up near shielgreen couple years ago

Weren't that one then, this was thirty yrs ago n the guy who had it also had a Ford Vita 6 ( 3 litre v6 ford escorts mark 1 only 6 made ) don't  think he knew what he had ! K

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