Skogselmea 26-28 May 2011

[Les Cork]

Anyone fancy a trip across to Sweden next year ?

 

see Scandinavia?s leading venue for the future forestry | Elmia

 

This Forestry/Arb/Wood exhibition had 33,000 plus visitors to the last one in 2007.

 

How about an Arbtalkers on tour trip ? we may be able to get decent rates for a large group. The live demo's are apparently everywhere over a huge site and worth seeing.

 

Would be a chance to see many different methods and products not available/used often in the UK.

 

The Husky factory is close by as well, i wonder if they would accomodate a tour for a few hours ?

 

The BIG ONE Elmea Wood show is in 2013 at the same place.

[ecolojim]

not sure i could get away with that given that im getting married on the 28th

 

that's not to say im not trying to figure out a way!!

[josharb87]

Count me in!

[Steve Bullman]

I'm in!

[David Humphries]

Quite like the idea of that myself.

 

Thanks for the heads up Les

 

 

 

Tobias, is this anywhere near you?

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[Charlieh]

hmmm im really seriously tempted, could buy loads of sensibly priced atv kit, rather than the stupidly over inflated prices over here

[Frankie Lawrence]

Looks good. Am I right in thinking that the Apf have one over in sweeden next year as they alternate between the two countrys?

[woodworm]

Went to Elmia last year and it is a fantastic show. We were in the show for 2 whole days from 8.30am till 5.30pm and still did not see everything we wanted to. It makes APF look like a village fete and everything is being shown working, from an axe to a new 1000horsepower wood chipper. Went to apf this year but will not go again. You would not regret a trip out there and if you could do the Husky factory aswell it would be a fantastic trip. Start saving up now though coz its very expensive!!

[cousin jack]

I would be up for this, the Scandanavians are still inovating horse extraction kit, would love to go

[Xerxses]

Quite like the idea of that myself.

 

Thanks for the heads up Les

 

 

 

Tobias, is this anywhere near you?

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Deponds on what you compare to I'ts a 490 mile roundtrip...but I would be down in a flash if you came over! It could be the first proper international Arbtalk gettogether... 2 trials have worked out fine so far!

The fair is in the southern part of Sweden. There is a great forest with really old pine and spruce trees (150-300 years old) and a known place for Phellinus ferrugineofuscus...nothing spectacular but still...I haven been there myself but there are some good forests within trevelling distance..