timber extraction

[TBFORESTRY]

I've got 2 worn tyres on the front, got to sort that out! again very expensive! got wheel chains for it, it can go anywhere with them! Its got 4 levers, left to right, blade, winch and forward and reverse, very simple! ten ton hercules winch, its been very well looked after, Whats the skidding work like around your area?

[Chris Sheppard]

Oh yes! there's a 380 up the road and thats got a detroit engine with a hell of a noise in it! The only problem i see is that the parts are going to be expensive! I also need to paint it properly, the cab is green and the rest is red! not good! Do you do much skidding chris?

 

If it was me, I'd not worry too much about painting it - it's a forestry tractor that's going to get brayed to hell. I'm surprised it's got any paint left at all

 

Don't do half as much skidding a used to, used to do a lot of work on bank sides but less so now. Also, sold the County a few years ago and tend to use much smaller machinery now too, where we can quite often shortwood from stump. Did have a small 100 tonne job a few weeks back that was all to winch up hill though. We did that with a 30hp landini and 3t igland.

[TBFORESTRY]

Its a different story here with rocks, hillsides and boggy places! To be honest, I'm a saving up money to buy a mediocre forwarder not too expensive and not a shed! I'm looking everywhere for timber patches either softwood or hardwood from 300 tonne to couple of thousand! Very hard to come by these days!

[slack ma girdle]

There are on the forestry commision wales web site, tenders for skidding work in north Wales.

 

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[TBFORESTRY]

Ideal bud! Trying to sort a bit of sub-work for a harvester and forwarder, the maths are not simple! especially for these tenders! many thanks for that!

[normandylumberjack]

Forestry journal had some ads for tenders from fc, only arrived today and the missus wont let me have it till i finish painting the kitchen! worth the subscription if you don't get it.

[TBFORESTRY]

I got mine today! I hide all the forest journals from the mrs! they'd be burned! I am not too sure if i'd need a harvester and forwarder with the tenders, I am going to have a look at them!