the 'todays job' thread

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Four of these, and one more tomorrow. 

 

 

Bit of climbing, bit of pulling. 

[Stephen Blair]

16 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

@Stephen Blair what’s the story with the Makita battery cutter thing?

Old stump got brought up when tracking over the ground and broke through the crust so machine was bogged, track kept slipping when winching out,  the reciprocator makita is great for cutting through dirty timber and roots that get caught up.  I had a bit of dead elm break a hydraulic hose coupling the other day, cut through that too!  Limp of dead ash jam against radiator, cut through that and if wire gets wrapped up or bolts bent I change blade and cut them.  I have a dedicated makita box and batteries with about 6 battery powered tools , grease gun, impact socket, impact drill, grinder, saw, drill. 
  This week I’ve broken bolts and hammers, hydraulic couplers, replaced fuel pump and sheared 4 bolts that hold head onto adapter plate!  It’s a rough job in the woods!  There’s a lot of FFS moments 😂

[Mick Dempsey]

It’s a pretty destructive tool, not surprising it takes some collateral damage I guess.

[JonnoR]

22 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

That’s certainly dealt with.

Getting there at least 😄. 

[htb]

54 minutes ago, JonnoR said:

Getting there at least 😄. 

Jonno, what trailer is that?, any more pics? as looking for one to go behind alpine.

[Mark Bolam]

I was going to ask the same thing, looks really handy.

[JonnoR]

4 minutes ago, htb said:

Jonno, what trailer is that?, any more pics? as looking for one to go behind alpine.

It's made by/for Lennartfors Iron Horse machines.  It doesn't take a standard trailer hitch, so is likely not suitable for your needs.  It is supposed to self-unload, by basically disconnecting the rear cross member and then letting it all slide back as you pull away.  Problem is the sodding thing is so heavy that undoing the pins is nigh-on impossible under load.  Saving pennies for a proper trailer/crane combo, but at the moment I'm happy enough with how easy it is to move around the limited space I have while thinning.

[htb]

Thanks prob wont work for me, back to making my own.

[JonnoR]

5 minutes ago, htb said:

Thanks prob wont work for me, back to making my own.

Let me know if you want dimensions for this one, and I'll draw something up mate

[htb]

Thanks. I want to keep mine to an overall width of 4ft, same as the alpine so if tractor goes trailer will follow, It will be manual loading as only for my own use. 2t mini digger can do bigger bits.