cutting sticks up the Moss

[difflock]

Broonie, thanks,

Well organised/sussed in ma heid like.

Output still bes a bit low due to the easily distracted (=lazy) streak.

But am getting there.

[rowan lee]

Thats really good then, first human contact is made at the splitter stage. so then its handled only twice by the time its strapped up (assuming smallish diameter pieces that only need one slice with either a single or two blade).

 

Just wondering about your cutting solution - (and I'm sure you have thought about this) rather then handling again when feeding the saw, could a seasoned bundle be craned back into a rack devise and simply sliced in 2 or 3 sections (pending on how long you want a log length to be) with a chainsaw sufficiently long enough to cut through from one or both sides. Sawn logs stay in the rack and then get tipped into a pile.

[difflock]

I might attempt to build a "revolver" fed circular saw bladed device, to cut to length.

A most elegant solution.(As seen at the APF, and I will take photos this year)

The problem with attempting to cut the billet bundles "through and through" is the fact that due to the strapping tension, each billet will twist and move within the bundle thereby fouling and binding the blade.

Cheers

M

[rowan lee]

If you craned bundle into such a rack device the straps could then be removed, thus relieving the tension. something like this=4&tx_sytbgumaschinen_pi1[gruppe]=88&tx_sytbgumaschinen_pi1[prod]=438&tx_sytbgumaschinen_pi2[showProdukt]=438&cHash=0314b89a8fbc6900e93b754d63187ee5"]http://www.bgu-maschinen.de/en/products/product-detail.html?tx_sytbgumaschinen_pi1[kat]=4&tx_sytbgumaschinen_pi1[gruppe]=88&tx_sytbgumaschinen_pi1[prod]=438&tx_sytbgumaschinen_pi2[showProdukt]=438&cHash=0314b89a8fbc6900e93b754d63187ee5

Thus no manual handling of individual billets at sawing stage.

 

Speaking of revolver type circular saws -have you seen the Kretzer 'rotomat' in action at the APF (What a piece of kit that is, but big bucks).

[difflock]

I might attempt to build a "revolver" fed circular saw bladed device, to cut to length.

A most elegant solution.(As seen at the APF, and I will take photos this year)

The problem with attempting to cut the billet bundles "through and through" is the fact that due to the strapping tension, each billet will twist and move within the bundle thereby fouling and binding the blade.

Cheers

M

:001_tt2:

[difflock]

PS

Intended to mention (& hi Muldonagh) I did actually, after leaving the trailer sitting overnight, get "laired" in that one "russian" Ex slurry tanker tyre was in level with the hub, or perhaps even the axle.

In Moss.

So I slung a max weight stout log out at max reach of the crane to the other side, got reversed back just enough to insert a couple of 6"-8" poles below the tyre in the rut.

Then with my cunning counter balance still deployed, forward with the Difflock engaged, smartly followed by full right lock with the skid brakes on.

Phew!

Made it, just!

Good job I got virtually 90 deg lock with the trailer hitched to the winch plate, cos there was a sheaugh in front o me.

I then retrieved my counterweight and parked the crane over the trailer.

PS

The trailer, with some quite long/overlong sticks was nicely "jinking", that is to say virtually no "nose weight" on the hitch.

Cherrs

m

[difflock]

An there is mair!

Pic 1: Wot is done

Pic 2, fell exactly where I wanted it (as they mostly do!)

Pic 3 A Volunteer Beech tree

Pic 4 15 to 20 year old volunteer Oaks (Jay propogated?) coming among the Birch

Pic 5 = ditto as above

Pic 6 is a small volunteer Beech tree

Pic 7 Russian tyre flotation is good, with a full load on (& log trailer re axled by myself)

Pic 8. 3 more well behaved tress going where they was sent.

Pic 9. getting a swelled head here, but just look at that alignment

Pic 10, a wee Beech

Pic 11 just another view

Pic 12?

Pic 13 link-up achieved, with my other way in from the wet end

Edited May 7, 2014 by difflock

[difflock]

PS

All trees cut from the one side, drop in a horizontal cut, chop down the angled cut to make the gob

and snick the back-cut away with the back of the bar.

No measuring or looking/remeasuring throughout.

Nor any wedges used.

"just do it"

I had to go for higher stumps as the bases were so twisted and skewed it was impossible to gob and fell accurately.

The other problem I find is the poor tensile strength in the Lodgepole fibres, they tend to snap like pipe shanks.

So "steering" them is a bit limited, and some are heavily leaning.

cheers

M

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