Forwarding on sensitive sites

[the village idiot]

Nice set up and tidy job.

Sorry don't want to derail original tread.

Just out of interest what do you think you can lift with crane-We have a similar set up with BCS/kilworth trailer. Just did a nice job on similar size timber (sadly cut to random lengths-not by us ) and was great as we could fit between rows without cutting racks.

Only thing Im think is if I should stick some wheel weights on tractor, we have a dry site but a chalky slope to pull some 12' larch out and struggling for grip a bit. Maybe powered trailer next

 

Btw agree that hauling distance def slows things down, I've roaded a couple of loads home locally, but its a bit scary and roads round here are worse than forest tracks

 

Stick a load of water in the wheels too, makes a huge difference.

[CHC]

Nice set up and tidy job.

 

Sorry don't want to derail original tread.

 

Just out of interest what do you think you can lift with crane-We have a similar set up with BCS/kilworth trailer. Just did a nice job on similar size timber (sadly cut to random lengths-not by us ) and was great as we could fit between rows without cutting racks.

 

Only thing Im think is if I should stick some wheel weights on tractor, we have a dry site but a chalky slope to pull some 12' larch out and struggling for grip a bit. Maybe powered trailer next

 

 

 

Btw agree that hauling distance def slows things down, I've roaded a couple of loads home locally, but its a bit scary and roads round here are worse than forest tracks

 

 

What do you think of the kilworth trailer?? I looked at it but the price put me off a bit really. Yea they get a bounce in quite easily don't they but in the woods they are awesome machines. Took mine up some really steep hills and some clenching side hills

[Wood wasp]

Only thing Im think is if I should stick some wheel weights on tractor, we have a dry site but a chalky slope to pull some 12' larch out and struggling for grip a bit. Maybe powered trailer next

 

 

 

A set of wheel chains makes huge difference, stops all the slipping/sliding and amazing where you can go

[luftwaffe]

A set of wheel chains makes huge difference, stops all the slipping/sliding and amazing where you can go

 

Yes they will give you traction like you wouldn't believe, a lot cheaper than a powered trailer,

[openspaceman]

Yes they will give you traction like you wouldn't believe, a lot cheaper than a powered trailer,

 

Yes but they excavate a trench in no time if the going gets soft and pick up wood from the brash mat to batter the mudguards. I haven't used mine since 1990 but used them constantly for uphill extraction before then.

[Two Acres]

That day I only shifted about 10 ton there was a lot of talking and showing of the machine and all that but depending on how far away the stack is from where the timber is and how easy it is to pick up the timber I can shift round about 20ton a day but would be more if the stack was closer

 

It would be interesting to know how much you charge for a day Chris?

[Wood wasp]

Yes but they excavate a trench in no time if the going gets soft and pick up wood from the brash mat to batter the mudguards. I haven't used mine since 1990 but used them constantly for uphill extraction before then.

 

 

 

If you come off the brashmat and the ground's soft then you're going to track it anyway unfortunately, while the chains do bite in and break surface they reduce wheelspin which helps mitigate that.

[luftwaffe]

Yes they make a mess in wet conditions, but if that what it takes to keep the job moving then so be it,

 

some of the jobs i have done i instantly know before starting it that i'll cant get the job done without wheel chains fitted.

 

mind you if you think wheel chains make a mess, it nothing compared with what bandtracks do .

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

mind you if you think wheel chains make a mess, it nothing compared with what bandtracks do .

 

How did you work that out? Maybe I'm used to flotation tracks, not skinny rock climbing ones. Tracks on spruce brash = proper tidy.

[aspenarb]

Had the pleasure of Chris Howard's company today at the wood (CHC on Arbtalk) with his new AGT alpine tractor and 3 ton timber trailer.

He very professionally extracted loads of Ash timber for me leaving hardly a mark on the woodland floor.

Chris hires himself out with his machines if anyone is in need of his services. The AGT is particularly well suited to wet and sensitive sites where standard tractors cause a lot of damage.

He is also a top bloke and gets the idiot thumbs up from me:thumbup:

 

A few piccies:

 

 

 

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Brilliant piece of kit. We are cutting a swage through this woodland at the moment , its only about 50mts wide and it runs for about half a mile. The client does not want the place churned up or the fragile tarmac road damaged , I cant put our kit in there because it will trash the place. The wood needs to end up roadside which is about a mile away. One of these mini forwarders would be ideal. There is nothing big in there, I think the biggest is only about 600mm diameter and it will all be in 3mtr lengths, possibly 3or4 artic loads Anyone in Surrey with this set up? There are no time constraints so it can stay there for a while but I would like to get it cleared.