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  1. MattyF
    Too wet and high up , too much money and it’s pretty easy to attain c16 grade timber for building on say a 40 year rotation without thinning in a stand … any of the sites I’ve seen in keilder that they thin for continuous cover always seem to blow , these areas are I’m guessing ran by people who’s primary interest is wildlife and recreation and think they are doing the right thing and not realising the reason why they have never been thinned in the first place is because they just blow on the wet peaty soil… the damage is usually so bad it ends up clear fell anyway.
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    On the other hand you could have amazing olive and spalted character slabs… just to throw that in there before you write it off , I started ringing this up before deciding it was too good for firewood and it had been left for 5 years.
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    Pretty sure I’d gone full retard and taken it off to get max cut… with an already damaged disc for good measure.
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    Formative pruning and weeding will take up any time whilst they are growing. I’ve put in raptor poles and the areas that they are in are doing so much better and growing faster with less vole damage.
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    Cutting up some old ladders up for scrap with an angle grinder the disc shattered and the things span in to the crutch of a brand new pfanners stopping them in a ball of Kevlar from the saw trousers…. was disappointed in my stupidity for destroying a new pair of £300 trousers but grateful for not cutting my dick off and severing an artery with the angle grinder if I’d been wearing jeans
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    Was completely out of his hands by the time this had happened to the business, Justin did a lot for the industry and this forum and held some good events back in the day..
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    Opico, Kanga, Sherpa Mini Loaders | Opico Skidster for sale | Facebook WWW.FACEBOOK.COM Opico Skidster for sale not been used for over a year been parked in the shed since we got a bigger machine New engine with key start around 20 hours New drive... any good
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    Chain oil isn’t designed to fling though as it has tacking agents in it to stick to the chain and bar.. rock oil is my go too, stihl or husky are overpriced!
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    An 8t forestry winch would stand that whole tree up and over back in to the wood on to the other side in around 15 seconds , even if you don’t have the confidence in the winch or room to do that and you cut it off the butt first and winched it in it would save keeping the road shut for longer with the clear up… far from complicating , it’s the easiest safest route in my view.
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    That is very true but I’ll still ask that question, not out to tell any one how I would do it but just interested.
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    So knowing the area I’m curious if you could have got a tractor and forestry winch in the woods either the side of the rootball or side it was hung up in ?
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    First lot looks more like whitebeam and goat willow but not sycamore to me …second lot is white willow
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    Was that the guy who Jonny quick rang up in that video and propper wound him up?
  14. MattyF
    Take off the tool crab gate so you can be quick draw McGraw..
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    Thanks Alex I wonders where I’ve been going wrong all these years , now it’s obvious I’ll bow down to the GRCS and your skills 👍
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    Years back I was on a site and the guy who was responsible for health and safety of the company had been demoted to grinder operator to actually do something useful for the day on a all hands on deck job, we had been winching trees ahead and chipping them on a site clearance , we stopped briefly to discuss the next tree and turning around and seeing clouds of smoke from engine oil draining in to the exhaust and him with his hands on his head doing a mad dance around in circles to a rolled machine on virtually flat ground , I looked at the boss and he looks at me and muttered something about the babe can’t even do that without messing it up before running over and turning it off.
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    Nearly as much as the GCRS hey! It it’s half the weight though.. I’d like to see if you could put an impact wrench on that front nut and use it for lifting.
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    I’ve sorted it mate, I used to be able to just paste in links without using the toolbar but I can’t now but I’ve figured it out.
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    https://www.felthorpelawnmowers.co.uk/product/treehog-rigging-winch/ GRCS from wish ???
  20. MattyF
    https://youtu.be/2oi4LgI3sMg shite if you can’t speak German really 😂
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    Tried it on that post and it would not let me paste the link
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    it’s not let me insert any links for ages, maybe a year …
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    Maybe this is as close as we can get in Europe … arb talk won’t let me post videos from YouTube for some reason but google this device.
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    Alex I get you ! I really do but … setting up a cradle and pulling it around with the Hobbs, it just won’t be as fluid plucks and take a lot longer..but it will do it. For me usually the upper crown you can use weight and leverage to your advantage and rig out big bits up and over stuff with the Hobbs , you just have to watch the drum coils under wrapping… when pre tensioning for me comes in to its own for me is taking out as much slack as possible for negative stem rigging big chunks.. those last few that if you didn’t they would go through the patio through drop and stretch when you have rigged all day to save it… as said in the video there are plus and minus for both and I’ve been very close in the past to buying one on numerous occasions, but since putting a more reliable winch on the chipper it hasn’t really crossed my mind much for that occasional big pluck.
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    I haven’t! Because again the price… but I’ve spent a lot of time on the Hobbs style device. there’s a hundred different posts about them on here from the last decade or so and every one who has bought one said they would not go back.. but after watching reg coats on why he chose the Hobbs I would happily take his opinion as to the one I’d listen too and why I choose and have been happy with what I’ve had… I can count on one hand the amount of times I thought one would of made the job easy.

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