MattyF
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Mid North tyne valley mate
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Just seen the sun go a very deep red , never seen anything like it, some thing Erie In the air ! Unfortunately photos didn't do it justice
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Close to meeting the big man in the sky....
MattyF replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in General chat
I still find it quite amazing that kids can drive huge powerful tractors with stupid loads on before they can drive a car. -
Have you ever had bother from vosa fen? What licence do you need to drive it? Thanks ,mat
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The thing that worries me is the special vehicle bit , so you can drive that on a car licence ? It looks spot on but my gut feeling is you would get torn apart if investigated.
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That's one option , our valmet is a 6400 and struggles with a loaded 8 tonne trailer , but that option means buy a bigger tractor as well as trailer and loose a lot of manoeuvrability in the woods.. and both cost a lot of money and you still have the speed of a tractor.
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Is any body operating any thing like this or similar for small scale timber operations? https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/172880994146 Or are they a total waste of time off road , toying with ideas for low impact forestry work and thinking you could get an alpine and timber trailer transported on it then take timber away... a few sites we have coming up have no access for an arctic and the thought of hauling it all back on the valmet and 8 tonne trailer is painful!
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Newcastle Council blanket protection on all fruit trees
MattyF replied to Neil.D's topic in Trees and the Law
I thought that was the same over the country unless it's been maintained as such ,I would imagine it's to prevent say a Untouched tree been cut in half by cowboys. -
Cool, Thanks for the explanation, I remember the one in that vid didn't look like concrete though as he's pulling bits off with his hands !
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Pfanner arborist trousers imo are the best on the market , light , well fitting , good tick guards. Boots , cervino wood Andrews I've had two pairs and would buy another .. wore a mix of pfanners before all good long lasting boots.. never got on with the arbortech boots ,hiax are comfy and close to the andrews,all the forestry lads up here swear by them but not had a pair in 15 years and never got long out of them climbing.
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I was thinking I should of held my tounge as well Gary, your right I should probably wind me neck in... but having worked on trees like that where they have been appallingly pruned and then left for another ten years it is worth saying something .. that last tree imagine it in ten years and having to use that right limb that looks like it's over targets as a rigging and anchor point when it's doubled in size and still growing at an angle with a great big pocket of decay has developed ..
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What are they ? Ruined ... wtf has happened to them ! If they are staying like that I really feel for the next person to have to work on them.
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I've just had a full rebuild on mine and it had done little .. if you can wait the new 572 looks good with its over sized bearings and I bet is a screamer... never got on with the 372 I had either and sold it but I'll give the 576 it's dues when it comes to smoothness.. you could buy one and it be fine but it has been the only auto tune husky I've owned to give me grief .
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Saw Trousers and cut n climb jacket with under layers to suit temp..work shirt or merino long sleeve with work polo shirt over and then micro fleeces to large fleece if needed... all about layers !
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Mini bus with a bed ?
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I had it a few years back , you can still feel where they where now at times , not some thing I would ever want again! Try and take vitamin pills and not drink as much to keep the immune system up. Pretty sure mine was brought on by stress of been robbed and moving.
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I nearly flattened mine a while back .. came damn close , I had just commented how he never gets in the way as well. Also loading up the forwarder he got hit when I swung a grab full of timber and one log flew out and hit him! , he ran all the way to the truck and hid, was terrified I had broken him but was fine ! Never goes near the crane since.
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That's what I've done , as grey got says it's instantly recognised on sites.
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On the right trees definitely, but I don't really like it as I'm used to reducing trees from the inside out I find myself over pruning in a cherry picker at times.
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Doing a big tree can be a bit like doing a hedge off steps though it's quicker to surf it than keep repositioning, small/medium prunes ,RJs fells and big trunk dicing it's good. If I had skyhucks hiab trailer I would not want a mewp either though.
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Don't mention mewps to skyhuck ! The man shits carabiners and climbing rope ...wears spikes as slippers around the house too.
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As often as I can. Its paid for and quicker so why not... can't think of many jobs where it slows you down if any.
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I did a 150 mile round journey in our landy 130 with a cherry picker on recently and wanted to pull over and shoot myself starting the trip home... made me realise why I hate land rovers so much , cramped, noisy ,rattled to bits and all over the place driving I'd rather drive my 13 year old l200 tipper although l200 seats are crippling for your back.. any 4x4 that puts your knees above your spine is but atleast you can move your arms and don't get claustrophobic and white finger holding the steering wheel in one.
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I maybe have only 15 -20 tonne of that size .. In keilder ...so haulage would kill it and to be honest I was saving it to mill ,I would of parted with a trailer load if it was a small project, I can ask around as a few of our sellers have sites around the country but the haulage may kill it from up here.
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What's your location and how much do you want?
