MattyF

It does doesn't it Gary ? We where wondering what it was , possibly a skidder all the ploughing was done usually with crawlers though and pretty effectively.. so not sure why there would be a plough on this .. The photo has come out of the attic at keilder castle F.C offices , a friend is trying to save them from neglect, he knew most of the locations and machines but no idea on this one... some amazing photos though of forestry from the 1920's till 80's.

Any ideas ?

Definitely John !

Better ? It's exactly the same I thought !it is identical.. just the bar mounts and clutch and housing are different... the crank could possibly be longer.. I do have a 562 block in the shead but was too much of a pita to change the running gear!

Keep it under cover ! You dont want rust and shite over the clutch and main plate causing it to slip.. very easy to strip down and clean up the parts though... worth taking out a copper mallet if it's not been used for a while to bash the main shaft to get it to release as ours sticks for a while if not been used.. if you decide to strip it and clean it up make sure you get the free spool right you should be able to pull the cable with out it binding and try and keep the grease off the main plate!. There was a thread on rebuilding one recently on the forum..

How much elm do you have bill?

That's why you do it ? , how childish ... IMO like a thief saying I just take it because I can.. it would just lower opinions of you, so you have set out to do what you have achieved if that's the reaction your looking for. I started a thread on this years back because it really boiled my piss when it blatantly was not the home owner who had put the application in it was me the agent , the name in the company of the agent on the application is a bit of a give away as to who undertakes the work.... it only really affected me once and despite turning up with a huge tracked chipper to do the job and finding it already done , I knew never to book in work through a certain guy again and if I did charge fully for the tree report and application .. unfortunately that's life though , full of wankers who will try and take your livelihood , your tools , your girl,The shirt off your back... the tree word although is definitely no different. It's great though In hindsight at least it makes it clear who the wankers are... another point is if you don't know the client and you make the application make it very clear they will be billed fully for it and any additional reports if needed for the work if you don't get the work otherwise if they accept your quote it is free... sort of.

Watch those thumbs ! And get some plastic wedges before you tear a saw of its mounts/ carb .... I thought I was harsh on saws !

Seal the ends and try and keep it out of the heat , I've had cherry milled in late summer warp and crack to the point it's unusable!

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How are folks getting on with there's ? considering ebaying mine as I've not used it in a while , basically all my ropes have conifer sap on now and although the device is great no sit back and tends well it really does not like sap! Unfortunately living in keilder forest spruce and pine are bread and butter! Shame as it's a real nice climb on reductions and felling broad leaves.

Only noticed when I started cleaning ! That could be hard stubby especially on the next 3 up?

What's folks views on cracked cylinder head finns, stripping down a 540 yesterday and noticed 3 have cracked is it a good idea to replace the head or should it be ok?

You need a separate dish washer in your work shop,I bet the misses goes mad!

Many good new features , the ignore topic button is great!

kill switch is very intermittent on my 150 so will check that. I do try and send you clean saws ! Although usually broken.

What's the cost new??

Drill a hole or grove and choke and put them on a leash! Or tie a ballon to it I doubt it though plastic wedges are more a heavy nylon type plastic ........decent ones are any way.

Most boots are pretty good these days but would never buy a pair of foot torturing to narrow meindles again.

Wey ....shooting big arrows at the fit bird you want to protect .... plus I've waited 7 seasons to see them dragons do some proper battle damage against the Lannisters and old gerome nearly to kills it.

Any truck loaded is gonna handle like a boat.. have heavy duty rear springs on our 200 tipper and it's a hard ride empty and would probably benifit from new shocks springs and bushes up front as it wollows loaded but reluctant to spend money on her purely because it's not used loaded much.

Really was hoping him and Jamie where gonna be incinerated by Dannis dragon ... you know they won't drown!

The bits of wood placed between boards for air flow when drying mate.

Getting used to it and it's pretty good , I will still occasionally hit the app button which leads nowhere and gives the impression the forum is still down.. time to delete the app off the phone any way but I wonder how many folk have not bothered to search arb talk from the net to get on and still think the forums down because they are trying to log in through the app.