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Sorry to cover old ground - but is the best filter the Stihl HS2 with the felt pre-filter for milling with a MS 660 on the Panther Mill? Is everyone like me and blows the filter off after every decent cut with airline? Maybe some remove it and blow from inside filter outwards? Thanks
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Having been through using the standard chippers, I took a step in a different direction and recently bought the New Jo Beau M500. Even the team said - why does the average firm want anything else. Timber @ £70/tonne most of us want to hang onto it and not fire it through a chipper.
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Eradicate nettles only one thing for that - Grazon Pro with an adjuvant. Not the right time of year now April best or September not so good. Don’t think you are being clever adding more active ingredient than recommended, as you will just traumatise the plants, resulting in less effectiveness.
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The woodsure scheme, do we need it?
arboriculturist replied to william petts's topic in Firewood forum
I've past that stage now and accepted its here to stay and jumped through all the long line of hoops, despite there being far easier ways to make a living. -
The woodsure scheme, do we need it?
arboriculturist replied to william petts's topic in Firewood forum
However galling, Ready to burn is hear to stay. Having communicated with several other retailers and Woodsure they have most of the loopholes covered for those who had planned to rely on finding them. For instance, if you are stopped travelling with less than 2m3 loose on the back of your vehicle, they will investigate and test the timber and if not Ready to burn, £ 300 fixed penalty if 1st offence. 2m3 deliveries of non - Ready to burn has to be on the same vehicle delivered at 1 drop, no exceptions. Plus checks can made of where delivery is going. Its a shame as if they had kept with the original Hetas 25% MC for Firewood, a lot of small retailers would still be able to continue providing the great service and quality product they have done for years. -
Shared Log Business with Land Owner?
arboriculturist replied to henchard's topic in Business Management
There are several on the Forum with a lifetimes experience of producing and retailing firewood, combined with the latest Regulations - they will all offer their advice for free - no no no no no. If plantation woodland, sell ideally to a recommended independent harvesting contractor who will handle the Felling Licence and if it not plantation woodland it is very unlikely it is worth touching. Sorry to sound a little blunt, but that is the long and the short of it. -
Running a Bussiness from home.
arboriculturist replied to Ds Tree services's topic in Business Management
Might want to press on and complete those works before a visit or they may decide works come under engineering works if over 600mm depth - planning. -
STOVES ONLINE SELL THE STIHL METER Our meter measures on a "dry basis", whereas test laboratories test on a "wet basis". What does that mean for you? Well the 20% moisture that the government is due to legislate for as the maximum will show on this (and many other firewood moisture meters) as 25%. So look out for 25% moisture on this meter, not 20%. As I have previous mentioned, most companies selling these meters have never even heard of Wet Basis and many of them are completely delusional as what they are actually selling. Some actually really believe that their meters will measure on a wet basis when clearly they do not as you have just illustrated. I highly recommend anyone who is still in doubt to make the effort to speak to a manufacturer of Laboratory testing equipment and they will explain why knowone makes hand held pin meters that measure on a wet basis. That is what I did.
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Veering off topic but interesting to many : Perhaps the man I spoke to at Valiant is misinformed, but I think this is highly unlikely as I I have been told by one of the largest supplied of testing instrumentation in the UK, that hand held moisture meters are only available that measure on a dry basis because there is no demand for anything else. If you have other information please let me know as I have spent a lot of time discussing this topic with manufacturers, also been looking for 18 months and the only instruments I could find were laboratory bench testing machines. Protimeter, possible the largest manufacturer of pin meters do not even make anything. In summary, if you buy a pin type moisture meter, it will measure on a Dry Basis.
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100% dry basis
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So just under 20% in the middle Wet Basis then - Ready to burn !
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So I am assuming both power heads have to run at matching revs?
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7ft - Christ !!! I have the 42" now and cant make up my mind now wether I should stretch to 72" or some other length as a happy medium?
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May have got some big butts coming my way. Has anyone run 2 x MS 660 power heads, what size lo pro bar will they cope with ? Any tips using 2 powerheads would be much appreciated as I have never tried dual saws.
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Sthil parts diagrams for 500i and other saws
arboriculturist replied to allseasons's topic in General chat
L&S Engineers - Just sign up - takes a minute and access follows to all diagrams for all Stihl and Husky. -
I'll report back.😃
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Your post fills me with confidence that I am on the right track. So I'll get on the phone and come up with a verdict. Thanks
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Yes, that's right.
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That's interesting information. I have only lo Pro on a Ported 660 so would need to be cautious. A fair few of the trees I can source we remove ourselves and being able to do that with the knowledge that we can pretty much avoid all metal in a tree would be a massive game changer. That is why I think investing quality equipment to find the metal would be a massive game changer.
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Correct me if I am wrong, but any Metal Detector used for detecting metal in timber needs to be designed for locating metal within a water saturated medium as growing trees can be circa. 50% water. Maybe my best bet would be to phone a few dedicated retailers up to get a feel for what is best, as I really wish to end up with the perfect tool for the job.
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Just this morning I watched a review on the exact same - This Garrett was rated the best tried to date. Thanks
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Ah, that's what my bit of research came up with also, so thanks for the feedback I have been looking at a C-Scope 4PI, as with most things it appears that you get what you pay for and the reviews are excellent. They seem to make very good money used so I think I may well go with new, unless someone posts something better suited. I know they are great in wet sand as you say so similar to living trees.
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I have quite a really nice few lower tree stems we have left in situ, some with really nice forks / burrs etc. The issue is, they have metal of various forms in them and its difficult to locate the various nails, fencing staples etc. and the thought of mashing a chain on the 660 or similar is not appealing. Most detectors seem to be designed for scanning the ground or finding pipes/cables in walls etc. Does anyone know of a metal detector that is good quality and perfect for the job?
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There seems to be a lot of Elm about in the South West but hopefully a market for it given time. I am having second thoughts about the decent burrs at the base of 3 of the trees, quite a few staples wanged in there but it may be worth metal detecting and milling. Having never sold Elm burrs I am hesitant. They are about 3ft diameter and 1.5m long.
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Yes - but it's so small 😕 No - of course, what you say is true - 3" slabs straightforward and worth £ ? per board ft in not too long a time - maybe £ 15-20. 😏
