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Everything posted by wills-mill
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Morning all. Does the National Trust still require £5 million PL from contractors? It hasn't gone up has it?
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You have to narrow your eyes a bit, just like Clint Eastwood. Then they get the message.
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Sounds fair enough, as long as we can have it in writing I need to come and see you at some point soon Jim, so I'll see what you've got available. -
Specifically- It will rot off and snap like a carrot within a year. Specifically, the swinging gym member will plummet to the floor and be walloped by the descending Hornbeam. If you have plenty of it, you might be best selling it for lovely firewood and/or swapping some hornbeam for Sweet Chestnut posts. Which will not follow the same rot + plummet curve.
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I suppose the question we should be asking is "what's the WLL of 13mm wire rope" then go from there. EDIT: Mainco Wire Ropes Ltd, Wire Rope Specialists | MWR - Wire rope breaking load tables That gives a SWL of 2 tonnes ish. For lifting/hoisting (rated at a fifth of the breaking strain). Any idea what that is stretched out to for plain old dragging? This problem is going to run and run.
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Thanks Jon I've just done the sensible thing and had a search around- found this little lot- http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/56220-snatch-block-winch-how-large-do-i-need-2.html
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Evening all, What sort of loading factor are forestry winches rated at? A '6 tonne' winch is not a lifting tool capable of lifting 6 tonne, so what do you do when it comes sizing snatch blocks, which are usually rated as per lifting gear? Heaviest usage for a forestry winch would be using a snatch block attached to the load and the end of the winch line brought back to anchor point near to tractor- so doubling the line pull I believe at the snatch block. I've been looking at an 8 tonne forestry winch, but how necessary is it to use a rated lifting snatch block with a 16 tonne WLL? The winches seem to use a 12 or 13mm wire rope, and the snatch blocks (for 'just' 8t) are on 16 to 19mm rope or above. The 15t block in the link below is for 19 to 22mm wire rope. Is it all academic? Is tractor stability the biggest limiting factor? http://www.liftingsafety.co.uk/product/heavy-duty-rigging-snatch-block-2808.html
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I was beaten to that magic word- 'internship'
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Sticky suckers that's for sure. I've had a session milling Grandis recently for some workshop studwork and cladding. Pretty decent stuff if it's not too knotty.
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Well done, all very tidy and jolly! That beacon on the winch tractor goes round reeeallly slowly
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There are some weird categories, all are very American.... Sorry, I can't help- is there one for a fuel supplier or merchant?
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Christmas present for the Husqvarna fanatic...
wills-mill replied to wills-mill's topic in The Lounge
Well, it's got Husqvarna cast into the bottom, so to show off to your dinner guests, all you have to do is flip it over and dump your stew on the table The only bit of cooking designer bling I've got is a Jotul cast frying pan that was in a big rusty heap at the Great Dorset Steam Fair. Proper job. -
For the Husky dude with everything, the ultimate accessory- Vintage Husqvarna Gh8 Large Cast Iron Oval Pot Made In Sweden Like Le Cresuet | eBay Bit dear I reckon, but just the right colour!
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Sounds good, ASHS attitude and approach is refreshing. We could do with a small mills organisation down here.
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The 'Pyrus' rootstock would give a massive, old fashioned size Pear tree. All the others are less of a handful and are more garden friendly. I say go large, someone will thank you for a very sexy Pear sawlog in future. W
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Forestry buildings in woodland
wills-mill replied to hawk eye's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
It needn't be in wooded land I think. You can have a forestry building in a field. In theory you'd be right- I'll wait till someone drags it to the High Court so we get a proper definition of what is acceptable -
To build a barn from oak or larch, or bit of both?
wills-mill replied to SteveA's topic in General chat
I think the galvanising on nails has taken a hit in quality over the last 15 years. Current galv fixings flake very badly if driven into hard timber, you may be best off going for stainless or silicon bronze. I think stainless is a bit easier to get hold of, but I'm not sure how the price stacks up. Build with what you've got, I think either of your timbers make lovely cladding and framing. If anything I'd clad with Larch as it is less likely to wriggle about and be naughty. If you take the time to set up decent roof overhangs and guttering, then it'll last beautifully. -
That's what I suspected. I'm coming back to self employment- I used to run a Ford 6610 with loader and a Fransgard winch behind (fitted with a tow hitch). Anything that was dodgy or silly to lift with the front end could usually be skidded or rolled into place, with the tractor out of harm's way. Looks like it'll be back to the same sort of setup, just a bit newer. My last loader had Quicke pallet forks with the timber beak/ thumb, which was a really nice lightweight way to move roundwood and brash, and superb for moving sawn timber. Will probably go for Riko's version this time, significantly cheaper but still nicely made. W
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Well done David for asking the right questions, it's good to see Logrite on a good footing in this country. We fabricated our own arch using the (pre Logrite branding) Future Forestry Products arch as inspiration- way back before there was a European presence. I've only used arches behind vehicles, it'll be interesting to see what people are looking for. W
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Forestry buildings in woodland
wills-mill replied to hawk eye's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Agricultural smallholdings are limited to the buildings allowed. Woodlands, whether large or small, have no theoretical limit to the size of the building erected. Forestry buildings are felt to service a larger working area than the ground they stand in- you may have a building in a 6 or 10 acre wood, but you may actually be working the woods of half a county. http://smallwoods.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/planning.pdf -
It makes really nice cheap 'softwood' cladding, with none of the resin issues. We sent some for pressure treating and the firm who do the treatment were very impressed with how thoroughly it impregnated. Nails and paints beautifully and very stable, we milled some 16 to 18in wide waney cladding from Pop and it was very well behaved. W
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I'm looking at one of life's big questions- loader tractor or telehandler. I quite like pivot steer machines, used them in yards quite a bit but never on the road. Is an older bendy Matbro sensible for road mileage, especially towing? Manitou MLA any different. They all seem to be specced very individually when it comes to hitches, brake couplings, gearbox speeds.... If I did a decent run out (10 miles, maybe more) towing Wood Mizer or farm trailer, do all telehandlers get hot and grumpy in the hydraulic dept?
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No chain brake= novelty not work. Cash
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Let's hope it's a bit more sensible than Ebaypal. (off topic) are you still looking for Poplar?
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Bump. Paypal is advertising the 'Here' card reader for £49 purchase price for the next few days.... Has anyone been using one? has it behaved?
