Charlieh

any clues as to the area of the UK/World you want timber moving from/to?

thats cracking, you would think some people would know when to stop digging in with the tractor should have had 700's on the back Im sure there some people that would find that video insperational

I have one, i would say they have most impact if you have no cetral heating so you notice a few degrees difference around the house. Ours will warm up the landing upstairs noticably if I leave the doors open. I I would probably say if you dont have central heating you will notice a far bigger benefit from having one. Ours is a two blade one and you can tell sat in the lounge when its put on top of the log burner, just dont expect it to move all the heat from the log burner round the house.

might be worth giving Kilworth a ring i know they hire the standard flails out, not sure if they have a collector unit for hire though

you wont go wrong with the guys at Kilworth, always been really helpful to me had Andy do a demo of the Tajfun firewood processor at an event on wednesday I ran, I am really really impressed with that as well the output was really quick. They bought a little 28hp alpine with 3.5t skidding winch as well and i was supprised how well it coped pulling birch thinnings up a slope.

14 pages oh how i wish, I did a one day forestry demo yesterday for work, firewood processor, tractor and winch, mini forwarder and skyline risk assesment, method statement, copies of certificates and insurance details it was 130ish pages you should have been shown how to operate the processor by the person who sold it to you, also you should have a method statement for its use, this alone should cover you if its comprehensive enough

it needed a bigger turning area than the artic for sure but it was still ok in the woods I didnt have a go on the rigid in any younger thinnings so wouldnt want to say for sure but I didnt found it a problem in mature woodland. Reverse drive is a real blessing as it means you can actually reverse into where your working if your skidding and then spin the seat round to drive out again.

I like the valiant, I have driven cab and cabless versions and for working in the woods I would go for the cabless every time as i needed to open both doors to get my feet in on the pedals also if you in and out winching the cab is a royal PITA. I am not sure about the articulated steering version on sloping terrain, it never felt as sure footed as the rigid version and at times if you ended up slipping and getting a bit cross slope the articulated one could be quite hairy at times. The winch we were using also had a special bracket from Kilworth on the lower link arms to mount the winch futher out so the pto angle wasnt to sharp.

are you self employed to take on short term work, and are you only after tree work? reason I ask is I have a mate near you looking for some help doing fencing etc If its ok with you I will forward your contact info onto him also you havent put if you have a driving license or any chainsaw tickets?

I run a 500FA with the auto/manual selectable gearbox and switchable 4x4, not as nimble as my old 250 but its certain nimble enough in the woods even if you do have to shunt on really tight turns, used mine today to pull out a 45ft grand fir that was hung up. I have a superwinch atv2300 on mine, its been sufficent when i have needed it but i dont really use the winch very often> Fitting kit was the same as Andy described I should think it took me about 3 or 4 hours to do in the farm yard got all the bits and the winch of evilbay so saved a fair bit over new prices. Also im really suprised how good the 500 is on fuel

please not an reputation system

had they got bad backs as well

they've gone again

and a pop up saying achievements on my user page???? someones playing with forum settings

working on some (very rough) assumptions: 26 years at yield class 10 (would normally be higher but its missed a thinning) gives us 260t/ha 4.7ha x 260t = 1222tons / 3 = 407t to be thinned £2000/407t = £4.90/t standing

Its difficult to say really, Are you using the timber as this may make it a better deal, If your selling it, will anyone local to you take scots? what are you doing the harvesting with? Whats the average volume per tree? 26yr old un thinned scots sounds like a fair bit of hard work for a very small diameter low value timber. Is the thinning a restructuring thin for a woodland grant (which means your going to get very good at taking down hung up trees if its being hand cut) or is it a silvicultural thin so you will be cutting racks, in which case taking out every 3rd rack seems very heavy handed for a first thinning operation? If its a restructuring thinning what are you forwarding with as you would need something very nimble to work in the woodland if its Rack thinning is 2.4-3mtrs a wide enough gap to get your forwarder up? Sorry for so many questions but to give a detailed response especially where finance is the issue as many details as possible are required.

can you get any photos on a camera phone or the such like? its a lot easier to discount it with photos rather than a verbal description

check the hoses on the primer bulb are connected properly? also have they used the right size hoses to the primer bulb? can you get it to prime with the filler cap open?

mines on an 8" cannon bar for coppice work and riding on the forwarder does everything i want of it interms of cutting smaller stuff and delimbing bits that have been missed

560xpg is the one to go for, the 550 is not much lighter in real terms the extra speed and power of the 560 would be noticable on an 18" bar and you can still drop to a 13" bar for thinnings etc, my 560 gets used now for most stuff the 346 and 372 used to come out to deal with

doesnt one of the Scottish forestry engineering colleges have one of these? maybe Barony? might be worth a call as they would know!

its squirrels! seen lots of mature and veteran beech with extensive damage like that this year, one of the trees actually looked like someone had been peeling it with a knife

always found a marker on the spade handle for spacing was handy as well! also if you can lay your hands on a quad or atv for moving the plants and bits round it helps so that you have everything close to hand if your doing long distances over wet fields

Hi Please could anyone in N Staffs or surrounding area that has experience of restoration works (in this case to a small stone bridge) please get in touch. We have some funding for a restoration project but so far are stuggling to find anyone to quote for the job. I would stress references and photos of previous work will be needed. I have included a photo and bit of info below about the job so people can see whats involved Please PM me with a contact number and we will get in touch Many Thanks Charlie Jeremy Milln (an archaeologist with the National Trust) made the following statement about the bridge:

you'll have to be quicker than that Chris!!