Mike Hill
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The Hobbs block we used to use had teeth that bit into the Bark. The GCRS does not have teeth and can and does torque on the trunk if the load is not as verticle as possible. Sure I may not have the "Visor". If the GCRS had teeth that could be bolted on and off then ok. Maybe I'm not setting it up correctly.But we will usually cut a block into the trunk to seat the GRCS into and a channel around the Tree for the strap to fit in.
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Its a 59" bar,costs far too much.You really have to start the cut with another saw as the bar will bow when held laterally and throw the chain or cut funny.
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Big thanks to all the staff involved in this take down,especially Chris,Trude and Silja
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I've worked a fair bit with both GRCS and Hobbs.For the rigging of big chunks in a dynamic loading situation the Hobbs is the one for me,the GRCS has better winching capabilities but requires seating into the Tree or will often work loose due to the rubber mounts. The Hobbs will stat put when the load is not directly above the device,somthing the GCRS fails to do.
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Here is a picture of a bloody big poplar we took down,got the crown out in one day and felled the stem the next. file was too big,I'll try again later
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Very good! Thanks for sharing.
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I'd have never given you £20,because you probably going to make a fortune selling all those Branches.
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I never owned that one Steve (good thing).But have worked quite often with one.They seem "over built",too heavy for the diameter they accept and unable to throw the chips an acceptable distance should you be required to chip into a woodland or on to a bank. Plus side is the "direct drive" no clutch,reasonable sized feed tray and high qualitiy chip they produce.
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I need sum new boots whats everyone eles wearing??
Mike Hill replied to Tree cutter Stu's topic in General chat
Me too! Hot pink would set off my Rainbow chainsaw braces fetchingly! -
Here is a picture of the chipper I wrote off early last year.The locking mechanisim on the turntable failed as I went around a corner,the upper unit slewed around and around before toppling,breaking off the truck and hemoraging diesel and fuild all over the road
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I need sum new boots whats everyone eles wearing??
Mike Hill replied to Tree cutter Stu's topic in General chat
Tyrol fighters: These would be for me the best off the shelf boot I have worn.My last pair of Haix started falling apart after four months,I'm sure I used to get almost a year out of them? -
Here in Norway every second farmer has a wood processor as dried wood goes for between £4 and 9£ a sack! One outfit drives in into Norway dried and sacked from Lativia and Lithuainia as the labour cost is so much less there.The favoured wood is Birch,we just give away logs mostly as nobody will pay for anything that isn't cut,split dried and sacked.
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The language barrier is less of the problem the more experianced the ground staff are.The first time I worked in Germany my main groundie was so good he'd be holding the fuel can almost before I knew my saw was running out of gas! Work is a great way to learn another lanuage as you only learn what the locals use and hear the lanuage spoken all the time.
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Here she is 140ft up a Stika Spruce,these two are 160 odd feet tall according to local legend.
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I like the black hemet,do you have the rest of the "darth vadar" outfit?:wave:
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Whats that for? "points at harness" "Oh,should I have moved them?" Regarding her porcelin thimble collection lining shelves down the hallway on a through the house extraction.
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Good job! What a beautiful part of the country to work in too eh!Bet the Beers went down well at the end of that day!
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Cool I'll give that a try,thanks!
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Ha! Ok,well she is looking for a job right now as it happens.
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Why's that?
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Thanks! Yes the chipper is going well,the off-set feed tray is a blessing and a curse.Somtimes its perfect and other times you wish it was in the middle as is normal.Getting a CH260 is definatly on the cards,this was to get us going with the mog and was less than one third the price of a CH260 so I can put up with its limitations. We carry two chutes,short one for chipping against banks and the long for chipping into gardens/trailers/etc.
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might work
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Here are some pic's from a job last year,just straight felled a few live Elms on a bank.Chipped the brush and left the firewood.
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Looked good mate!
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I do like the look of that roof box!But I think that will have to wait untill I have made the chip box for the back of mine,I wish it were easier to source Alloy bits and peices here. The biggest detractors of Unimogs that I have encountered have never owned one and never seem to turn down the offer of a wee drive around the block. P.s.Can you tell I'm quietly excited by the new chipper?
