Mike Hill
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I feel that I should expand on this a bit. I needed some parts here in Norway. Basic stuff that I would have expected a dealer to stock. I called the Farmi agent for Norway who lied, telling me his 6 week delivery time frame was due to the factory being shut for the summer? Then he went on to say that he could probably reduce the delivery time if I paid double, because he could get the parts from overseas? You can deal directly with the factory if you like. You will pay the same price as you would through your local dealer plus postage, but you will deal with someone who knows the machines from top to bottom and your parts will be in the post the same day. Its the kind of genuine service and customer care that has mostly vanished today.
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One thing I have to say for Farmi is that they back their product 100% . I got cocked about by a dealer over here, got the factory involved in Finland and they had a bloke on the other end of the phone boxing up the parts as we spoke. They take their brand and product seriously.
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I really only have experience with a Farmi CH260. Its solid and simple but its shite on Spruce if that means anything to you. Cypresses it should power through ok.
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Depends on what species you chip the most of? Are you hand or crane feeding it?
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And thats the thing. If 20% of the cutters up and left the UK, the remainder should get higher rates. But instead they continue to live in the 1950s. Hand stacking ffs?
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Felling medium Spruce like that over here in Western Norway would pay around £500 per day plus 25% Vat. Faller would be expected to get to the site and provide saws and kit. There would be work 9 months of the year or more if you were prepared to travel.
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Just ask him for a hourly rate? PM?
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Can you please post some pictures of nicely laid out timber? I had a dabble at UK forestry in 99 and it wasnt for me.
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Crypto please. I always buy the dip.
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Thank you.
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Quite I get more than that just to think about working. My field is so vauge and specialised that no one here is capable of understanding just how intelligent I am in fact. Just typing this out earned me £20.
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Pinus Radiata
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Are they called Logbullets because they go bang? Alot?
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Loverly when your Yaris mstches your Valtra.
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Are you having to buy a complete roller and shaft mate? I couldnt tell if the shaft could be pressed out of the roller?
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Does it have a splided shaft or a woodruf key matty? Jensen ones I would weld a bolt to the shaft and thump it out with a hammer. Why are you taking the roller out? Is there anyone you could get an " exploded drawing" from?
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You might be able to buy a dozen eggs and a pot of jam for a few pence while you are there too.
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If you drive out to the countryside and ask at the local pub, you should be able to fill the boot of your Prius for a couple of quid.
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He push started it. Runs fine now.
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Russia actually. Most of the imported wood came from Siberia. Via Germany and then up here.
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Problems and issues this industry faces and how to deal with them.
Mike Hill replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in General chat
The real problem is that most UK tree work is pretty easy and is not very kit intensive. Therefore alot of people can enter the indusry as sole traders who eat the icing off the cake. -
Rabbit or Hair?
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Do you mill the big Mac logs? Tidy job as usual John!
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Have you checked the crank hasn't snapped? @Rough Hewn
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I was taught that cut nearly 30 years ago. It was used on heavy leaning old growth, if you did a traditional bore and release the big ones could barber chair from the shear tension that was placed on the back strap from cutting out the middle. The first bore cut established the hinge at the finnish of the cut. The second cut was a bar hight behind the first. The third the same untill you had 1/10 of the tree diameter remaining. These were big trees that sometimes needed boring out with a 36" bar from both sides. Then you released the cut from on to two bar hights below the lowest cut ( bottom of the gob) level. On the big ones you could hear the wood between the cuts shearing one after the other and you could feel the shock's through the roots.
