Brushcutter

I'd say a good harvester operator in a softwood stand would be putting out more than 100m3 a day. 150 more likely. £5 a m3 for is a good start for forwarding but with rising fuel prices 7 maybe closer to the mark.

I'm planning on getting a hard top for a sungtop or the like. Surely that would lower the drag coefficent?

It's not looking good. Looks like i'm going to get no where near my D22 fuel efficency, although it took me a while to get it upto and settle at that. It's this new Euro 4 engine thats killed the MPG seems the Euro 3 wasn't as heavy on the fuel. Works out well for the tax man though, just not the environment or my pocket.

Hi With time running out on my MOT its time to bite the bullet and get a D40 Navara Outlaw. I've got a D22 one and i get 35mpg out of it. I test drove a 07 D40 navara last week. I got 25-26mpg out of it. I wasn't happy it was on General Grabber AT2s but they shouldn't have a massive effect. So internet seraches say that the newer Navara aren't as good as old ones. 18-25mpg to my mind just isn't affordable at best part of 8 quid a gallon that is only going to go up. So i ask you what reg is your navara, tyres on it and your MPG. I've hurd that the 56 plate ones seem to do best. Thanks Andy

Where about in Herts Tony? Be intrested to see you do a reduction.

If you can dig out round it and fell it really low, sort of 8" below the ground low you get some top notch figuring

What old botex do you have?

It's contacts. Its all well and good felling 40 tonnes of thinning out of a woodland but do you know someone with a forwarder to get them out, who will buy these thinnings. I do hardwoods and softwoods working on estates, farms etc. My favourite changes some days i love the softwoods other days (normally when they hang up) i long to do some hardwoods. I've done tonnage, day rate work for wood. Best all round is day rate as you always go home with something which is great when you've bent a guide bar, had the winch to bits and only got two trees over. But as Jonathan says somedays the site the weather and your ability all come together and you get a lot of stuff down and your worse off by the hour. In forestry as a contractor you generally have to buy timber from what ranges from a free to £55 quid standing. You then have to fell process and extract and sell your wood to recoup your outlay and try to make a profit. The FC, local council, landed estates are all places to contact. Its a lot to take in to start with its best to find a company to work with who does woodland/forestry work and learn from them. It is rather scary the self employed way.

As already said their parallel lift is what makes them idea for crane feeding. I can tell you that is a bit of a pain loading with a botex. However a Botex will lift you more than a MOWI, not that is an isuue when chipping.

How big is this Walnut?

I've bounced stuff off but never broken one:thumbup:

Best thing is to get out there and try this stuff on and have a look as it really is personal taste. I use Arbortech chainsaw gloves with little gel AV pads in and they're very comfy and quite warm. Hard wearing i'm yet to tell. The timberland ones i had for 3 week and wrecked. I have Strech Airs extremes, STIHL Hiflexs and some Husky technical chainsaw trousers. My faves are the Strech Airs but they are the most expensive. In the summer i wear the Husky ones. I have a Husky balance and a Pedlz vertex vent. Which i wear depends on my mood and which ear defender i want. I do a little bit of climbing hence the vertex. So if you'd like to do a climbing course a pedzel helmet for you. Boots I use Haix on about my 5th pair of protector pros. get a year to 18 months from them. Had Treemee ones before that. Perfer the Haix might try some Arbortech ones next. PPE is all down to personal taste and what you think serves you best. If you want to feel super safe Husky do some class 2 chainsaw trousers that are cut resistant with 24m/s chain speed.

Yep. Infact the FC are the worst offenders for felling out of season. They have their Valmets and John Deer forwarders in and out of the woods all year. In some places 24/7. IMO there is nothing wrong with felling in bird nesting as long as there are no nest in the tree 2 tree lenghts of what your felling. The roofing industry and the building industry are also effected (potentially) by nesting birds. As long as it's risk assessed for causing desturbance i can't see a problem.

I have a 346 and have 13,15 and 18" bars for it. 99% of the time the 13 is on it. The other 1% is the 15 never use the 18" any more. It's worth having the 15" as you can go streight through stuff doing small felling rather than having to sweep around with a 13. Get both i think my 15" guide bar was 20 quid and 15 quid for the chain from clarks.

Cherry does very well here too. 20" dbh cherrys are quite common in parts of the woods. I think it was in the 90s the head forester tried to sell a load of cherry to Chantler's. They felled one it had green balls in and he said it was worthless. So they felled anothe and another all the same. Lot was worthless to them. So 3 trees went for firewood. The rest have all grown on to make very nice tree that you think will make lovely milling. Apparently not.

Oregpm 21BPX is what i use on all my .325 saw fantastic stuff. I use 73LP on the bigger saws as i can't find the DP one. Any news on skip chain comming to the UK?

Quite often fell and mill timber out of season. Mainly Oak and Chestnut. Not had any ill effects thus far. Just a word of warning on the big cherry I've felled some lovely big bits to find it be ruined by the little green balls that form in the wood. I can't remember what its called.

Sounds fantastic. Is there a cost? Its a way away but seem like its worht a trip.

£5 to fell a tree and not even have to sned and crosscut. I must offer my services.

Can't find it.

I don't have a camera to hand. They just have more kevlar stuff down the front. Bar the zips going they've lasted very well. 2 years on the forest floor.

Super thanks. Are there new versions of these comming out as they've lasted So well. Bar the 5 new zips.

Whats the difference between them and the Type C strech airs exterems that i have? Thanks Andy

1.35 for petrol 1.40 for diesel. Need to cut down on the commuiting.

If these are anywhere near as good as the 576 then they will be fantastic. I want an xpg version. Not in production yet acording to my dealer when i tried to get a 576xpg.