Brushcutter
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Tapered hinges are old skool. They have their place in the tool bag but 99% of the time i'd use a parallel hinge. Norway is a nice to fell as it hinges really well.
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Depends on how much side lean and how big the tree is. Split levels work well if its but useless on bigger than 15". I always fell low for leverage and as the expression goes if your knuckles aren't grazed you aint low enough. I've been using pre tensioned pull lines for leans the last week. With just a standard felling cut. I quite like the tapered hinge but you've got to be confident with your cuts and your plan to get the best out of. Without seeing the tree its hard to say what i've of done. I'd of gone with a quite wide angle face cut so the hinge holds as possible. The real problem is that it was a Sycamore. Brittle stuff.
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Much work over in Beds forestry wise? I don't really know anyone over that way. Saw Luton Hoo was having some thinnings done but i know the guy doing that. -
I try to get between 80-100 quid a day depending on what i'm doing. Thought of paying by the stump rather than a day rate? Thought of getting some fresh CS31 cutters? Depends on the finish you want, might not be the best idea if saw logs with nice sqaure ends are required:001_tt2:
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Phytophtora ramorum job is it? As Andy says it's worth considering a harvester if you can get one in. Seeing what they can do in a day compared to a gang is an amazing site to watch, if slighly sad from a cutters point of view. As for a gang the rising cost of motoring to get to the job and the cost of kit/fuel is going to be putting the day rate of a cutter up. I used 10 litres of fuel yesterday at 1.35. So thats £13.50 plus another £15 quid or so for the trip to and from site. Taking into acount insurances for trucks and pl. tax and machinery costs it cost a lot so tradinoal loggers idea of £200 quid a day isn't far off.
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It's so good. Think it was 650+vat flog the 372 on Ebay and get the 576 you won't regret it.
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Bargin at 99p.
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I know the feeling. I've borrowed a 576xp from a friend with a 24" bar on for the last few days. It's amazing better than the 372 which it replaced and that alone is a big claim to fame. Despite being heavy its so well balanced it's not noiced. Been having some big Chestnuts over with it in the last few days. Worth considering it if you desperatly need a new saw.
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Standing prices are going up and up. Some stuff here is upwards of £15 a tonne standing. Means roadside prices are just going to go up and up.
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Looks awesome. I want one and a 562xp.
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It's normally based on turnover so its hard to say. From a few hundred to lots and lots.
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Things like septic tanks and underground services are expensive to hit. I know of a few guys who have cracked tanks felling trees on estates.
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There is no legal requirement to have PL (Public Liability) insurance. However if you damage someone or even worse something then your in deep doo doo without it. IF you employ someone it's a legal requirment to have employers liability. For you situation 1&3 you'd need PL. Things like fences you might just repair your self but if you ruin a surfaced footpath the council will want to claim on your PL. You'll need a set of signs and probally look outs if felling across the path. Make sure you have some sort of contact method if cutting on your own. Lone working maybe frouned on by your insurance.
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You can get a little Impact bar from Husky. Its telescopic too has a little holster too its in the 2011 catalog fairly expensive though.
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Looks dangerous. If you saw goes blunt take it to the saw doctor. Don't try to sharpen and set yourself because it will end up with missing fingers or worse.
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Nice. Nothing beats being able to winch in and then stack.
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I shall check on my Fransgard tomorrow and see what way it goes. I have a feeling it goes anti clockwise but that might be why it eats cables.
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Thanks guys. Went in through the oil filler. Ooo thats a tricky opperation by with my 7/32 file and a 3/16 file with a bent end i was able to get it in the hole. Quick tapon the end and its good to go.
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I know a guy who climbs on some 3 strand! with a three knot system. God only knows how old that rope is. He said one day i'll by a fancy rope like yours. That fancy rope is Yale XTC Spearmint.
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About 4-6" high and 2-4" across.
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I may be in my head but aren't Turkish Pine needles slightly fatter and longer than their Maritime friend? I too took the four cone thing to place it. Cones don't look big enough to be a Monterey Pine.
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Felling License query
Brushcutter replied to Chris Sheppard's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I was taught that if your felling a tree giving an underbark measurment then its volume is taken to the hight of the first significant branch. But if its going for firewood then you have to measure to a hight of 75mm which is the standard timber hight. -
Turkish Pine (Pinus brutia)? A shot of the needles would be help, but that would make it too easy.
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Is that a Danish cut or a variation of? I've used the cut you've described and it works very well.
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They do don't they. Picking up brash will have thoses off in no time.
