Brushcutter

Windblown in the morning and felled this one this afternoon. What problems the 660 didn't appear to be oiling well from the first cut. Threw the chain off the rails in the felling cut. Then the clutch got hot and the chain didn't go round. A little wait and some naughty worlds directed at the saw it decided to work again and finish the felling cut. Started videoing the whole thing but with all the technical stalls and the fact the camera lense misted up at one point its only worth showing the last little bit. Nice clean bit of Chestnut with no shake in which is quite unusual for big bits. Going to be milled up with its windblown counterparts into nicethings. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74aycnzVzqU]YouTube - ‪fell‬‏[/ame]

You know what, yes and no. As great as it is for sheer 6.5t of pulling power its not good having a tension set on it. It has a rachet break rather than a break band.

Two for the price of one. Fantastic.

Hi Todays job two Sweet Chestnuts. Look like the big one fell and took out the smaller one on the way down. No roots left on the big one no tention on that. Cut that one first then second one. We had the second one pre tension on the tractor winch. All going for timber for the sawmill which is why we cut 8' from the butt of the log. Hopefully get it forwarded out on Friday or Monday when parts arrive from Scotland to fix the dam thing, which was broken by a windblown on Monday.

Took me a while to twig what that was. Then there was an oh my god moment. At least half a pto guard is better than nothing:001_tongue:

My brain is full of useful (or at least i think they are) bits of info but i quite like that question and just want to write an essay; well report technically as it has headings. Legal stuff European Habitat Directive Town & Country Planning act 1990(Conservation area TPOs) Forestry Act 1967 (Felling Licences) Highways act 1980 may have some relevence Local Government (misc provisions) act 1976 (dealing with dangerous trees on private property) Ocuupirers Liabilty Act 1957/84 (Tree inspections) Acess to Neighbouring Lands Act 1992 (having to crosss someone elses land to enter woodland) Countryside & Wildlife Act amended 1981 (Badgers, Adders, Newts ect) Countryside and ROW Act 2000 (footpaths right to roam etc) Commons Act 2006 Location & site conditions SSSI UNESCO World Heritage Site Geology - that can get it in the other two above alone. Aspect Relief Urban proximity Past use of land (used for practice for WW2 ect) Archeology Acess type Proximity to public hiway Water table hight Water bodies Soil type (technically geology but pedology is the soil bit) Deer populations Deer damage Squirrl damage + population People dammage Pressure groups & specialist bodies Natural England FC Local Gov. Bat Groups General conservation people Minority groups in the contryside (a topic in its self) Save the trees bregadge (people who don't understand or support management issues) Firewood/forestry contractors Deer initive Save the bambi bregade FC sell off impact on public Forest SChools/green play Woodland recreation. Just a few ideas from the top of my head.

There not bad when you use it. They are a cracking little saw. The only downside is that a breaking bar won't fit in the saw cut as it uses narrow kerf chain. Bit of a problem on some thinning work.

Seems cheap. Steep ground you'll be going slower and your combi can of fuel has cost you the best part of a tenner. Is it SOD felling so are you going to have to disinfect tools and stuff as well.

Top fellas pair of them. They did the training/assessmnts for a lot of my tickets.Tell him Andy Simpkins says hi next time you see him.

That needs to be made into one of those motervational posters.

Wish i could fell that well and with such a sharp saw. He is a inspiration to us all.

Anybody interested in 10' lenghts of Norway Spruce? All good size for processors one or two oversized logs i'd of thought. PM for details. Cheers Andy

You know Chris and David Bain? They doing any of your training/assessments.

Amazing. Wish i had the balls to go that high in the wind.

Nothing a bit of photoshop won't sort out.

Nice fell.

If your going to have someone working for you then you'll need Employers Liabilty. You'll want acident cover because if you hurt yourself working for your self at the weekends and you can't do your full time job, you may have to look for a new one.

CS32 is very different to CS31. Not just are the trees bigger but you need to be a lot more confident in your cuts, positioning and just general use of a saw. You have to use a winch to get the trees down if you hang them up and in some cases role the timber on the floor. Oh and a medium tree dogs tooth is fun. As for large tree felling it may be comming back. Check out the NPTC website for info and the FCA. Not sure if specialist felling is going away or it will become CS49 or something again if 33 come back. I learnt all my large tree cuts on my CS32 anyway. Most of the time you will get a big saw out for the big trees anyway.

Steve Bullmans trailer does look great. If i could afford it and had somewhere to put it where it wouldn't get nicked i'd have it. We've got a TT85 at work and its taken some abuse and it's still going strong. Looking at the price list for Atlas trailers and there reputation when it comes time to replace it it would be an atlas.

Without seeing the tree it would be difficult to say. More than likely yes but sometimes its safer to take it as two. I might of ripped the rotten union down to a better hight for felling.

Nice pics. Going to put a mulching flail in to tidy up or pile the brash with the grab and have a good old fire. Depends on the tree. if they're leaning away from eachother it can be best to treat as two trees. some occasions its best to take them all as one. Don't have any pics the 28" triple stem sycamore i did a year or so back but that i did all as one. All depends how joined they are. I've also put ropes up in both stems and pulled them over 90 degrees to lean.

I use the Husky Harness what was the Trio Balance one. Fantastic can work all day in it with the 345rx or the FS450 which ever i'm using. I do how ever prefer the FX version of the 345 with the shorter shaft stops over reaching and thus lower back pain.

Wont be the tractor that made the mess be the horse. Well if its anything like my stables.

Yep been felling Larch all day. Despite a tractor tyre malfunction early in the day.

Saw one of those working on the railways round here. Looks like a beast and it seem to going for a steal.