Brushcutter
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As good as the new 50cc one is i think i prefer the older 46cc one.
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Its all in a habitat pile in the wood now. Just a different kind of habitat making the wood more diverse. The one next to it fell over long before my time. It was a tough call to make but we had some top bat experts out to survey the tree and ok'd it.
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90% of my felling is for timber the other 10% is for safety stuff. So small gobs come with timber felling. Some nice spalting in the butt might skid it out and try to sell it. This was a safety fell. The aim had to be spot on due to the weight of the back limb and not damaging good trees around it. There was a rot pocket behind where my gob finished and a tension crack on the other. I was happy with the amount of rot in the fact cut so didn't want to risk going bigger and finding crappy wood for a hinge.
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Rest of the pics.
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Hi Big beech fell today 138ish DBH. No picture of the tree before. It had a limb out that back size of a medium tree. I recon there was a tonne in that alone. Had a pull line out to the tractor as a back up, Had 2 holding wedges 2 high lifts and a 12 tonne bottle jack in the back to lift it over. Got it over nice and safe. Not the best felling cut in the world. I went very high to avoid all the krech, tension cracks and sprial grain. The dropping away ground round the base wasn't too good either. Its over and everyone went home safe. End of the day thats all that matters.
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346 or 357 depends on wether you want a bit more power for some more weight but a bit less balance and finess. I'd go 346.
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Short bars on small saws with heated handels. Also use the the lower vibe chains. I use a 346xpg with 21LP or 21BP chain depending on what i'm cutting.
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Contact NPTC and they will sent you the form to fill in to regester your interest and start the process off. Its all in the info that comes with the form. You have to do sometechnical eveauation in the areas you wish to assess. Then there is some assessor training. You can shadow an instructor if you wish. NPTC only do assessments. To do training you have to be regestered as a lantra awards person thats a bit harder to get on to.
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NICE! I tip my hat to you sir.
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If you would take Norway and ship it from Hertfordshire i'm your man. about 15m3 from 3" to 20". Haulage would be a killer
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£15-20 a tonne.
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If you need lift capacity then a Botex crane from Wilsons is the best bet. Come ins 6 7 or 8 m reach with 2.8t close in lift. Kelsa craes and trailers are nice too.
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That about a 6 tonne trailer with about a tonne lift on the crane?
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I'd be intrested to see the results. Are your readings for vibration taken 'live' as in when the saws cutting wood over the day? In my experence of HAV monitoring when i had a bit of an experiment using a 357xpg 2006 vintage. New bar a chain cutting gave the 8 hour plus a day safe reading. Well sharpened gave the same reading but not quite as vibe free. A chain with the edge knocked off gave some 6 hours and a bit blunter still gave 2 hours. Oh and a very blunt chain gave about 30 mins!
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Is this why my crane leaks like the oil is free?
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Team leader, Climbers, Machinery Drivers Required
Brushcutter replied to David Riding's topic in Employment
Hi What is a NG BESC qualification? Regards Andy -
Two rings is a must for Hi-Lifts been doing it for years. Makes them last a lot longer. Another trick with the hilifts is not to use a very heavy hammer or the wood just tends to snap. I hear they use to come with two but now you must buy the extra one:sneaky2: I guess i must be lucky as i've never had any problems with my Husky holders. The STIHL ones do look a little better though. Whats the extra hook on its own for Andy? An Axe?
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Too many down The Old Bridge?
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Have you tried Plant oil? Plantoil - Home Page Use it in the Forwarding trailers tank.
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What sort of vehicle is it going on. The MOWI cranes look very nice saw them at APF and a local contractor and the guy who assessed me for FMO 3 swares by them.
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Get it stacked up and see if you have enough to make it worth getting a tractor in. Does the estate have one or a timber trailer.
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One of the benifits of restoring lapsed coppice is that you get quite a lot of tonnage comming off in the first year. With firewood prices the way they are you can make a fair bit.
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Wow thats some big Hazel. Good for firewood and charcoal. Thats going to be a hard job. If the stools look like they may well fail soon try laying down some thin stems to keep the genetic stock of the stool going. Whats the deer pressure like? I've worked on one site where each stool hand to be fenced the pressure was so high. The woods i did last week compartment one of the wood showed no pressure but numbers 12 and 10 had a fair amount.
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Do you not have all the lectures put up on the internet these days on your colleges equivelent of studynet? Anyway in at attempt to procrastinate from my own work i've had a look at the BTCV tree planting and aftercare book. Not totally useful but has some stuff on planting survival rates and different methods of container growth. Also some stuff on cuttings. Its no longer avaiable free from BTCV so you'll either have to go to the libary or buy a copy. To be honest the woodlands and tree planting books are well worth having in any tree persons libary.
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Dovre 250 i think it is. 5 or 6 kw keeps the room warm nice little stove. Used about 1.5m3 of poorly seasoned chestnut.
