Brushcutter

This. Or buy a proper cant hook, which is what i've gone for.

Very good machines. Tin work can rot away if they have lived outside or had a rough life. Like all 80s tractors they look a little dated on the inside. Like unimogs merc still make all the spares.

Both are very very good forwarders. There isn't much to choose between them to be honest. Both 8-10 tonne machines with cab mounted cranes. I've driven both and i prefer the Valmet 820. I like the cab more, it just feels a little bit bigger. I quite like the Cranab crane as well. Both are fairly rare and hold their money really well. A 20k hour forwarder 20+ years old is still going be the best part of £20k. In fact i can't remember the last time i saw a 810 for sale. As a word of warning as both of these little forwarders punch well above their weight. They can be abused by overloading and it wrecks the rear bogies. I've rebuilt the bogie of a 810 that was wrecked by some of the other crews overloading the poor girl. We had to winch the bloody thing out the mud and get the dam bogie off in the cold and dark. Check the forwarder thread in the woodland forum there is loads of good info in there. Also check out the older forwarders like the Burnetts as cost/profit forwarder they're hard to beat.

It's a John Deere forestry conversion made in Germany. Have twin winches on the front that run to the skid plate on the back. They've got a short jakeish mounted crane that is really powerful and quick. It's really a giant skidding grapple and that one has a clam bunk to carry the wood too. The conversion was a clue to where the photo was taken. The clam bunk was also a give away as they still do a lot of whole pole in Germany too.

Ooo Clambunk skidder that is a rare thing. I'm guessing Ireland or Germany?

Do you have a picture of the inside? I saw one in a dealer recently and all the knobs and leavers were different to the old ones.

Love the A93 tractor. Little cramped in the cab but it's a solid tractor. Like the front linkage and PTO.

But electricians don't buy valuable Walnut logs.

If you want an expensive way of doing it make a load of quick fit connectors up on that go between the block and the pipes to the crane. Then you can keep the spool block inside and just disconnect the services to the crane. Make sure you label and number them or it will never work again. Oh may leak a bit too. Could you not get a roof mount frame from wilsons and put that crane on the roof?

Mainly does forwarding. It's not that difficult to remove. The block is bolted to a plate that then mounts to the steel box inside. So it comes off but is a little more involved than lifting off the block that just hangs out the back. I think you had to take the leavers off to put it back on but they unscrew anyway.

Did you not have a roof mount before?

Get a reflective strip on there. I'd get some magnetic head lights too just because driving with just top lights is hard.

Like this. Also hung the leavers outside on the little lip that comes with the spool block but like you say it puts them a bit far away. Also had them on an arm that was made to go in the top link bit that came upto the back window. Although i don't have a picture of either of those.

Friend of mine said the same a few years back. He got about 18 months out of a 346. He use to brash trees for a harvester.

I know a man who drove one of those.

Move north.

Would cutting grass not be classed as horticulture with an agricultural machine? i know if you want to haul with a fast trac say it has to registered as a lorry and you need a C+E to drive it as well as O license and 6 weekly inspections.

This? https://www.clarkforest.com/shop/forest-garden/felling-wedges/plastic-handle-for-high-lift-wedges

Thank you. This isn't quite what i have mine is a bit smaller and actually from some display boards. But it is a fantastic thing to carry a sledge hammer/axe and a load of wedges. Currently got a can't hook in my one as well. Means you can have all the tools you want but don't have to carry them around. Before this i had a back pack full of wedges and stuff.

Bandit 150. pros: Built to withstand Armageddon Easy to maintain Open close rollers Can have a winch on it Cons About 1.5 tonnes and long. Feeds at a akward angle Really needs the sliding head stock to keep the feed out the way during transport. Not too many about. I

Thank you. Pitty they don't do 5.5" ones but i can get some other nice things from the states too.

Depends on the size tree you're felling. I've done some big trees time and i mostly go for hi lifts in the felling bag. Although on a few big hardwoods i've had a triple stack of 12 Oregon plastics in there To be honest if your starting out get 2 high lifts, 2 5.5" and 2 7.5" and a single 10" triple taper and you'd be covered for most days out.

For felling i like 2 high lifts and a 5.5" Oregon plastic wedge. The little wedge is useful for cross cutting and a god send if you get it massively hung up and you need to do a letterbox cut. I've got a range of plastic Wedges and the 5.5 and 7.5 inch ones are the most useful. I do have a couple of K&H triple taper 10" wedges which are useful as they go in easy and you don't have to smack the the hi lifts too hard. Oh you've got to have two rings on your hi lifts too. What i really want is a set of hi viz pink wedges but i'm yet to find a supplier. Hi viz green i can find but not the pink.

The only time I've had issues with feed roller speed is when i changed the oil. I put oil in that was too thick and the rollers turned very slowly and even when it was hot they were slow. Put some ISO32 in it and it worked a treat.

Yes that was a very good system, spent a long time talking to Chris about it.