Brushcutter
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Brushcutter replied to MattyBuist's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
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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.
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This? https://www.clarkforest.com/shop/forest-garden/felling-wedges/plastic-handle-for-high-lift-wedges
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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.
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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
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Thank you. Pitty they don't do 5.5" ones but i can get some other nice things from the states too.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Double drum winches and high lead.
Brushcutter replied to Capstankid!'s topic in Forestry and Woodland management
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I like your winching Larch video...with the age old line i may of been a bit ambitious with this one.
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That's just editing.......
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Nice work.
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To be honest i'm not old enough to be a County man. Valmets and the creature comforts that come with them are my thing.
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Steering can be a bit of a physical work out. The seat is best a bit of padding on some metal with a back at worst a metal seat with no back. To use the crane the controls of which are normally on the right side means you sit in a awkward way pull some leavers and get rocked around buy the roof mount. The windows are normally gone so you are a mixture of hot cold and deaf. The vibration through the seat isn't that bad but its noticeable. Plus side it will go anywhere and it will always be worth a small fortune even if it looks like it's worked 20 hours a day since it was built.
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Although dragging out buy hand might be slightly easier on the body.
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You can pimp a County up any way you like it's hard days work using it.
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These may be of use. http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/FCFG004.pdf/$FILE/FCFG004.pdf The orginal and the best http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/FCFB002.pdf/$FILE/FCFB002.pdf http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/FCBK032.pdf/$FILE/FCBK032.pdf
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Yes and no..... A lot of old tractors lack some items to make them H&S compliant but can be retrofitted. Things like roll bars and PTO guards. I'm not sure a £700 quid tractor would be worth the investment. A good trailer to go behind it would be more money than the tractor. Good points something like a 135 should be able to be towed behind a landy, parts are easy to find and they're fairly simple to fix.
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I prefer a pistol style grease gun as its easy to use. I use Draper ones I've also got a side leaver one for harder to grease big things. A locking coupler is a good investment as well.
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It's a modified Humbolt; a Humbolt should be half as wide as it is deep. Where as a Swanson should be as deep as it is wide. So Swanson can be anywhere from 20-30% deep and the same proportion wide on the slope. It's used to make sure the butt hits the ground first in steep slope felling, keeps roll to a minimum as well. Works well with big sticks with skinny tops, like in the video.
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It's like hens teeth. You don't get that much Sitka in Herts mostly Larch, Norway and Hemlock. That a pines lots of pines Chilterns Conservation Board are always worth a shout. They had some quality Douglas a few years ago. Just be aware that CCB timber is expensive standing. Other than that try Herts Coutryside Management Service. They may be looking to do some work in woodlands they manage.
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I'm sure you had some going across the hill with the line below to catch them, which to me is as close to contour felling as you get.
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Nice bit of contour felling there. Love all the Swanson face cuts on those big Spruce sticks. I think my favorite bit was what 6am looks like, not something you see in everyday videos. Looked a nice day too, almost makes me want to do it full time again....
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If your resting the saw on the trunk to get close then your not building up your muscles.
