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UK Forestry in serious trouble?
Brushcutter replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I've never seen so many harvesters for sale. I saw a whole outfit for sale a little while ago. I've seen a lot of timber on the move but very few sites opening up. Seen a real downturn in the training side too. -
After dragging it across a lawn of dog eggs.
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Where was the thread about what song to sing when climbing?
Brushcutter replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
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The MSA 160 which is the battery version of the MS150. Absolutely love it don't use it often but its a lovely little saw. As long as you have two batteries and the capacity to charge them if it's a big tree then its great. Quite too.
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Do you cut the holding wood underneath like you would in a pie cut as that's what i do. Out of interest why do you prefer the pie cut? I find you can throw the trees around a lot more with the split level.
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I do mainly felling so it's a bit different. You've got to get down to the ground to fell it so bar length is a little irrelevant. If you set up a good bench then that brings it up to a nice working height. When it's down on the floor the bar can be a little short my back is telling me a 560 with an 18" maybe a worth while investment.
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1. 550xpg 2. 346xpg 3. 254xpg 4. 357xpg 5. 372xpg Enough said really.
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My 550xpg its just so nice on a 13" bar.
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It really depends on what you want to do with the tractor and cash flow management. Leasing is great when you know your tractor is going to cost you 20K a year with all the servicing done as well. For farming i think it works better i feel as you are getting the latest tech on the tractor every 3 years or so. Other thing is that putting the crane and guarding on a lease tractor maybe a little awkward. How many HP are you looking at 200?
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I too think it's the PTO wire that hangs out the back. They get knocked around come loose and give problems. Seen it happen on a 8000 series i assume its the same on the 6000.
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Have a look at training in Sweden. They tend to run international courses once a years for a few months. You might be better off finding someone with a valtra/botex set up to let you have a go to learn. They are slow and forgiving unlike the purpose built that have lightening fast cranes. You'll find that you'll need 6 months to a year to get fairly proficient with the crane and stacking. To be able to do all the things that make a good forwarder driver and multi brand forwarder driver will take you a couple of years. Oh and that's doing the crappy forwarder driver hours too.
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This must be done. MB winching action.
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How does it pull that loaded?
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For the best fluid movement get an electro set up. Means you'll have a valve chest either tucked under the Jake or up on the roof. However with the ability to program the movements at the speed you want makes life quick and simple. Also its much less had work than the chunky Botex leavers.However it does add about 5-7k on the price. It's more to retrofit though. Kronos Mowi M series Kelsa Farma G2 Their in no order but all worth looking at. It's APF in September so they'll all be there to have a look at.
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All come down to how much money you want to spend. You say you want 3pl version have you considered putting the crane on a Jake plate and keeping it on the tractor? As for brands i've never used the 3 series Botex just the bigger 5 ones. They're great value for money and make good arb cranes. I'm currently rather taken by the Farmi G2 trailers and cranes. Kesla make some very good cranes i think the 200s come on a 3pl.
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I worked out there for a year on the forestry side. Most of it is harvester and forwarder work. Clearing saw for early stand work. Most of the utility work i saw was done from a helicopter with dangling circular saws. We drove off a harvester off the low loader and did a few trees in a blokes garden once. I didn't see a single arb team in my time over there. I expect if you go to Helsinki, Tampere Turku then you may have them. If you go up into Lapland trees are very small (they have their own harvester driving method up there) so i doubt they have much arb. Metsaman on here is a Fin so he maybe more helpful that I.
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The falling course in BC costs about £15,000 and takes 30 days. Then there is 180 days of on site training before become a proper faller. Retests every year to keep standards high. Don't know if the UK stuff will skip you through the training. I don't know if there is stuff for non certified forestry cutters or the BC fallers thing is like the UK FISA thing. Wowjob.ca would be a good place to look. search for logging.
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Britool Expert E100109 - 60-340 Nm Torque Wrench + 1/2'' SD Ratchet Not sure if this is the one i have but i have a britool one. Infact i have the big one that goes up to 600 odd as well. They're so old now they should probably be re calibrated.
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Are there filters or bits to grease under that plate. If so get the plasma out and cut a few holes out so you can work on them without having to drop the whole plate. If your going to be doing a lot of brash mat driving i'd put a bit of plate over that oil filter too.
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Insane verge trimming: Claas Xerion 3300 VC Octopus
Brushcutter replied to Melodeon's topic in Large equipment
It's hard enough to flail ditches here with one head let alone 4. -
Yes they are. i got my Gransfors from here many moons ago. Gränsfors Bruks Splitting Maul - Axes & Saws - Tools | Green Shopping
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The local FC office here has to send their people up to Scotland for PA training. It's not like there is a shortage of local providers either.
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550 is a cracking small saw. I use it for stuff up to about 25" for stuff say 6-8" and under it's a little over powered. I use it on a 13" bar.
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Didn't know that. They made a great machine.
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I think it happens more on modern saws. The vibrations that they're soaking up is immense to get it down to 3m/s at the hands. That engine is around 13000 rpm. Metal gets hot gets cold hot again bashed about and then it snaps. I never broke any on the 346/357 but I've done one on a 550. Saws being blunt and thus leaned on in the cut tends to wear the springs a bit quicker too.
