Brushcutter

They look like regular size Kinder Eggs to me. Do Sale not do sell those massive ones anymore?

I think its the same at any tip. I actually hate going to the tip because you pull in a pick up and they're all over it looking in the windows to see if its commercial vehicle. We're quite lucky that we have a rather good house hold recycling scheme so trips to the tip are limited.

He is a busy man. I just drove past him on the A1M just outside London.

Is that a 9 tonne trailer? Looks like a great job.

Lot more trees in Canada and the USA compared to the UK. So i imagine its volume sales.

I did mine at TFK training. Its up north but was worth the trip away. I tried for many years to do a course in the SE it was normally not enough numbers, no site or lack of windblown timber. I also think its worth doing courses all over the place. Not only do you meet new instructors/assessors you make new contacts over the country.

Is this coppice going for firewood or is it being used for coppice products as that is hard work cutting.

How many trees are you felling a day and what sort of size are they (dbh and height)

Kesla publish all their recommended flow rates and pressures on their cranes on their website. Their biggest crane is 80-100l on single acting or 150-170 on load sensing. At 190bar.

Parallel cranes work well in clear fell where the movements are limited because its clear. So they're very quick because the parallel action keeps it smooth and quick. The actions are kept parallel by the extra boom part. As you lift higher it dips in saving time and effort. In thinnings especially where there are lots of trees staying behind its easier to do more of the actions yourself ie as you lift the crane doesn't extend it self. Makes it easier to thread past and around trees and past anything that maybe in the way. Obviously you get use to what you use. I've used both and prefer a non parallel crane for forwarding but wouldn't be without one on a harvester. There is a weird telescopic crane that is neither one or other that i'm also not to keen on. Poorly laied out timber that takes a lot of headboard/load bumping to square up works better with a parallel, however penciling works better with a standard. I'd imagine chipper feeding would be easier parallel too. Mowi i think do exclusively parallel cranes, Kelsa,Vreten all have one in the range from memory. You mainly see non parallel cranes though. It's really just a preference thing at the end of the day.

Quite often you see the spool block plugged into the spool valves. Often the operated by the non return stick:lol: Although you do get a restricted flow through the valves but 60lpm will do most stuff. If your doing big butts you might want more than that. A good hydraulics shop should be able to re condition the pump.

Tigercat make a 14t forwarder but its not really small.

Ponnse Wisnet?

Not used either. HSM do some stuff designed for steep slopes though. Why would you like a clambunk?

I have a feeling the oil flow requirement is around 80l/m. I expect most valmets at 1200rpm are putting out close to that on their stock pumps.

Not really a fan of parallel cranes. On the harvester they're brilliant but on the forwarder i think a standard is better. Maybe in clear fell they would be quicker but i think on a tractor mounted set up were versatility is key a standard crane is more useful. Have you seen the price those new G2 14 tonne Farma trailers are going for. It's a very tempting price.

Krpan is my winch of choice a lot of winch for your money. Get an electro hydraulic version rather than a manual one as in the long run it will be worth it. Get a radio remote with it too. What size timber are you felling and what size tractor are you putting it on.

Big cabs fully programmable controls ie all buttons are customisable rather than just a few in the JD. Opti is much better than the Valmet/TJ equivalents computer wise. I really like that their harvesters are forwarder based so you sit with the engine and the crane unit is out in front of you so if it tips you wont go with it (hopefully). I like the H5 heads as they have auto chain tensioning i'm sure the new 745? JD heads do the ones i used didn't.

Timberjack 810 1210 1410 JD 810 1270 1070 Valmet 901 820 Ponnse Beaver, Carribu Wisnet and S10 Ponsse was my favorite.

In 2011 i worked around the Tampere/Kuru/Matamaki and Atala areas. I infact have a Finnish Forest machine operators certificate.

One thing i won't miss about working in Finland is chains. I hated snow chains with a passion. I remember having to put a chains on a TJ1410 in the dark in the snow on my own as it had slipped around on the wheel.

If you cant get a tracked chipper to it i would fancy dragging a gravity fed one to it. I think a CS100 is around 100kg or 150kg. Not used one but with any small chipper cutting the material in such a way to make it go through well. Personally a TW125 on towed by a quad would be my choice.

As far as i'm aware. Your also not suppose to use the crane past the head board of the trailer as well. I'd imagine that is to do with the fact that is to do with that its lifting things other than timber.

I've always found Husky to be cheaper than STIHL at least around here. Not used a 545 for many years but in 3 years of owning it, it was broken more than it worked. Nothing on the 345 it replaced. To be fair it was a very early production run 545 and a lot of the issues were sorted down the line. The STIHL 460 always feels clunky and cumbersome to the 545. Personally i'd have a look at the Echo ones. They have fancy gear boxes so you can do the work of a 60cc strimmer with a 35cc one. It does work had some out on demo and i was very very impressed.

If your rear and side windows on your tractor are guarded like a Wilsons roof mount conversion then your OK. If its open cab like on an Alpine or a tractor without the rear window guarded then you need LOLER.