Brushcutter

Mixed hardwoods (mainly birch & Cherry) £35+vat Beech £45+vat Ash £55+vat All per cube.

I like my 365 but it hardly comes out anymore. It's a big step up from the 261 though.

I have 550xpg with 13" bar. It's fast and light just what you want from a saw. 560xpg with 18" bar is just a bit on the heavy side for my liking. It also just lacks the poke of the 550. I should put a 13" on the 560 really. For 90 of work a 550 will be fine.

Isn't that a French Pollard?

If we're talking forwarder/harvester crane have you checked the connections around the chair? Few times I've pinched or knocked something loose there.

Not used a T540 but I've had Husky laminate bars go in similar ways on 550 and 560. The new super fast chain speeds seem to wreck the bars. I used either Oregon Pro or Sugi Hara now.

Is that David Ridings old set up?

Blunt and nackered. Like all sharp things little and often is how they should be sharpened. Oh and with chipper knives you need 3 sets: one in the machine one in the shop and a spare in the truck. Chipped a lot of ivy and gravel have we?

Anyone ever had a go on a harwarder? I've done harvester/forwarder but never a harwarder, they look like a total pita.

Not right at all. I get over taken while turning right all the time. Nearly had two very bad accidents because of it. Who'd of thought those little flashing orange lights on the right hand side of the trailer mean something.... Tractors on the road is two way street if you excuse the pun. Tractors need to pull in more often, its not hard to get going again in a modern tractor. More than 10 people behind you and your required to give way. Drivers need a little scene too, i've seen a 300hp+ deere come around a blind corner in a 30 zone doing best part of 40 with its implement well over the white line. Lucky for me there was a big verge to get out of the way on. The 18 year old oblivious to what he had nearly done. Car drivers need to just have a little respect for the tractor. Also if it bothers them so much then perhaps dont go home from work through the country lanes in harvest. If its indicating its going to turn dont take this opportunity to over take. Just because the tractor can go fast doesn't mean it should in mine the suspension is the seat and my spine. So i can do 40kph but the roads dont allow me to so i wont.

Try placing an ad in the Forestry Journal classified section. Loads of interesting stuff up for grabs in there.

Not sure i want a green grab. Do like your N92 though.

Your work or BenJarmins?

Oregon chain stretches a LOT. I use 21 bpx and even at the end of the chain it still stretches. That's on a 550xpg with 13" bar.

Sadowsky their budget model is more than USA deluxe.

Think i'll tree myself to one of these.

Always looking for more forestry/estate stuff but i use all your listed sites plus Horticulture jobs AA website Forestry Journal Countryside jobs

Thanks Jerry. Are you too getting lots of little kinks in the cable where it sits in the block tensioned? Bigger blocks 8t+ all seem to be 22mm cable and i'm not sure how the 13 will behave on them.

They be some big saw log there 4.9s?

Cheers Jerry. Looks like what i'm doing at the moment. Mine is all roadside Larch and its really back weighted. Is that a 10 tonne or a 6 tonne strop cant see the number of stictches in it. Who makes your block and where did you get it from if you dont mind me asking. Having a nightmare trying to find a block with a 20t SWL and 13mm pulley wheel. I remember somewhere in the back of my head somewhere that some blocks are rated 3t SWL but can do that at a 2:1 mechanical advatage so load is 6 tonne on the anchor but each leg is 3t? This would make finding a block so much easier. Andy

Yep had my last pair go on me at just under a year old. Both the supplier and Haix wanted nothing to do with them. I'll try a pair of their forest boots next as high chainsaw boots are hard to find.

I saw the demo of it at the 2 APFs ago. Did what it said on the tin but you could tell by the chip that it was shredded rather than chipped. The sales man was keen to tell me that builders where buying them to shred stuff into skips to save themselves money on house referbs. Green plant in Hemel hire one and are timberwolf dealers so you could get a demo one for a day for free:thumbup:

What you calling softwood cord?

I milled a bit years ago. Was about 12" across and 6' long was a lovely orange colour when i cut it. Fading to a yellow once it was dried out. It's in the shed somewhere....

As a fat man the cab size of the ponnse is much better. I also liked the fancy leveling suspension on big rear wheels. I found the merc engine much easier to work with and the hydraulics seemed much better to work with in a maintenance sense. The big big plus for me is that you sit behind the crane with the engine so if you make the crane fall over you should stay upright. The frame break was better although the 1270 I drove ad a rubbish one. I preferred ponnse opti to timbermatic it's much easier to calibrate and adjust calibrations. The head has an automatic chain tensioner unlike the Deere.