Brushcutter

You will need some FMO tickets. For the machines you will need: FMO 1.1 or 1.2 Tracked slewing i don't have it so i don't know it. Basically a digger FMO 1.3 wheeled rigid or a tractor in common terms FMO 1.4 4/6 wheeled articulated. FMO 1.5 8 wheeled articulated. Once you have your base unit you can then choose your next units. If you want to be a forwarder driver you;ll need FMO 3.1-3.6. Depending on where you have the crane and on what base unit. If you are driving a tractor with a timber trailer you'll need FMO 1.3 tractor base and FMO 3.4,3.5,3.6. Forwader handling crane cab, crane bunk, crane other. One test for base unit one test for your chosen crane position and you get the other two for agri forwading. IF you want to do purpose built forwaders. You need FMO 1.4 and 1.5 (two tests) and FMO 3.1-3.3 another test. For harvester an appropriate base unit and 2.1 2.2 and 6.13 (i think). Think thats 2 tests + base unit can't remember. Barony College and H+W forestry do harvester and forwader training. Just a note though you'll be looking at doing a nearly 6 week course epescially in the harvester.

Wilsons should have one. Or Valmet. Have you tried googling Sfernice Vishay Potentiometer and all the resistances and stuff. Might be able to pick one up from an electronics supplier.

On a 95hp tractor.

9.5 tonne Krpan with full electro hydraulics, radio remote, chains and i think 150 of cable and a folding butt plate. Came in a 7000 delivered i think.

Krpan also have a folding butt plate. It's very very handy especially for negotiating these new foot high stumps that are the 'in' thing in forestry at the moment Also good for keeping the ends off the deck.

Krpan.Forestry Winches KRPAN would be my choice. Failing that a uniforest. I like the saw holder, hook holder and the clevis hitch on the butt plate. For the money of an 6 tonne Igland you could more that likely get a 8 tonne uniforest with full electro hydraulics and remotes. Get the biggest winch you can afford and your tractor will handle.

I like it. As good as the 390 is i've never really been a fan. But that one i'd have.

Know anybody close with a Botex roof mount. It's more than likely on the spools so try it out. If it does what you want then no need for a front tank. If you try a trailer mount one the pump on idle is about the same as running it on the spools.

The crane and guarding is 21k+vat isn't it? I think you'll be ok without it. The real plus side is that with the tank and pto the who system is sealed so if you break something its only leaking crane hydraulic. Not the hydraulic that runs your brakes and power steering. Its not on a lot of the ones they sell so that must tell you something. I've only seen two botex cranes with tanks on. One looked like a JAKE tank on the front and the other was one for a botex keto head combo.

How are they going to do it? PTO pump or a hydraulic pump? For a 560TL i'd be inclined not to bother. For 570 and 580 I'd be considering it. Does it have an additional radiator for the hydraulic circuit as well? The valtra's pump is capable of running the crane very smoothly. Although i think at the 40 l/m that it puts out you will have some issues combining multiple actions. Hence where the tank will come in very handy. My real issues is will it provide as much weight as a set of weights? I think it could well do if the tank is big enough and strong enough ( as they can be easy to give a tap to when putting the grapple away!) What tractor will you put it 6000 series/8000 series valmet or a shiney new T series valtra?

Got a 150xp fantastic chipper. PTO rather than trailed its heavy. It's about half the weight of the tractor its on! Totally bullet proof though, a nameless person hit the barn with it and the barn came off worse.

As for legs used both. Normally go for fold down, easier to fix if you forget to pick them up when you drive off. They both do the same job, its mainly 3pl mount cranes and detachable ones that have telescopic A frame ones. Not used or herd of a palms crane until now. I like the Kelsa cranes nice and quick and a reasonable price and lift. They're very well made and spares are easy to get hold of. As for a demount system, Fama do some 3pl cranes that can be kept on the linkage and used with different trailers. Or you could couple it your chipper and then attach both to the tractor assuming your linkage will take it. Personally i'd get a Jake plate and a 305T crane and mount it permantly on the tractor (if it's big enough). Can be done for about 23k.

That's the 2/3rd time I've herd of that happening. On Thursday I found the pin that holds the dipper to the main boom hand broke it's roll pin and got for about 1 1/2" of walkies out the other side of the crane. The bolts around the pin all came very loose in March too.

I think about 1500 quid. It's only a pin and some bolts that hold it on. Easy to extend not so easy to contract it. Only thing to watch out for is extending too much and breaking the light cable. As vulnerable as the 570 is i wouldn't want the 560 that extra 1m length is vital to me. Always running out of reach on the 6m one and only a few times on the 7m. I see your large lumps and give you this 8 tonne monster. Didn't go on or off with the crane though. Was pushed on with a really big volvo loading shovel.

Used that one. The vertical legs are interesting makes the crane base very narrow it's very tail twitchy even with the legs down. Once you get the weight in it's all good. Slewing the drawbar with the narrow legs makes it ok. Pics that didn't upload. 2x bays of 8' Ash(a little extended) 2x bays of 3m Scotts (Full extended bunk) 2x bays of 3m Oak (old euro trailer)

On the orginal one it had an 7 leaver block on it rather than the Parker haflin (or what ever it's called) and i don't recall that leaking. Some pics of both of the trailers the old 5050 and the new 570. Note the hose attachments on the top of the extension ram on the 570. You don't get that on the shorter 560. Very easy to knock that connection off the top (i've done it) also the pipe that runs down the cylinder is held on by 3 welds ( 2 on mine now and a bike inner tube). It come off easily if you knock it durning thinnings.

Ah the Botex. I've driven a lot of them roof and trailer mounts. Pros: Will lift nearly 3 tonne close in. Big grapple. Easy to get spares. Good value. You can spec them how you want them i got mine with a 1m extending bunk. Old skool bolsters none of these modern thinning bolsters so you can do big stuff easily. Steering drawbar is standard. Cons. Getting hold of Wilson to buy one can be hard can often involve a lot of chasing to get things. Some of the grease points need to be changed when you get it to grease the crane folded up. ie go from straight ones to 90degree ones. Valve block leaks. Crane is slow. As far as i know you can only get the one option of spool block so you cant get one with the grapple and extension linked onto the two main leavers. As said the legs do drop but it will only be one, normally the left one. Support legs are not that good. Some of the rams and hoses are exposed. I had a 5050 on a 11tone trailer and recently a 570 on a 11tonne trailer. For the money you cant really do better. If you need lift for big hardwoods (as i do) then botex is your only bet unless you have mega money for a big FMV or Kronos (£50k+). I've been using them for 6 years now not as nice as the proper forestry cranes in terms of speed and smoothness but make up for it in lift and simplicity. My only real gripe is if you get a 570 or 580 the extension ram is very exposed. There is no guard on it and the fittings and welded to the ram so if you knock one its a new ram they're 500 quid a go! oh and a total pain to fit. I don't think the 560 has the same problem. Other issue is that i've herd of at least twisting and breaking while doing big wood. I don't know the operators personally but did see one of them working and he seemed very smooth. Given that one of our guys has bent the rotor attachment link on ours it could be a think with heavy wood. Would i have 3rd? Yes although i'd want some better guards on my rams. Although if i did only softwood i'd have a Vreten trailer with a Kesla crane. Hope that gives you an idea. Depends what you want if for really, its a good start to agri forwarding. Oh and i've had it over once and taken the legs off once too. Now once i've got weight in i try to avoid putting the legs down.

Lovely pictures. I like Stowe Landscape gardens great day out. Did you see the tea room/visitors center. I milled all those Larch beams, Felled a lot of it too. As for the Ceder i thought parkland trees were ment to be large and open gown so i guess it was allowed to go all multi stemmed for dramatic effect.

I wonder who the Forest owner is? I do hope it's not a FISA member.

Oh my god. Lets cut down trees with no directional control. Lets have the adequate protection for the idiot operating the machine Lets all stand around underneath. Then lets cut the wood to 1m rather than saw logs. Making the forestry industries look good there.

I thought this was the case as well. I think it was in the FCA mag or on their website. I'm 90% sure forestry is exempt now. As for formative pruning do it with a hand saw. If a jobs worth doing it's worth doing right.

NPTC FMO 1.3 and 3.5 for forest tractor and timber trailer. I'm don't know much about using them on building sites but i'd think CPCS tractor would cover lot of it. Maybe HIAB as well?

Sorry that's the wrong bit of Herts for me. I'm S. Herts and the Tring frontier.

Which bit of Herts?