Brushcutter
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Thought of a good forwarder tip. when doing the sides pull all the stuff up against the bolsters and open and it will all roll out flat. Out of interest do you have freecut on plulp in Sweden. In Finland pine pulp is from 2.6-5.2m and it all goes in the same pile. Logs have lengths but you don't have to sort them into lengths liek you do here. Same in Sweden?
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Nice toys Stu.
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You tension them with a chain too? I know thats how JD say to do it and it's very popular in the North. Back in Scotland it's a big big big no no to do it. Also changing the chain hanging the head over the track. Use a track tensioner it's easier than the chain and it won't kill you if it breaks. Pick the up with the crane on the dangle it uner the wheel. drive and lower and thread through the pins. Then shove the tensioner on. If your really good (i've managed it once) you can grab both end of the track and close grapple and shove the gates in. Then put in the clips.
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The cranes on a JAKE so it should still have the 3pl for doing thing. Some have an their own oil tank so that could be on the linkage.
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Everybody learns in thinnings. Makes you pay attention. Yea fair bit of snow. I'm back in blighty now though! Try and put the tracks on with the crane its good trick to know. The spikes are important i nearly tipped a forwarder under so powerlines because i slid down a hill because i had worn the spikes off on rocks. Fozzy is a top notch guy.
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A good forwarder driver will make a good harvester driver as you get great crane control. I still dislike doing thining in the harvester for exactly the same reason as you. Have you had the thing at near full lift off the ground where your picking the engine up off the ground too? Frame lock to the max...i did it last week in a bog in Finland it was not a plesent experence. The Ponnse harvesters are so much better in terms of design. Assissting the feed is so easy in ponnse in JD is at pain. Had snow this week in Finland. I'm not doing the course. Too much money and i've got the UK & Finnish tickets so other than learning some UK techniques seemed silly to do it.
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Is Fozzy there? Going to do your harvester/forwarder tickets there.
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Trust me it will take you a long time to get hang of it. If you can go upto the 1270 it's much more stable. I hate the 10 12 70 and i'd imagin i'd hate the 1470 too. Where is all the snow?
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Nice. 810D is a great machine. You driven the harvester yet? That a 10 or 1270 E. Hate them with a passion.
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There is a OSA 250 on ebay.
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You can never have enough cranes
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It's a good book. Just a pitty they've taken the yield class tables that use to be in it out.
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Take a look at Bandit. Well made and simple. The 150xp is a 12" machine but it's very weighty at nearly 1.5 tones but it's bomb proof. I don't know if the 85xp comes in a PTO version.
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University advice, i need some opinions!
Brushcutter replied to Michael Ricketts's topic in General chat
It does open a lot of doors. Yea the jobs it opens up are more office based but increasingly head forester/head woodsman which are say 90% practical would like a degree. -
Hi Stu I insure my Navara with NFU. At 23 though i don't think they'll touch you unless you have some other policy with them. They don't tell you this till you've gone through all the questions. Direct line will cost you 2-3k i'd expect as thats what they quoted me. I think at 23 i was with Post office for my D22 Navara was about 1100 quid. Whats worse is i still pay that now with NFU
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University advice, i need some opinions!
Brushcutter replied to Michael Ricketts's topic in General chat
Hello. I hated my first term at uni and wanted to quit but after then it was great. It opened many doors for me. What about doing it part time it will take longer but give you more time to work. Also just because a degree might not be right for you now doesn't mean that in a few years time you can't do it. -
Elm would be my choice. Followed by a lump of Oak. I'd steer clear of treated softwood.
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Charlie will know but i think its the same as a proper forwarder. FMO 1.5 and 3.2
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Thats the phone call everyone hates to make and dreads to answer.
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I know 5 or so around me.
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Did you stay at the Old Bridge or the new fancy TKF hotel thing. Top grub in the Old Bridge.
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TKF are fantastic. I did my CS 34 & 35 with them a year or so ago.
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Thats fantastic.
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If anything happens you'd need to prove the bit of equipment was 'fit for purpose'.
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Passed my Finnish forwarder test. Makes FMOC look like a walk in the park. It's so strict that one guy failed for being 2 mins over the time and another guy failed for not having a full load.
