Brushcutter
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Nice tractor. No i have Valtras. I like the Fendts on paper but am yet to drive one.
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Are you selling the log?
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I think they only built 2 as demos.
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There is one of the Timberjack walkers over in Finland. Strange thing apparently it didn't work too well.
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Very nice. Wish i'd got an MB Trac now. Why are all MB tracs forestry cages red? Why not crimp the ends of the cable up with one of the hooks the skidding chains fit in. Also put a few chocker sliders on the cable too.
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Try Unimog dealers i think some parts fit. Jas P Wilsons do lots of second hand parts for forestry kit so maybe they will. They're also rather popular in Germany at the moment so lots go there working or not. Highland Forestery on here has an MB trac.
Andy
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I must try this flail attachment. We have a BCS with the scissor grass cutting bar and the flail. The flail has been used once then it was deamed rubbish and put away. How good is compared to say a DR rough terrain mower or a brush cutter? Cutting longish grass, young bramble nettles. Mainly nettles.
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No but nearly. Didn't think the MB trac was the right base unit and the one i could afford wasn't powerful enough. As for oil i'd of figure that with a crane even with an aux tank and pto pump you'd be a bit short with oil and pressure. I'd also think that you'd have issues cooling the oil too.
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If it was just felling i'd have some less experenced guys just putting the timber on the deck. Then leave the processing to you with your fancy machine. You just doing soft woods with it? I'd imagin that it would strugle with hardwoods. I know the harvester head sometimes struggles with forks in birch.
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Sounds like a good plan. If you can have it for the right money it may save some time. Ties up the forwarding trailer is the only issue. Also they're fairly simple so lack the complexity of a harvester head.
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Awsome tree. Why did it have to come down?
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Are you hand felling and then processing with the stroke processor on a 3pl mount and loading with a roof mount crane.
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Is that the sort of gismo that the crane boom extends up the trunk with the knives closed delimbing. then comes back with the rear knifes open so it can move the trunk back to start the process all over again. I've never used one or seen one being used (aside from on Axe Men). There was an old Forestry and British Timber with a guy who used them a lot who sore by them. I guess it depends on what your doing but i'd of thought a bed processer or a head would have been better.
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Walnut or Holm Oak.
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Same here.
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Get some Husky XP oil or STIHL HP super. Comes in expensive 100ml 'shots' thats you just add to 5l cans. Or in bigger 1-10l containers of the stuff that you need to measure out with a beaker and add it to petrol. As for chain oil STIHL and Husky make there own stuff. I use STIHL bio plus or Clarks Bio oil because i work on sensitive sites. I've had a few issues with using veg oil lately.
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I have a 36" bar STIHL ES one. I've seen 6' bars which are cool but very impractical.
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I have a 365,372 and the new 576. The 576 is amazing. It's a little heavier on paper i think but it feels so well balanced you don't notice. Done some big timber with the 576 and cuts very well. Have a 24" bar on mine which is a little too long for balance but its still ok on the power. Put an 18" bar on it and it flys through wood but the balance is still off (a 20" would solve it). If i got another one i'd get it with autotune just as i know people with it on other saws and they love it. I've not used the STIHL but i have a lot of Husky saws and this saw is really good feels almost as powerful as the 390.
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Coos Bay i knew it had a name.
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It's a handy cut to know for leaning stuff too small for the dogs tooth. works very well on windblown trees too. They look like this just on small bits of wood (thats a 3 cut harvester head job). I'd say you would want to use it on anything over 10" then it's a dogs tooth.
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I looked into it a few years back but never got around to doing it. From what i remember you need to do a couple of sit in/observed assessments of candidates. You need to do your technical evaulation for each unit you want to assess (CS 30, 31 etc) I'm not sure if your assessor units 32/33 are the right ones. Best to talk to the NPTC. I don't think you need any teaching qualifications to do NPTC but you do for LANTRA.
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Some nice shots.
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Yep for another 6 months or so. The last picture took ages to take. Had to light a fire to back light the shot.
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Yea flat is good. Problem is that it's very very very wet. So wet infact that we can't go over the whole site. We've had to close one landing as the 810 sank upto the bogies and needed the caribou to pull it out. Ploughed the really badly. I'd like to give the steep stuff a go.
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last few. Yea you can cut 3 guide bars with the harvester head too.
