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  1. Chris Sheppard
    Thanks for all the messages guys, sorry for not gettign back to you all a bit quicker - it's been a bit mad this week. Will reply to rest of PM's as soon as I can
  2. Chris Sheppard
    Is that a little Vimek? Looks a useful machine
  3. Chris Sheppard
    That'd be me Glad you're getting on well with it I think I left just about the same time you got yours.
  4. Chris Sheppard
    I don't know if it would just bolt on, I'd guess not though as the newer ones look to be made a bit different. Wouldn't have thought it would take too much to fabricate somethign to suit though. Know what you mean about big stuff, but I found that stuff small enough to go through the processor was generally not too bad to handle and the four way would make billeting very fast.
  5. Chris Sheppard
    That foam stuff you can get in the supermarket worked a lot better than I ever expected
  6. Chris Sheppard
    I had one - I only paid £400 for it I never used mine a lot but it was quite handy for shifting small stuff behind the carraro
  7. Chris Sheppard
    Billeting - it's the future If I was in the market for another Processor I'd be hard pushed not to go for a Farmi - regardless that I used to work for the one of the importers - within minutes of using the new style ones (like what Billy has) I was convinced. The controls are a little different to how everyone else does it but it works well once you get you're head round it. It made my old Hawk look proper slow and it seemed to take bendy stuff well as it has a big throat on it. There's a couple of good vids on youtube - might be under superpilke or mastersplit rather than Farmi Processor.
  8. Chris Sheppard
    and that's nearly half of what the list price is on them too I'm always amazed that Logic ever managed to sell any.
  9. Chris Sheppard
    I liek the idea, but as others have mentioned, it's the last log of each piece that would make me a bit twitchy. Reckon it could be guarded up fairly easily but liek most stuff - start adding guards and the whole process slows down. As it is though, I don't reckon it's any more dangerous than using something like a Hy-Crack.
  10. Chris Sheppard
    On the right wood, you should see a massive improvement ofver using a splitter and chainsaw, but unless you're using nice straight thinnings, then you'll probably not be as impressed by a processor as you first expect to be as wiggly stuff can have a tendency to drop in the chamber sideways meaning you have to go in a nd fish them out. Some, like the farmi and I think Tajfun and now Hakki Pilke, can be equipped with a lifter like in Billy's photos - if you are movign the machine to the stack (and/or going out on hire) then this can be a very usefull back saving addition. I used to have the Hakki Pilke Hawk, after going from a Hakki Pilke Eagle and that old Thor splitter - for what I was doing, I'd almost have been better staying with the sawbench and splitter, though on the odd occaisons I was processing decent timber the processor did make for easier work.
  11. Chris Sheppard
    357 are fantastic, feels like a big saw in a little body I really like my 372. Can't compare it to the 576 as never used one but find it nicer to handle than the 440 and 441. Never ran bigger than a 20" on it but in softwood it will pull that on an 8 tooth rim and semi chisel. I reckon in a few years, the 372 will be a bit like the 242's now - everyone will be buying them up on ebay once they stop making them
  12. Chris Sheppard
    It's been a long time since I've done one, but there was a way of doing the new style farmi's that made it easier to get at in situ - one side was fairly easy to get at, but I think the other one was better to get at if you stood at the front of the machine rather than the back (or something like that) - was a bit of a revelation once I'd sussed it
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    we had one (though there is a possibility it could have been a 288) on one estate and it was a bit of a pig to start at times but once going it wasn't bad. one thing i do remember with it though was that it used to not be able to clear the chips fast enough at times and would clog. Seen those MOD ones on ebay and can't help thinking the guy is a bit optimistic on pricing
  14. Chris Sheppard
    New Saw Chains - Oregon Chainsaw Saw Chains, Guide Bars, Oil & Accessories at below trade prices! FREE UK delivery on all Bars and Chains! Tel: 01202 580612 usually seem pretty reasonable price wise and only ever had good service so far. Can get either Oregon or Carlton from them so covers all budgets.
  15. Chris Sheppard
    Something like one of those oregon easy cut saw horses might not be a bad thing to make if you're chainsawing it and you'd probably be as fast hand splitting as it shouldn' tbe very tough at all.
  16. Chris Sheppard
    Forgot about these as I've not bought any for a while - as a replacement to instant, Kenco do some coffee bags a bit like big tea bags - they aren't bad and you can get two cups out of them
  17. Chris Sheppard
    Personally I prefer a chainsaw type, especially if a lot of your timber is going to be up to the max diameter of the machine and/or wiggly. Yes, there's the sharpenign of the chain and the fact it needs oil (whether a separate tank or it uses the hydraulic oil) but from my experiences I just found I got on with the chainsaw ones better. The circular saw type ones cut very well on smaller timber but have the habit of getting a bit of wap on when they get warm and (as above) are also generally a bit noiser. Also, a lot of the smaller chainsaw type ones run husky small bar mount bars, which suited me as I could swap bars from felling saw to the processor when it was getting a bit worn.
  18. Chris Sheppard
    the little iglands really do work well on the smaller tractors as they sit quite close to the end of the arms so reduce a bit of the leverage once you've got a big snig on. I ahd a uniforest 35e on my old Carraro 50hp and that worked well, just could have done with being able to lift a bit higher but that was the tractor more than the winch.
  19. Chris Sheppard
    I used to saw a bit up from time to time - dead easy to process with something like a hakki pilke eagle as the few bits that needed splitting were dead easy to do with the corkscrew. Can often get a fair bit too small to really be called a log but at the end of the day it all burns and often once sawn and split it doesn't look that different to "normal" logs anyway
  20. Chris Sheppard
    it is nice but I find it a bit like rocket fuel - Taylors After dark is quite nice too.
  21. Chris Sheppard
    It's only a 4 tonne trailer but it can fit a fair load on it. Haven't weighed a load off it yet but reckon those pines in the photo would have made between 3 and 3.5 tonne. We're pullign it with that old 50hp international at the mo and it handles it no probs when it's dry. That's not the same one that we've got up for sale though.
  22. Chris Sheppard
    the 357's are a great little saw, feels like a big saw in a little body as they seem to have so much grunt for not a lot of weight.
  23. Chris Sheppard
    I really don't think there is one Can live with Gold Blend if I have to. I don't think Maccy D's do bad coffee for when on the go
  24. Chris Sheppard
    There's a couple in the classifieds
  25. Chris Sheppard
    Does it have to be larch or might you stretch to Pine? Might have some larch but not for a month or so I'd reckon though. drop me a PM if interested

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