Chris Sheppard
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I found myself watching that video last night getting a bit more inspired. I agree, it would be a very good and versatile setup for managing smaller parcels. I noticed last night that there is now a smaller head than the 51, just called "forst" and only weighs 280 odd kg and doesn't need as much flow
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the future of forestry and FC in the UK
Chris Sheppard replied to europeantrees's topic in General chat
Surely contractors with their heads screwed on can do it on their own without a syndicate? I reckon syndicates could get messy - too many differing ideas within it and then it all falls to bits - just my opinion. -
I try not to go on mascus too much as I get carried away I'm sure I read an old FMJ that had an article on someone in the UK running a Vimek, but I can't find it again.
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£23K - bum - I was kinda hoping there'd be a few second hand ones floating about for Patu money For crane feedign the Patu always looked quite good - bit like the niab but the other way up and you caould do it all from inside the cab. I was thinking similar, we do get a lot of birch round us that is usually fairly straight and with not a lot of low branches and fluffy tops. We've been throwing a few ideas around for mechanising on a smaller scale - I'd still really really liek a Vimek harvester (I can dream) or maybe a reverse drive valmet and roof mount with a Keto Forst head on it but again, that's still a long long way off. Been considering somethign like one of the Naarva grip stroker heads but they are quite steady and will only cut up to around 10-12" on timber that is quite soft as they are a shear, but from memory are sub £10k for the head and fittings brand new.
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no idea on price but I bet there's a few kickign about second hand in Sweden/finland etc. I wonder if it would handle lightly branched hardwood? only ever seen the Patu, Nokka and maybe one Hypro over here.
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Realise it's not going to be ideal for every site but I think it could be useful. admittedly the tress in the vid are quite small/short, but around us there is a lot of wood that really should have been thinned years ago so is tall and thin, but still quite hairy, and not in a position to be shortwooded out. I see the niab as a way of cutting out a process or two - go mad felling, get someone following up behind winching and processing and then chase them up with a forwarder. I'm liking the whole self contained-ness of it, no crane needed and it'll go on a bog standard tractor. Nokka do a head (think it's a harvesting head rather than just processign) which does indeed have an adjustable four way knife on it which is a stroker so I reckon you could be onto somethign there Stevie Did see the homemade one on youtube somewhere too.
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Doesn't look too bad for the money, but at that price it'll be chinese. For the budget you have I'd me more tempted to look at a good second hand machine (if you can find one)
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Can see where you're comign from but think that they are two different machines for different things and that one won't do both things, and that as in the post above, peopel would end up with both. I don't see the branchlogger as a firewood processor in the conventional sense. Yep, can see that being the case
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has anyone any experience of these? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MOZCVnKu20]YouTube - Traktorový procesor NIAB[/ame] Always fancied a Patu but it meant tying up a crane, saw these and thought they might be a sensible option. Did have a Nokka for a short while but it was a bit numb on the back of the County
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the future of forestry and FC in the UK
Chris Sheppard replied to europeantrees's topic in General chat
Noticed round us that there's an odd Woodland Trust wood available on 999 year leases, thought that seemed a bit odd. -
too small to be worth putting at roadside there's stuff from 4"down to an inch or so - cleaning between the rows of a young oak planting, as well as all the pruned off branches which are 2-3" or so. We've been leadign a bit out for our own fires but there's only so much tiny stuff you can be arsed with. We'd been talking about the branch logger again and thought I'd see if anyone had any more feedback yet
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How're you getting on with the machine after a few months of using it? we've loads of small diameter hardwood to do something with and there's only so much charcoal we can make.
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I stand corrected then, but it's definitely different for lecturers in colleges. FWIW, the summer holidays would only count as 30 days or so anyway, so nto that much really.
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Surely you mean the kids get 14 weeks off per year - just coz the kids aren't in doesn't meant the staff aren't
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Dunno where you get that from Dave, 10 days more maybe. Maybe it's different between school and college but my wife gets 35 days holiday, isn't the legal amount 24 or 27 or something like that.
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I've just realised my reply may have come across a bit generic - I should have said that the above generally applies within forestry rather than just any standing timber
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I'd agree with that - anything between 3 and 5 (including cups of tea ) when its warm.
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In theory it should be workable as most of the time now you would be paying quite a bit for any timber standing if there was a chance of getting any firewood out of it. Taking into account the small diameter and bad access then doing the work in return for the wood (or in effect being given the wood standing) then as long as you work efficiently you should be able to make a wage, perhaps not a great one to start with but a wage all the same
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had thought of that but ebay seems a bit hit and miss at mo.
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I recently bought some of the Husky technical type A's and have been quite dissappointed with them. Spoke to Husky and as soon as they actually fall to bits I can get a refund - at the mo they're only prepared to give me a new pair, which I don't want. Wore my old Jonsered Prolights today and can honestly say that they are cooler to wear than the huskys with the vents in. This pair are now 3 apf's old, and whilst not used for a while, have still lasted very very well. Only place I've found still stocking them is Screwfix @ £110
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Bang on - mine is too and that sums up her existence too
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Searching for Novotny
Chris Sheppard replied to treedave's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Not quite near death, and I was sort of stationary at the time (well the split second before hand) You migth not have those skills to start with but you'll soon learn them when you have to. There was a really tidy lookign Norcar online in scandinavia somewhere which looked liek it had been well looked after and was only something liek £14K Picked up a job near York which should keep us busy til early next year with plenty of thinning so not been over your way much, had a few days up there a couple of weeks ago millign for the Fort. Have you seen the nemo pics? -
Searching for Novotny
Chris Sheppard replied to treedave's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Only other thing I could think of would be an old mini Bruunett or Norcar, but they might be a little big. talking of breaking winch lines, did he say about the time the skidder gave me a black eye? -
On a serious note though, surely it's all to do with population density? Back to not serious - how about a north vs south axe throwing comp at Jonesie's show?
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@ 100hp, I stand by my previous statement 8 tonne is quite a big winch - 100hp isn't that big
