Chris Sheppard

Our Husky dealer assures me that is correct but if it is, then the husky bars must be the oregon rejects as they don't seem to last anything like as well as an Oregon (well, the pro lites anyway, which visually look/feel to be the same). The only times I've ever had a bar nose split or a sprocket spit out have been on husky bars and they alwasy seem to lose the paint very quickly IMO

We're off felling.

This is the only bike related pic I can find, and I aren't even on a bike that was mine and it was at least 12 years ago Really want to get another bike but haven't even sat on one since I sold my last CR when I was still at Uni. Ed, how do you find the Varadero? Thinking of doign my CBT this year and hopefully test shortly after. Want a traily of some sort but don't want another two stroke and the varadero 125 has been suggested by a few so far as being quite good for a 125 4 stroke.

We're doing our bit then, crashing down lots of Birch at the mo

29 in June - just haven't weathered well

I wish - nothing that exciting

That's what I used to do with the County when I still had it. Not sure the Belarus would be up to a lot of skidding, but a bit of gentle loading might not kill it. Most of the Old Belarus look like that, I'm failry sure that one is 4wd - the way the drive gets to the front wheels is just a bit different to conventional tractors. As it is, we might have another plan in the making.

......unless you play it on the Wii fit and it gives you a score I've never tried Yoga properly though, only had a play around on the balance board thingy on the Wii.

I had a go on the in Law's Wii at the Yoga - SWMBO wasn't very happy I was better than her at it

I like to fix things - currently this far through my latest project

Happy Birthday Steve

That was my thinking - We're on with a fair bit of skidding at the mo and it would have made a good little stacking machine.

Cheers guys

Just dug out my tapes from the shed and need to fit a new refill into the one I prefer using as it's pretty mullered and barely legible. I'm sure there's a proper way of doing it but all I've ever done is leave it all intact and wind the drum back by hand as I've alwasy been in the wood when I've done it and seemed to remember last time someone took one to bits there were springs and tiny screws strewn everywhere. One is an "original Logger" by Spencer and the other is pretty much identical but has a differnet style outer cover and says made in England on the back. Does anyone have any instructions they could scan and email me or a link to some online? Ta, Chris

Sssh, don't tell everyone - I'm watching that

Me too (just not old yet) Sounds just like life in our village with all those who like to commute into York/leeds every day, or those that have retired into the village but liek to say they live in the countryside - we're looking to go more remote at the mo. Voted now Tom

Whilst not having ever runn an LPG tipper or similar, we've had a couple of LPG vehicles in the past (a legacy and a Disco V8). For what the cost of getting a conversion done is, plus other things like the cost of gas now compared to petrol/diesel, trying to get hold of it consistently (a lot of places tended to be sold out or someone had driven off without disconnecting), difference in power between petrol and gas etc etc, I'd only really look at gas as an alternative if the vehicle was either very cheap for the condition, was already fitted to the vehicle before hand or it was the only real way I could justify the running costs - the last one being more of an issue with something like a big petrol 4x4 or similar. But as above, running the disco worked out similar money wise to running the TDi equivalent but had the benefit of longer legs on the motorway and when needed, could be flicked across onto petrol for those moment is needed a kick up the arse.

How small a village does it need to be to not be a large one Ours is only one street, with no shop or pub or anything but has something like 60 houses with more going up all the time.

My thinking is that surely if the land is reverting back to self sown woodland then that is what it is tryign to do naturally - surely any intervention is not natural?

Every crane I've used, if you picked up a big log and extended, the relief valve would start to go and the boom would start to creep down. Surely if it can pick somethign up then it is within it's safe working limit other wise it wouldn't be able to pick it up in the first place

Standing dead elm makes some of the best firewood ever

I've been a bit dissappointed with this last set of Haix (tibet Forest) - last pair did two years whereas this pair are looking like they might not see the year in before they split. Heard good things about Meindl.

Most of the time, anything that does horizonatl and vertical is a compromise of both without particularly good at either (like what scbk is saying) This is what I used to use (20 tonne Thor) and it would handle anythign you could get under it (there was only ever one bit of wood it didn't like - a gnarly bit of elm) anything too heavy to handle for billeting just got ringed up and done in short bits.

Big vertical with adjustable table - good for billeting up to around 50cm diameter and good for rings too. Anything too heavy to lift, take the table out and bust them up a bit on the floor. Horizontal for billets, but not great for discs - imagine trying to balance a saucer on it's edge. EDIT - forgot to say, do partly agree with what jims saying but generall, if arb waste is good enough to billet it's usually smaller diameter anyway unless you happen to have access to a crane/loader to get the stuff off site, so generally manhandlable to billet with a vertical if that makes sense?

Over the next few months we may have a few wagon loads of processor sized hardwood (typically sub 12" diameter) available at roadside. Just waiting on final descision from landowner as to what he's keeping. Predominantly Birch, but there is a bit of alder and a few Oak kicking about. We will also have much larger quantities of softwood firewood available, almost all Scots pine. We will have a selection of sawlog available also, again nearly all Scot and upto around 18" TD Access is pretty good (and solid), but so far nothing bigger than an 8 wheeler has been onto the site so until we know for definite I'd say 8 wheelers only for the time being. I can give a number for a local haulier if required. Located just outside York, near to the A64 Interested parties please let me know by PM and we'll let you know exactly what's available and when. Ta, Chris