Chris Sheppard
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Used to run a 50C140 van where I used to work and it was really quite good. It had been downrated to 3.5 tonne but nothing had actually been changed, just meant we couldn't carry as much. It went well, had a great turning circle and carried load well. Also towed very well too.
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kindling wars are about to start
Chris Sheppard replied to D.M.Taylor Firewood Supp's topic in Firewood forum
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kindling wars are about to start
Chris Sheppard replied to D.M.Taylor Firewood Supp's topic in Firewood forum
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The Eagle (unless it's changed loads since I had mine) wouldn't accept anything bigger than 25cm diameter in either the saw otr the splitter due to the guards - think maybe at a push you could just a bout double cut something a tiny bit over 25cm but literally only a couple of cm more and it was a P.I.T.A - we used to quarter down anything too big diameter using wedges (very quickly saved up for the big vertical splitter though!)
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For £1K you'll not get a petrol splitter that's going to last very long doing that sort of size timber. Double the budget and you'll be gettign closer
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Lovely aren't they. Even nicer in the flesh - they had some of the others in the range at Agritechnica in Germany last year. They do a 4 wheel skidder with grapple which was really nice
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I really like the Haix tibet forest but the pair I've got this time don't seem to be wearing quite as well as the previous ones and have been leaking a little bit (only damp and to be fair they have been subject to being under snow for the last few weeks) but they are still super comfy and have a proper sole with tread on it (not like some I'd looked at previously) I must admit though I'm fancying trying on a pair of Meindl when these wear out as I've heard lots of good stuff about them.
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There was an attachment for the lumbermate mills for doing shingles, that worked a bit like the attachments for doing feather edge boards but the other way (if that makes sense?) - If you have a look at the Norwood site (the manufacturer of lumbermate) there should be some info - might be enough to be able to get something similar fabbed up to suit. Do Woodmizer not make something to fit theirs? They're daft if they don't.
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Didn't feel it here
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We were £129.9 / litre in Malton, Yesterday.
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How does anyone make money extracting cordwood?
Chris Sheppard replied to doobin's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
It's difficult to say without being there but I can't see why the digger is so important during the felling if its' just coppice? Surely it'd be better off with 3 guys on saws shortwooding and stacking and then follow up later with the digger burning brash. -
Used to ride a bit of Motocross when was younger, then Enduro and Hare and Hounds but sold my last Bike at College and SWMBO won't let me get another, as much as I'd liek one.
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I'm guessing Hurley sticks
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.....and a thoroughly nice chap too
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Is this it? [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Encyclopedia-Green-Woodworking-Raymond-Tabor/dp/1899233075]The Encyclopedia of Green Woodworking: Amazon.co.uk: Raymond Tabor: Books[/ame] Edit: Delabodge beat me to it
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That sounds an interesting book
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Because it's a crop - planted to make money. Maybe if Forestry was called "Tree Farming" it would make a bit more sense? Admittedly firewood never used to be considered worth anything and in the past a token amount might have been offered per tonne but now it's a commodity and is over double the cost roadside than it was 2-3 years ago.
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That's one of the differences between Arb and Forestry What sort of sizes is it Ben?
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I stumbled across it via a member of a landrover forum, had a read through and was hooked
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All the best guys
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looks like a 15kg reel of stainless MIG wire to me
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Yep. Been using a 242 a bit lately too (look a bit like a smaller 254) and it's lovely - although it's not meant to be much different weight wise to a 346 is seems to handle differently and feel so much lighter and despite it's age this particualr one still pulls like a good un. Don't make then like they used to
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That Igland looks a useful piece of kit - I like that
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I looked into converting my PTO one to Petrol once I sold the Carraro as the County was a bit overkill for running the sawbench and by the time you'd swapped all the pulleys and belts and made up all the other bits and then bougth an engine etc etc it looked more feasible to sell the PTO one and just buy the petrol one
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The theory's a good one but unless the ends are all perfectly square it doesn't work well at all as they would tend to try and push upwards once they were under load and for how long it would take to load lots of rings neatley comapred to chucking one in at a time, I'd rather have a short ram with big power, that also had a fats ram speed so while it was splitting/returning I could be ready with the next ring.
