Chris Sheppard

Is it not just as far as the next exit/services though? As far as I know, if towing it for any reason other than recovery it then becomes classed as a trailer and as such has to be braked if over 750kg GVW (so smaller than a smart car!)

Yep, it's not towing as such - it's a recovery to the nearest safe place (or something like that) and as long as it's not for hire or reward

Nice pics, Pow - liking the old school Zetor too

Found this one afternoon when we went for a climb - pic don't really do it any justice. It was huge but couldn't get it all in pic as couldn't get far enough away. It is growing out of crack in the rocks and doesn't touch the ground anywhere visible Those other pics are great

Yep, the posch gear is very well built but is quite expensive compared to other brands. I used to run a Hakki Pilke Eagle before I bought a processor and found that I prefered the Eagle to the Japa one (mailny beacause I found working that way round more comfortable than anything else). There are a couple I've used which I found to be hard work - one being the Technorton we had at Birdsall (was very over engineered, heavy to use all day and also because of the design of the trough it was quite hard to shove big bits along) and the other being the Ryetec one. I found the guard was very much in the way all the time (so ran the risk of being removed) and also the cutting action didn't feel very natural. I'd tend to be wary of a flat deck saw unless it has a sliding action with a clamp as these tend to snatch and throw the logs if you don't concentrate (see comments from others above). IME the safest ones tend to be the tilting table type but you do still need to watch out for small diameter dead straight bits snatching (as you would with any circular saw) if you try and saw too quickly. There are a couple of videos of the tiliting table ones on our website http://www.alpinetractors.com if that helps visualise it any better.

Glad it got to you eventually - this snow has been causing chaos for us this week either for sending stuff out or the fact we had no power for three days!

It wasn't me Jon Thanks for the kind comments guys - seeing it from both sides of the fence (for those that don't know I was in the woods for a few years prior to Riko) I know how important it is for you to have the right tool for the job. If anyone has any questions or wants a bit of advice at all just let me me know

Quite a large proportion of processors are built around softwood, and the rest are designed for decent quality hardwood. It's taken a while but as a country we seem to be realising as a country that to produce a decent log requires decent quality timber. I don't have a problem with softwood - most of todays fire has been a mix of softwood slabwood left over from when I was at Birdsall.

Not a phone, but Garmin have brought out a GPS that will runn Memeory map and is still fairly compact - have a look an the memory map site. Also it can be upgraded to work as a sat nav too.

I've got the 1pt one - ideal for two normal sized cups or a big cup and a swill out after. small enough it would go behind the seats of the 130 without taking up too much room/

Don't try diesel in them as it blows back far enough to get your eyebrows I have the 1pt one and as others have said - you can't use it everywhere, but they are good and quick when you get them burning right. Bet stuff I ever burned in one was dry pine twigs still with few brown needles on and then a few small pine cones on top - burnt really well and really fast.

Get one of those jetboil hanging kits and you can set it boiling while dangling it from a branch when your up the tree and come back to it when it's boiling

Always been a husky user but between the 395 and a 66 I'd take the Stihl every time.

Too much Sloe Gin at dinnertime and you were seeing things

They sound fantastic don't they - we had an old TJ 360 skidder (looked similar to the one on ebay but bigger) on one estate and the sound of it coming down the valley bottom on a frosty morning was awesome

Is that the swiss army chipper AKA the TW skidder?

Not seen it on the PAtu opnes before but Nokka had one on display at Agritechnica - looked brilliant idea but only really any good on perfectly straight timber.

I've just been out for another look It had moved and could see it a bit better - it's got a pointy beak - I think it's a thrush too Serves me right for getting all excited and rushing back in but I've never seen one that colour before - honest!

We've a Norway Spruce in our back garden which I think someone planted as an outdoor christmas tree a long time ago, less than 12 foot from the backdoor but we've got an unusual visitor living in it. I think it's s young Kestrel but I might be wrong. Never thought for a minute it would be quiet enough but it's been there every night for the last four nights and maybe longer. Sorry for the rubbish pics - will try and get some better ones.

They are serious fast - mate had one let me have a go - awesome (but far too nice to take in the woods)

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Underbrashing would drive anyone insane if doing nothing but that fulltime - though for that sort of money it would be worth it. You'd end up with arms like arnie after a few weeks though too.

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