Chris Sheppard
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Think of it as a long term investment
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I'd say both too, though I do prefer an axe. Mauls are good on smaller stuff with straight grain (but so is an axe) but have a tendency to bounce on harder stuff (ours did anyway!)
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That's brilliant Have had a few books from the woodsmiths store - has got a good selection of stuff I've not seen anywhere else as yet. Tools wise you could easily spend a lot of money there - it's all so nice!
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Always quite fancied having a go at doing a few burns in an oil drum - anyone got any pics? There's plenty of lit on the web but no decent pics to show it.
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We used to have laods on the last Estate I was on - dries pretty quick and isn't as dense so does burn a bit quicker - as said very much like typical hardwoods (wouldn't have said as fast burning as birch) Generally find it grows pretty straight and fairly knot free too.
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busted.... Not really - that was one of the pre "system Leader" Thors - had to grip the log with your knees until the knife hit the log - worked well but looked dodgy
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Yep, I'll agree, 3 months is doable - just not all the time. Managed it one year - see pic - got the sun nearly all day where it was and it was a rare occurence we had a dry summer! also the wind would howl up the valley bottom too Also - I think the public need to understand the difference between dry and seasoned too.
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Funnily enough had a red admiral fluttering about round the shed yesterday - not what I'd have expected for Dec for sure.
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Is that a converted dumper? looks a useful tool Liking the one hand set up on the splitter
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A bit like a gun really - only becomes dangerous in the wrong hands.
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I can - 3.9 V8 power
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Agreed, Dead Elm burns very well, very hot and lasts ages. Does take a bit of drying if it's still living when it's felled but it's worth it in the end
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I think it's V8 if that's an exhaust out of each side of the bonnet ? just doesn't sound very V8
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There's a guy ner us doing it for £30 a bag and another guy for £25 Can't be worth even starting a machine up for that
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I've heard of this being done but the dies don't last very long and by the time you've had a proper strong one made the cost makes it hardly worth bothering. Not really looked into it deeply but that's what they told us on the ignite course.
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chain saw course info
Chris Sheppard replied to moorcrofttreesurgery's topic in Training & education
Fell a tree off and leave a high stump and just keep practising taking off an inch or so at a time. also, spend a bit of time getting your gob level and then you've got something to use as a guide when boring from each side -
chain saw course info
Chris Sheppard replied to moorcrofttreesurgery's topic in Training & education
Sounds like your examiner was just being an arse -
I'd say unless you are pretty handy with the spanners then you could be just buying trouble with an older purpose built - also, you'd need to factor in some decent tyres and/or chain/tracks. Also, if you had to put tracks and chainc on then you wouldn't really be wanting to do any road miles without removing them first and generally they are quite slow. There was a timberliner trailer on ebay with driven axle which might have been worth a look but I don't know if it's still there. If you already got a decent tractor then what about a radio controlled winch with a decent pull on it?
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Japa 300 - anyone got one and are they good?
Chris Sheppard replied to Rob D's topic in Firewood forum
We should have the first Farmi road towable available by January and our main depot is just up the road in Kingsley if you wanted to drop by to see it working? Similar spec to the 300 and the hawk (13" bar, 5tonne ram and 2/4 way as standard) but has a powered infeed (of sorts). Not sure on price as yet but can let you know soon. I liked my hawk but, yes they are quite flimsy as they're designed for nice straight birch and softwood. The 6 way used to stall mine out unless it was straight grained and green but on the right stuff worked well. -
A region in Germany I think?
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Was a dead old one - had been welded up/chopped up elded back up - I'm guessing it maybe had been made bigger (though it was at ground level so maybe not huge. Worked quite well but you had to pick the disc up by the edges and gently shove it with the crane rather than swing it on else you could snap a tip easy.
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nice stacking Found this pic on the web the other day - this guy has far too much time on his hands but it's a work of art
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A little something we've been working on....
Chris Sheppard replied to Chris Sheppard's topic in Firewood forum
A good point - but if people want a different work height there are plenty of others in the range - the A11 VTR is a popular one -
A little something we've been working on....
Chris Sheppard replied to Chris Sheppard's topic in Firewood forum
Oops, sorted now -
A little something we've been working on....
Chris Sheppard replied to Chris Sheppard's topic in Firewood forum
Cheers guys Ben, we do do trailed ones with engines but cost wise they do shoot up a fair bit. Do have an 11 tonne one we've taken round shows and hired out a few times that we can do a good price on - PM me if you're interested. We've got a delivery of the 9 tonners hopefully landing in time for Xmas
