Chris Sheppard
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Anyone seen those old roadless conversions on landrovers - think they were called something like a Forestrover? Do like that tracked Quad. Carraro are supposed to be offering a track set up like that on one of the Artic tractors but the tracks cost nearly half as much as the tractor
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6ft Norway and a 5ft Nordman for £19.50 for the two - think they'd put the wrong tag on the Nordman but I wasn't going to say owt Tried th FC at Dalby last year and left in disgust - not one half decent looking tree out of all the ones they'd cut
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My mum and dad had a skoda felicia estate for a couple of years - looked horrid but was actually quite nice to drive. We had one of the pickups for a while (rebadged vw caddy) and I really liked it - the little 1.3 petrol engine took a bit of winding up but it went ok.
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I found the opposite - I thought the triggers, choke, front handle etc were quite tough - but fairly bulky. To be fair though that was on a saw that is best part of 10 years old now so the newer ones might be a bit more flimsy. (was still running well when I sold it last year too )
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My first saw was a jonsered 2163, I bought it second hand, used it pretty much everyday for thinnings and firewood and it performed pretty faultlessly. Many parts are husky but a few quirky little bits (front handles as mentioned before by someone) and were a little bit "numb" compared to the equivalent husky. Reliability wise I don't think there's anything in it but handlin wise the Husky just beats it IMO
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Keeping on Hiluxes - My old one
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I'd love another bike, did a few H&H and a couple of MX before I went to college then sold me bike (97 CR 125) and never got round to getting another. Haven't even sat on a bike in 7 years and SWMBO won't let me buy another one now
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I tried the free sample in my 372 wasn't overly keen and it went through the tank very quickly - almost drained the oil tank each fill up even with the pump turned right down. Chain used to get quite hot too. Still think the Oregon Super Saw chain oil is the best IMO
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Agree with everyone re the staffy, but reckon theres some sort of longdog in there - them lugs definately have a bit of a whippet look to them if you look for long enough lol I think (no doubt I'll get shot to bits for this) there's a bit of patterdale in there - it's got those lines on it's brow i've only seen on stocky pattys.
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The trailer behind the Carraro is the little one that the Canadians market as the quadbike one - it was one of the first ones brought over (even before Lee sold them - a friend of mine imported one to see what the market was going to be like and I used to hire the trailer off him as and when) The kit I used to run did go quite a way towards me getting the job with Carraro/Riko Your 450 Honda might be able to pull it but it would be too heavy to use it safely on anything other than flat sites and then would probably be heavier than the handbook would allow. It does go quite nicely behind bigger ATVs, Mules, ausas, kubota RTV etc or big capacity Quads. That trailer with 2.7m crane and petrol powerpack is £6850 plus vat.
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I'd looked at doing something similar but on a smaller scale using to old calor gas bottles that fitted inside each other - wanted to burn all the offcuts from the showjumps and heat the shed over winter with radiators so paint would dry. Ed, we had a farm 2000 at the laste estate I worked on (not sure what size if there's different models) - used to tip a 6tonne grain trailer of chunks every couple of weeks over winter for them and it would burn whatever you threw in it - this was all the crap that wouldn't go into the firewood or had wire, nails in it - and they used to heat an outdoor pool with it - well good boiler imo.
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Wish it was still that low round us - £25-28 depending on quality - there's still and awful lot of s**t about and a proper shortage.
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I don't disagree - however there will alway be a need for smaller equipment - you wouldn't drag an 880 up a tree every time.
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Who's - mine?
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PM sent I'm not sure about the Alstor or Vimek mini forwarders but with or small scalle stuff we deal with all ends of the market from Forestry contractors, Arb companies, Coppice workers, Willdife trusts, FC, Natural England, Woodland Trust etc and yes there's always a few who just want something to use in their wood. Small stuffs never going to compete tonne for tonne, but on some sites you either can't or won't get bigger machinery in - it's like anything - putting the right machine on the right job.
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Yep, we do, there's a shiney new one in the yard at the moment
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These were my two - worked quite well side by side.
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Used to always use husky ones - tried a stihl one, put the husky ones on ebay, bought stihl ones and never looked back
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From the album: pics
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From the album: pics
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Hi David,
Thanks for the welcome!
I'd spent 4 years or so doing my own things - felling for other people, looking after my own firewood on a couople of esates and a few jobs completely of my own but couldn't get decne tguys to help out - got fed up of the travelling and costs of everything kept getting bigger so decided to go employed on a local Estate - hated every minute of it - the head woodman had only got there because the others kept retiring and he thought he knew everything. We kept falling out and I'd had enough - I'd dealt with Riko previously when I was contracting and got chatting to them at one of the shows this summer and he said I've got a job that would just suit you - and here I am.
I do miss the woods in many ways but I think I needed a change, even if it's only for a while.
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The rocking beam one uses leaves, the only beam axles available at the time for the other version were unfortunately not leafed.
