Chris Sheppard
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My 550 likes a drink. Reckon on softwood thinning it'll do a tank in about 20-25 min compared to more like 30-35 from a 560. Don't know how the tanks compare for size though.
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I'd be pretty upset if they only lasted 20,000 miles Last set of BFG muds I had on (old shape) did something like 80,000 miles before getting replaced.
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I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree on the 13" bars. Maybe I'm just weird, but I prefer a short bar, especially for snedding as I feel it handles better.
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winching trees downhill, safety tips please?
Chris Sheppard replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
Can't disagree with that -
Can't say whether it's safe or not, but if it was me, I'd just crack on.
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Which part of the country Jim?
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Recently went back to using oregon super saw again after a while of using and not being particularly impressed with the oil we've been getting locally (gopart in the white drums). I have to say I'm a bit disappointed. It always used to be thick and tacky, to the point where on a cold day it almost slid out of the can in sheets. The drum that arrived a couple of weeks ago may as well be cheap engine oil - it's that thin and runny. Are all chain oils like htis now or does anyone still do a proper gloopy one?
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I have one oof those steel wedges that are twisted and found that to be a lot more effective than the wood grenades. I'd tend to agree with the above comments that they are cack:001_smile:
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Cool, will be in touch
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There's half a chance I might be out Hornsea way one night in the next couple of weeks - could maybe drop by and see how it goes if you want?
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Should do. I used to run one of those framing nailers that go up to 90mm off a 50l V twin compressor with no bother. If you've not already got the nailer, I've still got my old one here and it'll be cheap It's the one that takes the strips of nails rather than a coil one but it will go down to something like 40 or 50mm
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Looks fairly similar to the 4604 County they had on one Estate I worked at - that was 4cyl.
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Any excuse for a road trip Reckon there'd be a way of making it work to load sideways somehow, though might snag up on the bogeys if it's rough. Was jsut a thought.
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Thanks Jon, Other than a single bay of 2.5's, have you tried loading them across the bunk? 2.5's seem popular round here atm so and that was one problem I had with the Weimer trailer. Reach isn't massively critical as the last one was a massive 3m! Pretty sure would be able to get cleser to the wood with a purpose built too so even less manouvering to do. I do like the look of the 820's but would be too scared about something going wrong with them too. That processor looks just like what I had pictured in my head, though maybe a simple stroke one with no computer. I reckon there's half a chance I can find one parked in a hedge back round here somewhere Not really looked but I'd reckon there'd be plenty kicking about in scandinavia still.
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Timber harvester for a large poplar plantation.
Chris Sheppard replied to Drayton tree care's topic in General chat
Course you can - decent set of helmet mounted radio earmuffs, though why anyone would want to listen to the cricket is beyond me -
Me too, my first saw was a Jonsered and it was faultless (a 2163) - sold it after I stopped contracting the first time and always wished I'd kept it. Up until a few years ago, our local Husky dealer always used to stock both.
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I always thought husky and jonnyred were just cosmetic differences? It's a shame there's less jonsered dealers about now - they were quite popular round us at one point.
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Probably more aimed at TCD and Elf, but how do you guys find the little Bruunets are for reliability on the whole? There's plenty of work round us for a smaller machine, and ideally not tractor and trailer based and I keep coming back to the Bruunet idea, espeically the older ones with proper spools (hopefully make the transition across from tractor based a lot easier too) and mechanical gearbox. More often than not it would be private landownrs and estate work (rather than FC etc) so age isn't really an issue if it's goign to do the job and do it well. Other idea I had was to have some brackets to be able to sit soemthing like a patu processor on the bed too for trackside processing - would there be enough spare hydraulic power do you think?
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Timber harvester for a large poplar plantation.
Chris Sheppard replied to Drayton tree care's topic in General chat
I wouldn't know on costs, but would tend to agree it not being worth getting someone in with a harvester, unless they just happened to be working nearby and wantd to fit it in at the end of another job. 2 or 3 good cutters would get through that fairly quickly anyway - it's not like they're hairy spruce or owt. -
Doctors gave me some hydrocortisone cream to use - seems to have taken some of the redness away but it's still itchy, mainly on an evening so it's driving me nuts! We're back to finish off the job with the little pops tomorrow so be interesting to see if I turn into elephant man or not
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That wasn't even the worst bits either It was hard work though, they ended up putting each class round one more lap than normal, but made it harder too - 2 laps (90 min each) would have been enough, the third lap took some digging deep Only way to get better at the hard bits it to keep riding them til they're not hard anymore
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It's awfully quiet in here - weather's getting better so no excuses This was us a few weeks ago [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFoKnzRDOco]Helmsley Vinduro 2014 - YouTube[/ame]
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I've never had much bother with allergies, but Saturday we were working on a Pop of some sort and by Saturday night, my arms and neck were itching like mad and by Sunday morning I had what almost looked like a bumpy, but fine nettle rash in the same areas, and more worryingly my eyelids were inflamed and peeling a bit. Antihistamines seemed to calm it a bit, but yesterday we were working on some smaller Pops and I've got up this morning to it being quite sore and red again. Off to docs for something more powerful but a quick look online seems to think it's not uncommon for Pop pollen to cause a reaction like it with some people (though it's never been a problem before). Not to say that it's definitley Pop yet, but it seems a bit coincidental. Anyone else had similar?
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No, not at all. Had a conversation with my local Husky dealer a few years ago and he said similar. The way they used to look at it was if you looked after the pro guys with really good prices on saws, they'd keep coming back to you for spares/oils/bars/chains etc and to be fair, it seemed to work. Surely that's no different to the online guys selling the saws cheap - people will keep going back to them for everything else. On the whole, a pro user will be an easy sale in comparision to a domestic user who will want to ask lots of questions and take up a lot of the delaers time before maybe even goign away to think about it - pro user will come in, pick a saw up, pay and leave.
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No prob Did you go for a second hand cylinder or try one of the non genuine ones? I've head the non gen ones aren't bad; still debating one of the 150 kits for my DR when I do the top end shortly.
