Chris Sheppard

Don't reckon I'll make it, didn't realise it was on and forks still need some fettling - they keep pressurising and blowing the rebound adjuster off the top.

Maybe I should have added "legally" to the end of the first bit

Usually just short of 19T

missed that bit. I'd agree with that

That's been my experience too Though dealing with Dom at LR series, the genuine stuff usually isn't much dearer so I go for genuine if it's something important or contains moving parts.

TD = Top diameter (so the diameter of the thin end of a sawn length). I probably worded it a bit badly - I should have said highest price band rather than top grade as that was maybe a bit confusing. Sawlogs into Taylormade are/were 150mm min TD up to 400mm (could be 450 but we've not sent any since last year) over that they become oversize and the price dropped by £4/T from memory.

I've got a husky 357xp going spare, though it's a little over your £200 budget but is tidy - might still be on arbtrader I think.

That'd be who I was meaning

£500 will easily buy you a 550xp from a UK husky dealer and a little bit more should see you a 560xp.

There's loads of things to take into account but one of the biggest things in your favour is going be location - most of the millable softwood from round us head up to the North East anyway. Size wise, you might be lucky enough to sneak all the sawlogs in at the top grade (i.e not over 40cm TD) which would add a little more value to it. More important things to look at are whether ti's to clearfell or just to thin, and how far down the slope they'd need to come. Also, how much tidying would you be expecting the contractor to do afterwards. If they are as straight and clean and fairly knot free as they sound, then there should be some reasonable grade material come out with minimal chip grade stuff, though even that is worth a reasonable amount now too. Without seeing the site, I'd purely be speculating, but I'd say L.C is a bit on the low side, though I'd agree that if anyone was going to do it, they'd more than likely want to do it all or not at all as it's only a few days felling from the sound of it.

Bob, if you don't get any takers, there's a log guy just on the edge of Gargrave, just after the pub on a farm (you can see the potato boxes from the road) - he's a member on here but doesn't come on a lot - reckon he'd be worth a knock if you get stuck.

The radio version of the MSA/husky ones (old or new type) don't keep the sound out like the non radio version do, they're OK with a saw but the chipper still rattles through them. I reckon the Lidl ones work pretty well as ear defenders - probably not far off as good at keeping noise out as a pair of Peltor muffs I have (just plain muffs with no radio)

They're the same as the ones I have too. They might say Husqvarna on them but they aren't made by Husqvarna If you have a look at the latest model MSA ones you'll see what I mean. Just like the previous model Husqvarna ones were MSA ones too......

Those orange husky ones are MSA ones - just the new style. I'm a bit disappointed with mine really, though I'd rather have them than none at all.

The old type MSA ones were great, the new style ones (like in the current Husky catalogue) aren't half as robust or as comfy. For the money, the ones that Lidl have occasionally aren't bad at all - they just don't like getting wet and the battery covers are prone to falling off and getting lost.

I haven't, but it almost has a bit of a (good) home made look about it. Looks like you could soon have the standard tirfor back out of it easily enough and that the hydraulics are only operating the controls rather than the winch itself having hydraulic internals (though I could be well wrong)

Given the diameter, they're going to try and dig in more than a long but thinner stick, plus taking into account they're going up hill rather than flat or downhill, I'd suggest something fairly sizable - probably 5T as a minimum (just because it says 5T, don't expect it to pull a 5T stick) Chances are, you'd find that anything smaller wouldn't really sit well behind the 390 either. If you have to use a snatch block, try and get one with a pulley that has quite a large diameter so as to put less stress on the cable - too tight of a radius and there's a greater chance of it snapping. If it's really steep and there's a suitable anchor, it might be worth putting a redirect in to keep the wire off the lip of the bank - but don't underestimate just how strong the spar tree needs to be - it's not uncommon to pull the spar over and there's been at least one guy killed from it in the UK in the past. Are you looking to buy one or hire one? If hiring, I'd be trying to find someone with either a big 3pl winch and tractor to suit, or something like a cookes/hesford/boughton with anchors.

Was that you in the Berlingo on Saturday? That'd be us then

That looks lovely Good thinking with the throttle cable too. Just got back from the maiden voyage with my KTM, me and Buzzsurgeon did a Vintage enduro up in Northumberland today and it was ace. Flowing and fast with a few more technical bits in and slack check times too. Was a bit nervous as haven't ridden a 2 stroke for over 10 years, and always had been 125's on the whole - don't know what the fuss was about - the 250's just amazing! Think front tyre wear could be minimal but it's not half as savage as I was expecting. It ran great all day, despite me having to araldite a crack in the radiator minutes before my start time (serves me right for last minute fettling - nipped up a rad mount a bit hard ) but it held out and we both got to the end and neither of us lost any time all day - just need t osee who set the fastest test times now

I've had mine since Feb (might be march) 2012 and it's been no bother. OK it's not come out every day but it's had a fair bit of stick and it's been no problem. If you want a 50cc saw, then IMO there's nothing else on the market comes close.

Nice one I reckon before you know it you'll have big test booked

That'd be Song Of The Paddle I reckon? a Canoe forum I've not been on there for ages but am a bit like some on here - I don't canoe but there's plenty of other associated bits that I do do and find it really informative. I've been a member on arbtalk for a while and like many others, didn't really say a lot to start with. Once you realise that a bit of banter and threads veering off on a tangent is perfectly normal, then you soon overcome being quiet. Even now, I still find myself writing and rewriting posts and sometimes sometimes not actually posting a reply at all, but I reckon that's the same for everyone (or maybe should be the case for some........) Some stuff makes me cringe, some makes me laugh so hard it hurts, and some stuff makes me shout at the screen, but I find myself logging in at least once every day (I'm behind the times somewhat as my phone doesn't even take photos, let alone get the internet ). I've met/worked with/bought from/sold to a good few members on here and so far nearly every one of them has been sound.

Roughly where about in Yorkshire is it - Yorkshire covers a big area. Unfortunately, no one's going to make any sort of offers without actually having seen it. Small sites can be viable, it's all about getting the right guys with the right gear who can put the wood into the right markets

I'd agree with that - if you have to go for remoulds, the Insa Turbo version in that pattern wear well, though ours went hard and started cracking after a couple of years so were replaced with a good bit of tread still on them. The BFG version, though almost twice the price, will more than twice outlast a remould. My current set of old pattern BFG muds have done something like 70,000 odd miles whilst I've had them and weren't new then. They are a bit thin now but I'm happy enough at that.

I'd agree with that. I've not sold logs for a few years now but they locally they aren't that much more to buy than they were when I was selling them. Roundwood on the other hand has nearly tripled in price and the demand for it is unreal.