Chris Sheppard
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Used to wear Haix and really rate them but heard more recently they arent lasting as well as they did and had one dealer at the APF talk me out of them when I asked about warranty. Iwent for some of the Tirrol Fighter boots after nothing but good feedback on them and have had them for a fortnight or so now and am getting on well. They are the stiffest boot I've ever worn but are getting better every day and I can even drive in them now!
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If you could fnd one of these second hand it would probably do what you want. Dragon Double Slabber | Dragon Machinery Double Slabber made in South West Wales Most double slabbers I've seen have been static ones in sawmills - chances are there's one floating about abandonned somewhere that's not been weighed in.
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Don't know any more 8 wheelers locally but Ampleforth Sawmill have a small artic if that's any good - about same size as an 8 wheeler.
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A little inspiration for the road cyclists
Chris Sheppard replied to ben lightfoot's topic in The Lounge
That was ace - looked so wrong that it was so right It's a bit like this - just looks plain wrong but is ace [ame] [/ame] -
Not had a lot to do with them but was told they were the best of a bad bunch. Did help out fitting a loader to one though and what should have been a couple of hour job took all day with having to re-drill bolt holes etc.
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Or buy a proper splitter - 20 sec isn't great. A good PTO vertical should do top to bottom and back up (so effectively 2m) in circa 10 sec.
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I think once upon a time they called it Natural Selection......
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Depends how e feel on the day - if it's hoying it down from first thing then mostly don't bother. If it starts while we're out then decide there and then - usually work through it though.
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hakie pilke eagle petrol engine?
Chris Sheppard replied to normandylumberjack's topic in Large equipment
Officially no, in reality yes. It's another one ot those that's suposed to be operated only by one person. We used to run it on the back of the Carraro most of the time (48hp) and if you timed it just right (or wrong) and were sawing a big bit at the same time as splitting a knotty bit then it could start to slip the belts. Was worse when it was on the back of the county though. -
If it was me, I'd not worry too much about painting it - it's a forestry tractor that's going to get brayed to hell. I'm surprised it's got any paint left at all Don't do half as much skidding a used to, used to do a lot of work on bank sides but less so now. Also, sold the County a few years ago and tend to use much smaller machinery now too, where we can quite often shortwood from stump. Did have a small 100 tonne job a few weeks back that was all to winch up hill though. We did that with a 30hp landini and 3t igland.
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At one point the only real difference was the colour (and styling) of the plastics.
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Sorry, I was meaning more from a buying new and putting it to work in a situation where employees are to use it. Getting round interlocks etc is a doddle though, yes
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hakie pilke eagle petrol engine?
Chris Sheppard replied to normandylumberjack's topic in Large equipment
I asked M Large about them a few weeks ago and apparently they are now discontinued as the petrol one, which is a shame. When I had my PTO one we did look at converting it using HP parts but was told that by the time I had all the bits to do it, it would have been as cheap/easy to sell the PTO one and buy a petrol one. 10" diameter in theory, though with a bit of juggling and double cutting you can saw a little bigger. Can't remember exactly but think there's a little bit of adjustment to get slightly more than 10" onto the splitter too. I really liked mine and wished I'd not sold it and bought a processor. -
This one was the Detroit engined one, it used to sound amazing coming down through the wood with a snig on. I left for College shortly after it arrived but while I was there it definitely changed things. Was old enough it had a spool to steer but it was up and down instead of left and right, don't know if they are all like that? Saw it wiggle it's way up some big rock steps in reverse; get as far as it could on it's own then run the winch out to a stump to help it the rest with a bit of a wiggle thrown in. From what I could gather, if they start to go wrong it's usually torque converter or gearbox related.
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Whilst I agree, ultimately rules is rules and nowt we can do will change that.
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As been said above, there's no one bringing them into the UK because they don't have CE and probably can't get around it. From what I can gather about how these work, they are great on straight grained, easy splitting timber but next to useless on anything knotty. two handed doesn't have to be a slow machine, it's more about things like ram speed, adjustable stroke and auto return.
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I agree with Andy
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Come on, get some pics of the TJ 360 up! We used to run an old one on one estate and it sounded awesome and would climb anything
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Given that splitters are supposed to require two handed operation, there should be no possible way your hands are in line of the splitting knife. Before anyone starts, I don't know which piece of legislation relates to this, but it does exist, I've been shown it and know of at least one manufacturer who HSE had interest in for not following this. Also, nearly every commercially produced splitter I've seen new has got a sticker on it saying for use by one person only - if someone elses hands are i nthe way then themachine has been being used incorrectly surely? More and more vertical splitters are now also being produced with a small sliding spike that moves just below the knife - the idea being you bang the log against the spike so as then not having the problem of needing to hold the log.
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There's meant to be a new UK importer now too, they were at the APF and sell carabiners and pruning saws - I'm not 100% sure but think they were calld comething like Cutting Edge?
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Shhhh, don't tell everyone
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That's a nice looking transporter Stevie
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Speaking to fuelwood at the APF, the japa 100 has apparently had several fairly big mods to the new ones that have done little more than make it more expensive - don't know what the price is one one now though. LAst price I got back for a HP Eagle was £1500 plus vat and delivery but including the TCT blade. As a next step from your current set up, and if you get a good amount of sub 10" diameter stuff, I think you'll find a sawbench a good move. I used to have a HP Eagle and really got on well with it, and especially found the corkscrew handy when dealing with billets as it meant any odd bigger bits could get split before going in the pile. If you get a lot of big diameter stuff thats a bit gnrly then its chainsaw and splitter and thats about it.
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The 346 would have a bit more torque than the 242 but feel positively lardy in comparison. For that size stuff a 357 with a 15" bar and maybe up a tooth on the sprocket wouldn't be a bad thing.
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We've been doing the retro forestry thing this week - smaller larch thinnings felt the pain of a pair of 242's letting rip
