Chris Sheppard
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Yep, I think if it hadn't we would have been recovering it from the botttom of the hill in pieces.
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Stumbled across this old pic while looking for some others last night - had food served up by customers a few times but this trumped them all
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Fortunately I don't think any of the times I've been stuck were ever caught on camera, but we did have this happen a couple of years ago (and no I wasn't driving!). It wasn't particularly steep sideslope but a few days later another driver put a botex trailer over in the same place. We had the little Landini back on it's wheels within 15 minutes, had a cup of tea, checked the oil, and off it went again like nowt had happened. Only damage was it broke the glass of the wing mirror.
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We used a few loops of Windsor over the last couple of years (mainly .325 058 semi chisel) and it was fine. No noticeable difference to the eqivalent Oregon than we could see other than being stamped with windsor and costing about 2/3 the price at the time.
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It is John, I think those photos of it are actually on that Job Those holes were definitely interesting to get round/across - bit arse nipping looking down from the tractor with a wheel either side of one of those ruts and the floor being another 4ft down from where it should have been By any chance were his piles the ones that were dropped by chinook and consisted of lengths from 4-14ft? Did enjoy that job - shifted most of it in a couple of long days and then we tracked the chipper and stumper in to get what the mulcher couldn't reach. If I could only have changed one this on the trailer it would have been to have another metre or so on the crane reach. Reckon if I was buying another I'd be seriously considering one of the 3T Oniar ones with the extending crane. Forgot to say before, I think ours was actually a 4T trailer rather than 3. IT was quite long (they are 3.7m sawlogs for some idea of size) but it was still only about 5ft or so wide.
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For smaller stuff like you've described, a 3t trailer behind a small 4wd tractor would be much more productive than a winch from the sounds of it. If it's a long lead to where a wagon can get to then maybe look at making a stack(s) on the edge of each block and get local contractor in with a bigger trailer to secondary forward it. I've no photos on this computer but there's some dotted round on arbtalk of the last small setup I had (a bigger 4wd kubota and 3T Weimer) and for the work we used to use it for it was really quite productive if the timber was presented well (only had a short crane). EDIT: just found a few pics
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Yep, not had them resoled myself yet but I know someone who did have some done. Mine are over three years old now and still going strong. Like others have said, take a while to break in but comfy enough. I don't find them as slipperlike as something like Haix but likewise I don't find myself wishing for something more comfy either. Wax wise, I use pfanner's own and it seems good stuff (though smells foul) - you put it on and then gently warm it up til it melts and soaks in. -
Whats the oldest 560/550xp out still running thanks
Chris Sheppard replied to mendiplogs's topic in Chainsaws
I reckon mine's probably the oldest 550 still running - Dec 2011 I think from memory. To be fair though I've hardly used it this last year or so, so it might end up on arbtrader yet. -
Comparable to the 550 and 560: 2 series: 242 or 254 replaced by: 3 series: 346 and 357 Not exact swaps CC wise but similar in size etc.
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I dunno - you win some, you lose some. I've never had new as I've never been able to warrant it, but second hand wise, other than my last landrover (which at 325,000 miles was still running like a good'n) the most reliable vehicles I've had have cost less than 2-3 months payments on something like a new hilux. That said, my current daily driver is 21 years old
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Farmi used to do a hydraulic winch that was really simple to fit and designed to act like a front weight too. I don't know if they still do it but they were OK, but needed decent flow or were a bit slow. pic of one here
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Jinmy - fill up and drive, job done Discoveries are great but cheap usally means needed welding Don't dismiss an old Subaru Legacy/outback/forester - last legacy I had would go places my hilux wouldn't.
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I reckon with the overhang cut off the lower logs at the rear, some sort of guard for when the cable snaps and a better anchor than an electric pole it'd all be fine Leaning more towards genius again now
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I honestly think a lot of drivers just simply don't know they're restricted to less than a normal car/car derived van. Locally it seems they're clamping down on it more though. It does seem a bit antiquated now though, most modern 3.5T vans drive/stop as well as cars did not that many years ago.
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I can't decide if the guy's a genius or just a loon
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<p>Cool, I'm sure you'll be happy with it. I can't see any reason your Dexta wouldn't handle it - when I worked for Riko we used to put the 35e's on the back of even the tiny AGT 835's</p>
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<p>Hi Ben, </p>
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<p>Yes, on a 2840, no weights but a front loader and heavier duty whees and tyres each end.</p>
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If it's just for evening meals, then £20 minimum, especially if having to eat out. If it was everything, then even £50's being optimistic to find bed and food most of the time unless you're cooking it yourself. Depends on how you look at it though too - some people work away reluctantly so need some sort of incentive, others want to be away so as long as they're no worse off then all good.
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<p>Hi Ben,</p>
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<p>I think part of it is that the igland goes through 2 pulleys whereas the krpan and uniforest only go through one (but with an optional bottom pulley), but also that you can get a lot more weight behind the operating lever compared to the igland (though the igland will be around 10 years old now so the design may have changed).</p>
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<p>From what I remember, we never bent the igland, but it was much thinner grade steel and as the butt plate was a lot narrower, it never bit in like the krpan does.</p>
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<p>I'd be happy with either, but the krpan, in my opinion, is the better one for production work and fits a more conventional shaped tractor back end, whereas the igland suits the smaller compacts a bit better (or did when we had one).</p>
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<p>Hi Ben, </p>
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<p>It was a good little winch and well suited to the geometry of the back end of smaller tractors (especially something like an alpine), as well as being quite light.</p>
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<p>We'd used it mostly on the back of a 30hp Landini 4wd but replaced it with a 3.5T Krpan a couple of years ago. The Krpan's a lot stronger (but heavier), but also pulls a lot better, despite only being 0.3t higher rated pull.</p>
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<p>If you're buying new, I'd go look at the Krpan or Uniforest as they'll more than likely still be more winch for less cost.</p>
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I really enjoy breaking down the crowns on big stuff once it's felled - like parkland trees. It's almost like a massive game of Jenga. I like it most when I'm doing the cutting and someone else is doing the dragging and lifting though or there's a machine on site to do that bit
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Competing in Enduro and Vinduros then fixing whatever I break. Got into Homebrewing (Beers from kits and wines from scratch) 4 or 5 years go but not done any this year yet. Mrs seems to think DIY is one of my hobbies by how long the list of stuff to do is and keeps growing
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It's not always cold though - we were only an hour south of the arctic circle and we were in T shirts most days I'm sure the Winter's are pretty tough but the twice I've visited so far in the Summers have been similar to the UK.
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Cheers - can't take the credit for the photos of the lights, that was my wife's skills there. We were up in Arvidsjaur, Josh. We were mostly in the town but did get a ride out to Storforsen before we left. Reckon we'll make our own way back there again sometime in the future though.
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When talking to people in other industries, I realise that on the whole I'm already living the dream, but I do wonder what life would have been like if I'd studied in Mechanical Engineering like I'd originally planned before I stumbled into tree work shortly after leaving school. The odd times I've not been working with trees in their raw state, I've still been dealing with either processed wood or machines related to wood. I don't know exactly what my dream job would be other than doing things I enjoy and getting paid for it (which on the whole I already do)
