Chris Sheppard
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Growing Eucalyptus for firewood.
Chris Sheppard replied to timberbear's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
There were blocks planted in a few places round us - results were a bit sporadic though. Some blocks pretty much all died off within a year or two and some did really quite well. My thoughts are if it was that easy there would be a lot more of it going on. -
t we need is a nice big block of hairy spruce to get stuck into
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Can't help with prices particularly but we found that generally anything over 18" TD will be a few quid per tonne less as not many places want bigger stuff. Am sure the douglas could be a bit more desirable though.
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keep up - we've gone off on a tangent
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I couldn't possibly comment on hangers Though it's how you deal with them that counts (that's my excuse nd I'm standing by it!) This is what we should all be aspiring to speed wise to make a proper wage i the woods [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEZV7WtK4Cw&feature=watch_response]??????? ??????. ????????? ???????. (2010-09-15) - YouTube[/ame]
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If you want a tipperr then it's really only worth looking at 110 or 130. 130 double cab would be versatile bu not mega carrying capacity. Mega money to buy though and really quite a barge to drive round town. If you could stretch to a 110 hd @ 3500kg gvw then you'd have a good base to start from
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As chilli's been taken, I'd go curry of some sort for simplicity with loads of rice.
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That's what we do too, the stuff the harvesters can't or won't. Other than one job recently we've had an unusually long run of flat sites too
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I like that
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Can't see why not, though losing the auto return might make it slower to use. If it's got auto return, it should have anti crush, which means it should be fairly straight forward to stop it mid stroke if that helped any? Would need some more pics though.
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Absolutely - but it comes back to these college qualifications that are supposedly forestry and arb but they don't get taught any practical hands on forestry. Does seem that we've gone a bit off topic though
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Phew, I did half wonder if I was a bit harsh - least it's not just me Poor stacks - don't get me started
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I did 30 and 31 in 2002 and as yet have never had any problems with how long ago it was. What worries me more is the standard of cutting that they now feel is acceptable as competant. I realise every trainer or assessor is going to be a bit different but we still had to keep stumps low, cut toes off, sned cleanly and cross cut squarely before they were happy. The number of newly trained operators that also have saw cuts in their trousers properly scares me.
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One of the disadvantages that I could see over an alaskan was that you had to use the same size bar each time - if you wanted to use a smaller bar any time you couldn't.
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Used to drive a 14C50 which was the 140hp 5 tonner (though ours was downplated to 3.5t) and it was a nice thing to drive when loaded and towed really well. MPG was low 20's and the tank was pretty small - it was the high roof MWB van so don't know if the tipper would be a bit different on fuel. We did once put a 2.5T mini digger in the back - which would have only just been over weigth on the 5t GVW if it was still plated that way (didn't drive it on the road though) and the suspension hardly moved - am sure it would have took it quite well. edit - our van weighed about 2750kg with a driver and full tank of fuel
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JB weld should do it ok - used it on a motorbike casing in the past and that's similar stuff.
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I have seen, once, an actual left handed saw in a forestry museum in Canada (all I can remember was it was proper old and was yellow and don't know if it was a standard factory item or not) but other than that I've never seen one any different to normal. Seen a few people use them wrong handed though and it looks weird. Ocaisonally felling bigger stuff though I've swapped hands on the back cut if it meant I could get into a more comfortable position. Just wondered if I was missing something obvious with this one?
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husqvarna 365 special petrol chainsaw left handed | eBay Other than the fact it looks like it's got a jonsered chainbrake handle on it, I can't see owt different to a normal one?
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North Yorkshire - Scrap/Unprocessed wood wanted
Chris Sheppard replied to Johnnyboxer's topic in Firewood forum
Might have some near Kirkbymoorside later in the year if it's of interest - probably all sub 12" diameter. -
Yep, green and it'll be a doddle
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North Yorkshire - Scrap/Unprocessed wood wanted
Chris Sheppard replied to Johnnyboxer's topic in Firewood forum
North Yorkshire's a big place - roughly whereabouts are you? -
Agree with most of others - it's a £500 run til the test's out jobber. Welding on patches is only ever goign to be a short term solution - if you want to do it right then it wants boot floor takign right out and shoving new door shuts on. Then maybe a few months later you'll find another hole some where else and another and another - even of they aren't going to cost you financially it's all the hassle and time involved having it off the road while it's being done.
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I remember when I first left school we got a 5/6 year old fourtrack come in for some fairly serious rust removal/rectifying - under the screen was proper holey.
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Now there's something that even make landrover's rust proofing look good
