Chris Sheppard
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Don't know if it's something that these do, but I know they run courses locally that do cater for children too. Yorkshire Hurdles: Woodland Management and Crafts
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Short answer: no, I don't Taster day for what?
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Best Starter Forestry Tractor
Chris Sheppard replied to Backpain's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I know of one, belongs to a member on here and has 7T double drum with wander lead, full guardign and front/rear blades. Admittedly it isn't as versatile as tractor for some roles but I was really impressed where it would go and what it would pull. Also had a big Patruuna forwarding trailer behind it too. To the OP, for an all purpose tractor for in the woods I'd be looking for something like a MF 3000 series 4wd or a 300 series 4wd. Ultimately anything 4wd is going to be better than nothing but some suffer from lots of plastic bits to get ripped off and JD's in particular have vulnerable fuel tanks. Ford 7610 isn't a bad machine either if you find a good one. -
We didn't need to, just shoved a big hole 3/8 rim on and away it went - 20" was rapid
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Been quite lucky with not hitting metal generally but was on a job last year where we were milling some Oak we'd felled in a council park and hit a nail with a brand new band on the first cut. Cut it out with chainsaw and put a fresh band on swapped logs and did exactly the same again
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Self releasing snatch blocks
Chris Sheppard replied to Chris Sheppard's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
hopefully this link will work OK http://www.farmiwinch.com/images/stories/accessories/snatch-block/snatchblock-tp14-450.jpg Making a bit of progress - Corwen have them listed on their website but don't think it's been updated foor a while as vat's shown at 17.5% -
That sounds like a great opportunity for someone - hope you find a good un
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Could be a few things but essentially what sounds like is happening is once it's fully returned it's still trying to pump oil into the cylinder. If it's a mass produced one, then there's a chance something's amiss on the anti crush device. If it's a home made one then chances are there's somethign amiss in the valve or it's had the wrong valve fitted. Any pics?
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why didn't I think of that
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We're shortly starting a block of sycamore where we're going to be line thinning straight up and down the bank side. Most of it's straight forward but part way along, the rows start to go diagonally across the slope and we're hoping to still follow the rows rather than try to make new ones as such. Am thinking a self releasing block part way down the row will help reduce the amount of rolling downhill of the snig without one of us having to chase the load up and unhitch every time but have never actually used one. Two questions: Has anyone had any experiences of usign one - good or bad, and does anyone know who makes/sells them. Riko are out of stock, Clarks don't list them in their catalogue, can't find any info on the Farmi ones that isn't american and don't know who sells Norse in the UK. Looking for something like this
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Picked up a pair yesterday for when we're doing hedges or yard stuff and tried them out this morning on the forwarder. Seem to be quite good at keeping the noise out and are fairly comfy. The Mic button was quite good, but don't push it if you're sat on a cabless tractor even at tickover as it amplifies the engine noise enough it hurts! Liking the little clock on the side too. Be interesting to see how long the wires last as they look quite vulnerable. Rekon it wouldn't take much to make the important bits fit onto a set of helmet mounts either. All in all though am pretty impressed for the money
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Cheers, I will get round to ordering a loop of ripping chain eventually
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Behind a small conventional tractor (rather than a compact) the vahva jussi would be very very small - Looks about right behind a big quad though. Saw one behind a 25hp (i think) 4wd Massey a few weeks ago and it still looked fairly small. Compared one to our trailer the other day and while ours is still physically fairly small (approx 5ft wide), it's probably 2/3 times heavier than a vahva jussi and has a cross sectional load area of 2-3 times that of the vahva. Ultimately only you will know what's going to suit you best, but from what I've seen, a trailer will either be of a size to be good behind a tractor or a big ATV, to find one to do both will be a bt of a compromise behind one or the other if that makes sense.
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The finish on those boards looks like how some of mine have come out - admittedly with standard chain. Is that likely because I've been pushing too hard?
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Can't say for sure, but the crane makes me think it could be from the same factory as the timber dragon ones are/were. Of the tiny trailers and cranes, the vahhva jussi do look to be really quite good. What are you thinking of pulling it with?
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Haix Tibet Forest vs Protector Pro (for forestry use)
Chris Sheppard replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in General chat
I've never had the protector pros, but the Tibets have been great. Current pair are about ready for replacing and have had a couple f years full time use on them. Still wearable but tread has about worn away and they leak now. They have a proper Vibram sole, which looks to have a better tread pattern for out in the woods especially if bank sides make up a chunk of your work. They're a bit clunky to start with but I've always found they bed in nice and are dead comfy. Only vehicle I struggle to drive in them is wife's Jimny as they are too big to fit the pedals unless you're really concentrating. I'll more than likely be going for another set shortly. -
Are monkey puzzles unlucky trees to cut
Chris Sheppard replied to jack-tosdevine's topic in General chat
As above - unlucky if you are the one who has to deal with it. Only ever done anything with one so far and hope never have to again -
Bet it's a beast now then Would be good to see it in a cut off against a standard one. 560's on the shopping list still but running out of room to hide saws from Mrs at mo and somewhow ended up with a really shiny 357 xpg a week or two back that I couldn't pass up on Wonder if he can do the same with a 550?
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If ebay is owt to go by, not far off the price of a new one.
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No, but they'd be a good pair for hedge cutting or log splitting etc. For helmet mount the Husky/Sordin ones are good. The old type ones lasted me 7 years beforefinally dying. Got a set of the new type ones and they seem OK so far.
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It's rank here too. We got a bit of a start this morning but gave it up as a bad do mid morning. More frustrating thn owt as a good couple of days would have finished that block off and we could start on the next site.
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a 135 should be OK size wise as we were using an international 454 for long enough and our Kubota is similar in size to a 135 also. Where you may struggle is with 2wd it doesn't take a lot to get stuck with the trailer on. Usually when shunting around or if you hook a back wheel behind a stump or bigger piece of brash.
If it's a clean, flattish site and sensible load sizes then you should be OK.
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Wash your mouth out
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That sounds like it might be the case, the 2159 is on 3/8ths and has big hole rim and the 357 is running 325 on a small hole rim. What confuses things is small hole 3/8ths rims Sounds like If I swap the pinion over too then it should all work, which is good The XPG will be getting the auto decomp removed shortly - it's been on the to do list I'll have a look at the exhausts when I get a few min, don't think I've taken any notice looking in from the other side.
