Chris Sheppard

Narvva do a shear head that delimbs as well. It's a stroke head so doesn't need a computer for measuring either.

Cool

Be interesting to see how much difference the porting makes on it - Might be up for it on mine too

Friday saw us having a play in the yard with the small log mill and mini mill for the first time - neither of us really knew what were doing but it went OK considering. Brett's got some photos so will try and get a few up. Over the day we tried various saws on each mill, including 550 on a 13", 372 on an 18", 181 on a 20", 066 on a 25" and a 3120 on a 20". All were using standard chains left at standard angles (372 and 066 on full chisel), but by far the best finish was using the tiny 550 372 had an 8 tooth sprocket and full chisel and was an awful scratchy finish - is a fast chain speed a bad thing? General straightness and squareness wasn't too bad I didn't think. On the 181 and 3120 we were using the same bar and chain and found it was leaving rounded ridges along the boards nearly every time (both on Larch and on Oak) - is this most likely because of chain type or operator error? We couldn't resist giving the 3120 a whirl at crosscutting with the small bar on - it's a bit rapid

yep, those are the one's I've got.

Used to work almost entirely on my own, mostly thinning and extracting and it never really bothered me. Thought about it a bit on day and decided I didn't really like the idea much. Mostly there's someone else about somewhere on site, even if we're at differnet ends of the same site, but do sometimes still do some days on my own. Generally find I get more wood on the floor in a day if I'm on my own though.

As much as I can, but in reality you'd not get that sort of money for a man and a saw in the woods round us unless you were on tonnage and going for it.

If the petzl helmets are the same fitting as the husky helmets, then the Sordin ones (sometimes used to see them branded as husky) will fit and IME last fairly well. I had a set of the basic ones for about 7 years before they completely died. There's a guy on ebay selling them and he's the cheapest I've found @ £69.99 or £79.99 for the stereo ones.

Charlie, that pdf is ace - hopefully a way to be able to justify upping prices to what they should be for a man and a saw

Cool. Depends on when, but if next week's job shows some bigger timber then there's a good chance of some 560 presence......... After using Brett's 3120 on Friday with 20" bar on it, I reckon we might have to try it on a 15" and 9 tooth rim

This one? 110mm diameter so a good bit bigger than the first one [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjRqrfS3plc]URBAN TR110 - YouTube[/ame] We're in a similar position - loads of suitable timber to go through one but trying to move enough to justify the machine. It'd help to get hold of a few bags of product to be able to show potential outlets but that's been proving hard enough.

Saw the Krpan winches the other day at Marshall's open day - though they looked quite good. Look to be simple but well built

As frustrating as it is, selling the 90 with a paggered clutch won't get anywhere near what its worth with the clutch done. Once it's done it should last a few years before needing doing again. You could go out and buy another truck tomorrow and something major could go pop on that one too. I'd stick with what you've got - you know it's foibles and if you've spent out on a rear crossmember it can't be in that bad a fettle otherwise you'd have gotten rid before hand. You know it makes sense to keep it

Driver's side footwell, inner wings and sills rot bad too, but repair panels are dead cheap. Pretty bombproof generally mechanically - sure you'll like it

We took a soaking yesterday afternoon. Didn't help I'd left my waterproof trousers in the landy, which was back at the yard Don't mind the rain too much but once it's soaked into me boxers I get grumpy Last week was rough with us though. All I can say is it's been Cumbrian Had the last few bits to get felled and forwarded out on one job and travelling through the wood became almost imposible which meant going along the field sides opening and closing several gates each way We've done work on that site over most of the last year and it's never really been a problem with it getting wet. Usually it dries out within a day or so - the last two weeks it's all changed.

The little goldoni really is tiny and has quite low hydraulic flow, with not a huge volume of oil either so would be better off with a PTO pump and separate tank for a crane. Also, you'd be hard pushed to find a winch to suit it too as the geometry of the 3PL would make for some interesting PTO angles and also, even a small winch would greatly eat into it's weight capacity. If you wanted something to use with a simple linkage mounted skidding arch or an ATV trailer, then it could be a great little thing. Personally, I'd be looking for either a conventional compact of around 25hp upwards (though the more hp the better) and put some decent tyres on, or an alpine no smaller that 35hp (more from a physical size point of view). Most alpines can be set up as little as 1.2m wide if you have the right wheels, but you'd lose a fair bit of the stability that most people look for when going for an alpine if that makes sense. At 1.5m spacings, surely it'd be as easy to say take something like every 5th row out on the first thin and give it a bit of a tickle in between the rows? Or, to avoid straight lines you could put a few more wiggly racks in and thin between them. I'm sure a quad has it's place, but it could be fairly limited - at least a tractor can be used for other things too. Other than flat out speed, an alpine will go most places (and more) than a quad will anyway.

Why don't we look at doing something similar for us up here Pete? Reckon I could probably blag the demo 560 again if none of us have got one by then.

Very small/light so bit limited for skidding. Might work quite well with an ATV type trailer though. No good if you've got big feet either as it's quite a small cockpit

Speak to your local Tilhill or Euroforest offices - that'll give you an idea of worst case prices.

There is a post hole bore on the market that has a cone splitter attachment for it - don't know the make of it other than the motor is blue Only thing with using a borer would be that if it is free swinging, you won't be able to start the crack and chase it up like you could with a splitter that uses bucket mounts if that makes sense?

Looks tidy, but cn't say I like it. Look like the lovechild of a MB trac and an old OSA harvester.

Jeez, that standard 46 sure looks slow in comparison. ported 46 sounds sweet

Quick, hide that pic before Stevie sees it

Before I tried one I really didn't want to like it, but it really did surprise me.