Chris Sheppard
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Hope it goes well on Thursday
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Yep, I think you've missed the point a bit Jon, Wood is a way of life, not a job If I wanted to be a rich man I'd not be working in the woods that's for sure - but I'm happy and get by so it's all good I got a few books (only one work related), a dvd, cd, sweets/choclate etc and a pack of frozen moose leg steaks to go with the exotic meats cookbook
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Normally treat myself to a bottle of single malt in the run up to Christmas, Jura Superstition this year
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And me
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Dunno, I had one and after 5 minutes decided it was safer holding them with my foot and sawing on the ground. Really didn't like it at all as small stuff had a tendency to spin. Also, I found it a very unnatural working position. I'm not saying the thing in the vid is going to be good an all timber, but for small diameter (say sub 4") I reckon it'd be a handy tool.
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I'd agree with what's been said already - either burr on bar or possibly uneven bar rails. I used to find on my hawk that one side of the bar would wear more so the chain would sit off to one side. If you're careful you can level them back up with a flap disc on a grinder. Generally speaking, if anything on the processor needs forcing then something is wrong somewhere and forcing will just bust something else.
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They look smart When you get chance, can you email me through some rough prices - probably something like the 325 and 400, and on the smaller felling head too Thinking for mounting on a smallish 360. Which ones will you have for demo and what will they be on?
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That was awesome - good find
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Bit of a mix, some 18 month ash and Oak with some small diameter green birch that burns a lot better than it should
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There is a thread somwhere on here with these already. I reckon it'd be pretty quick on the right stuff, though perhaps not the safest. Though I don't see it as any less safe than using an old flat table sawbench or even a big corkscrew splitter - I'd not want to fall into either of them and they both snatch pretty bad too. I did very nearly start making one of these a few weeks ago but never got any further
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I'd finish decorating the house, put it up for rent and then fly out to Alaska, buy an old double cab pickup (old Ram or chevy) stick a demount camper on the back and go where I felt at the pace I felt like, maybe even heading down into BC for a bit too. When I felt like it I'd buy a bit of land and build a cabin and live a simple life. If I felt like it I'd come back home and go back to work, using whatever (if any) was left of the 100k to put down as deposit on a valmet and roofmount with harvesting head
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Small scale timber extraction
Chris Sheppard replied to john k's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
This looks like it could be a good starting point for a smaller machine - Bet it wouldn't take a lot to get drive to the trailer and a crane bolted on. TERRI 1020 ATV TRACKED FORESTRY / SNOW VEHICLE SPARES OR REPAIR | eBay -
There's a skyline at wilson's which I think was a timbermaster, I have a feeling it might have even belonger to an arbtalk member until recently. There's pics on wilson's website anyhow.
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Tibet forest - proper sole and quite high so work well on bank sides. Usual;ly get 2 years out of a pair so can't complain. Current pair started to look rough a bit quicker than the last ones but put that down to the few weeks of being submerged in deep snow mixed with brambles scraping across them.
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I don't think age really matters, more how they are looked after. My newest saw is still 6 years old but the two I seem to use most are both 2002 models and work fine.
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They're like it with everyone, but they pay the most.
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surely you mean log rolling rather than dancing? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOeHB_RrSRs]Lumberjack Show - Log Rolling Competition - YouTube[/ame]
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I'd tend to agree, a week's nothing. We're still waiting on payment from a UK wide company for some sawlogs that went over a couple of months ago. I know we'll get it, but as for when, who knows.
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It didn't look to be an unreasonable amount of force IMO.
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Belongs to Buzzsurgeon on here. It's in very good condition as it's always lived inside and is really fast on smaller diameter discs (processor sized stuff). Between the two of us we cut and split about 3 cube in an hour with it a while back, including discing up.
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We picked up a 7ft Norway today for £22 from one of the local estates - didn't think that was too bad. They always spend a fair bit of time pruning and making a nice job of them. Better looking and cheaper than the rubbish I've seen elsewhere.
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RIKO Saw Bench; but which version???
Chris Sheppard replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Firewood forum
The big motored 3 phase (5.5hp) was always a good seller - KevP on here has one and would be a good guy to chat with. -
LOOKING for timber trailer 8/10 ton no crane
Chris Sheppard replied to mendiplogs's topic in General chat
if it doesn't need to be new, theres the back half of a mini brunett forwarder on ebay that would make a nice driven trailer I reckon TIMBER TRAILER FORWARDER TRACTOR CRANE FORESTRY GRAB LOGS FIREWOOD | eBay -
How is the new truck Stevie? Is it really as big as LAPD - looks like it in your avatar
