Chris Sheppard
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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
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Did originally read it as swearing rather than sweating - either would suit
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I'm guessing then at the moment you're only running something a fair bit smaller than a 372 then? In big timber, even a massive saw isn't going to cut particularly fast. On something like a 390/395 I'd have said 28-30" - you can still cut up smaller with it and it'll balance better. 20" isn't much bigger than 18" and a 357 will do that for felling without too much drama.
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I've not used either a massive amount, but found using an 88 for the first time it felt more like a slightly bigger 66 than the elephant of a saw that a 3120 is. Found the 88 easier to start, better balanced and if nothing else, the stihl bar is so less floppy than a husky one! However, the 3120's still a beast though and for ringing up big stuff I'd be happy with either.
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Quite like the idea, though doesn't look the nicest to tow. Be interesting to see how it copes with stringy stuff on a small engine.
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Depends on what you're going to be cutting mainly, but if you're looking to cut up yto 1.2m diameter with any sort of regularity, don't mess about and buy the 390 at least. Otherwise you'd only wish you had
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As long as where each tree is goign to land is fairly clear of hard obstacles and fairly smooth I'd be inclined to just let rip. as others have said, you'll probably lose the tops but it doesn't sound like they're that important anyway. From what I've found, doug aren't half as brittle as Grandis and most of the time thay only properly shatter when felled across something hard, like other stems.
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beat me to it Seriously though, unless you really need the stumps out for a specific reason, I'd leave them in and plant between them. Riving them out is only going to make big holes.
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Thirded Otherwise Wagon and hiab
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Why do you want the stumps out? If it's been felled by hand they should be low enough not to get in the way anyway and by the time you want to be in thinning the new crop they should be fairly soft anyway. Big 360 with a brash rake or grapple to row up brash or pile up for burning. We looked into mulching on one site and bloke said his mulcher wouldn't handle the pine tops as they were too much for it That was a supposed big machine too.
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Depending on the tractor, quite often you can get a piece of decent thickness of box section to slot into the top link slot, where if you're lucky and have two top link holes you can drill the box section and hold it in place with two pins. Chances are you're spool block will have enough holes to bolt a flat plate onto with a short section of box to slot into the bit attached to the tractor, Quick and simple. Hope that made some sense
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we used to have a 5 tonner that was down rated to 3.5t and it was great, except it would only carry around 850kg plus driver and full tank of diesel. That was a hightop van so don't know how different a tipper would be. Other than the lowish carrying capacity, it was great. powerful, good brakes, handled weight very well and towed brilliantly.
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That's not the point It does look pretty awesome though doesn't it
