Chris Sheppard

Forgot to do it last night so did it in the the wood this morning, seems the spring on a 42 is held in by somethign else too as it didn't ping off

Kev, We might be able to help with that - we're felling just outside York so a bit closer.

How long's a piece of string. So many variables and so little info Depends on spec, distance it's come, where in the country you are etc etc

I need to replace the throttle interlock (apparently that's the fancy name for the deadman throttle thingy) on my old 42 but I've never done one before. Is it as simple as it looks in that I press out the roll pin, sit the new one in with the spring in the right place and push the roll pin back again?

I used to find the husky pro lights were a very hard wearing trouser, bit of an old fashined cut but dead comfy and not heavy either. They stopped selling them when they updated the range (or so I thought) and I ended up with a pair of the husky technicals which weren't great and went back under warranty. Did a bit of digging and realised the Husky functionals are the same as the old pro lights so went for them and they are great. They just look abit dull.

I've never put the salable bit to the test as usually if we've gone in under the exemption then it's been lead off site by the pickup load and into my own shed or the woods been left for the estate/owner. Just had a quick look on FC site and they're saying 5 cube total still. It's still a fair bit of wood and, like you said in the first post, if you time it right you can get a fair bit down in a short time Other thing is, it's not that bad to get a felling license usually - we had a site where it was borderline and FC guy said for the sake of a little wait they'd get a license in place and we'd be cool.

We've always worked on calender quater to mean jan -mar as being the first Apr - jun, the second etc and FC have always been happy enough. Unless it's changed recently, using the exemption, it's 5 cube per quarter and you can't sell more than 2 cube of it.

I think you may struggle then

Jon, I think you've just taken it to a whole new level

who said anything about skill I can unbolt stuff and put it back together, much more technical and I get help from a grownup

I'n not as badly affected as you, Butler, but seem to have had a spell of buying or being given old saws that more often than not don't work. Last few months have seen a 357 that needed a barrel and piston (done and gets used now), a 181 that needs a fair bit doing, a 2159 that I bought as a supposed non runner but runs great (currently gets picked up more than any other at mo), a 42 that the guy on ebay's idea of "starts and runs great" differs from mine, and thought I'd hit jackpot today at local husky dealer when I spotted a very tidy 288 and similarly tidy 242 sat on the dead shelf waiting for the owner to decide whether he wanted to rebuild them (had run both on neat petrol from what I can gather) - looks like he's hanging on to them while he gets someone else to "tinker" with them. Hoping I might still get them yet! Worked it out the other day, my newest saw is still over 5 years old and haven't bought a brand new saw for over 7

Depends on how fancy you go - usually a standard wireless remote will only control the winch - some wireless kits have buttons for throttle as well as sometimes even an engine stop, but usually the other bits to bolt to the tractor (whether it be servos or similar etc) are extra again.

Yes and no. Whilst it's great for us that more and more woods are coming on line to bring back into rotation, a lot of landowners still think that they are going to make a shedload of money out of it, not realising how much non productive work can need to be done to actually get any timber out of a neglected/unmanaged stand.

Softwood chip wood isn't great round us either.

They sound interesting

I'd put comfort over price when it comes to boots - if you're going to be spending most of your waking hours wearing them they want to be comfy

Haix tibet forest - never had wet feet yet. Even last winter when others had resorted to wellies my feet were still dry. They even have a half decent sole too.

My latest pair of Haix Tibet Forest are about two years old now and are doing pretty well still. They've had about a year part time and then the last year full time on them (nearly all forestry and no climbing). They did start to look pretty rough quite quick compared to the previous pair but then haven't got any worse and still turn water no prob. I know of a pair of Tirrol fighters (or whatever they're called) that are something like 3 and a bit years old and still going strong so can't grumble there I reckon. I quite fancy a pair of the meindl Timberking but they look a bit dodgy

Reckon it'll probably end up being Corwen Forestry that are nearest to you?

Absolutely. The extra control compared to an electro hydraulic is nicer when pulling over a leaner IMO. electro hydraulic when coupled with a radio control can be useful when doing a lot of skidding but can involve a big expense to claw back initially.

Phew, I'm not the only one who has to go through it Thankfully she's been working most of the evening so never saw it

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IkTI2MQPyc&feature=related]Tigercat 635C skidder part 2 - YouTube[/ame] Though any big skidder is awesome

stevie, stop buyign more kit - your problem is contagious and made me buy another tractor this morning Looks a fair beast of a thing