Chris Sheppard
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Wasn't sure at first but think it's quite cool [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD0cp3g6O78&feature=related]Ingmars klyv - YouTube[/ame]
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He's dreaming - could have a brand new igland with more pull for that money
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The winches Lakes lumber equipment used to sell were Uniforest as they were a dealer for Riko - Riko now have a Northern depot somewhere near York now (so you could deal direct with importer), or Forest Machine Services are also a dealer for the Uniforest ones now too.
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Absolutely. Would always go the extra mile to help out.
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As far as I know Lee packed up a couple of years ago and no one's seen him since.
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My understanding of the 110 HD's were that they went into LRSV as a standard 3050kg 110 and rolled out with bigger brakes (off the 130), helper springs and the extra plate welded top and bottom pretty much full length of the chassis rails. Have a look at any 110 HD (and any 130 that has been through LRSV) and they wont have the typical seam in the middle of the chassis rails - there will be a bead of weld along the corners.
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Nope, that went a long time ago - there's been quite a few discos since then but have finally managed to end up with a half decent 90.
We've still got that Jimny too - just keeps on going!
You still got that LJ? that looked a serious piece of kit.
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Only got experience of the 372 out of those three but can't fault it. Dug it out the other day for some biggish pines and forgot just how well it pulls. There's no fancy gubbins on it to go wrong, it's tried and tested and it feels like a proper saw (and still sounds like one too!)
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Dad's old CZ 380 twinshocker was a close second
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Best thing I ever bought was a set of the MSA earmuffs with radio in that fit the husky helmets - first set did about 7 years before finally stopping working but have just recently inherited another set - those few weeks without them were a bit of a struggle.
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That's a smart looking set up Stevie and seemed a bargain compared to that old 7610 they had in. Do you know much about it? remember seeing one in FMJ a few years ago same colour with a patu crane with the grab bar to one side like yours and it was FC at the time.
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Anyone got cordwood for sale in Yorkshire
Chris Sheppard replied to BurnerLogs's topic in Firewood forum
We might have a load or two of birch available befroe too long - just outside York. Also got plenty of softwood available too. PM me if it might be of interest. -
I went for an interview a few years back for an FC position (harvesting manager for D&G), was quite a formal thing with lots of questions that didn't really seem that relevant. Was properly out of my comfort zone - didn't get it but looking back am glad I didn't as me and office based work don't mix
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Cheers for the feedback Phil. Managed to get a chat with the guy from Welmac at the westmorland show and took a bag of bits away to do a bit of marketing and thats as far as I've got so far
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Even the likes of Euroforest and tilhill are offering more than that for it round us - you're doing very well to find it for that sort of money.
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smart looking thing but bet it's a pig over stumps. That said, would probably work well where we are - properly sick of getting stuck at the mo. 16' sawlogs on a little trailer don't help with grip either
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Make a square frame out of steel with hooks/short bits of bar on the corners to hold the bag loops and either a grab bar on top or a set of lifting brothers off the corners to the grab. I used to use three lengths of timber but sometimes took a bit of balancing as they weren't bolted together.
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reckon roof mount woudl hold it's own in all of those roles pretty well
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That Bobcat looks a useful bit of kit. Did you buy it like that or get it converted yourselves?
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The Tibet Forest are a very comfy boot and are very good at keeping the water out too. Has got a proper sole with tread on it with it being a forestry boot rather than an arb boot and the hooks for the laces are, from what I've found, nicer to use than the meindl ones and also go right down to the ankle so are dead easy to kick off on a night (not that I'm lazy or owt ) I'm on my second pair, first pair did two years in the woods, the second pair are holding up OK at a bit more than a year, but are looking a lot more ropey than the last pair did at the same age - reckoning the snow last year didn't do them a lot of good and a lot of brambles this year haven't either. Chances are I'll end up with another pair next, though am up for a change maybe.
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I'm going to throw a curveball and say the best 50cc saw I've had so far has been my husq 353, old enough it was still in the super pro range (when it was still called that) and is only just really getting ready to retire at around 7/8 years old now. Feels just liek a 346 but with a bit more mid range at the sacrifice of a bit of top end but on heavier branched softwood thinnings I found the mid range more useful. 60cc, I would have to say the older 357's with the dark orange plastics - they really did rip
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I think you're right about the 2156 and 357, as from what I can tell the 2159 would be the equivalent of a 359 (and all four would share the same bottom end I think too, with just a millimetre difference on bore) From what I can gather the 2149 is the same engine as the 350, though I think the bottom end is also the same (or very simialr) to the 346 and 353. Am currently on my third Jonsered in amongst the huskys, first ever saw was a 2163, then had a 2141 and just recently picked up an old 2159 - really quite liking that one at the mo
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Nope, been doing some house moving stuff today, back in't woods tomorrow rain or shine
