Chris Sheppard
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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
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Lost one of ours today, an infection of the Uterus meant she was going to need a hysterectomy and at just short of 10 years old the vet reckoned she didn't have a very good chance of making it through and even if she did there was a very strong possibility of further complications. First time we've ever had to make the descision to put one down and never realised how hard it would be.
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Log splitter for splitting very knotty,beech, oak etc
Chris Sheppard replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
I don't think there is such a thing off the shelf. You'l lstruggle to find anything that will put the knife right down to the table as it wouldn't be up to current regs, though I'm told a sheet of that high density plastic chopping board is a good way of closing the gap down a bit for stringy stuff. Also, if you read the small print of any splitter manual, it'll say that the machines are only designed for straight grained timber - firewood produced in other countries tends to be from much better quality of timber than some of the narly chunks we'd convert over here. For the sort of stuff you're looking to split, and the fact you want to keep it low budget, I'd agree with the others about making one. A ram off a tractor shear grab is fairly short with big pressure, but remember if you want decent speed with a big diameter ram you'll need a good flow as well. -
Works very well with a 20", if needed bigger though would prob be reaching for a bigger saw.
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We used to use them on one estate and TBH if I was you, I'd save a bit more and buy the 372 - basically the same saw but with bigger displacement and a whole heap more go about it. While the 365 is a good solid saw, it just feels like a 372 that's down on power - if a 365 had enough guts for what you wanted then I'd go 357 instead. A 20" bar on a 365 will become tedious as it won't cut particulalry fast, especially if ringing up biggish stuff, whereas the 372 will run 20" all day long on most stuff and have enven been known to shove an 8 tooth sprocket on it with the 20" and it still be OK if you're not too heavy on the rakers.
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Got a couple of loads of 3.75 Scot sawlogs lookign for a home as Taylormade are only taking scot in 2.5 at the mo - anyone looking for or know of anyone taking withing a sensible distance of York. Can get a wagon and drag in and maybe an artic but would need to reverse a fair way.
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Yep, one stub for the central pivot and one one each end for the wheels to bolt to. Wouldn't like to try it on a big trailer but for a smaller one it seemed to work well. By the very nature of a rocking beam set up, the central pivot takes an awful lot of abuse when turning and when a conventional bush starts to wear you'll start to notice the front set of wheels will sit slightly wider than the rears as it splays and usually the only way to sort it is to fit a new bush (which could be a pig of a job). With a hub, you can just pop the centre cap and tweak up the nut to take out any play. Also, for a trailer to go behind the ferrari, I'd go for a small ag traielr type wheel and tyre rather than ATV as the sidewalls will felx like mad when turnign as well as them not being great for carryign the weight either.
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Not got any pics, but have seen a trailer stub axle used to good effect to make the rocking beam on a smaller trailer - the piece of box for the beam was cut to take the flange of the hub and welded in place. unlike a normal bush, any play coudl be adjusted out too.
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Mine's currently on 273,000 (300 tdi) and still going strong - 120,000's barely run in
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Not just back in the day - even now. Absolutely awesome for snedding and super light. I'd pick one up over a 346 for thinning any day.
