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I have just ripped down a 550 XPG that was cutting out on tickover and sounding pretty horrible under power - we pulled the exhaust off it and thought that the piston was scored but having stripped it down there does not look to be a lot wrong with it. I did a compression check (cold) before stripping it down and only got 80 to 100psi. Having looked at a couple of youtube videos I should propably done a gross leak check before stripping it- I don't currently lhave a pressure test kit. There is significant (maybe 1mm) up and down play on the conrod big end (pretty good sideways wobble as well but as I understand it that is normal) - I seem to recall reading that this is a failure point on these saws but did not find anything on a search of this forum

Well I hope that those who reckon Scots Pine has natural durability are correct - the winter storms brought down some big granny pines with good millable lengths but no mill near us will take it. A local school wanted sleepers for the kids garden plots so we undertook to provide them - a local commercial mill has also offered to pressure treat them. We still have a good pile to mill and have a load of 4x2 as offcuts from producing the 8x4 sleepers so next projext is a timber drying shed

Fairly chunky ones

I recommend checking the height of the log stops before commencing each cut😄

Not all today by any means - been playing with the Logosol on wet days and pretty happy - we had some crappy spruce and larch which we ran through to get a feel for things. A couple of weeks ago a neighbour had what he thought was a small straight oak windblown - when we cleared the ivy away we found it burred - when we ran it through the mill we found it was not oak but think it is elm - it had some figure and burr in it so he is pretty pleased to get it. Another wet day today so we ran through some fairly poor oak - when we cut into it found some reasonable figure but a lot of faults - anyway we got some good stuff out of it including enough slabs to make a false lintel for a house renovation. need to get a shed up for timber drying

Many thanks for the response - I take it the heat store performed as expected and the early morning heating and hot water is adequate. 2000l is a fairly large thermal store - how did you arrive at that size can I ask?

They are still on the go but no listing for the Midi range on the spare parts list

OK cheers - I did have a look back yesterday but will check again

I think it is cast so any pressure likely to result in a crack and two piece I could get a local engineer to fabricate a copy ashpan door But to be honest the firm who sold it to me reckoned the boiler would have a 10 year lifespan - and when I mentioned the age to the secretary she told me I got it wrong - it has been there for 33 years!

We have an old stone built house which is reasonably well insulated with 4" insulation throughout and secondary or double glazing. We fitted a Hunter Midi 20 when we upgraded the house some 25 years ago and sad to say it is coming to the end of its life with a bent ashpan door making it difficult to open an close the doors. The stove runs a full central heating system (4 beds, Kitchen, dining room and lounge) I would like to replace the stove but seems difficult to find a straight replacement - is there anything actually available out there? I am also considering a bigger project involving a gable end extension to house a boiler and accumulator tank - anyone done anything like this please? Should maybe explain we have our own woodlands and all the kit needed for harvesting and processing so not really interested in Heat pumps or solar heating other than as a potential complement to a boiler Another question - has anyone ever managed to straighten up a bend in an ashpan door and if so how?

Not sure the log stops and clamps would hold him - even if we could get him on to the bed 🤣

Spent the morning sorting cattle out and getting a ton of fun in the shape of a Simmental Bull out of the shed. finished that early afternoon and rain setting in again so made the final adjustments as per manual and fired the beast up on a really crappy dry spruce log half of which will go for firewood and the rest will be ripped for stickers. Really happy with the results - on the square and nice and even - we lifted a quarter inch slice off the log at one stage.

Another wet day today so checked the rails for true - first little niggle since there is a very slight droop at each end of the bed but the end plates sit over the side rails so no way to shim the ends of the rails without filing out the groove the end plates engage in Sawhead fitted and engine installed ready to start once we put some oil in it, clutch and drivebelt also installed. Once we have given the engine a test run we will be ready to fit a blade and adjust for true but forecast good tomorrow so back to land work

budget 10K

751 Pro is the model we went for

Been busy with other stuff but finally managed to spend a couple of hours on it this afternoon - bed and rails all assembled - check the rail heights next step

Yes - my apologies - little video of a 6 cylinder county firing up but although it loaded fine on facebook would not load up here

Quite often feel like this on a morning VID_20230507_133824.3gp

Finally bit the bullet and decided to treat myself - got it opened up this afternoon and made a start at assembly

I cut some discs years ago to mount roe heads - when cut (freshly felled) it was as soft as butter. left some to dry over a couple of years and it was like iron to work

Lot of money and issues with the dealer tbh

Cut them down, split them, stack them Keep the rain off and let the wind through Will not take long at all in my experience

Just put up a post on the large equipment forum looking for recommendations on cone splitters

We are in the market for a splitter to break down some oversize biomass to a size acceptable to local markets, local contractors can handle 40cm diameter timber, we have a quantity of spruce in 3m lengths from 400mm butt diameter up to 900. We have a 14t excavator as a base machine and probably looking at a cone splitter Appreciate any comments from folks who have used them on models to go for or avoid Cheers mac

Some project man - well done