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  1. muldonach
    Old Pal - long gone - not forgotten
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    Collie cutter - not bad for a handful of biscuits a day
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    Looks like you have been reading to much of the Guardian to be honest - you won't find too much overstocking on arable land.
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    If you don't treat the stumps with Glyphosate or similar you may as well not bother cutting in the first place - every stump will simply send up half a dozen fresh stems. Been there and done that. You will need 1 person spot spraying for everyone on a brushcutter - and they will struggle to keep up Big J has the rights of it - use the birch as a nurse crop
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    All that is needed to facilitate pulling trees over is to replace the bar behind the capstan with an elongated loop. Alternatively anchor a snatch block in a suitable position if possible. A capstan has the advantage over a winch of always having a constant pull. You should really be using a non stretch rope in this application and it may well be just as strong as a FSWR of the same diameted
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    So you want to use the hitch to attach the grab or auger and then use those lines to operate the attached tool? Tee off the breaker lines and fit a quarter turn valve on each hitch line after the Tee so that you can isolate the hitch lines when you do not wish to pressurise/depressurise and divert flow to the grab or auger without energising the hitch lines. Or am I missing something? P.S. Never done it but talked it through with an engineer regarding fitting a grab/rotator
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    J - I recently talked to 2 of the harvesting companies - larch logs at 3.1-3.7 £55/65 tonne delivered locally in SW Scotland Also if you are looking to maximise the load on your forwarder can you fill the back end transversely as opposed to longitudonally
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    We do that but have made a frame with a series of posts at 500mm centres so that we can do about half a cube at a time to produce stove logs and move the frame around as necessary
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    The cockers look well worth fifty quid
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    <p>Ok Brain fade yesterday - pickup postcode would be DG8 8DS - I have made an equiry to JST. Kind of busy with other stuff at the moment so if you could see what you can do on collection that would be good. Artic would be 26t - do you have a max size since many of our logs would be well over 10" dbh?.</p>

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    <p>Could you pm me inresponse since I have having some difficulties in accessing this conversation - for some reason I need to search your homepage out before I can view your messages</p>

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    <p>Cheers</p>

    <p>brian</p>

     

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    <p>Should also mention that if we are short on larch - and if we are it will not be by much - we have plenty of spruce at that size.</p>

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    <p>Also should mention that pricing does not include VAT which would be chargeable</p>

     

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    <p>I would figure on about £10 / tonne at a guesstimate - If you give JST a call they are down in this area every day and are quite near you as well - alternatively give me a postcode and we will get a price - 100 5mtr logs will be two artics at least I would think</p>

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    <p>Sorry I misread your message to begin with and interpreted 10" dbh as 10" tdub - I am pretty sure we could supply 100 x 5m lengths - roadside £45 per tonne and fine and handy for a weighbridge - how straight do they have to be?</p>

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    <p>Cheers</p>

    <p>brian</p>

     

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    <p>I think we could just about manage that - cannot guarantee that we would have 100 logs to suit but would hope to be not too far short- we are about an hour and a half south of you by wagon.</p>

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    <p>I will get a price for you in the next couple of days and get back to you - if you are interested they will be available in the next few weeks - we are part way through felling.</p>

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    <p>If you want to come and take a look give me a bell on 01988 700532 after 6pm </p>

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    <p>Are you planning to mill them?</p>

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    <p>Cheers</p>

    <p>Brian</p>

     

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    <p>See you are looking for larch logs in SW Scotland and may be able to assist you - we have a small larch clearfell which we are progressing - decent sized logs available if you are interested</p>

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    You have described a site of approx 2.9Ha so there is a fair perimiter to it, it is not unknown in my part of the world to come in over a neighbours ground and through a perimiter hedge/wall/fence. You have also described the intention to take a unimog and timber trailer on to the site so there is easy enough access for a skidder tractor, to the edge of the wood at least. A small 2wd tractor will pull the stems you have described on flat ground no bother If you try to winch multiple stems up to 100m through the standing matrix then bark damage to the standing timber will be extensive. You will also require a good supply of slings and snatch blocks. Do you have radio control on your winch? You really want that - and some skidding cones. Forget any ideas about pulling 20 at a go - 3 will be plenty. If it is all or mainly reasonably small have you considered a quad forwarder? I suspect it would be a lot easier on the temper than fighting back and forward with a winch cable and if you have a mog with a crane to unload it your workload is reduced considerably - we unload ours with a digger and a sling happy days:biggrin::biggrin: Cheers mac
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    Although it is very clear that this is not a commercial wood the point remains that trying to remove a random selection of trees from a planted matrix will be both expensive and difficult. Talk of winching tushes of 20 poles through such a matrix is naieve - and thats after you get them on to the deck in the first place. In our conifer woods whch were all originally FC planting there are regular missed rows (racks) which were missed so as to provide future access - are there no missed racks in the wood in question? Assuming there is not then there is still a middle ground which will accommodate some of your clients wishes and greatly aid with getting timber to roadside - bend the extraction racks, get then cleared and then herringbone into them. You will need a skidder or forwarder - but you need that anyway cheers mac
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    I meant to add that your original question was - could you recoup anything for the owner? The answer is yes but to be clear they will make a nett loss on this project and the more difficult and time consuming they make it for you - and your starting point is very difficult indeed - the more it will cost them. Cheers mac
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    I had the pleasure some years ago of skidding 200+ tonnes out of a selective thin as described. The owner was very concerned about winblow and a couple of fellers had rumbled his marked trees down any way they could get them to the ground, they were lying in all directions On first inspection I said i did not want the job - after some discussion I insisted on permission to fell what I needed to get access for the tractor, and quoted a rate which left nothing for anybody else. We removed double the originally felled quantity. I would recommend - with others that you thin to a system - line and herringbone. It will be much less emotional all around and much more economical for the owner. reduce the percentage removed if there are windblow concerns cheers mac
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    Cheers Marcus keep us posted on how things go - we are following behind you with a good couple of Km to fo - in stages so be interested to hear how things work out for you. Mac
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    http://www.roadex.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/FCE-SNH-Floating-Roads-on-Peat-report.pdf Marcus - somewhat after the event but some further reading for you Cheers mac
  22. muldonach
    In scotland you have a choice- 1. You can apply for planning permission 2. You can apply for permitted develeopment rights You cannot do much at all without at least an acknowledgement that you have valid rights Cheers mac
  23. muldonach
    Looks like a handy bit of kit and good to hear it is working out - we use a quad with a logic trailer but would be happy to have that little lot if I was allowed.
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    In your shoes I would not bother covering the outside ones - assuming you start with 4 full sheds start emptying one shed, once you have enough space to get in then start fillling the empty space but leave a gap between old and new - by the time you empty the last shed the first will be fine again. If you are really keen to cover them don't use fibre or plastic sheets - use some second hand corrugated iron well weighed down. Your other option is to get or make (its easy enough) some net to go over your sheeting and tie that down.
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    I highlighted a paragraph above - I am not a lawyer but unfortunately I am very familiar with this point of law (in Scotland). There is no such thing as a landlocked property - it is a fundamental principe of property law (in Scotland) that the landownerr has the right of access to his property to the extent necessary to "enjoy" the property - it may be different in England but unless you have already confirmed this then don't assume that your statement is correct. Fully sympathise with the rest of your post but I think my original point is valid - nice little project but its a garden - not a working wood. Do what you want to do to enhance your enjoyment but watch the costs.

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