josharb87

Have a look at Iron Mikes posts/threads, seems to have made a success of running a miniforwarder

believe what you want 🤷‍♂️ delivery for anything takes at least two days here, I’ve never experienced next day delivery, no reason why logosol parts would come quicker than any other make sold in the same country, if it’s in stock its in stock, if it’s not it’s not! I don’t like to ring up to order stuff, I like to click on a straight forward website what I want. The importer for Norwood (and frontier) is a large company selling all sorts of forestry stuff with a great easy to use website with prices (there’s other “Swedish made” saw mills who don’t have prices, it’s all “ask for a quote” - not what I like) so at the time, yeah easier as their website was easier and more comprehensive. just had a quick look, the logosol site does look a lot better now. But another deciding factor at the time was price for the specification I decided I wanted - the logosol was more than a grand extra. which is why I reckon it’s important to decide what specs are important to the individual before choosing a make

What size timber will you want to mill? (Length and diameter) budget? Hydraulic lift/rotate etc? I’ve a newer model Norwood, after deciding what specs were important to me it came out on top over frontier, woodland mills, woodmizer and logosol. Plus the backup and parts were far better than any other make (in Sweden though!) im happy enough with it mines the LM30, 14hp Kohler motor. think it’s rated to 76cm diameter, but happiest at about 50-60cm max tbh but if milling seriously, logosol (but their biggest mill might not be big enough!) or woodmizer would be my first port of call (based on what’s available here and looking at mates machines) but Then there’s loads of other makes too that I’ve heard of but haven’t taken an interest in due to no/poor backup here. dealing with sawdust is worth considering too, dunno what it’s called tbh but the vacuum that attaches to the mill would be worth looking at if milling often imo

How did I know you where gonna say something like that? 🙄 You're certainly not one for owning your mistakes are you? 😆

Looks pretty typical DED I’m afraid

Nice! I took one for a test ride when they came out, lovely bike

Come on now eggs, an outsider reading this thread, trig obviously said something mean, you pulled him up on it, he’s changed his post and even apologized. Now out of the blue you decide to poke him 🤷‍♂️

🙄 Now why’d you have to stir shit up again?

The logbullet weaves the logs (up to 4,5m) in fine though

Cheers! I milled the wood then built the shed as an open sided pole barn, just to cover kit and kit on trailers, but then wanted cladding to stop the snow drifting in. Bit awkward with the mill where it is but haven’t pulled my thumb out getting more hardcore, building a milling lean to and relocating.

Few hours milling today, cladding, 2x4 and 2x6

Looking for recommendations of a replacement for a Kohler magnum 12, as fitted to Wheel horse garden tractors 1 1/8 shaft size or is it possible to get a sleeve to up the shaft size? Seems 1” / 25mm is common on Loncin motors any help much appreciated

How though?! id have ducked driving a ford fiesta under that bridge!

The specs aren’t exactly great are they? Hydraulic motor will be less maintenance, so yeah, good for a hire company Bandit has 50% more engine power before the FSIs hydraulic drive is taken into account and is cheaper and is proven

Ffs joe there’s security for a reason

If you have a machine that throws rubber tracks often, would it throw steel ones as often?

One of my subbies had a different style of loader but of same value to the ones on this thread. He was relatively cheap at £50 plus his day rate. he was happier to be using his machine rather than body/climb and I’d use him/it far more often, even if it was just for a stem or two a day. had it been £100 a day I’d have probably used him/it 75% less

£500 for cash though, right?

Does the bag need to be “open”? If not then literally a short length of telegraph pole or similar and a big hook - even one of those 5 bar gate hinge things that screw into the post would suffice and be strong enough. if you’re worried about the pole sliding then drill a length of threaded rod through like Frankensteins neck to stop it slipping down if it needs to be held open then get your fabricator mate to weld something up, be a mornings work at the most

for the sake of arguing, you only need enough for the down payment, finance the rest, even kit, iirc honeys started doing finance years back or take a business plan to the bank

Why do I need an app?

I’ve got the 26hp version, no real complaints about the power tbh, but then again the engine is only running hydraulic pumps, there’s no direct drive/ getting a flywheel up to speed like a chipper. this was Pekkas response to my initial concern before ordering

that’s actually in the states! had a search and came up with similar machines sold at auction 2-3 years ago both for about 10-12k over here. Sounds a reasonable price. It’d be great at home (small holding) -stick a snow plow on the front for winter, plenty of digging and leveling planned for the coming years too.

Through envy of doobins bargain I came across this whilst browsing for similar machines. Be perfect for a lot of small jobs round the house!

Sounds a bargain despite the motor! Quick look on some European sites and cheapest are about 10k with 800+hours Hope it’s legit 😂