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Here are a few images from the Hornbeam. Again the tree looked fine from the outside, but knowing about Kretch we knew otherwise. We took the majority down with our Cherry picker then felled. Needless to say it didnt behave itself during felling!!

We have just taken down a Hornbeam with Kretch, i would avoid climbing/rigging or getting near the thing! What you see on the outside is far from what is going on in the inside. Proceed with caution, but it will be a great job.

Give Boomeco a call, Boomeco i have dealt with them for few years now and you maybe pleasantly surprised on what they can offer. I tried stobarts and they always seemed to offer a poor amount.

Good idea for the combi moose dragger/loader, but im sure as eggs that photoshopped, or i could be wrong or just missed the joke!!!!

no real effort, just a sling and a pulley and a chubby bloke on the bottom of the rope put that up there!!! The boys did want to fell it like that but i had a funny feeling it might not of worked out so good! Other pics from the day did include how much brash can you get on one load!!!! Davies managed a whole tree brash logs and all at one point!! this was a cedar about 15-20 tall!!! Kit abuse i tell thee!

Thats awesome, How many do you need for a 1x37!!!!!! lol

This is one of the new techniques called the trolley assisted fell! It allows the log to be carried away almost instantly after felling!!!! Just in case you think we did...... we didnt!!!

I use a folding silky, a small silver bull bag. It also holds the secators as well!! Easy.

Just a couple of references: A heath or heathland is a dwarf-shrub habitat found on mainly infertile acidic soils, characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, often dominated by plants of the Ericaceae. There is no clear difference between heath and moorland but moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths[1] with — especially in Great Britain — a cooler and damper climate. Moorland or moor is a type of habitat, in the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome, found in upland areas, characterised by low growing vegetation on acidic soils and heavy fog. Moorland nowadays generally means uncultivated hill land (such as Dartmoor in South West England), but the Old English mōr also refers to low-lying wetlands (such as Sedgemoor, also SW England). It is closely related to heath although experts disagree on precisely what distinguishes the types of vegetation. Generally, moor refers to highland, high rainfall zones, whereas heath refers to lowland zones which are more likely to be the result of human activity.[1] Pretty much the same! lol

trust insurance just did mine, their banner is on the right here somewhere. mines a yam grizzly 450 for about £250 ish.

oh dear me, tongue in cheek. well done on your winnings. let us all know how the block goes.

Rupe, your winning everything at the moment, you sure its not a fix!!!!!

Humans have managed habitats for many many years, lowland and upland heath have been burnt and controlled in a state of primary succession for our own needs. Colonising species such as Birch will develop then eventually other species will join in and bish bash bosh ....Woodland. To say a heathland is a baron place is naive, my dissertation was based on monitoring the effects of lowland heath management and the correlation between species and the associated invertebrates. These invertebrates then attract the larger reptiles,birds and animals. Pulling up trees by hand is a gentle way of management, burning over time has been replaced by the flail but they all have the same effect. Heathland is a diverse and fantastic ecosystem and will hold a huge amount of microfauna and flora not found in other systems, hence the interest in management.

We are using ours a awful lot now, it's less than 70cm wide so fits down most alleys ways and gates. As we have proven it holds a good deal of weight!

I you haggle and try Boomeco you can more than double that.

Riko a12 towable is a good little machine. Goes out in hire twice a week. 70 a day.

I came away feeling drunk!!!! Cider is so good in the sunshine!!!

Ive got one of those little oregon hand grinders. brilliant little tool for in the field. Mainly use it for the 3-4 foot bar on the 880. If you use it right its as good as hand sharpening but the stones are about £2 each and you can get through them quickly.

I wanted one until i saw the price!!! Markusson Grindomatic V12 Grinders | Clark Forest : Chainsaw Accessories But a great tool for a saw shop. The hydraulic Oregon one is a good machine.

Its just about 1cm in a double cab D22, Its got to be heaped to achieve that amount. I would like to charge £100 per cube but i wouldnt have any clients!

Its all relative as you know Rupe, I know you can do the maths on most situations and justify equipment usability. I can justify the purchase and useage of the trolley and today it work well. Im sure next week i will prob stick another pic up of it doing something else!!! This is the beauty of the arb world, so much kit, so much choice and so many opinions!!!!! lol See you all at Capel!!!

I bet your GRCS wasnt £400 Rupe!!!!! lol, wish my quad was £400, the winch on it was that alone!

Well the predator turns on one motor but with a limited slip diff in the middle allowing the wheels to pivot and drive etc!

Well its the each to their own saying. Sack trucks could of worked but wouldn't of shifted all the other logs, the drag was 45m to the truck today and i could of got the quad to it but i think my client would of frowned upon it. To be honest i would of found another way to move it before the trolley was invented, i mean wood got moved before before wheels were made!! But the easiest we now have to move wood is the trolley and therefore factor it into any job we can to save effort and time. I try every thing once regardless of nay saying, popular belief and generic trend, hey i even touched a 9 volt battery with my tongue once. I have an opinion formed on experience and therefore know this saves time and effort and think its a great tool, oh and it was just the once with the battery, Bad idea, stings like a beatch! Try it you might like it!

To be honest i had the same thought about novelty. I wont use this if the drag is short, i wont use this if the drag is long and open as we have a quad and timber trailer. Its for carrying 5 loads worth in one on those tricky sites. I have possible got 10 jobs lined up already where it will be crucial to the smooth running. Those two lads dont like kit outside of the ordinary hence why my mini chipper and battery hedge trimmer still look like new. I have a few adaptations to the trolley which will make it even more useful. I have owned it for 2 weeks now and this is its 3rd outing with great effect. Oh and yes if you bribe sean with cake he will lift anything!!!!!!