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Can you share some more pics of your grab to hitch bracketry please? Looks like it's mounted 90degrees to how grabs are usually mounted to the tophat. Looks like a harford sl30 hitch, which I have on a 2.4ton takeuchi, so would be interested in how you get on with your solution
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What timbers are a sod to mill when not fresh felled ?
tree_beard replied to arboriculturist's topic in Panther Mill UK
I have no science, but reckon it has something to do with grain length Vs ring density. I've always found oak a joy to mill compared with Doug or larch -
I assumed they didn't do tree work any more. Since losing the WPD contract last year and laying off the Cornwall based tree teams with no notice, I've only seen the odd little gardeners van about the county.
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I reckon the arbs up top have already filled their truck and someone totally unrelated down below is going to be livid when they get back to their van
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Ryobi and titan attachments fit Stihl machines pretty well. Oleo Mac/efco attachment fit Tanaka/Hitachi machines. I'm sure others work but those are the combinations I've actually seen in use
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They look healthy enough, the yellow stalks as mentioned are old flower stalks. I don't think in this instance your soil level has or will have any effect. You could probably bury laurel under ten foot of demolition rubble and it would bounce back fine
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Hire both before you commit. Rental cost is low and most hire places have them. You can often get a weekends hire (pick up Friday, drop back Monday) for the same cost as one weekday.
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Don't know about the current rope selection, but I think stein used to sell rebranded Yale hitch cord. Stein is a subsidiary of Fletcher Stewarts who are the main importer and distributor of Yale ropes (and loads of arb brands). Pretty sure the Yale hedera range of ropes were Fletcher Stewarts own name and colour scheme. I remember hearing that if you buy a mile of rope from Yale you can spec the colour. I think they also distribute teufelberger and English braids... So who knows? Is half remembered trivia helpful?
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450 will be a downgrade from a 346... But it would run the same bars and chains
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Check/sharpen the chain. New chain doesn't = properly sharp chain. There can be inconsistencies in raker height, hook and gullet depth on a new chain. Usually right/left differences, but occasionally down the length as well
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Bit of windblown chestnut into a bit of fence. Chainsaw, Alaskan, angle grinder with flap disk, handful of coach screws.
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Depends on your make and size of brush cutter... Pop "clearing saw blade" or "scratcher tooth brush cutter blade" into your search engine of choice and youll find plenty of links to suitable products and suppliers. Chainsaw or decent capacity hedgecutter are also an option for bamboo. Mini digger and a box of matches is my preference
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That is a grass blade really. I don't think it will work for anything woody. You'll need a clearing saw blade, or at least a scratcher tooth blade.
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Well, the state of the blade shows pretty clearly someone has been feeding it with things that aren't wood...
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Id put it down to lack of maintenance... The first blade change on a second hand machine.. Who knows the history of use and abuse? On an 8"+ capacity high hp machine I'd say that blade is well used and overdue a sharpen.. on a gravity fed garden chipper it's crazy to let it get that mullered, looks like a hire machine
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They are a throw back to pre chainbrake and hand guard days. When there was nothing between the front handle of your saw (smooth metal tube, possible with your thumb plunger oil pump on it) and the spinning chain... Why they're still made when they became obsolete about 45 years ago I'm not so sure
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Native species grown in their native range from local seedstock in the PNW. Compared to stock selected for high growth and survival rate, planted in marginal ground and chronically mismanaged for generations in the UK. Its politics as much as weather
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Cypress family for leylandii, and confusingly western red is not actually a true cedar, it's also a cypress.
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How much is my double header chainsaw mill worth
tree_beard replied to John Hughes's topic in Milling Forum
Running 2100/2101s with bars make good money on eBay (£350+). Working brake is very rare, the brake parts haven't been made for at least a decade. I think you'd get best return selling the mill and double ended bar setup as one lot (bar will fit all later 60cc+ husqvarna saws and many dolmars etc). And sell the saws separately on fleabay, preferably with bars and confirmed running. Marketed correctly and with all the hassle of posting and dealing with internet idiots you might get near a grand... Equally plenty of people would bite your hand off for a couple of old non running 100cc saws for a few hundred quid -
Just use a log with a couple of big stubs sticking out of them... Ugly, crotchy, multistemmed logs make the best habitat, and that's the story I'm sticking to
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Problem being, ash die back quite rapidly changes the structure of the wood. Most of the traditional uses of ash rely on its strength and flexibility, which are lost once die back set in. If it doesn't all shatter when it hits the deck, then it's probably still good for flooring, but firewood and biomass are going to be your easiest sell.
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Workshop walls, floorboards, worktops, shelves all out of lovely Ash... External cladding, I would seek to get you committed for not trading a wagon load of ash for a wagon load of western red or larch.
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Phytophthora infected larch value
tree_beard replied to monkeybusiness's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Should still be desirable as firewood or product if it's of appropriate size/quality. Forestry commission were handing out handling/processing licenses to every man and his dog, so the fact it's confirmed phytophthora infected shouldn't impact the price greatly. -
I'd probably grind a coil off the end of the tension spring and go from there... I'd definitely want to leave a few mill of nylon between the two springs
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Planning Permission | External walls | Planning Portal WWW.PLANNINGPORTAL.CO.UK Details of the planning permission and building regulation regimes... looks like you'll need planning consent to me
