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I don't believe they wanted to do that !!

Who's the unlucky sod being used for target practice !! A nice bright orange helmet makes a good target.

Is there any difference between CS50 and 34, 35 ? It appears to be the same procedures. Any way how do you define a damaged tree. There are not many trees around that do not have some sort of damage, and thet will out last us all. rant rant rant !

Simular to the T hinge that i use on old rotten trees. You leave a strip of wood (2-3" wide) at 90 degrees to the hinge uncut. in the middle of the tree, it helps support the tree particularly when they are leaning. I do have a photo but i can not get my phone to download onto the computer. Clear as mud !!!!

You want to cut the trees om rotation, so that you will always have timber to cut. 10 year rotation fell one tree in ten, 15 year rotation one tree in 15 etc. However extraction is more difficult, and care needs to be taken that the remaining trees are not damaged, but the canopy remains closed therefore there should little or no windthrow. To get around this fell coops or blocks. again split into areas to maintain the rotation, this also makes it easier to fell the trees are you have a large space to fell into. Down sides is that the edge trees are prown to wind throw, and if there are large numbers of deer in your area there will be no regrowth. However you can use the brash to create a dead hedge around the outside of the coupe (needs to be over 6' high). Getting the timber out will be your main problem. Dumper truck is probabley the cheapest method, but a tractor will be of more use. Get stuck in and enjoy, no matter you do to the wood it will recover !! And if you have not used a chainsaw much get some training it will save you time, money and limbs in the long run Happy chopping

We cleared six acres of gorse with brush cutters that had the spinney blades of death on the end. With practice you can fell an arc in one swipe, which is about what you can carry under your arm. One person with the strimmer, and two people to clear as you go. Keeps the ground clear under foot, and causes minimum ground disturbance. Don't have one big fire, but spread the fire sites across the work area. And watch out nothing burns hotter than gorse !!!

yes but it will drive you screwey. You need a bit of variety to keep the grey matter tick over !

Interesting that they were using a metal ring for zip lining the lumps instead of pulleys ??

I can never get to burn properly. Probably has something to do with my leaky woodshed!

Nah it's 95.254536 If a job's worth doing...................

What's all this foreign nonsense. KG's are fine for working out safety factors. Where are the proper British weights. Next you will want to be wearing strings of onions and lederhosen. P.S. I'm 15 Stone

Some instructors will want to see you move your head to one side (normally to the left), in case of kick back when you bore in. This can make it harder to get everything to line up, but like most things it just takes practice.

We used two tracters with two winches, that were conected at the top via a big pully. One winch pulled the timber down, the other pulled the cable back. You need very good comunication between the man chockering and the people on the machinery for the system to work safely (and very low tree stumps). This will not work on large site but it might fit the bill for you and it is a lot cheaper to set up than a skyline.

I glad that i am not the only one who can not work out how to upload photos !

Hi ther Lyn Ed, I am based in Pembroke, and the work is in Lawrenny, so less than an hour from you. If you could find out if he is interested, it would be much appreciated. I am off to Gloucestershire for the rest of the week (hoping to get to Westernbirt for some autunm magic) but i will check this. If you have any luck my mobile number is: 07966 792798 Slack ma girdle i can spot a tree at 100 yards

Probably one of the biggest in Wales now. Process unbelivable amounts of firewood each year. When you see some of the stack of firewood, your brain goes into meltdown trying to work out how many hundreds of tons are there ! Slack ma girdle I can spot a tree at 100 yards

Credland firewood down the road has a shredder that is the size of an artic lorry trailer (specially imported from the USA), and i have yet to see anything that will not go through it. However with the largest screen, the biggest chip size it will produce is 2-3" which are not quite big enough. I do noy know weather the screen can be removed totally, but i will find out. Cheers for the tip Buzz Slack ma girdle I can spot a tree at 100 yards

Thank you all for your response. Mike and his monster chipper has already been out, but it was too slow. The corkscrew counld not pull in anything smaller than 4". Consequently we had to sned out each tree before it went into the chipper. Also it is disigned for slabwood, so it will chip 10" horizontally but only 5-6" vertically. Which is why we are looking for a bigger machine. Cheers everyone Slack ma girdle i can spot a tree 100 yards

Is there any one out there with big chipper. I have approx 200 trees felled out and stacked in a field that are needed to be converted into chip for a cattle corral. The chip needs to be 3-4 inch pieces, and the machine needs to be able to cope with 15" very knotty pine. The work is in far west wales, any helpfull or unhelpfull advice would be appreaciated. Cheers slack ma girdle I can spot a tree at 100 yards. P.S. how do I get pictures from my computer and post them on this here forum?

unit 32 is the same as unit 31, but the trees make a louder bang when they hit the ground. The boring you will need to do takes quite a bit of practice particularly on uneven ground if you have not done much before (practice on some high stumps). When you have cut the mouth, score a line around the tree with the saw level with the bottom of the mouth. This helps to keep everything level. Slack ma girdle i can spot a tree at 100 yards

I bet the saw cuts do not comply with with BS 3998 !! Slack ma girdle I can spot a tree at 100 yards

How long before the oak falls over the decking and/ or the house?? Slack ma girdle i can spot a tree at 100 yards

WE brought an old nuffield tractor 18 months ago for £800. The tractor is simple enough that we can fix most problems ourselves. We have improvised a skidding plate from an A frame with a 5mm plate welded across the bottom. This would work well for your chestnut poles and is cheap to set up. Once you have a tractor then the world is your oyster for attachments, which will speed up your output. Good luck Slack ma girdle I can spot a tree at 100 yards

I have been using a thor splitter (not sure witch one as the label have warn off)for a number of years. Can't fault it, it has never broken down, and dispite a number of years use and misuse it keeps working. We are running off a 60 hp tractor, which will cope with most knots. Howevever it has been used on a 100hp tractor in the past which turned a good splitter into a brilliant one, that will cut through any knot without slowing down. My only quibble is because it is a vertical splitter that will split upto 45" lenghts, it is an ungainly beast to move around when it is off the 3 point linkage! Happy splitting Slack ma girdle I can spot a tree at 100 yards

If it is still on the tree, give it a gentle prod, if it: rears up, retracts its head and sways menacingly, then it is probably an elephant hawk moth. However it does look more like a convolvulus hawk moth. the difference between the two is that the elephant hawk moth has two large eye spots just behing the head. Dont ask how i know, Slack ma girdle i can spot a tree at 100 yards