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slack ma girdle

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  1. It was growing next to the path on the ground in a Oak woodland in the Afon Prysor valley near Maentwrog, N Wales.
  2. This should do what you want. Home - Safe Forestry WWW.SAFEFORESTRY.CO.UK Safe Forestry is a digital, forestry data management system designed as a tool to help log on-site activities and improve...
  3. Daaaaaaaavid I am veering towards Hydnellum spp. What you reckon ?
  4. Eyelash , Wolfs fart and cinnamon porecrust. I have no idea on the last one, Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaavid
  5. The way it was explained to me was to do with the balance point of the tree, you are not trying to move the whole tree, but half. Plus you have the weight of the tree in front of the hinge to help. It made sence at the time
  6. On a tree of that size bring your mouth further back towards the centre of the tree. Bringing the pivot point back means less effort to get the bugger over. Wind is always a bugger for messing up trees as they fall, add a sizewheel or thicker hidge on the windward side which may or may not help.
  7. @doobinWoop woop, welcome to the club . It seems along time ago when mine was sat a Hull waiting to be picked up.
  8. Thats because the 'Yank' ones are degigned for biting into the thick spongy bark of redwoods. Try carrying a saw uphill through brambles with the big spikes on. Most of the time i don't use spikes/felling dogs, a sharp chain is all you need. The exception is felling downhill on steep slopes where positioning is difficult .
  9. You shouldn't need spikes for cross cutting, if the chain is sharp it should pull the saw through without an additional force from you.
  10. Why? They make it almost impossible to sned properly with. They are only useful for humbolt cuts.
  11. I've had no issues with drying in barrow bags.
  12. There is a noticeable difference between a double and tri axle. Tri is alot more stable, a lot less rocking. But a double has a lot less drag, and is easier to manoeuvre.
  13. Thats my old one, and its a 16'. I have Big J's tri axle now, which is also 16'. Tri axle is definitely better for towing the log bullet.
  14. There is nothing like a bit of forestry in dry dusty summer conditions.
  15. What a beauty , it must fill you with joy having to skin that mutha tucker till the harvester can take over.
  16. The problem with larger machinery is moving it. Do you have access to lorry or tractor to move it? Relying on other people is a pain and expensive I would be weary speculating about possible work and outlaying large amounts of money with loans. You would probably be better off mechanising what you know.
  17. Most of my plums are suffering from brown rot this year, a month of very wet humid weather hasn't helped. Those leaves are classic silver leaf . I heavily pruned a cherry with Silver leaf, which so far is still looking healthy 2 years later.
  18. Friut leather uses up loads. Cook the plums with a little water until soft . Push them through a sieve, and tip onto a lined baking tray. Put in the oven on really low setting until its dry and slightly tacky to the touch. Cut it into strips and roll it up and scoff when you need a sweet snack It will keep for months in the fridge.
  19. No idea, i just use it to keep the forest floor clear, to aid replanting, and most owners like to see a tidy forest
  20. It depends on what I'm putting through the branch logger, dead and dying ash is particularly splintery. I mainly use it for reducing forestry residues, and supplying myself with firewood, so I'm not that fussed. If i screen out the bits it takes about an hour to go through the 10x5 trailer by hand, and produces about 10 barrow bags.
  21. Ideally i would like the logs to go straight into barrow bags, which takes about 2 minutes. That doesn't leave enough time to change over the bag whilst the full one is loaded. The other issue is you get quite a lot of bits which need to be screened .

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