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  1. slack ma girdle
    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.
  2. slack ma girdle
    @doobinWoop woop, welcome to the club . It seems along time ago when mine was sat a Hull waiting to be picked up.
  3. slack ma girdle
    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 .
  4. slack ma girdle
    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.
  5. slack ma girdle
    Why? They make it almost impossible to sned properly with. They are only useful for humbolt cuts.
  6. slack ma girdle
    Yep works well
  7. slack ma girdle
    I've had no issues with drying in barrow bags.
  8. slack ma girdle
    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.
  9. slack ma girdle
    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.
  10. slack ma girdle
    There is nothing like a bit of forestry in dry dusty summer conditions.
  11. slack ma girdle
    What a beauty , it must fill you with joy having to skin that mutha tucker till the harvester can take over.
  12. slack ma girdle
    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.
  13. slack ma girdle
    Dead mans fingers
  14. slack ma girdle
    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.
  15. slack ma girdle
    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.
  16. slack ma girdle
    No idea, i just use it to keep the forest floor clear, to aid replanting, and most owners like to see a tidy forest
  17. slack ma girdle
    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.
  18. slack ma girdle
    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 .
  19. slack ma girdle
    Good to see you back, still working on small trees then?
  20. slack ma girdle
    What is your optimum fire wood size, and how many years does it take to grow. That will dictate how many coppice coups you have. The reason for thinning is to reduce competition for the retained trees, and allow better growth . Branch loggers are good, but they produce logs too quickly. This is mine in action on manky dead Ash. Fills my 10x5 trailer In about 15-20 minutes
  21. slack ma girdle
    Felling licences in Wales take about 12 weeks, i would imagine that it is the same in England. Don't let a tree surgeon loose in your woods. You have got reasonable tree form, and will make ideal processor grade firewood. Have a look on the Forestry Contracting Association web site, there are a number of contractors in your area. Before you go down the felling route, make sure that you go have some form of goals/ management plans, so that any felling regime can fit into your forest aims/ goals.
  22. slack ma girdle
    Boletus turning blue, not sure which one though. Growing around a beech. 20230731_144745.mp4
  23. slack ma girdle
    Some good felling there Jake, in some nice locations .
  24. slack ma girdle
    It was growing on dead black thorn, so i had sort of ruled out the Bitter bracket. I tried to cut a cross section but it was tough and slippery, it pinged into the hedge!
  25. slack ma girdle
    I think that this is a greasy bracket, any thoughts. The bracket is very rubbery, and greasy.

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