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  1. Tree Man Tom
    Ive got plenty of pallets, so thats a start Cheers mate
  2. Tree Man Tom
    Now i know this has been covered many a time, but i have about 20t (at a guess, not great at estimating) of oak and a few other bits of hardwood that are destened for firewood. Now as im abit of a tight arse, i split it all by hand and just handball it into a pile. But im thinking if i create one big pile of logs, then the logs in the centre of the pile wont season so well, if you catch my drift... I see people talking about making "billets" but as im splitting by hand, i cant really do this. My space is limited so cant practically create lots of smaller piles. What would you guys reccomened, like i said im a tight arse. So the cheaper the better Tom
  3. Tree Man Tom
    id say for every mog load of timber we have 10 loads of chip. Done alot of conifers recently which give us tons of chip as we chip every last bit if we can, and any decent wood customers are keeping.
  4. Tree Man Tom
    Whyyyy do you do it stevie lol, stihl!
  5. Tree Man Tom
    We have a 16 we put on the backhandle 020 sometimes for chogging down, it has to be very sharp, i dont like using it really, cuts abit slow. My boss normally uses it where as i switch to a bigger saw But on a top handle 020 i imagine it would be very unbalanced an awkward.
  6. Tree Man Tom
    Il 2nd that, as soon as it comes to chogging down i use the ms200 backhandle on small stuff, then a makita, usually the 7901 or whatever its called
  7. Tree Man Tom
    As ever, Mr Ed is your man for this kinda thing...
  8. Tree Man Tom
    http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/members-only/10634-sorting-out-little-diy-problem.html dare i say anymore? It not worth it mate, get a pro in. When you say "they dont seem interested" do you just mean you dont want to pay the amount they have quoted. I know tree work is quiet around here and companys wouldnt be turning away work.
  9. Tree Man Tom
    12, easier to use one handed IMO, i know your not suspose to use it one handed unless you have to, but we all one hand abit more than we should im sure, i find it more balanced and controlable, there for safer IMO.
  10. Tree Man Tom
    You just saw the ford trannies in the background of one of the pictures and assumed the worst Dont blame you id say its abit suspicious
  11. Tree Man Tom
    Sounds like they took a battering, and as IC TREES said, with them being alloy easily damaged compared to steel. Once again, cracking job
  12. Tree Man Tom
    cos there cheap alloy and not steel, heard of a few doing this and the fins aint cheap either. I see, makes you wonder why timberwolfs are so popular sometimes.
  13. Tree Man Tom
    I would be very happy if i only had half of the knowledge you have dean Any idea why the fins sheared off?
  14. Tree Man Tom
    Sounds good mate, hope it sorts it out.
  15. Tree Man Tom
    just spent 15mins trying get on, still getting troubles here
  16. Tree Man Tom
    70-90% reduction, getting to the stage of pollarding it arnt you when you talk about Those kinda numbers?
  17. Tree Man Tom
    Sad news, ive always thought it would be a problem with those types of MEWP, being able to move them so easily you could become complacent and not check the posistion of the wheels. I also feel MEWPS are dodgy when used in graveyards, sods law i would put a stabiliser leg over an old grave, it would collapse and over id go.
  18. Tree Man Tom
    I think screwgates are safer than 3way, its just the fact that alot of people didnt bother screwing the gate up. Ive used 3ways in tree work and have had them come open infront of my eyes, use screwgates when rock climbing and didnt have any trouble once they were screwed up.
  19. Tree Man Tom
    Thats beautiful wood!
  20. Tree Man Tom
    You spoke to soon lol
  21. Tree Man Tom
    Is that last pic quilted maple?
  22. Tree Man Tom
    I had one customer last year tell me he wasnt happy with his oak logs as they burned slow and hot for far to long? Didnt make sense to me. He ordered aload of softwood off me after that because he hoped it would burn abit quicker lol
  23. Tree Man Tom
    Well explained, thanks
  24. Tree Man Tom
    Cracking set up! Great video to. Im not sure why im going to tell you this, but it will bug me if i dont lol, i notice the saw starts to get slightly pinched towards the end of your cuts, do you think a small step cut would prevent that and you could then snap it off with the crane? Like i say it will bug me if i dont ask, and i have no crane experiance so please dont be offended by my question
  25. Tree Man Tom
    Awsum!

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