TimberCutterDartmoor

The thought crossed my mind. £7500.

Done that since 2010; getting bored. PM on its way...

461 Radmore & Tucker are good boys and will PDI the saw properly..

Quite.

Dead. Been asking my customers where they've gone; they can now get 2m3 bone dry hardwood for £100 from elsewhere; no fly-by-night either; big concern with atleast 150 ton ready to go. Time to pack in logs I reckon, not worth the bother; struggling to make a buck at £75/m3 hetas spec hardwood.

I'll need to make a video...

We did an 18" er with double the back lean of the one in the pic; pushed the jack to its limits; but bear in mind this is 1800kg pressure Model #2, they go all the way up to model #6 which must be amazing. Tips to the track for the harvester. S/west wind has blown crop up and along the hillside. We put a 3" thick ring under the foot - worked perfectly and the ground is soft; 6" thick layer of litter here. Correct. Doesn't shake the tree, has as much push as the hydraulic ram-wedge and a lot cheaper than the latter. You still can't get a ram wedge in a small tree; this overcomes all the issues of wedges/levers/ropes. We worked in a pair; me on the saw and mate on the jack; worked well. Orion heating only stockist. The bank is way too steep for any harvester with the exception of a Tigercat/TJ hill climber tracked machine. The Purpose-Builts are light on the arse so pointing downhill thanks but no thanks. It could end up like this even with tracks and chains! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J45JYTLHhlI

Deserves a thread of it's own. Expensive? No; just bought a model #2 and it will have paid for itself in a week. As per other thread - should have bought one the day I passed my NPTC. It is absolutely unforgiveable that I didn't get one then. Just one day with it and it has saved so much bother and winching. Felling levers and wedges would never have got these backleaners over; some were at savage angles... By far the easiest, fastest and safest way. Thank you Reipal & Orion.

There's 15W40 mineral from Asda and there's 15W40 mineral from Chevron et al...

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Tis chilly out alright

15000 hrs on the oil?!

Have you got to shift the chip? Timber?

What about the owners manual?

thing is it aint

Arrived today, will be using it with a vengeance tommorow so will update... Orion were absolutely excellent to deal with too.

Oh so me and rye were just lying then.

UTTO is not an appropriate oil in any diesel imo. Lacks the detergency and TBN a "proper" CI oil should have. URSA SHPD 15W40 is a good mineral, if you want to go upmarket, skip pointless semi and go full PAO synthetic. POE synthetic is overkill unless you're planning on an arizona trek or persistently towing and gunning the thing. Ignore claims of higher mpg or start-up lubrication from thinner grades; stick with 15W40.

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My arb mate very occasionally comes in the woods with me; spends all his time on his arse! Then I get dizzy putting a choker up an edge tree

Be battery before long, 2-stroke saws a thing of the past. Hope not

I remember that as a Mak; FJ did an article. I still think saws and horti 2 strokes should go diesel; glow-plug type like R/C models; ethanol problems in gasoline solved; fuel much safer to store etc.

Dunno about the better cuts and sharper chains; speed is the highest priority for me now, getting sticks to the harvester; can get sloppy if not careful. File stays in the truck; it's an incentive not to put the saw in the dirt - punishment being a long walk back to the truck! By the end of a day it's dulled off a bit but during the said "walk" I could get another 40 sticks down so I carry on lol. Arb vs hand cutting; definately arb altho brash ratting and feeding a chipper while keeping the trucks locked in an urban setting zzzzz yawn Arb vs mechanised harvesting; deffo the latter. That's just me tho. Arb definately earns more money.

Quite. The "hinge" in the photo is 100% perfect in the circumstances in that it gets it in the right place using the weight along the slope to start falling and then severing as neccessary to steer the tree right around.