tommer9
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Check out the Riko products which are advertised on arbtalk, and ask Timber Cutter Dartmoor what they are like- i have had him in to do loads of logs for me and on site with his machine, and its excellent:thumbup1: http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/11738-fun-day-good-laughs-clash-titan-saws-pink-rose-lots-more.html There are some pics here.
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Thanks for those pics Judge, they were awseome and yet tragic too. My feelings go out to all those affected.
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I am sorry, but i fail tp see how you can ever judge value of timber by its weight, especially after it has been cut. Fair enough heli-logger style when the timber is as green as, but for a stick on the ground to compare to firewood seems nonsensical to me:confused1:
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That is a difficult question mate! Is the oak roadside, have you got to extract it or will it be delivered? If you have to spend time getting it out of a garden etc then i wouldnt say it has a financial value- its a pretty small stick. If it is ready to just pick up then around £3 ish per foot is okay, and its delivered then around £5-£6 is about right. Timber in the round is pretty worthless TBH especially that size, but you still have to process and deliver the logs before you get that money. Dont forget to use the Hoppus Foot formula for calculating the volume of the log...
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Couldnt agree more. No trouble with any other caps on any other of my saws- oiler cap on ms200t though....:thumbdown:
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Motivation........simple...... :001_smile: and the bank manager of course...
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Top stuff. I did about 41 meters recently in a sitka, and just want to go higher now!! Nice pics, Ta.
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The most popular seem to be stihl hi-flex, clima stretch-airs or the sip which i think are called Freedom. Those oregons are truly horrid.
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I carved the bulk out with the chainsaw, then a little bit of sanding with an orbital sander, and a couple of disc type sanding attachments on grinders, and an arbortech wheel, then a few hours by hand. It is far from perfect if you look closely, but that is why i dont do woodwork- i am too impatient.
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I have to agree with Huck on this- given the problems i have had getting oak, and i understand a lot of hardwood is becoming harder to find due to the demand for firewood giving quick returns, and i have been to all the major suppliers of bulk timber that i can find numbers for, then if mills arent prepared to pay then they SHOULD be told to f-off. -
Push or pull. i have spent hours and hours on mini diggers and they move ok so long as there is minimum resistance. Dont get me wrong, i think the barrow is great, i would just be very wary of what a mini digger is capable of in that application, esp where nice lawns are involved.
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King hitter.......awesome.
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I have an old vermeer- its tatty looking, but chips fast and relentlessly and doesnt break down......well it probably will nowLOL. The point is i would rather buy a good second hand machine over a cheap new one. As many of you know i am not the worlds biggest TW fan, but that honestly has nothing to do with this point. However, in this case i think i would probably go for the TW as the age difference is massive. If the schleising has been properly and fully refurbed, not just resprayed as it were, then that would win for me hands down. I would be checking for metal fatigue, evidence ofcracking at weld points etc etc, but dont be blinded by the name. If the schleising has had a hard life for all those hours it could be a nightmare, even though it was an excellent machine when new. Difficult choice mate.
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Where abouts in the south west are you mate?
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To me thats the crux of the whole thing. If you only had to push the barrow a few metres then great, over pretty solid ground, but any more than that and you are essentially on down time. If i have a digger i want it digging all the time its on site:001_smile:
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I cannot afford to even consider such a luxury....
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Adrenaline rush for this crane driver!
tommer9 replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in General chat
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I reckon you would be better off with something like this steve, for all the above reasons, plus those mini diggers are painfullly slow, and an older Bobcat is really slow and the damage it will cause to a lawn trying to push a loaded barrow .....http://www.hirestation.co.uk/images/110060NA.jpg
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Hey big guy- happy birthday.
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I was given the oregon equivalent- exactly the same problem mate.
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:sneaky2:i was trying to be diplomatic in case he hadnt noticed them:sneaky2: flippin' eagle eyed jerry:lol:
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They have a good rep mate, sounds like it is justified.
