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I was just wondering the same.....

Oooh nice. Very professional image Simon.

This stuff is the business:Deet Insect Repellent Spray Bottle 100ml

I dunno janey....... you have obviously never tried smoking medlar.....

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Cant Hooks and gravity and good old fashined manpower:thumbup1: Yes. Before i got there my mate had tried that with the beech log, and come pretty unstuck- it is a heavy lump (its 13 foot long and 2 foot diameter so fairly lumpy!!) and was just dragging the trailer sideways. I have done it as you describe too, and ended up tearing the metal bed off my old ifor. This is much more controlled and no way as hard on the kit:biggrin: No- like stevie said lift one end if the log with a lever,or roll the log with a cant hook until the hook is clear.

Parbuckling is when you take the winch wire over the top of the log and cack to a stationary nchor point. The best way to roll/ move timber. You can move very very big pieces this way. Here is the last log to go on the ifor from this morning........and before everyone makes references to overloading, yes it was way overloaded, but it wasnt going on a public highway, so we didnt worry, just being moved abot the estate. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46KhCeiiB0o]‪Tom Pugh Mobile Timber.Parbuckling logs with the landy.‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

Although noe of any direct use to you, I use a company here who have an 8 wheeler with a 66 tonne/ metre crane on it. It will lift 3.6 tonnes at 16 metres, and costs about £60/ hour. Although that seems alot, in fact they are so quick that it doesnt add up to a lot. You may be worth finding a market for the timber then trying to find a company like that, albeit i am sure london prices would be alot more, it may be an option to consider.

I carry a 12 ton jack. Its about 4" diameter and about 12" tall.

Cool film Mily. You are going to fit into our little community soooo well- five posts in and you have supplied us with pics of big trees (albeit on the deck) and cool vids of crazy stuff!

Bloody hell you have good eyes- i never spotted the suspension!! I agree though, and that headboard is wrong as you say, and the legs at the back look wrong. I just put it down to the age of my old ifor!

You sure?(not that it is actually relevant to the atrocious state of things in that pic:001_rolleyes:)

:confused1:thats a little black dog isnt it:confused1:

Ah.

Wow what a fantastic opportunity for someone. Good luck with your search James. (BTW everybody- cracking wines from the Loire Valley)

The tying down was inexcusable. The trailer probably wasnt actually overloaded. They are 3.5 ton gross, and is probably plated to carry 2.7 tons.

Seriously dean- is it the tying down or the weight you are concerned about. Or both maybe?

Dean what were you thinking mate.....thats way overloaded- you'll wreck you ifor if you keep that up!!

They have been nicking out of the scrap yards across the road from me FFS. tens of thousands of pounds worth over a few visits. Security fencing has been going missing everywhere too!

Same everywhere Matt. They are about as durable as you can get other than oak or chestnut, usually cheaper than tanalised, and given the awful quality of tanalising nowadays (now that the arsenic isnt allowed i understand) are a preferred option.

LArch, douglas and spruce. Pressure boiled in tar. No pole goes more than 6ft in the grond too, even the mega long ones. I was putting a shed up for Duchy ag college years ago, and it was wooden framed. We had 4 half round poles made from one pretty new looking telegraph pole that had been discarded as it wasnt long enough for them, after they had flown it to their site under a helicopter, and it was 70 foot long!!!!

There is a company in Luton that do it. I saw them at a demo once in Milton Keynes. They do nationwide tub grinder hire. Something like Murdoch or Murtagh Demolition IIRC.

Flippin nightmare. Lets hope it is covered by their insurance.

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Lovely thread Andy. Green and pleasant land and all that!