tractor dave

Sorry to hear about the robbery, hope they catch them!!

If only I lived in Wales!!

Hi guys, Ive just got some lengths of bog oak (some 6ft and 3 ft) of reasonable size cross section. I was wondering whats the best way/market to sell these pieces? Maybe they would be good for rustic furniture or turning? Any advice would be greatful! Dave.

Hi, just spent a great day horse logging with "Cousin Jack" in Wrine Hill Woods and I thought i'd put a few pictures up! Theres definatly a place in woodland management for horses! Dave

That looks grand! What have you done for a clutch? I'll keep a look out for that winch, thanks for the heads up!

Hi guys, I've been looking for a timber/tractor winch for a bit now to fit on the 3PL, can anyone recommend one (classic/old/new), i want to do be able to pull trees over and winch them out so a good comprimise between speed and pull would be good. I was thinking PTO driven as most tractors have pto (the winch might be fitted to different era tractors), although i guess there are advantages to hydraulic? Does anyone know of any up for sale, i dont mind if work needs to be done to it (infact a project would keep me out for trouble )! Cheers Dave

Hi, in the Foresters Companion theres a table which reads something like this: 8ft (length) x 4ft (Height)x 4ft (width) = 3.62 m cubed 12 x 3 x 4 = 4.08 14 x 3 x 3 = 3.56 With the volume known you can find out the density per m squared from a ref book for instance at 15% moisture: Ash is 660 kg/m cubed Beech 740 Birch 720 Elm (English) 560 Douglas Fir 480-550 Mahogany 545 Pine (Pitch) 640 Pine (scots) 530 Norway Spruce 430 Of course air space and the moisture contents will differ. Hope this helps and makes a bit of sense haha

best way would be to put in a forge so the length of the weld heats up evenly, you can use a propane torch (or simialar) but try to heat up evenly

it will toughen it depending how you treat it, this should stop it blunting as much. If you heat it to a red colour then cool it quickly, this will make it hard but brittle so it might need tempering....

or heat treat the weld....

But seriously... put a sharp angle on the blade so it splits the wood rather than "blows" it apart and make the blade out of some toughened steel or something similar!

Put plenty of steel into it

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone off here was going on the Sustainable Woodland Management next week at the Small Woods Association in Shropshire?