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client ordered beech - got 300 of them ready to go in

Old forest site cleared 18 months ago and sold as plots. i got the job grinding the stumps on one lot. Client insisted on planting trees and hedging before even looking into building a house. I advised them strongly against this. They wanted hedging and mentioned beech and i recommended hornbeam but it was more expensive so they said go with beech and have it planted by the end of 23. Started digging a trench for the hedge (double row 175 - 200 high plants. Have now recommended a moat instead of a hedge. Any thoughts? Thinking lots of organic matter and get the trees in and hope for the best

Positives such as gangs lobbing hand grenades about and people sticking broken glass and bits of metal in bits of cake and leaving then laying around for dogs to eat..... does have some nice parks with nice trees and day light execution /revenge shootings

Know this is and and old thread but how have people got on with the tent set up? Was starting to research solar kilns and stumbled across the logosol drier kit I actually live in Sweden and thinking about starting to dry my milled timber ready for furniture making which will increase its value - also might be handy for drying out small sacks of firewood - e.g 250ltr - 40ltr sacks It's not a full time job with milling and logs but a side hustle of the arb business.

Just had a check over my laski / predator 360 noticed the belts had been slipping last usage so checked the tension and they were a bit slack - nothing major -thought id adjust it and then noticed the 2 adjustment rods at the back have sheared. - its the first time I've gone anywhere near them personally. Just wondering if anyone else has had this happen or can think why it has.

That was kind of my thinking but have come across other opinions on the subject whilst researching...the stuff I've milled already is currently inside the garage on pallets. Ive got a fair amount lined up to mill after hiring space at a yard for storing logs and chip rather than the garden....that I will probably stack outside and just strap a bit of plastic roofing or a tarp over.

Milling to me is a hobby that's starting to get out of hand ..is it necessary to kiln dry slabs and cookies / ovals after they have been air dried for a while before use? Is it possible / right to sell just air dried stuff?

Has anyone run an auger on a smaller loader - i.e like my Sherpa agri 100? Can't see find any videos where it's not a larger machine running it.

Just wondering if logs should be stored a particular way for milling. I've got some oak in my yard and wanting to mill it but was planning on waiting until its some what cooler / autumn. I checked on the logs today and a couple of the longer ones have some major cracks in them The shorter stuff hasn't split att all really - They are currently in a pile that probably gets too much sun - so figure it might be an idea to try and get some shade over them - or its it just a case of leave them be for now and mill them when its not so hot outside?

Its a manual swivel that you lock into place. I think sherpa have their own sized mounting plate so i wouldn't 100% say it can fit another. machine that's not a sherpa. Mine won't even fit the new Z series sherpa without an adaptor plate and hose extension.

Using an alaskan mill a couple of years now on and off mostly as a hobby. For my own use I have milled shorter logs - 1.5m and less before but only unusual stuff and for practice e.g pine / thuja - got some 40cm wide white mulberry boards and even a magnolia stem which is a really nice white colour. Got some 40 - 60cm diameter oak logs ranging from 3m to about 1.2- 1.5m from a dismantle - Is it worth the effort of milling the short logs - thinking of for smaller projects like stools / chairs / side tables they might be usable? otherwise I was thinking of saving them to start learning chainsaw carving on. - Just concerned the shorter logs will be nothing left if they split when drying- which I have heard oak likes to do and have never milled oak before. Local carpenter is super keen on getting some milled oak from me at the minute. Any tips advice much appreciated

Got the logs dropped off from this weeks dismantle - 7 tonnes of oak and cherry all shifted and (mostly) sorted ready for milling / carving / firewood thanks to the little sherpa agri

... but mostly i use it on my own jobs and as much as i can... - Even if its just for holding up branch wood for logging up - saves the back... and knees from flying chogs. I reckon its easily saved me 3 days x 1 man labour hire this week and the subbies i use to help with the climbing are always happy to see the wee machine on my trailer when i get to site.

i charge an extra of around half of what another hired in labourer would cost for the day to come with the machine - more if its full on day to cover extra fuel - i use aspen 4 so that's maybe £2.80 / 35kr a ltr but on some contracts i have to use it so. Charge more for bringing boards to make a road etc. The machine can easily do the work of more than two groundies in day in the right situation and save everyone's backs - I've found those who do the work more keen to hire me in than those companies where its the boss in the office who only looks at his profits / numbers.

Handy for about the home - old dishwasher on the trailer... wasnt allowed to lift the new one up the front steps with it though...

I initially bought and have mostly used the log grab mostly and found it best for the kind of work I've been doing - and today was no exception - some stuff to drag out along a narrow path beside a stable and then some stuff felled out into fields the log grab is perfect. Was considering the bucket with grab for things like loading up the trailer with loose split fire wood - and general loading of the trailer with stuff from the house - the log grab is not the best for loading brash over the sides mop... but the log grab was mint for chucking out the old washing machine and dishwasher I mounted a tow ball onto the face of log - it works well enough. and cost less than 10 quid - used it for towing the small chipper and arbtrolly about - nothing heavy. I have used the the volume bucket with the wee chipper and it works but it fills up quick - considering using pallet forks to hold up a bag and chip into that - if I get the right set up I reckon im on to a winner - chip in the bags - load the bags on the trailer - stash them at the yard - its bagged and ready to sell to local gardeners and the like. Just had a decent sized milling job come in so I think the pallet forks are to be next purchase as I think it will be the best to go along with the log grab and bucket I already have. Will probably keep adding to the collection as I go.

Looking at getting the pallet forks for my wee sherpa agri, also considering the bucket with grab - Is the bucket and grab decent enough for grabbing brash?

Got a Predator / Laski 360 SW. When I push the throttle leaver up to full it keeps sliding back down just a touch. Enough to nock a few hundred RPM off. ( I use a little motocross tacho and hour counter on it ). It feels like there is a bit of resistance when I push it fully. Plan to look at it at the weekend but wondering if anyone has had any similar issues.

was working alongside grapple saws over a decade ago in Sweden.

self employed tax here is 51% base rate. virtually no tax free earnings limit and vat / moms is 25%. but labour costs are subsidized to stop cash under the table. if i took 10000kr ink moms from a client as profit after expenses id be left with under 4000kr in beer tokens which is about 4 beers in Scandinvia. So yes idiots would put 30000 on it and then the sky is the limit here. 50000kr would be competitive for this job with out much room for delay and error

Grapple saw truck 2x30m3 containers on the truck + another truck and container to swing by to keep the grapple on site instead of doing a lunch time tip off. stand around myself most the day and hop up myself to do the cuts on the larger timber as they are craned off. 1 day in good weather... missus would be pissed when the garden is full of beech logs ill never get round to milling.

Pictures of the tree. Its going to suck for the owner because its not going to be cheap removal or even prune... The KD is near where the yellow rope bag is...a previous owner wanted a bit more space on their driveway...

Well balls -- This is a bit of monster by local standards - one of the oldest around the area - Its on private property and protected under Swedish laws but if it goes its either going to wipe out a new house that's just outside the drip line or flatten the neighbours garage... and if it has to be removed its going to mean another tree on the neighbouring property is going to become much more wind exposed to the point where I would recommend a hefty reduction - if this goes it will be also high in terms of consequences. I will also get lynched by the locals who were getting upset that I was just removing the big dead a and doing the require crown lift 2´over the road when I spotted the KD... but all I can do right is put forward my recommendations for an advanced inspection of the base and then its up the owners.

How good are beech trees at compartmentalising against lateral spread of KD?

Can you not turn the auto grind feature off and use it like a normal lever operated machine? I can just imagine the wincing as it hits a buried bit of concrete and just keeps going over it instead of being able to back the machine off straight away. I like how they fold up for transport - could fit both b37 or b31 and my miniloader on my trailer easily I reckon ... take up less space when parked up as well.