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If that makes you grin wait till you get a 372xp
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Never thought I'd say it as I've been running Husky's for a while now after bad experiences with my last two new Stihls but after this afternoon I'm tempted, long story short in the last week I lost a muffler bolt out of my Husky 350 so the exhaust wont stay on and then my 357 xp's recurring idle problem re-occurred, so having lots of firewood needing cutting my only option was to resurrect my old Stihl 028 AV Super from the back of the shed, this hasnt been used in anger for a good few years now but after some oil, petrol and a bit of tinkering to get it to tick over ok I cut a pile of logs ready for splitting twice the size i would get out of a tankfull of fuel with either of the Husky's and it still had some left in it So seriously considering a Stihl when I can afford to replace the Huskys
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Should we not all go back to my favourite system and use the "K.I.S.S" principle, if you sell it by the load no measurement is inferred and there is therefore no come back if you are a couple of logs short of a cubic metre (thats not a comment about anyone on here )
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Holly burns well once its dried, but its best to get it cut and split while its green, once seasoned it knocks seven bells out of your chain and will bounce an axe off it all day long
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From what I've been told by those who have recently done it your unlikely to be given anything above about 4 inch diameter to fell on cs30/31, as for knowing the technique for cutting timber larger than the bar length thats even explained in the manual that comes with a chainsaw, is that a reflection on the quality of whats taught in the courses?
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Anyone interested in re-selling briquettes?
csservices replied to County4x4's topic in Firewood forum
Hi, I'd be interested in having a look, [email protected] Cheers Ed -
I'm just picking up at the minute but even still think I may be sold out by christmas, hoping for a good run on christmas trees to make up the short fall
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If you can't spell at least speak proper like what I do
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Best way is to fry up some good bacon first, then take the breasts off the pigeon and fry them up in the bacon fat slice and put between two slices of bread, jobs a good un!
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Tractor 80/100 hp for woods what do you think
csservices replied to mendiplogs's topic in General chat
I've got a 6610 Ap cab 1986 on its way to 8000 hours and still working for a living, they are pretty basic unless you get a later SQ cabbed one but for in the woods your better off with an AP or LP cab lower overall and steel roof, avoid the early column change fords later ones are ok once you get used to them, good if your doing alot of shunting about, if you can find one with dual power all the better, its hydraulic splitter and doubles the number of gears in effect, oh and go for the later cross block engine as early ones could go porous, but if your looking for a basic tractor to do a job then I'd go for an older ford or a case, although the xl cabbed case are fibreglass roofed same as ford sq cabs so not so good round trees -
Forestry registered vehicles
csservices replied to Big J's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
There are still murmurings about MOT's being introduced for agricultural vehicles anyway due to the amount of time tractors spend on the road nowadays and there has been a crack down on agricultural trailers in some areas over the last year or two, so it could be that at some point in the future that you would'nt be any better off for ag registering a vehicle -
Yep but it could also have round logs or knobbly lumps in it and that really throws out the calculations and I'm going to get it all again in the morning cos I've got to go and see the same bloke to price some fencing
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Had a customer ring today asked how big the load is, said its a mini digger trailer load so just shy of cubic metre when heaped up, then spent ten minutes discussing wether thats a cubic metre when stacked neatly in his log store or loose tipped into trailer, told him it was an approximate measure as a guide when loaded on trailer, so how much is actually there when its stacked he replied, honestly I give up sometimes its like trying to teach Baldrick to count!
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I was thinking about metal saw horses yesterday after unearthing mine from the back of the yard, cant remember what make it is but it has plastic covering on the cross bars in case you slip and a ratchet strap so you can load it up with a few lengths of small cord and hold them in place to be cut at same time, not the quickest way but handy when you've not got a saw bench
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Theres an idea, buy up all he's got and double your money on it without the work Now all I need to do is find someone round here selling it that cheap
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I use a 6lb Roughneck fibre glass handled axe about £15 from memory and lasted years, had a rough neck splitting maul too til it lost its head and the new one I bought is so bad it would probably split quicker using the hammer head side
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autumn, natures bounty in the hedgerows - go forage
csservices replied to Joy Yeomans's topic in General chat
Plenty of damson and apple crumbles so far, mum and dad managed to collect 112 lbs of apples from thier 3 small trees this year, got my eye on a nice patch of sloes for the gin, just need to remember to buy the gin -
Cheers for that
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Hi folks, looking for a price on a weeks hire of tracked chipper, in Derbyshire if possible, can collect, if anyone can help cheers Ed
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Got an old police whistle somewhere, used to have it for controlling beaters and guns during my grouse keepering days, mind I can shout loud enough to make people hear at a good range never thought about carrying one when working but I can see the point, will have to look it out
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Only tried that technique once after being advised by a tree surgeon friend that it was the best way to deal with a large windblown alder in a wood, obviously slightly different as I'm not a climber so did it with the crown intact, back of the tree broke out first even though I'd left plenty of meat when plunge cutting it, barbers chaired about 7ft up from the plunge cut twisted round snapped off and slammed into the ash tree 3ft from my left ear at head height at some considerable force, fair to say if I hadnt been behind the tree, theres more than a fair chance I wouldnt be here now, so no I wont be using that method again
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Could be used for converting hedgelaying brash read for charcoaling, if you did the charcoal in small drums like I do, would save burning up brash and add value to the job, in reality I'd probably end up with a big stack of bags of tiny logs and never get round to charcoaling it
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Mine too, but they always say "two Ed's is better than one "
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Got 5 whippets and a pat x JR terrier if you want some real chaos
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Axe is alot faster than a splitter if you've got straight grained stuff, plus it doesnt need any fuel, doesnt tie up the tractor and you can replace alot of axes for the price of a log splitter
