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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

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?

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

If you can't spell at least speak proper like what I do

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!

ford 6610 in trading places not sure how good they are though?

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

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

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!

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

damn right stick with your price ,they will be back! what sort of wood is he selling doubt if its as good a sample as ash ,cherry,oak!! i had the same thing happen to me last year, everyone went mad for his he sold out way to quick and then he started selling green, sell quality get quality price. if he continues then just buy it off of him and flog it!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

hi my name is ed and im an arbtalker:blushing:

Mine too, but they always say "two Ed's is better than one "

Got 5 whippets and a pat x JR terrier if you want some real chaos

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

Be lucky to get 25 mpg out of one, wheel spin something awful in 2wd on the road, especially with a trailer on the back, second row seats are ok if you employ dwarves and you bang your knee on the gear stick constantly when in fifth, apart from that...............

Usually try and get them out within a couple of days or at worst the weekend following the phone call, else tend top find round here that other wise when you ring back to arrange delivery they'll have gone else where

Grass will grow in limestone without soil if you leave it long enough I'll put up a pic of my yard to prove it I'd probably put 4-6 " of top soil down and use a drought resistant seed mixture to be on the safe side