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  1. Dan Curtis
    Be good if you could join us mate, anyone is welcome
  2. Dan Curtis
    Had a bit of fun big tree hunting today down in Essex, organised by Albere. I'll let him put up the crowning glory, but had a nice chance encounter. While getting ready to measure the tree we'd gone for, we started chatting to a lady, who was interested in what we were doing. I was expecting a telling off/go away rant, but instead we were invited to visit her house up the road, and take in an oak pollard she has on her driveway. Later in the day we did just that, amazing what a friendly "good morning" can get you
  3. Dan Curtis
    Close on 100K brand new I think, but they use it everyday for everything
  4. Dan Curtis
    If anyone wants a lift let me know, be headed down the a11:)
  5. Dan Curtis
    It'll be air dried. Then some will be a benchy/table affair, some will be cladding, one piece is going to be squared with the alaskan into a bench with a feature, one that I did another thread on will become a castle for my nephews, and the rest I havent yet decided. Possibly try some shingles out of the offcuts, just as a tester
  6. Dan Curtis
    Lovely job mate, the chassis looks in similar condition to my series 3, as seen earlier in the thread. One day I'll win the lottery and get it back on the road
  7. Dan Curtis
    I know some guys who have a 27m Ruthmann on a cabstar. It's an awesome piece of kit, and even does 15m horizontal at ground level. It also self levels and can jack in various different ways, meaning you can still get up in a space not much wider than the truck itself, or have all four jacks out wide for good stability. The setup on it has to be the best I've seen, you literally get in the basket, push a button, it drops its legs and levels, you're off the ground. Takes approx 30 seconds from getting out the cab to being in the air:001_cool:
  8. Dan Curtis
    Cheers mate, that's the bar clamp for Ian's logosol. It runs on the black rail in the first pic, then has a depth setter and edge guide similar to an alaskan mini mill. Quite a piece of kit!
  9. Dan Curtis
    Ok then, can you guess what it is? Pulley, shackle, eye bolt. All inside 4" of wood, at approx 30ft above the ground. The eye bolt undid and amazingly the shackle still works. Didn't really notice cutting the ally of the sheave, other than the saw got a bit jumpy, not the usual iron nail feeling/noise though. It did surprisingly little damage to the chain. Sadly the stone I found today wasn't the same, but that's another story. Last pic, return of the trolley! I even discovered yesterday, it's possible to unload with pallet tines:thumbup1: Burrell, anytime, just drop me a pm. I wont be getting the majority milled until April/May time I shouldn't think.
  10. Dan Curtis
    I'll get a picture up in a second. Got a few bits if you fancy a trip up here? Mr Humphries, the mycelial felts go up to at least 30ft, possibly more, I'll have a look at the higher timber when I get to it. Also, on the main log I posted pictures of earlier in the thread, there was not only the white, active felts, but also some greyed, powdery felt, as though it was the inactive, decaying remains of armillaria. If thats possible?!
  11. Dan Curtis

    <p>Had a thought about the bad boards. The angle we were following wasnt a right angle, twas' obtuse so obviously we were going to end up with mis shapen planks. Doh!</p>

  12. Dan Curtis
    Doesn't like mine:thumbdown:
  13. Dan Curtis
    No, just the Granberg. I've never known it with any other saw/bar/chain, just this combination of sugi/Granberg. I'll try to get a vid tomorrow if I get the chance. Cheers rob
  14. Dan Curtis
    Not when cutting, just when warming up, running the chain. But yes it's from the back of the bar. Maybe the bar is tapered a little too small before it hits the sprocket? Just thinking out loud...
  15. Dan Curtis
    Do you know the beech at Canwick, one hell of a tree, both in girth and height. It's on private land but you can see it from the road. Climbed it a few times, and could probably get permission to go again
  16. Dan Curtis
    David, with regards to the girth measurements, are they all done on circumference or diameter? Looked at the Preston twins, touted as the largest elms in Europe, though in the table there are two others, getting on for twice the size?
  17. Dan Curtis
    Yeah, I find if you wait until whatever you have in is loose and will turn easily, you should get a bigger one in. That said, don't go mad and rush it, blowouts are rank!
  18. Dan Curtis
    Haha, that's what I said! Then just carried on up to 20:D five weeks is a long time, probably took me that to get from fresh pierced up to 16mm Reckon my hours are about 22 ish on tats
  19. Dan Curtis
    Thinking about it, it's usually when horizontal and in the mill so maybe caused by flex in the bar?
  20. Dan Curtis
    Got a 36 for my 395. I usually use it just for milling but have a semi chisel chain for it too. Milling wise I don't have much to compare it to. Had it on for crosscutting bigger than bar length ash the other day. It has a lot of rigidity, making for smoother horizontal cut placement, and a nice weight to it. The only thing I find (that might just be me) is that when combined with Granberg ripping chain, no matter what tension it's at, the chain seems a bit free of the rails, even if tensioned way beyond where it should be
  21. Dan Curtis
    peckerwoo? Don't know why though!
  22. Dan Curtis
    I did ponder that one!
  23. Dan Curtis
    That's a swift!
  24. Dan Curtis
    Gnome
  25. Dan Curtis
    Let's do it could do some measuring while we're there. Still got your lj, I'll try to drop in Friday night if I get the chance

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