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Good access tipping onto concrete. Oversize trunks not a problem!

Well Gunnebo don't sell them.

Want to put a couple of [grab] hooks on my loader bucket but cannot find anyone in the UK that seems to sell this type I'm sure they must be available.... any ideas?

There's a company that supplies logs based at a farm about half a mile from my house - they certainly used to do tree work but I'm nor sure if they do now. I pass the farm every morning taking my girls to work and can see where they put and split the wood. Earlier in the year there was a good pile of trunks, etc but i nthe last couple of weeks that has now been replaced by a stack of cord. The worrying thing is that I can see them splitting this cord and chucking it straight into the pickup for delivery to some poor unsuspecting soul who's expecting decent wood. I'm so glad I don't use them any more!

Emergency cutoff - it's the red line handing down - connected to the pto lever. Gloves - I thought they could get caught up without you knowing? Happy to wear them if it's safer. Long sleeves - I'll pull them up

Well just to round this topic off, after finally getting the correct tap from China I was able to retap the thread on the cone so I could fit a new tip from Hycrack. Fired it up on Saturday and had a bit of a play. I took it slow and I'm happy to say that I've still got all my fingers and thumbs All I need to do is adapt it now so it will fit on the tractors 3ph so I can raise it up because it's a bit too low at the moment. All in all I'm happy withe my £140 purchase! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dy33IvkVs0]First try of the cone splitter - YouTube[/ame]

I was inspired by the oregon saw horse review and the replies that were posted. so I grabbed a couple of old gate posts and some fence rails and made my own. It's plenty big enough and will take a 6' x 12" log (or multiple smaller ones) and has made producing my own firewood much easier.

I've got a couple of cube of mixed hard/softwood that I'm cutting and splitting now for my use next winter. It's all cord and most of it has been inside since April with no mould. Once cut and split I have the choice of storing them (in a few crates I've picked up from my local garden centre) either in our barn that has large/tall doors at one end that are open all winter, or putting them outside and covering the top. If it was spring it would be a no-brainer but I'm not sure about outside storage during the winter. Which would give me the best results

Cheers LH..... Maybe I need to bring it to you personally - should only take me 3-4 hours to drive there

Thought I'd have a quick go at the splitter using my meager tools. Pointed my B&D heat gun at the tip for a couple of mins then put some molegrips on the tip and stood on them..... Happy days!! (I think I may have got a bit lucky there) Right - now to see if it's a standard tip.

Nice one..... will give it a go

Ahahhh....... Using the wonders of modern technology (camera and computer!) I've found this just short of 2" back from the [current] tip: So now I'm pretty sure that's a join and the tip is removeable - which way do they undo and are there any suggestions to make this easier?

It's a home made one as far as I can tell. I'll keep looking to see if it's got a separate tip - do they just unscrew?

You sure? Looking at my pics the bottom one doesn't look so good but the top one shows a decent point (although it needs sharpening) - certainly doesn't look broken in real life. No replaceable tip for this either.... so it's a complete new cone. I wonder if it can be turned on a lathe?

Thanks guys. Tried it again and it is getting better but I'll get a new file and give it some proper attention. Luckily the tractor has a digital readout of pto speed so I can work reasonably accurately. Currently trying 240rpm which seems pretty good.