Kev P

Collino comby with 15 ton splitter from Riko looks useful, they have sold a few.

Digga the best hedge laying I have seen.

1500 hedging stakes sold since my last post.

Well worth watching.

A few years ago we had a mobile mechanic come to our Matbro,he had a funnel that separates the water,debris from the diesel. I see for one they are for sale on Amazon,called Mr Funnel fuel Filter and Water Separator. Would one of these help with some of the problems mentioned.

One of the tanks on the back stores the fuel.

I know this bandsaw it belongs to some friends of mine. They do not have a blade sharpening machine hence could be cutting better. It is in very could condition,abit slow yes. But will be a good buy for somebody.

I like the way you can restack the timber,also how it's possible to put the rotating cone against it and role it over. I usually restack the timber with the bark up.

We have a Takeuchi TB80 with a 2 speed Lasco. One of our daughters put a video on you tube called "Firewood is born" where there is a few images of the setup. I think for such big timber a bigger excavator might be best. I rarely get timber as big as that and the TB80 is brilliant.

Thank you Calum we had not used the splitter for a while so maybe you are right, I hope so.

We put some more oil in it this morning and used it for an hour. No problems. Shortly after stopping it I removed the dip stick come breather,to see a lot of small bubbles.

Started the splitter up as per usual this morning.Left it a short while,started to use it splitting some 20" long odd lengths .When I realised oil was oozing out of the breather. Just wondered if anybody has experienced this.

Today the man I mentioned above came and bought 500 stakes,and said he wood be back for more. Whilst delivering logs today I came across a couple of blokes hedge laying they said they pay 60p per stake.

I know of a contractor who buys big poplar,brings it to his yard ,cone splits it. Loads it straight back on to his lorrys and off to a woodchip company.

In the picture to the left show me making hedging stakes. All are made from seasoned softwood.