Big J
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Well the Peltors are excellent. Really don't know how I managed without them. Crystal clear phone calls (chatting on the phone today whilst cutting on the sawmill and was told that they thought I was in an office, such was the noise cancelling) and not get to listen to music all day too and ignore my colleagues
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I have nothing that wide in stock. A rare thing now these days. Most of the bigger elm are gone.
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That would be no problem Steve
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I've ended up with a rather large pile of decent quality elm, and would like to shift a couple of lorry loads of it. It's good quality material. Not amazing, but certainly wouldn't disappoint. I'm ideally looking to shift at least half a lorry load at a time (circa 500 cubic foot) and the prices I can supply it at are quite hard to beat. Ideal if you are a smaller sawmill down in England wanting to take a stock of elm, as it's not easy to find south of the Border (and increasingly rare up now to be honest). I can cut fairly wide boards (3ft plus) on the mill assuming I have the width with the log (most are in the 20-30 inch diameter range). Get in touch if you're interested.
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I have the static 3 phase Trakmet semi automatic, which is really good. A friend had the fully automatic diesel, mobile version and it wasn't good at all. I don't think that the UK dealer even offers them now.
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Personally, I wouldn't bother. I remember speaking to a mobile sawmiller who resawed some on his Woodmizer LT40. He said he got a total of three cuts out of each blade before it needed changing. Considering how hard it is on the machines, it's propensity for exploding, the toxic dust and the fact that I don't like resawing reclaimed timber (chance of metal), I'd not bother myself. That is just me though. I am a grumpy and unaccommodating sawmiller!
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Spruce, glorious spruce. Well it wasn't actually me cutting it, rather one of the guys. Nice stuff though. Flies through the processor.
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I do remember feeding 6" capacity timber wolfs in the past and thinking that they weren't that fast. I'll perhaps scratch this idea When I was having a play with the forwarder in Finland, the largest log I put on the bunk I guessed to be between 500-550kg and it straight lifted easily and not that close to the king pin. Optimistic of it lifting quite a lot more.
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The crane should lift just under a tonne close in. Will do nearly 400kg at full reach. Carrying capacity on the back is a couple of tonnes. Do see your point regarding jams with the smaller chippers. I'd hope to have a custom mounting fabricated so that taking the chipper on and off was a 5 minute job. That way, I could quickly switch betweeen forwarding and chipping. Like the look of the Greenmech chipper on the skid steer!
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Not a bad idea as the crane wouldn't struggle to load it. So, how useful would an 8wd forwarder with a self loading chipper be? I could see it being very handy for utility work.
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I was wondering if there was such a thing as a hydraulically powered chipper that could be mounted onto the back of the forwarder I have coming? I'm just thinking of various different things that it could do that might be useful, and I was thinking that a smallish capacity (5 or 6") capacity chipper mounted onto the rear section of the machine would be very handy for all manner of jobs. Power should be sufficient as I've got 35hp onboard, and the 6" capacity Greenmech utilises only a 23hp Honda petrol. I'd have the advantage of being able to crane load brash into the chipper too. Firstly, does anyone think that an very compact 8wd machine with a crane loading chipper would be useful, and secondly, does anyone know of a chipper that uses hydraulic power rather than a PTO?
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Thicker the better. I have been using Hakannson M42 blades for the past 4 weeks and they are amazing. They are 1.62mm thick and there is little deviation. You need a bit more power to push them through the cut, but I have 30kw, so that's no problem. You also need large band wheels with thick blades otherwise they fatigue prematurely turning around what is quite a tight corner. We sharpen our own blades.
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Twin axle versus tri axle trailers - pros and cons?
Big J replied to Big J's topic in Large equipment
Ended up ordering a Meredith and Eyre trailer from Marston Barn Trailers. The dealer was really friendly and helpful and it ticked all the boxes. Full drop sides, headboard and tailgate, LED lights, ramps, prop stands, internal lashing points, chequer plate bed. £4100 plus VAT. It's a heavy beast, but should hopefully withstand the abuse it's going to get. -
Low impact forestry services in Devon and the South West
Big J replied to Big J's topic in General chat
Hehe! I've been accused of many things, but being positive isn't one that I remember from my recent history! It must be a good thing to be excited about a new venture. Good for your state of mind. Trailer has been ordered (randomly went with a Meredith and Eyre 16ft x 6ft 6" tri axle) and machine is due into Hull in 7 weeks. Can't wait -
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I'm going to be in the market for a small mill later in the year, so I'll avoid the Norwood mills. I used a Lumbermate 2000 about 8 years ago and found it to be very poor. I altered the guides on my mill too. They were originally sandwich guides, which were prone to loosening off (and you'd lose alignment) so I switched to big roller guides and welded a sandwich guide onto the inside of the guide arm roller. Works well, but the thicker blades we are now running make the biggest difference.
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That sounds nasty. I think we had our fully hydraulic Trakmet operational within 2 hours of starting the installation. There is something to be said for having a full lorry deliver it as it doesn't need to be broken down too much.
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As they were the last one (and cheaper than I could find them elsewhere on the net), I ordered them. I shall see how they perform and come back to you all with a review
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Can anyone recommend a good set of blue tooth communication ear defenders for machine operation? I would like a pair so that when I am forwarding that I can answer calls without stopping work. Also, being able to listen to various radio stations and other media is a big plus. Considering these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3M-Peltor-MRX21A2WS6-WS-Alert-XP-Headband-Headset-Black/202268137589?epid=15016976276&hash=item2f181ed875:g:lR4AAOSwDdlast1z
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It was always the case that the MS880 was the favoured saw. You very rarely see 3120XPs chainsaw milling for some reason. However, the newer MS880s seem to be quite delicate, and that was my experience too. I had a 13 month old machine, which had not been worked hard at all, completely self destruct. I sent it back to FR Jones, who sent it to Stihl, who just sent me a brand new saw without attempting to repair the old one. Hard to recommend either to be honest. Perhaps if you can find an old but well looked after 088? I had two 088s and they were always perfect and they worked really hard.
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Very close indeed. Less than 15 minutes. What is is called?
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As an example:
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I do quite agree. Having been starved of coarse fishing in Scotland for many years, the sight of so many carp feeding so vigorously was quite impressive. There is a town in the Harz Mountains in Germany called Clausthal-Zellerfeld that in it's distant history undertook a lot of mining. They used reservoirs as part of the process and there are 37 of these long redundant lakes around the town. All fairly small, from a few acres to perhaps 30. Loads of wild carp in them, averaging low to mid double and the ticket is £8 a day to fish all 37 lakes. I've yet to fish it, but having holidayed there, I'm desperate to go back with a rod and line. Saw fish to low twenties cruising. Incredible setting too, with these alpine lakes lying within deep forest.
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One of the fisheries I popped into on Friday was chock full of 3-8lb carp with quite a few bonus doubles. I took a couple of kilos of 4mm expander pellets with me and just fed the fish. By the end of the bucket, I must have had 80 fish wolfing down the pellets infront of me, and catching them would have been verging on unsportingly easy!
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Everything really. Enjoying stalking carp at the moment, but looking forward to mixed River coarse fishing too ? Fish much yourself?
