Big J
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A little harsh really. The felling cut seems OK to me (try neatly felling an 8ft diameter tree) and it's not that high. Besides, I suspect it's worth more than £600, though it is hard to tell as it's a very small photo. If you could post a larger photo, you might get more interest. Jonathan
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My best present was something from my wife. I'd been keeping a swimming diary on the computer of all my wild swims this year and unbeknown to me, Kathryn has sneakily had attached the correct photos to it and had it published in a little book for me. Very nice indeed.
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There is yes. In addition to that, you can mill with an hydraulic mill day in day out without knackering yourself. Manual mills are hard work!
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I've not got that far as I wasn't able to shoehorn my firewood crates in (made from pallets without the forethought of them going into the kiln) but you won't be able to go much beyond 40 celcius before your electrical kit becomes unreliable. Jonathan
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I've seen the Timberking 1220 but not in action. Seems to be a well built mill. I'd consider a second hand hydraulic mill though if your budget will stretch. Keep an eye on Ebay - there isn't anything at present but there was a super hydraulic LT40 Woodmizer for £9k buy it now not long ago.
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It was the fumes from the 346 that got to me in the end. The 550 seems to be much cleaner.
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Can't find much information on it so not able to help - sorry!
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Hypothetical - ideal woodland - what would you plant?
Big J replied to Big J's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Not a chance I would be allowed to Sweden without her - lovely country. Besides, she does rather indulge my tree geekery -
Hypothetical - ideal woodland - what would you plant?
Big J replied to Big J's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
That is very impressive. Need to arrange a tree geekery trip to Sweden by the looks of things. Now, how to sell it to the wife..... -
Hypothetical - ideal woodland - what would you plant?
Big J replied to Big J's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Define monster! Biggest I've seen here is probably just shy of 2ft dbh and around 85-90ft tall. Clear stem to about 45ft and single stem reaching right up to the top of the canopy. A real corker! -
That is fair enough. Would make sense - I remember when we first started on the estate before they had the Alstor extraction sorted, everything was skidded out and 90 trees was my PB for a day in that size of stand. That was going like a nutcase on a 9 1/2 hr day though. The innocence of youth!
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70 trees does seem a bit ambitious. In an average stand of 12 inch trees here, I'd expect to drop about 40, averaging 3 maybe 3.5 trees to the tonne, resulting in about 12-13 tonnes a day. That is felled, snedded, cut to 3.5m and stacked as far as possible, brash cleared away from product.
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Either do it all on tonnage at a higher rate or work tonnage on the reasonable terrain and day rate on the slopes. About £15 a tonne would be reasonable I think. You should be cutting about 10 tonnes a day in a stand of that size, including the difficulties the slope will present.
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Should we perhaps put paper bags on our heads or hide under tables?
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I've not found that to be the case with mine. It doesn't get used all that much (mainstay is the 550xp now) but it is sometimes still required to spend all day ringing up and do so ferociously. TCD - fair enough! It perhaps feels lighter simply as it's quite compact for an 80cc saw. Either way, in terms of ringing 30 inch diameter logs, it's barely any slower than my 088 with a 25 inch bar.
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No apology required! I have a good friend who does a lot of importing so know the associated headaches! Good to hear Dolmar coming back to the UK. I love the Makita DCS7901 and would (and do) recommend it to anyone.
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Welcome to the forum Andrew! How is the walnut doing? You must post pictures of those bookmatched curved shelves - they are one of the standout ideas I've seen in furniture making.
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I was going to get the little Dolmar, but it proved to be too expensive after all the complications. Got the 550xp instead and really like it. 200grams lighter than the 346xp when fully fueled and oiled on a 15 inch bar and certainly a bit more powerful. The acceleration is remarkable. The 346 was no slouch and a rocket compared to the MS260 I had previously, but the 550 is in another league.
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You could price those straight sticks at about £100 a tonne roadside and I'm sure they would be taken. As is always the case, you would get more for the tonne if you had a full wagon load. A few sticks incur higher haulage costs. Jonathan
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My old forklift was called Sideshift Bob and it's replacement (a lumpy beast of a Nissan) is called Neville. That's about it for machinery - I tend to name my cars. I've had a Mitsubishi Shogun called Bish Bash, the Navara is called Dara, the old Mercedes 308D tipper was called Jurgen and my old LDV tipper was called Randy.
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I have the Makita DCS7901 which I suppose is the direct rival to the MS460/461. It goes like **** off a shovel, is lighter than the 460, more powerful and almost £200 cheaper: Makita DCS7901 79cc 2-Stroke Petrol Chainsaw 45cm with Decompressor | www.tools4trade.com
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If the logs are worth milling, I would mill the as the value per tonne is hugely more. I would expect 6 tonnes to yield about 15 split, loose cubic metres, so what ever you can get for it per cube, times 15!
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Good firewood = any dry timber Bad firewood = any wet timber I'm very happy with the 2 year seasoned willow that's on the fire at present. No real difference between that and the extremely slow grown suppressed ash felled 18 months ago. Burn the fir!
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I just posted a huge thread here on the milling section! The kiln I use is 18ft x 7ft x 8ft. If you work out the volume and then scale it down for your operations, it should work fine. Btw, I've still not had any Elm burr through - getting a load first thing in January and will make sure that last section wings it's way to you
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No problems. I made sure to ask my wife to ensure I had my facts straight. She's an architect and her practice only do the very best green buildings. Interestingly though, it is very difficult indeed to insulate old buildings to any great degree. She did a steading conversion a couple of years ago and it took 300mm of internal insulation to get the building up to regs. They never usually just go to regs, but in this instance it wasn't possible to improve beyond that without losing too much room space. Best thing we can do is try to, in places, detach ourselves emotionally from our aging housing stock, demolish and rebuild. It's just not possible to turn an old building into a green building.
