rowan lee
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Already piped up, perfect stuff - that really was a super setup you sought out then. On another note - how high up the tree could you get that hiab end to assist with dismantling, slinging and craning wood out for a climber (assuming you could reverse in as close to the trunk as possible)?
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Yeah well smart alright. Would it be difficult to pipe up that hiab for rotor and grapple?
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A funky knot to keep me going, I love the smell of freshly split beech
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haha, plastic wrapping not even off and its straight into action getting even with all those pigs you broke your heart trying to smash. Have to admit, it was also the first thing I did when me and the old man made the transition from maul to hydraulic's. All those pig elm, beech and oak blocks fashioning old axe, and maul wounds in the back of the shed got it!!! Here is my yoke on the case with beech
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Well done mate, looks a great modification. You must be well pleased with that. Would be interested in seeing a video of it splitting a few rings when you get it fully up and running.
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yeah tis cool, and will keep somebody with an axe going for a while.
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True, although its pretty obvious whats going on. We visited Gozo this summer, a local road was being dug up, machinery everywhere, trenches 2m deep, etc. No barriers, no tape, and excavator buckets slewing all over the shop, and yet it was still open for pedestrians to dodge through. Sure you can take your chances but you'll stand a much better chance by taking note, and being more aware of your surroundings. always throwing in a dig
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'Keep her lit' Hodge, tidy work site as usual.
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Granted the site is devoid of barrier tape, etc, but just goes to show how out of touch people are with the real world sometimes, walking round in cloud cuckoo land. Loud chainsaw, branches everywhere, heavy plant parked on the footpath, hmmm maybe I should take note and see whats going on and use my own common sense here. She got lucky.
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Looking good anyways Dean. Is that two pumps side by side in second last picture or just one? Looks pretty beefy irrespectively. Will you assemble some kind of linkage system up front for the splitter or just bolt it on?
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'winching a top off' - wow! that one really shattered on impact. Really impressive falling, 'go big or go home' as they say.
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Has anyone else tried that capstan winch ascent. Looks handy.
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I bet and yes looks old, well built, reliable, and capable. it has to be one of the most evil looking tractors featured in this thread so far.
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Love the older jd's.
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yeah , try and knock off side chunks first, and work your way round the sides of a lump first rather then trying to 1/2, 1/4 etc the entire round in one go. Its the only way with seasoned elm, that or the chainsaw and lots of sharping.
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:thumbup1:cool mate.
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Thanks for putting it a little simpler for me. Thats a handy method alright. Cows hitch to tie off? And would it matter what side of the trunk the line ran down to tie off point relative to the felling cut?
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Cool thanks:001_smile:, perhaps there was only one hand winch for the job. So they would have tensioned the side support first with the winch, leaving the tail for the ports wrap (I did note the use of a prussic loop somewhere in the vid which was presumably attached to the hand winch). When that was tensioned and locked off, they simply removed the winch to the next location in the garden for pulling duties on the main pull line.
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There is also the possibility of setting the return stroke height as well (thats if you are using a table for splitting rings and do not require the ram to fully retract), by means of simply clipping a chain onto the side of the wedge housing. Really handy and simple.
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Can't believe its not a back garden conny job mate. Where was that at mate? That looks a lovely scene alright Jim. Always so jealous of that fendt setup when I see it in pictures. Nice shots also mate.
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Yeah, From the Netherlands I would say.
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Thanks, any idea what the functionality of the portawrap was though. An adjustable anchor point for the winch? By not isolating a limb, there is less chance of said limb failing under tension, i gather? (sorry - not in the industry and thus need layman terms as I'm curious).
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Haha, I'd love one for back on the ranch myself. I did notice a new(ish) one near Kilcock last week, heading out towards Clane, (red cab). First one Ive seen in Ireland on the road.
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That is pretty impressive for a little splitter Wouter. Got any video's of that online?
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Yep, awesome machine, I run it with an old 35x at just over tick over. Its really fast, and safe. The leader controls make it really easy for centering 1.2m lengths for billets. I bought a 4 way head for it as well, but don't use it much as you end up running the slower stroke speed a lot of the time especially on gnarly bits, but the single blade is awesome, a great wedge on fast speed, and like a knife through butter on slow speed. It will easily shear 6inch timber across the grain and there isn't a knotty piece of elm or beech it hasn't cut through yet.
