rowan lee
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cool!
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Did you get any footage of her in action yet Ferguson mate?
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Cheers for the comments, i think we have got a dealer here in southern Ireland somewhere down in the south east. Might ring for a price sometime soon. With regards to the 'sore back' issue, i know where your coming from, but from a domestic users point of view and just occasional seasonable work, it sure looks easier on the back then the old chainsaw, horse, maul routine. (expensive toy mind!).
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Looking at this piece of kit in particular Would be the next step up from an Eagle or P55. Lack of conveyor would not be an issue for me, and by the looks of things that foot operated splitter, looks like it would be handy for dripping rings into as well. Just wondering what BGU machines are like in general, don't hear that brand around here very often. Cheers.
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Homemade firewood processor with hydraulic chain saw
rowan lee replied to ferguson's topic in Firewood forum
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Ok thanks for that men.
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Howdy folks Just wondering what the correct technical term is for the type of sharpening used for these sorts of blades. Presumably it has to be a slow revolving unit with cooled grinding surface. I've rung a couple of places but i'm not sure if the understand the significance of the chipper blades properties, and wouldn't fancy some eejits taking an angle grinder to them.
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Dried up alot hasn't it. So tell us what will that tractor pull in these conditions.
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Thanks for the reminder dude, even those 'bites' sound horrific. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for sharing, scary stuff mate. Like i said never experienced violent kick-back or kick back i wasn't anticipating. Its an discomforting thought when your using a saw, especially for someone like myself - a weekend enthusiast but a good thing to be aware of every time you pick up a saw.
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Cheers.
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Really, christ. Never heard of anyone getting it on the arm, but im sure it happens alot. Funny, im always feel confident when i have the old pants, but never wear any chainsaw protect between my head and waist. Just out of interest, did you lose grip of the saw during the kick back or where both of your hands still in the correct position on contact with your arm. Just trying to visualise this as i have never experienced violent kick back before.
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Witty, enjoyed these.
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Scary ain't it, Wouldn't fancy a lash of a saw with chainmail on, never mind just a pair of slacks. Has anyone on here ever been saved from a nasty injury thanks to a pair of chainsaw pants?
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what do you reckon a ton of partly seasoned split logs make up in volume?
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You've got a keen eye mate. Really nice shots.
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nice one.Same applies when going underground as well, the amount of landies in hospital at the moment. Haven't seen a 79 in sick bay yet.
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Have to admit when i was first learning to hand file, i thought forget all this hassle, try an electric out, thinking i would save time and get a better edge (something similar to the one on the wedsite mentioned abve, but without the autofeed mechanism). But personally i think it actually takes more effort and time using an electric, undoing the bar bolts, taking the chain of the bar, setting up the grinder, adjusting everything, etc etc and then putting the chain and bar back on the saw. With a nice engineering vice, a file and handle, one of these File gauges - Filing equipment (much better then the file holder gauges) and a few months practice you can have a 15'' bar sorted in under 5mins, much less time then all the arsing with the electric ones.
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Theres a steady little stream of these coming on board now, mostly the 79 pickup and a few 76 hardtops for the shift bosses. maybe 1-2 a month gradually replacing the defenders. I think alot of these have been sourced from Dubai for some reason. Would love one myself, some purr out of a brand new engine.
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I'll probably spend a bit more time looking about, not in any major rush, as this saw will be for private use mainly. Conveyor would be handy if you are processing billets and coppiced timber that doesn't require further splitting.
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Looks the proper job for billets alright, good strong build. Its rounds i have in mind though, mostly 6-8'' thinnings. Cheers Girdle.
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My mistake, what i mean is a double sided cut or a cut from both sides of an over-sized log, i.e. if the max straight through cutting diameter is 10'', then a double sided cut will handle just twice that. I've noticed that some of these new log saws have different styles of fixed and unfixed blade guards, soem of which allow for a double sided cut and some of which don't.
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This one mate? Tilting saw Will it allow for double cuts mate? Are they more then £1000 new do you know, as thats the going rate for the Balfor and Major im looking at? Cheers.
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Basically want to eliminate the two man aspect of the oldskool saw horse and chainsaw operation, and am thinking a pto log saw like the 'Balfor 700c' SC 600/700 | Balfor or the 'Major' version Saw Bench | Saw Bench | MAJOR. Apparently the Major will double cut, but haven't been able to establish whether or not the Balfor or any other subsequent model will do this. Can anyone recommend any other brand that i might be able to get my hands on. (have looked at the Saw/cone splitter combi's btw, but not keen on paying an extra grand for the little splitter).
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Seen this setup for sale, Logsplitter/ Firewood jointer for sale in Offaly: €3,000 - DoneDeal.ie Reminded me of the thread a few months back of those building their own chainsaw processing units. Looks like a nice simple modification of a horizontal splitter, which could be cheaply build for oneself (I think £2500 for this is a little ambitious). So long as you had a constant chainsaw man, and another operating the hydraulic controls and loading the occasional stack of wood for the rollers, it would make a nice little cheap two man job.
