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As my log stacks are outside, uncovered, I am splitting wood down in to smaller logs due to the extremely wet October/November weather, so that logs will dry out quicker in customers log stores, I was wondering if any one else is doing the same. A lot of my wood is smaller diameter (100/160mm) and although it dried out really well through the summer it seems to have reabsorbed moisture. Not the sort of logs to go customers that say "Can you please drop them into the cellar!!!! So much for a nice bit of breeze and sun to keep the logs aired.
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Does anyone have some suggestions where I can purchase some Heavy Duty tarpaulines ,good enough to cover the top of wood stack. Most tarps I see on the internet look absolute crap, to cope with really exposed wood stack site. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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I would like to know, if any forum members, have built a tree trunk splitter for splitting 4/5ft diameter by 3ft long lengths of knotty beech,oak,chestnut, elm,etc . Obviously a serious piece of kit and not cheap to build,as some very high pressures ,forces needed from hydraulic ram ,and the splitting blade ideally a 4 WAY blade to split the trunk in to 4 pieces.
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Thanks Steve,very good advice, today I was spoilt as wire rope new. Good gloves for handling wire rope any suggestions,as wire rope wires can be extremely dangerous/painful. In which forum should I ask about recommendations for "REALLY GOOD" ,practical waterproof forestry clothing and boots, I do not care about "image!" I just want gear that does the job.
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Just wanted to say I had very good day today using the new winch for the first time. I was lucky enough to have a semi retired forester and his son to give me a hand for the day, they were fantastic having so much knowledge from their own experience over the years. The winch is a super piece of kit,BUT it was their tips about using the chokers to drag in several branches,chain them to back plate grooves and then pull cable out and pull another 3 branches using chokers on cable,great job.
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Did any one else see the article in the Sunday Times a few weeks ago,which was about real fancy wood burning stoves? NO MENTION was made about logs to burn in the stoves !!!
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<p>Hello Difflock, thankyou for your tips for using a winch safely. From what you say and I would have thought so to,it is a lot safer to use the cable pulley block in the lower position on the Farmi when winching large Beech tree trunk sections, (say 4ft dia by 6ft long ,or is that too long) up a steep slope. To use the top pulley would surely be EXTEMELY dangerous to say the least. Any comments however blunt and to the point appreciated, tractor I have is MF 390 4WD front end loader NOT a 380. </p>
<p> Cheers,</p>
<p> Nigel</p>
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Please can you explain to me your meaning of "wind blow". The wood that I will be winching,after being sawn into sensible length/weight, is basically where the top,or large branch from the crown of the Beech tree has snapped off and fallen to the ground. I don't think there are any dangerously still attached to the tree.
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Thank you all, for your very helpful replies. Obviously one is using what can be a very dangerous piece of equipment, if one DOES NOT follow a lot of your sensible safety advice. Would any of you advise getting the front tyres water ballasted plus full set of front end weights ,if I can find some at a sensible price? I will start off winching smaller pieces,and gradually winch some larger pieces. Unfortunately I am a one man band so one has to be more safety conscious than ever.
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I am soon going to be using Farmi 501 winch to pull some wind blown Beech trees up a steep bank. Please can you give me some safety issues to look out for as I have not used a winch before . The winch will be on the back of my Massey Ferguson 4wd 380 Tractor. Are Farmi winches pretty good, I would like the 601 but more than I can affored.
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I am trying to find out, if anyone knows of where I can hire a 5.5 Farmi or similar type of timber winch in Gloucestershire for approx 2 week perhaps. Need one to extract wind blown Beech trees up steep banks,that I have been given. One certainly does not get ought for nowt.
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Which size winch do you suggest/use,for winching up to 4ft diameter by 6ft Long beech butts(sawn up beech trunk), UP very steep banks. I have an MF390 4W.D drive tractor,with front end loader on it, to put the winch on and I can hire Case 170,if need be. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
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I have some 18" diameter beech,been cut down for over a year but still very damp.If I cut it to approx 9" long logs,and then split these into roughly 2"to 4" triangular logs how long and store them undercover will they dry out to be saleable in 10 days. It is basically the only wood I have left in stock to sell.
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Which softwood is best for logs to burn in wood burning stove, and also for kindling.
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I am wanting to know if any of you use a GSM/PIR camera successfully,for monitoring the security of your equipment. These camaeras have there own batterry and SIM card and send picture to your computer or smartphon. They sound great in theory,but want I to know IF THEY REALLY work and how they last in an outdoor environment.
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Any one know on the forum where I may be able to buy USED concrete barriers a metre long .Need 20 to block of 30mtr wide gap to stop someone stealing my cord wood.I think heavy RSJ 'S may get taken for scrap same applies to metal gates.Wooden fence they will cut through with chainsaw, baled bundles of tyres,they will just cut the band's. Oh what a sad state of affairs.
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Had an Email today from an out fit called Premiumwood.co.uk. Always concerned when a company does not have a landline number or give an address. If too suspicious so beit.
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I see in the Sunday paper Von Essen hotel creditors aim to loose £65 million,I guess there must be some log suppliers amongst them.
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At least I now know that I am not the only one wanting a basic 4x4 pickup to do a JOB.I think pickup manufactures world wide, have really lost touch with what the purchaser wants to do with a 4x4 pickup. Even the North American ones seem to have got much to plush/flash for the oil patch guys,way of the beaten track. I will be interested in this new range of Isuzu pickup. Ford transits might suit many, but they do not suit my needs of delivering firewood as well as going into muddy woodland tracks,real off road.
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Ignore above website as I must have made a mistake try this Nissan South Africa
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Hi Peter and Scotspine 1,this is the web site to look at where you will see NissanNP 300. Many thanks PETER for contacting Nissan,but I justwonder?? http://www.nissan.co.za/en/web/models/NP300WORKHORSE/home/hpage.htm I do not know what it lacks,to comply with road regulations in U.K,I would be very interested to know. By coincidence have had a log order from a guy that lives not far from me, but has a factory in Swaziland Africa.He said if I tell him the model of Nissan truck I am interested in he will get one of his employees to go to the local Nissan garage out there and find out the price for one. He has said that one thing to watch out for is that the speedometer out there are only in Kms per hour. Any way I will proceed with extreme caution, but they are STILL MADE.
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I am considering changing my Nissan D22 pickup for a new Nissan NP300 Single Cab 4 x 4 ,only trouble is the only place I can find them is in South Africa. Anyone ever imported one from South Africa. Why the NP300,because it is the only pickup still made with a BENCH SEAT, AND IT IS STILL PRETTY BASIC BUT FUNCTIONAL FOR WORK. If anyone else is interested look up Nissan South Africa.A Nissan dealer over here told me they are not made anymore,I just hate being told B...**** ,by car salesman.
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Doing away with child benefit would be a start,or the Government should only pay out for the first two children. Why ,why do some couples have 4 or 5 children and then wonder why they never have any money,as well as not thinking where the food and FUEL for there children is giong to come from in years to come. Complete short sited ignorance.
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Look on the timberwolf corp website ,they do conveyors .Not to be confused with Timberwolf u.k. Dont know how one or the othergets away with using almost identical logo.!!!! Hope you see what I mean.
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l would like forum members views on whether you think wood is REALLY a sustainable fuel in the long term.Despite what we are being led to believe by by people brainier than me, in the forestry industry ,I can't help thinking we are using wood in this country for what ever purpose ,faster than it is growing. I say we can plant as many trees as we like but they are still going to many years to grow to a size worth harvesting. I sell firewood myself,so say what you like.
