MikeTM150

Guess it depends on how much you use it, but personally i wouldn't. Its a fairish sized saw and if you work it hard i don't think they'll stand up to it. I wouldn't put the cheaper parts in my 880 if i could get genuine.

Very nice milling and very nice bench. But very very very envious of your view and location, would love to have that kinda view but not sure 400cows would be the best thing to move to Mull!!! Good job

yep its still alight, and will be for few months yet. Bleeding cold sat down in this cold farmhouse all year!!

Dunno if it works the same, but try rubbing veg oil into them and then washing them as normal after soaking for an hour or two....... Can't see it causing any harm to the safety aspect. Otherwise ur gonna have to take the comedy moment and smile everytime you where them!!!

No sorry its the RAC and ur not covered under your current policy, for £9.99 you can upgrade for future incidents. :lol:

Very good post, I'd have a few dozen on hire for some work detail. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't like it if they didn't get the hang of a hard days work. But they'd be a damn sight keener not to end up getting caught again and might actually learn something they can use to further their lives! Hard is not defined by the number of people you kill, injure or have maimed. But the number of people you help in the shadow of adversity with respect and control and without prejudice.

You won't have a problem from the tractor point of view, but i'm not so sure the chipper will like all the bouncing about. Probably better on a fastrac or mog as you have more suspension. Either way the tractor won't struggle with lifting or carrying it!!

looks about right for the price i'd have thought, but too 'machined' and 'picture perfect' for my liking!!! Much more rough and ready for me!! Especially if i'm building it!:thumbup:

I may very well do that, I am just trying to do a bit of research into the job and starting off with a small one as I'm hoping to avoid planning. Its in the middle of nowhere and can't see the two people who could see it if they squinted hard through a telescope to complain anyway. Hoping to put turf roof on to help blend it in and keep it warm, now that seems to be a minefield of differing opinions on what you should do!!! Thanks for all you help, FC seem to be pretty useless really for the small quantities i want, if i wanted 2000tons then I'm sure they'd be much more willing which is understandable!!! :biggrin:

The rams about 15tons of pressure, the wedge is about 6" long so makes doing kindling very easy. Complete cyclee from start to finnish is about 5seconds and you can make it stop at 100mm intervals at any return point to save wasting travel time on shorter logs! But this is with about 150l/min from our big tractor, on the frod 7810 with only about 65l/min it takes around 10seconds tgo do a complete cycle!

Nick your a man who can source everything, will work on what i think i will need and get you to price it! Thanks!

My home made one, foot pedal operated so both hand free to move timber, auto cycles so no wasted time holding handles. Now has a log lift on the right hand side for big bits, but wish i'd put a crane/winch on it so i could have just dragged the timber to it instead of rolling it! But still can when i get the urge!! Keep you ram close to the beam to save leverage as said before, i've just got a mild steel wedge, and it ain't got blunt yet. Hope it helps!

Ha ha ha ha ha i thought someone might come out with that kinda comment and it was you!!! The local FC sounds a good start, was hoping to use larch as it'll last for ever and ever and ever and ever!! Right some looking and ringing around to add to the job list next week!! Thanks for the hints to a novice timber locator!!!

Right been planning on building a log cabin for a few years, Charlie's Cabin Porn thread has made me get and start organising it. But where the heck do i start to look to find long straight timber suitable for the job in the quantities needed?

Thanks, ordered myself a copy. Now just gotta find some timber!

if it was a 'mate' and not just a chap you know, i'd do it free, if its not a 'mate' but a regular user just say we'll sort it out next time its in and add £20 to the bill. Wouldn't touch a disco3 with a barge pole, i think they look hideous IMO. And there's plenty of miles left in me td5 disco commercial before she'll be allowed to retire to the metal yard in heaven!

i've got serious cabin envy, think the one in the mountains of new zealand looks good, though only 5 pages in so i may change my mind yet! Good find charlie!

I say this to everybody who evens mentions log splitters, 99% of the time its about speed of the cycle and not essentially the splitting force. Your better to split 90% of your wood fast and have to cross cut 10% with a saw, than split 100% of your wood at quarter pace.

Wow, used myn for the first time yesterday on our 346xp what a brilliant tool, really easy to use, perfectly sharp and cuts like a hot knife in melted butter.....well till i hit a fencing nail! Can't believe it took me so long to try it out for the first time, been sat in my tool box for a month or more!!! Will be chucking the oregon electric one over the hedge bleeding useless thing!

Hi I farm 1200acres of organic dairy and arable and do some contracting. Also just hoping to contract farm another 600acres, so were fairly medium sized by modern day standards. In my opinion, and i'm not trying to belittle what ur doing as I impressed your even considering it, but i don't think your going to support your family off of 60acres however you do it. You may find buying the land, and running a flock of sheep (there making good money at the moment, I hate sheep with a passion by the way!) and putting into an agri-enviroment scheme and with the SFP as well you may be able to earn enough to have some small farming lifestyle. But I personally think you'll have to still keep working to support your family, I suspect what your earning now is quite a nice income and you live quite a well balanced happy lifestyle. Just remember farming will never be easy, but its always pleasure. I wouldn't change it for the world, but when you look at the hours we all put in to run our operation and the return we get its not exactly a well paid job. Good luck if you do decide to do it, but my opinion is you'll never make enough to fully support you family from farming 60acres alone.

shotgun gun cartridges, rifle shells, castration rings, hyperdermic needles and a few 'spare' pen knives and of course plenty of farmer friend - string!

It'll start falling off when u take her out for the first date:lol: Didn't break anything, didn't loose anything and my wife got the thumbs up from the 26week midwife appointment!!!:thumbup:

cheers, i guessed it was what you were trying to as well.

Lost 60 acres of organic wheat last year to them, we rushed out with the plough and luckily managed to stop it spreading to the rest of the 230 acres........ fire chief walks up carrying this charred metal frame and says 'know what that is?' of which i hadn't a clue, chinese latern were his words shortly by some expletives and a threat to insert it somewhere the recipeient may prefer it didn't go. Can't believe they're allowed to sell such items, of all the health and safety about and they can sell them things!!!

was thinking the same, paid 70p on friday for 15000l. That should last the next fortnight out hopefully! that and about another 200l of adblue should see us through spring work hopefully!