MikeTM150

wow, thats seriously impressive

I like to think i'm a brave strong kinda chap, but see a wasp and i'm running and screaming like a schoolgirl, unless i think i can handle it with a large flame thrower, shovel, tank, nuclear missile or such the like! So here's a reason not to become a tree climber if that what u encounter up there!!!!

Go hydraulic!

ha, i've been selling some very nice spalted beech to my brother in law from my firewood pile for about £10/cube......think the price may have to rise a wee bit!!!

:confused1:Right, this may seem a simple question to most but i've got a few youngish (approx 8-10" in diameter 1meter from the ground) and want to cut them to make them into pollarding tree's. I love the old tree's we have that are ancient pollards for firewood, they produce good ash firewood and the tree gets to live. But i want to know do i just go and cut the the tops straight off at say 12feet or is it a bit more technical than that?

anyone for a glass of par char? comes with a slice of twaddle and a heap of hopefulness!!!

tis an interesting read, got bfgoodrick AT's on disco and they do job well on road and fairsh off. Got MT's on my farm 90, worn well for the abuse they get, but heard the new version which complies with the new EU regs are too soft and wear really quick. Mate put them on and reckons 50% gone in about 5000miles, reckons cooper's the way forward......

Hodge, i've got to agree with you, its a real shame they didn't get back to you. Thats how they work the nfu, franchised agents, means u have a direct line to a real normal human being and if needed a desk to go and stand infront!!!

surely not??? will have to read the small print then cuz that puts a whole new view on it!!

Hi Just testing the water ( so to speak ) i am considering stepping up to a ecoangus log boiler, and was wondering what the chances were i'd be able to find wood (anykind and anyshape and anycondition and any moisture content!) to collect to stuff on the beast, soley used to help supplement the on farm supply. Can collect and load myself within sensible distance of badminton (s.glos) for 50k tractor to collect! Say stuff that other firewood proccesors don't want cuz its too twisted ect. Just wondering as i currently supplement my farm 2000 with straw at times of tight wood supply, but they don't qualify for the RHI grants. having to replace the old girl as she's a bit thin and ripe (ie started weeping water where water jacket got v.thin!!)

this won't apply to many, but milkstone remover is very good at cleaning many things including blocked drains!!!!

we're with nfu, but have a policy which costs £20,000/year so they do give us good service. Its a shame they don't do the same with smaller, perhaps single machine policy's and give as good customer service. I wouldn't change but can see that other companys do better in some instances!!!!!!

i'm just looking into an angus machine (60KW) to replace an old farm 2000 machine, mainly so i can claim the grants with improved effeciancy over the farm 2000!! I take it you'd recommend them as a good brand to buy for simple trouble free operation?

this may seem a dum question to some, but how big is a cord of wood? I'm looking at having a replacement wood fired central heating system and trying to guage its use and the chaps given it to me in no. of cords, now i think its 128cubic feet, so say 4'x4'x8', would i be correct in this thinking?

HI Can agree with everyone build ur own, i looked at buying one as they were 'cheap' on the bay but decided they looked like they might break with a match stick!! You can work out ram pressure but using pi to work out the internal area of the ram cyclinder and multiply that by the max pressure of the hydraulic system ur gonna use, usually somewhere between 2500psi and 300psi depending on machine. Then divide by 2.2 to give you the metric tonnage of force. I use an 75mm ram cyclinder and our big tractor produces 3000psi at 140l/min, which priduces around 16tons of force which splits 99.9% of all knotty wood. Larger the ram slower cycle times will be, that size ram at 140l/min gives a 500mm cycle time of about 3.5secs. I made a knife blade so it'll cut through the timber if needed, and made it work on a foot pedal so u've always got hands free. Also it returns to 'open' position automatically and that is adjustable with a simple 'r' clip to suit the size log u want saving time cycling back to the top everytime. HSE would love that i know! If u want some pics i'll pop some up, or if ur close enough u can look, i only used scrap from around the farm so it doesn't look like no high production machine but u'll never break it!!!

that must be the nutritional fodder thats included in ur pint!!!! That makes it proper job if u get no hangover!!!

thats some sersiously determined thieves......... sickening!

that looks some some proper stuff that'll make ur toe's curl after a pint or two!!!! :thumbup:

a bit of careful twisting around branches and dangling??????

you a farmer? cuz thats what wood burners were desinged for isn't it......sleepers or telegraph poles are no go. But anything else gets chucked on and they love it, seasoned is the only stipulation, and thats a must!!!!

now landcruiser is a fair shout, fourtrak has one small problem as already pointed out, rot. Wife had one, yep pulled like a train but didn't feel like the most stable flying down the m'way, rotted like a dying cabbage. If they made them still with the 2.8tdi engine i'm buy one over a landy tdci heap! Only landcruiser i've ever had owt to do with was one i tried to just replace a diff seal on, was the price of the parts. What cost £1200 on Landcruiser could have been done on landrover for about £250. So thats what has put me off IMO. Simple and effective, something many modern machines aspire to, but few reach!!!!!

all i know is i'm glad i can get my own firewood for the price of some petrol in the saw and diesel in my tractor!! :thumbup1: Nice operation but i don't like the cost of the stuff!!!:thumbup:

2.5hrs of our lives we will never get back and will take a lifetime of therapy to get over!!!!!!:lol::lol:

count me in that club!!! wonder if the wife would mind me sharpening a chainsaw on the sofa?

if u can find me a jap motor that tows 3.5t then i'd buy one, landrover have lost the plot when it comes to providing a work horse, but its the towing capacity which makes me drive one.