doobin
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Don't forget the sandals either Tom, makes a world of difference... Soaked T-shirt is the way forward. Pure bliss.
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Would be a lot simpler to concentrate (both money and time) on processing and selling the firewood. If you contract out the extraction and do the processing and marketing yourself, you should be able to make good money out of it. After all, most log merchants buy their timber in rather than extract it themselves. Re equipment, ditch the thumb on the mini digger and get a minimum of a grapple, and preferably a proper grab with rotator.
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Worth an oil and filter change anyway Pat, clean oil keeps engines alive. Particularly little ones.
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There's only one Stihl chainsaw head, and it'll fit.
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Lol, it's just common knowledge!
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You've obviously never tried a Makita LTX 3-speed on first gear, 19mm auger bit and an oak gatepost... this put an old workmate into A & E Came round and clonked him on the head!
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Are you noticing a pattern here? Oh, and Screwfix are expensive for power tools. Try Power Tools from the Power Tool Supplier - Power Tools UK Crappy site design, but very cheap when I bought mine.
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The only one to consider IMHO opinion is Makita LXT 18v. If you're going to use auger bits etc for gateposts then make sure you get the three speed rather than the two speed. Three years ago I paid £300 with the vat for the three speed drill, an impact driver and two batteries with charger. They are bombproof- I've run the impact driver over with a quad, compact tractor and a van with no ill effects. (all accidentally I hasten to add!) On sites nowadays I'd say more than a third of equipment is Makita LXT- this speaks volumes about the quality. Also, consider what other battery tools you might need in the future. All Makita gear can be bought too only, no batteries included. £60 for the impact driver for example. Very good value for money once you've bought the batteries.
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"You plonker Rodney!"
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Just bought one, BCS 16HP with a 40" collecting deck on it. Plan on getting a 22" deck for smaller jobs, a 40" flail mower or maybe topper for paddocks etc and the shredder/3" chipper attachment. Plus perhaps a barrow attachment. Do you lot think it might drag say ten inch diameter, ten foot long strainers about on site?
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Thanks Spud, good advice. I know what caused it, lending it to idiots on a nature reserve. Having said that, it paid off because I've got weeks and weeks of work ahead of me for them with the digger etc. I know about fourstroking etc, already removed the anti tamper on this saw.
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How do u rate large quantities of Horse chestnut as firewood
doobin replied to gensetsteve's topic in Firewood forum
If you've got the tractor and trailer, then just hire a 7.5t with a grab to sit by the stack and use that to load. Easy. -
Thanks Spud. It's not siezed, just very low on compression, Decomp is OK. If i've got to take it apart to replace seals, etc then I might as well fit a £50 FS 450 P&C and have myself some more beans
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I'm reasonably mechanically minded. Do I need any special tools? And can anyone point me in the direction of some online reference material? Thanks
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General grass trimming (going all day with 3xFS400s) then about 10 litres. When grass trimming the saws are never running flat out. Switch to RoW clearance and it's a different story. 1xFS400, 2xFS550. Pedal to the metal so to speak, can easily use 25 litres a day.
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If you REALLY want to feel depressed, I've just done the maths and you're on £15.38 an hour. For using 40k of kit.
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OK, it's a beautiful piece. Will someone PLEASE tell us the going rate? I deal in stuff like that all the time. Everyone is so cagey about prices that I just sling it in the firewood heap. Or even just burn it on site.
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How stiff is it to pull over? If it seems very high on compression, the valves probably need adjusting. Wanky engines if you ask me.
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I've gone back to a hand file from one of these. They're waaaaay too slow IMHO. I've though about getting a machine, but it'll have to be some machine that gets a chain as good as an experienced hand on a fresh file. A year ago I'd never have thought I'd say that, but there you go.
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Whippendell Woods-
doobin replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Get in there and stick that old deadwood straight on the firewood pile! -
As she starts to drift in an out of consciousness, he shouts at her to stay with him. Holding up his hand, he shouts "How many fingers?" "Oh my God!" she screams. "I'm paralysed from the waist down!"
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Never mind how clean it is, it shouldn't fail so catastrophically with 300 hours on the clock.
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Course it's not sustainable. This country near enough ran out of wood in the middle ages due to the demand for it to make charcoal.
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Where are you based Sandy?
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Thats a journey of 126 miles. With diesel at £6/gallon, that's 38MPG. You do know you can't measure fuel economy just by looking at the gauge?
