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Annother thread on small scale extraction...
scbk replied to Johnpl315's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
What's the ground conditions like, put up some photos How narrow/agile does the machine have to be? -
I like this video. Six backpack blowers and a massive vacuum! [ame] [/ame]
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Mulching a path through head high gorse (rubbish phone camera!)
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I've no idea why, but this guy has built a contraption to compare blowers! Although his T shirt suggests he might be a bit biased! [ame] [/ame]
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If you have spare stock netting kicking about you can make rings out of that, a few metres wide, and you can go 2 or 3 high. Ideally with pallets underneath or the bottom logs will stay wet. And with some sort of tarp/plastic over the top The only problem is you really have to empty them in a oner as once you start taking logs out you lose the shape of the roof
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The Fiskars powergear are very good, looks like DIY grade rubbish, but they have lasted well. Only annoying thing was having to glue the ends of the handles back on within the first few weeks!
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Stumbled across this on youtube via the "suggested videos" , the camcorder is out of the ark but I thought it looks a good set up for doing your own wood [ame] [/ame]
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[ame] [/ame] cheesy!
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I think the Husky is the more powerful machine on paper, I've got the 580BTS and it is a beast, like a jet pack!
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You just need to wire them in parallel (not series), so all the positives and all the negatives go together. You also need to make sure all cables used are rated to take the current and the fuse is of the right size
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Gonna give it a bash using a 800kg tirfor copy, which is 8.3mm wire, and an 80m length of cable. Do you think that'll take my weight? It's no fun if I don't get to ride down it myself
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It's all gobbledygook to me! The reason I was thinking using the trifor cable is it would be very quick to set up and take down at the end of a day, and you could have the zip wire an infinite length you wanted between 0 and 50m Does it make much difference to use a single or a double pulley?
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They look good, it's a pity they won't post them to the Highlands!
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Some great ideas and suggestions I like the idea of using a thinner cable, and I could then get a longer length to get further up the hill - 100m would be good! Although can't remember how many good trees there are to tie it off Waterbouy, whereabouts in Argyll are you? Might be a good excuse for a trip in the van with the other half!
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Cheers, yes I'd already thought about chutes, it would be ideal but the problem is cost and transport/storage. Have you a link to a suitable pulley?
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Mad idea time, thinking of a way of getting timber down a steep slope. Buy a 50m wire rope for my 1600kg "tirfor style" ace winch. String the winch up between two trees as far apart as possible and crank the winch fairly tight. Buy a wee tandem pulley like this sort of thing: Mountaineering Climbing Rock 25KN / 5600lbs Zip Line / Wire Cable Trolley Pulley | eBay PETZL NEW TANDEM ARBORIST DOUBLE TYROLEAN PULLEY P21 | eBay To run up and down the wire. And use a wee strap or whatever to attach a log to the pulley. And a cheap rope to pull the empty carriage back up with. The logs wouldn't be too heavy, they would all be liftable by hand. The braking system at the bottom would need some thought! Do you think it would work, how much sag would there be in the middle of the 50m cable with 30kg+- of log on it. Not so much use if each end needs to be 30ft in the air to stop it grounding!
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I'd read about armillotox online but apparently it's not made anymore, and the remaining stock is about £90 a bottle!
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Have you used any of those ones yourself? Are they any good, and will they keep the moss at bay for any length of time?
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Hi, does anyone have any suggestions/recommendations for a chemical to help deal with moss on a small area of tarmac and (dirty) gravel?
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The copies are sold under various names, jet, ace, etc I have an ace winch and it IS ace!! 1600KG ACE Wire Rope Hoist Winch - 2500KG Pull Expert Lift 1.6 Ton 2.5 Shear | eBay
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Turns out you can find loads of newspapers by the roadside. Once a fortnight. Just get there before the council lorry! (I also light fires in the big house)
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The flat bed is quite handy for moving longer items on relatively flat open ground, although you obviously loose the "narrow access" element whilst carrying a 12ft bit of timber sideways!
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Yes should do (if they'll sell it to you), not sure how the "weight kit" is attached on, might need holes drilling. You could also make attachments of your own, I made a wee towbar to bolt on the skip. You do sometimes see used muck trucks on ebay etc, apart from the initial depreciation on a brand new machine, they seem to hold their value quite well
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I've got a muck truck max, you pay a fair bit more to get the "arb truck" which is the same sort of thing but with 4 bolsters It's a handy bit of kit, as with anything it has it's limitations
