jmac
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Yes that would be just dropping them, the trees would be pre brashed too.
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The going rate around here is 150 quid a day which isn't too bad, I have been offered 175 a day by one contractor for felling for a skyline which is bloody good and been offered 80 to 100 a day by another contractor for brashing and felling oversized which is a joke! You would be on less than minimum wage by the time you paid your expenses :thumbdown:. I would fell around 200 trees a day for the 175 a day skyline contractor, so worked very hard for the money!
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Photo would help!
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I've bodged up a bracket so I can use the hydraulic puller. Its got some scary pressure on it now and as you can maybe see in the photo has started to bend the bracket! Still not budged the gearbox though. I hope the gearbox holds up to this
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Buy yourself an Allen key socket and use with a ratchet. They should come undone easily with the extra leverage.
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I thought the bearing inside the pillow block would be one piece so I'd need to remove the gearbox?? I will check if it is a one piece. Good shout with the chain on the puller I will give it a go if I actually have to remove the gearbox lol.
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The flywheel bearings have gone on my Kwik chip 327 and I'm having trouble removing the pto gearbox from the shaft. My hydraulic pullers wont go round the gearbox and I have tried a 10 ton hydraulic spreader but it hasn't budged at all! Anyone got any ideas?
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Hi folks, I have a grain trailer with the usual top hinged rear door. Now this is OK for woodchip but a real pita for logs! My plan is to make barn doors for the trailer to make it quick and easy to offload logs. Has anyone on here done this conversion? And have you got any advice or pictures? Its really just the latch mechanism Im not sure about. Thanks.
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The neighbours are wanting the height reduced as its started blocking out the light to their garden. Yeah I've removed monkey puzzles before and am not looking forward to it to be honest.
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The guy wants it reduced as its started to encroach on the neighbours and public foot path. Another case of wrong tree in wrong position!
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I did suggest pruning at ground level . Pole saw and ladder would be the way to do it . Thanks for the replies.
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My local hire shop has 25hp pedestrian grinders, but they are usually blunt as hell. With sharp teeth they would handle the job OK though. Way easier and quicker than tirfor.
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Hi all, a customer has asked me to prune a 20ft monkey puzzle. He wants approx 2ft removed from the top and sides, I know it will be a nasty job to do but just wanted to know if they take well to pruning and if you have to take them back to branch unions? Any advice welcome cheers.
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Ah an extra 65 horse will do it have you turbocharged it?
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That's the way to deal with conifers quickly! No dicking about snedding and hand dragging to a wee chipper, brilliant
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Nice old mog and plenty room for chip in that trailer. Does the mog tow it fully loaded OK?
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Damn right! A MUST READ.
jmac replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
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Osa 260 skyline is working well.
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Is this the chain tensioner on the rear bogie of an osa 260? And is this its tightest position?
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Yeah I will post some more pics once its set up and dragging. Can anyone tell me what oil should be in the rear bogies?
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Thanks for the replies. The oil and filter are fairly new. I will check the safety valve tomorrow. Hopefully its not the pump that's faulty. I've had the chipper about ten years and Its been a great machine and up until now I've only had to replace the roller bearings and a couple of hoses. I just got the bearings off a bearing specialist in Inverness and filters off my local agri engineers. Not sure who the dealers were and don't think kwic chip exist any more.
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My Kwik chip 327 ecoline chipper let me down yesterday. Groundsman was feeding it when the rollers stopped turning and the drive belt for the hydro pump started smoking! I cleaned out all the debris from the rollers and tightened the belt but it done the same thing after five mins. Any ideas what may have caused this? The rollers have jammed before but when reversed it clears it.
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Got this osa 260 forwarder based at650 skyline for a Job up north. Proper old school forestry!
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It sounds to me like a large tracked chipper towed behind a 7.5 ton would be the most flexible addition to your fleet. You will miss the mog for site clearance work but a tracked chipper would fill the gap.
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Is that Davie grant doing the felling and extraction with the timberjack skidder? I watched him extract oak at dalmally with that old skidder, impressive machine. I think he has retired now, wonder if the skidder is still working in the wood?
