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Should be no big deal to fabricate one. Two stainless steel straps and a wedge made outta whatever that plastic is they use for the wear pads on a telescopic handler. A bottle jack on its side will work, as long as the pump unit is mounted vertical, may therefore require a sep pump unit then. DEF NOT £850 Euro's worth! of fabrication.

Ah! The Penny drops. I Ordered a 391 stihl c/w matching bar and 325 pitch chain to the 026. So two interchangable powerheads for "cuttin" sticks but mostly run the 391 on the Mill. (only cutting Conifer, so hopefully not be overloaded) Then If I find I need (or want) a bigger saw for the Mill the 391 should not be a wasted purchase. Cheers M PS Currently sitting in work attempting to prep for an interview next Wed, which to date i have done diddy-squat about, despite a months notice. Sigh.

Olib I would prob have bid on your M8 cept i bought a Farmers M8 on the 25 year promotion deal (and with the way the £ is moving against the euro) prob be cheaper again in the forseeable future. What your mill is worth I cannot speculate though. good luck Marcus

thanks, again.

I believe I "fit the Bill" apparently being adept at offending/insulting/annoying all and sundry. Apparently! Cant drive fast worth a shittypooh mind.

Mains water Pipe Ripper-Upper. Underground Telephone Cable detector and simulteaneous/instanteanous disconnecter.

good job it got TWO THIRTY gallon tanks!

Odd! I tested the link after posting and it worked 100% but anyway mod-sales, ( withams as was) m actually http://www.mod-sales.com and look under the auctions pages (3 of them)

Meh, Ah dinny like the look of all the Ivy on the second wan. But the first un looks like an enjoyable Jenga type challange for me an the wee 026. A nibble here an a snick there, after getting rid of all the easily identifible non-load bearing branchs, and treat gravity as a friend. I would be too slow to make it a paying proposition, esp if I hadda consult Mr. Guiness during the process. But fun none-the-less.

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I understood where you "were coming from" Merle. But No I had not, seen it. I am always:001_rolleyes: "pondering" better ways of doing things, or altn wondering "why do we still do it this old way":lol: A positive side effect of bein plain bone idle lazy:blushing: N.B. Though to clear the chips from the cut one requires blade travel, therefore simplistically a long-stroke pull saw (ie a "Silky") pulling in against the branch or trunk, would work. How to return the blade without "kicking" out is the key issue.

"J" Very pertinent, realizing in hindsight, after a few years of trying to fit a quart into a pint pot, that a compromise is exactly that. Or "A Camel was a Horse designed by a Committee":lol: To do the work of an Elephant, with the grace of a Gazelle.

How would they know?(assuming suitably stiffer springs in place) the vehicle would simply weigh less due to the uplifting Helium effect. PS Being aware that compressed Helium ud NOT work:lol:

I hear inflating the tyres with Helium, helps at the weigh-bridge.

Not yet feeding, nor will I until some fish have been seen. Unless the Heron had them away over the winter! Pond is directly beneath the local Herons flight path while feeding their young each year.

thanks

OK, So when can we expect to see them emerging from "hibernation", I appreciate it takes time for the water to warm up, esp at our relatively northern latitude. PS Considering introducing some frogspawn, iffen the frogs dont. Presumably this should not cause problems. Not concerned at the fish eating the spawn or tadpoles obviously. m

A grab or beak on pallet forks to lift a bundle from the tidy stacked pile, then manhandle into the boiler, if 4 to 5 foot long rounds, should be "just right" for efficient manhandling. Or billet bundles, but the sufficiently strong strapping or rope will be a significent EXTRA cost.

I ponder the practicality of a Silky bladed "Sizeall" reciprocating type saw. If rethinking the wheel, why get hung up on primitive chain cutting technology. jat marcus

(i) Expensive, but very good kit.(& we run a 640, which is squabbled over) (ii) Not much else can offer the same versility (iii) Search, various threads on. good luck m

Surely kinda hard to get them well enough stuffed in, to sit upright. In a "jumbo" bag From attempting to store paling stabs (Ok they were 1.5m long) in this manner. 1.0m lengths could be different.

hmm, a very quick scribble ps tis sideways on, and as yet a figment of my over-active imagination. but "Manyana" billet bundler.pdf

Yes! And Bear with me while I waffle. (i) I found the 1.0m3 bundles too bulky and heavy and hard to strap and handle. Therefore 0.5m3 in a 1.0m long billet bundle, in conifer, weighs about 160kg when at 12%/15% (& nominally 250kg when wet) 2 runs of 13-15mm wide strapping is more than adequate to secure these. I would suggest you suggest supplying the 0.5m customers with 1.0m lengths and let them cut the bundles or billets in 1/2 themselves. Or else deliver the 0.5m lengths "in bulk" i.e. loose. Re the billet bundling process, any reasonable approximation to a 1/2 round to stack then into, with a full circle template behind to follow when doing the top half. Will "pull into" an approximately round bundle when tensioned up. Pure Physics at work! I intend to use the stroke of the 17tonne force splitter hyd ram, to pretension my bundles, with a short wire strop. Billet bundler to be located right beside the splitter, so this makes sense. Then strap with blue rope and a lorrymans/farmers hitch to secure.

Excellent stuff!

I would expect no less:lol: