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He most certainaly is, i have had some items off him over the years and he definatly knows his stuff, and he is very good to deal with, proper old school dealing with him no bull just talks straight,

Chippers , diggers ,quads and various small plant items that get stolen are easy money for the thieves as said above the law are not interested in it, a farm not for from me here in Lancashire had a 12 mth old quad stolen in 2008 then in 2019 he gets a phone call from the Strathclyde constabulary saying they had recovered his quad and it was being returned to him, when it was returned it only had about 5km more on the clock than it had when nicked, it had been recovered along with about 30 others from a barn in the middle of no where, A mate had a digger nicked that he had welded some extra weight on the ballast weight when he owned it he got this digger back a couple of years ago only through finding it on a plant dealers website down south, the dealer had bought it in a auction in France but when all was investigated it had been reported stolen in Italy, so been stolen in the UK, shipped to Italy, stolen again in Italy, sold in France and shipped back to the UK and now back with its original owner, when i was after a chipper several years ago i looked at a few that had had the ID plates removed OK it might of been a genuine when i asked one lad where is the ID plate he said it was removed for painting and got miss laid, there is a lot of stolen kit out there that is doing a honest days work with someone who is not aware of machines history, Some videos on Youtube i do enjoy watching are the Auto matrix ones when they are recovering stolen items,

Oh dear i think some one is in for a shock with this, title says 8-12 trees and then below it says we want both felling ? is there 2 ,8 or 12 to be removed ? , power lines, telephone cables, dog/chicken run, netting fixed to trees, it all looks like its in a back garden, how is the timber to be got out in lengths ? is there room for a 3 tonne digger ? will the owner allow such a machine in there ? who tidys up the ground when done ? to be honest about it and just looking at all the problems that are there it is not a straight forward job and it is going to cost, from the photos i see 2 stems that would be worth milling but give the timbers location we have to take in to consideration the metal content and washing lines in the timber thus rendering it very very low value, Only thing i see is you pay some one to do the job and get the timber stacked where it can be collected via a self loading timber truck and for that it would need to be in 2,5 mtr lengths min, the only value i see is biomass and for that you might get £45 per tonne to offset against the cost of the job, from the original post i under stand you want trees dissmantled/felled and removed, all brash chipped and removed, stumps ground out and then who ever does the job gives you some money for the timber ?? if you was across the pond that may happen but it wont happen over here, that job is 6-8 k with about £450 worth of timber on site, All i can say is good luck with it and a update would be good see,

If its any consolation to you i can relate to something like that, i broke my ankle in 1980 coming off my FS1E and that did ache during the colder months for many years but i can say i have felt it a lot less in the last 20yrs and know it seems to be very ocassionally it aches,

I think its called getting older, and most will relate to what we have done in the past and how we looked after ourselves when younger, i for one was a billy bunt never listened to any of the older guys i worked with on site and was told dozens of times working in the rain day in day out piss wet through was no good to any one and i would pay for it later on in life 🤒 and here i am

Dont know much about it but had a problem going on in the top of my left arm for near on 12 mth know, been docs and been arsed about in there for 4 mths and then got refared to the MSK team (muscular and skeletal team) since then things have really been addressed, had my first app on 13th dec then got a app for a MRI scan on the 8th Jan, and got the results on 31st Jan, not good but it is how it is, partly detatched tendon, badly torn muscle, other tendons showing signs of tendonitis and just to top it off arthritis in my shoulder joint F - - - - - - G great, was told the tendon and muscle damage can possibly be sorted with some light physio and this may help the tendonitis as well but not the arthritis, so thats something to look forward to as the years tick by,,,

Pitch pine will hold its pine,y smell for many many decades, i have some 6x6 Pitch pine that is off the old big dipper at Blackpool, and when i cut that it smells wounderfull and does for many wks after cutting it, and they where stood up in the salt air from late 1800s to mid 40s i think when it caught fire, could be Larch as there would of been a lot of Larch being used in boat building back then and the boat builders would reject boards with defects and these would go in to the house building trade,

Windblown or storm damage is not for the faint hearted, i think all sizes of trees if windblown fall under the windblown umbrella, as the post above says site requirements to do the accessment require several trees over 300mm and up to 560mm or there abouts, a tree that is uprooted, particialy uprooted, snapped top and hanging tops are all in the windblown category but as with all trees every site is different and what is required on paper for a accessment will be different to what is on site, its not about doing what is on paper its about doing the job safely, we do a fair amount of windblown clearance of all types, some fresh and some that has been down for years they all react very differently, photos below show fresh windblown and some that was down for about 3 years, we have several sites at present that we are going to clear due to the recent storms, good luck but be very very careful if it goes wrong it will hurt or worse,

I think the price tells us all we need to know about them ??? they cant be up to much for £50 each, might last till brew time then get the other one out,,

Just quarter them with a saw, Stand the ring up and cut with the grain, it wont take long with a sharp saw, then on to your small splitter ,,

I once went there 😂😂

I have read the above posts and get what you want as u went through this about 10/12yrs ago and to be honest it was a nightmare making the decision, I looked at new Siromer, Shire and Kioto tractors and i could see faults with all of them with regards to working with timber, I did my homework and came up with a few problems regarding the spare parts avilabilaty, some quoted 4-6 wks for the likes of a starter motor or hydraulic pump and that aint no good to any one, the spares is a massive problem with the Asian built tractors as compared to the Japanese built tractors that have been here in the UK since the 70s, Asian v Japanese I have worked with the Japanese tractors since the early 80s and i cant remember any thing really going wrong with them that could not be fixed in a hour or 2, one company i did a bit of subbying to had a fleet of about 20 compact tractors most where Kubota with a few Yanmars and Isekis, most of them had either deck mowers on or flails on them along with many other implements for grounds care, the company in question got a good deal on 5 Ford 1920s ok at the time a very nice tractor and good to drive but unfortunatly they didnt have them for that long and moved them on, When i was looking i narrowed it down to 2 Kubota and Iseki as Yanmar didnt do one that suited our needs, in the end i made my mind up and plumbed for a Kubota, several reasons for this 1, was the time i spent driving one back in the 80s with no issues and it was not nursed at all, 2, Kubota have stood the test of time and are known for there reliabiaty and being robust, 3, full UK net work of dealers and a good parts back up, In the end i went and bought a Kubota L3250 40hp 4WD it came off a golf course with about 2500 hrs so it had not worked hard at all, i have had it 10/12 years now and its been used and abused but has been trouble free and now has 5500 hrs on it, It starts first flick of the key in all weathers no matter how cold it is, we work it in forestry work which is about the hardest enviroment to put machinery in to but it has stood up to it well, we run a forwarding trailer behind it and a 4.2 tonne winch on it, it is cheap to run and might use about 4/5 gallon of diesel doing a 12hr shift extracting timber, and so far there has been no issues at all with it, So my advise to you would be think very careful about what you buy and dont listen to the bull the salesman is telling you as you have to remember he will be getting a cut out of what he sells you!! Resale value is another thing to think off as well, a tractor is a very versatile piece of machinery that you can add many implaments do and broaden your work scope, one guy i know does tree work all winter and a lot of grass cutting during the summer months with 2 kubota,s, and the best thing i can say is you need to remember is, buy cheap buy twice as i am sure the Siromer i looked at was nice, new and shinny but i am sure it would of not been with us know !!,

Some one above said that stainless dont take a edge, i tend to differ on that one, i have a stainless fileting knife and that does take a edge very well and if i use a stone on it after a steal it is razor sharp, but it dont hold it for very long as its all ways in contact with bone but 5 or 6 stokes with a steal and its back, i would not like to catch my self with it,

Should you be carrying a stool in your condition 😂 😂

I know how you feel its shit, the days drag by so slowly, when i had mine done a few years back i striped and rebuilt a few fishing rods, cleaned all my guns and even stiped a old hammer gun back to its bare bones and refurbed it from all metal work to the wood work, i tried to keep myself as occupied as possible to combat the bordam, But look on the bright side there is no Jeremy Kyle to watch today, you just have Lorrain, Homes under the hammer, Cash in the attic, Antiques road trip and Flog it, Enjoy, but on a serious note be very careful and do what your told to do All the best to you,,

All timbers will mill at different speeds weather fresh felled or been stacked a while, but any timber that is fresh felled will mill fare quick than any that has been sacked for several months, If we do a wind blown clearance job and we send the timber in to a mill we have to be careful what we send, if we was to send timber in that has been over for several months that was quite dry we would be getting a phone call from the mill saying we cant mill all the timber due to a low moisture content, then we get a reduction in payment, Ok the mill is getting a greater volume of timber per truck load if dry but it causes several problems with in the mill that costs far more in lost time than the difference between fresh felled at 40% moisture compared some wind blown at 20-25%,, i will admit i have had very little to do with DF over the years, some timbers will hold there moisture better than others and you have put a good example of that up with saying the Oak was far quicker to mill than the DF, i have some rough lengths of beech about 28" diameter in the yard that we have been cutting for firewood and that has gone rock hard, wont even cut straight cross cutting it and is a nightmare to split,

Yep just over 50 is to young to be on owt pain relief related, I know how you feel as i have something going on in the top of my left arm, tendon/muscle related some how but i dont know how it has come about, i had a fall last feb when i got my foot wedged under a big rock and i kept going, hence hit the deck hard and broke 3 toes in my left foot, or it could be possibly from drop starting saws for 40 yrs ? Now under the MSK team ( Muscler and Skelatal team ) went for a MRI scan last sat 8th (worst 25mins of my life) not a nice sensation but at least things are moving forward now at last after many many months of waiting, but once out of the hands of my GP things have flown and progress is now being made, i think we have got to that age now where we have to be a bit more careful than we was when we was younger, we have all done some stupid things in the past and now we are past the half century things dont heal the same as they did 20/30 years ago,,,

Quite aware of that Sherlock. Have you got all the MOT certificates for it from its first one in 2004 ? 2004 showed 18k 2005 showed 24k 2006 showed 26k 2007 showed 63k 2008 showed 46k 2009 showed 29k So what went wrong ? well i will tell you the original speedo went knackered so a replacment was fitted from a older truck, that didnt work proper as it was slow i,e doing 30 on the clock but nearer 40 hence 3pts and £60 at the time for previous owner, so another clock the same as original was borrowed out of a truck that was awaiting insurance clearance after being in a RTA, the original clock was repaired and refitted to the truck with its original mileage on it, but if you really want to be picky add 4700 miles to mileage it is now showing that is 78103, i Hope this helps you out with your investigation ,,

Personally i think finding a pick up that does the job today trouble free is near on a impossible task, all cars, vans, pick ups and trucks just seem to be full of electric this n that which all adds to problems, a lad i work with has a Ford Ranger that is approx 2yr old now and that has been back in god knows how many times now with several problems and all bar one have been electricail and the other is add blue related, I think the best pick ups where mid 90s - mid 2000s, they had sorted body n power issues out from the 80s and they where very limited with electrics back then, out of several vans and pick ups over the years by far the best one i have ever owned is a Cabstar bought it 12 yr ago and still have it and been very little trouble over the years till now as it has developed a elecrical short some where but it will get sorted, its 3ltr and pulls like a train and it has been used heavily but then its been looked after as well,

I think the outside diameter of ram is 70/80 mm and rod will be 30mm, i looked at one some one had bought from a proper manufacturer with bigger ram and longer stoke with auto return so you allways had to wait for it, and it was either piped to a tractor or a bobcat,i thought both there power supplies where a bit on the expensive side, compared to £80 for my engine and £65 for pump and coupling,

I have a log splitter that is powered by a single cylinder petter diesel engine about 5hp, it runs for 7/8hrs and it wont use a gallon of diesel, OK its not supper powerful but does 98% of what i ask of it and is quicker than most, 12" stroke and 5 seconds from rest back to rest, when i built it about 12yr ago it was designed with production in mind,

Thats more like it 😂

Country file Calendar 😂 Thank God John Craven has only got a few left and once they are gone we wont hear anything about it for about 8 month then it will be every week again till the next newyear,😂😂

As mentioned above the FC did run 4x4 berlingos and they where pretty good, i know a few cutters in the Lakes who purchased them off the FC, all so know a stalker with one and he swears by it, I know 2 lads with Jimneys and they are happy with them, I managed for many years with a 2,0 ltr Peugeot 406 estate and i cant say owt bad about that either, reliable, good mpg at 44mpg, and got us to where we needed to get, then got the chance of a very cheap L200, ran it for 4 yrs and first thing i noticed was there was a big difference in the weekly fuel bill as compared to the peugeot, L200s are ok but lack speed and seem to be reving there arse off at 70mph and thats where the fuel goes, got shut of L200 and now run a LWB Shogun, 3,2ltr good off road and its much better on fuel than the L200 and when you put your right foot down the Shogun picks its feet up well as compared to the L200 where 0-60 you need a calendar, towing a 10ft ifor tipper with a couple of tonne on the l200 was doing 17-19 mpg the Shogun is doing 25-26mpg so a bit of a difference there, I think most of the small 4x4s are all about the same my Dad has a Toyota Rav 4 on a 04 plate he has had it just over 12 years now and its hardly had a penny spent on it and its been a very good car in my eyes, i think its a 1,8 petrol quite nippy and he gets about 36mpg, my mother had a Jimny from new on a Y plate up untill about 12 mth ago and that was pretty good as well, one thing with any off road 4x4 is tyres, decent off road tyres are worth there money if its something you are going to use to your advantage on a regular basis,,

A few years ago my helmet fell out of the back of the tractor and then i reversed over it and the helmet was not damaged as much as what yours is, Ok it had a dent in it that just knocked out but no cracks or chunks missing, New helmet bought morning after regards of cost, The dessision is yours but it depends on how much you value your head ? For what they do they are not expensive and as for the helmet i mentioned above it sure made me think how tough they are, Just bin it and get another one ,