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Hi john are you sure about price of tyres ? i just had a quote for a tt3017 comes with the 13" wheels as standard but you do have the option of the 12" i was quoted £140 more for the 12" wheels which are what i got as to keep the center of gravaty lower and a bit lower for loading.

Hi its a no brainer really i have been looking for a 10 foot tipper for the last 6 week,i have considered all makes ifor,brian james,buffalo,debon,indespension,graham edwards and nugent, i did not want to buy a dog of one so i have waited and the right one has come along,and its a 7 month old ifor 10x5.5 tipper with ramps for £3200,if it was one of the other mentioned trailers of the same age it would of been around the same price but and this is a BIG but in 5 years if looked after the ifor will be worth 50% more than the others ifors have a MUCH STRONGER resale value,i could of got a indespension 10x6 tipper 2004 for £1500 a mate sold his 2002 ifor at christmas ramps and caged sides its had 7 sets of tyres on it so it had done a bit but been looked after flebayed it and got £2580 for it that was £285 more than he paid for it new in 2002, doesent need much thinking about really.

not seen this for a long long time derv cheaper than petrol derv £1.06 and unleaded £1.12 ltr long may the fall continue.

your not that fare from me i am in Garstang just north of preston, and my truck came from Halifax in jan 2011,only 51000 m on it now.

Hi i was in the same position as yourself about 4 years ago so bought a cabstar dropside on a 51 plate very clean and tidy only 32k on it got it a good price,and converted it in to a tipper it took me and a mate a day and a half to do its not a hard conversion and if it has a wooden floor it will have a metal frame underneath,best thing i did for a long time. dont know what part of the country your in but if you wanted to have a look at how its been done your welcome,

hi sold about 80 cube so far this year some customers who had it in march april have asked for another load or 2 have burnt it myself and seems ok, the scandinavians burn alot of spruce and i think we can learn alot from them because a lot of the stoves espeically the better ones are scandinavian designed,

in reply to Genset 3/4 years ago there was 8 different firewood guys(wk end wood warriors i call em) started up round me buying 1 or 2 load of timber in processing in to logs and delivering at wk end they have all since dissapeared of the radar. saw one of these lads at a wedding 2 monthes ago and he said he could not make it pay as it was just beer money he was making after costs removed, and you lads doing it all year round i dont know how you do it, it took 2 of them 6 wk ends sat& sun to cut and split 24t of larch and day to tidy. how many has there been round the country i dred to have a gusse,?

felt like that to naerly ended up on the floor on thurs coughing so hard and went dizzy and snot going every where,its not a habbit its a pain in the ar**.

same here but it will be the 8th week comming up been docs gave me a nasel spray 3 wks ago did nothing been again this wk and had 4 bottles of blood taken and sent to the hospital for chest xrays got letter of GP this morn can you please make a appointment to dissguse results ??? so what there going to tell me i dont know.

hi talking to a harvesting lad on thurs, he was selling stitka saw logs to a mill 6 wk ago for £49 tonne they rang him last mon and told him all they would pay now is £36 we seem to have a massive glut of soft wood round here at the moment 4 jobs i know of are stuggling to move timber and there not small jobs 24,000t 19,000,11,500 & 4500t all sat there drying out, and has for hardwood been offered ash at £85t del mixed £75t some big ash syc and beech £65t and just found 1500t @ £58 del it is out there and has for proccessors a mate has just bought one a haki 37 been to see it this aft clean tidy machine paid £3.5 k for it not bad i thought,?.

Hi i would agree with Mr Blair on this one its a technique used in forestry alot on big edge trees felled with saw as to big for harvester. there are some vids on youtube that shows how to do what S.B explains

Hi yes i thought of simon at wisewood as soon as i saw this post, very good at what he does .

dont really know on that one,i would say they have tensioners on and may be check every 50/60 000 miles but i am sure you would here it rattleing first mine done 51000 and as sweet as a new one never checked it but now you have asked i will proberbly be asking about the chain at my garage.

hi mine 3ltr and has cam chain

hi 16 mtr or 1.6 mtr lenthes ? chip wood £30 a tonne road/trackside,strainer post timber £35 tonne saw logs £40 tonne depending on what speicies of timber ?

hi looked at thease my self and yes they are value for money thats if they do your job ?

hi had a simulare problem my self on a kubota after many hours checking and cleaning i just swopped the ends over on the pipes on the trailer been ok since.

Hi used a lot of different liquids and clraners over the years some work some dont but by far i have found methes to be about the best and all so its not expensive couple of quid for 500ml and that will last a couple of monthes all so use it on my hands for removing resin.

hi yes it was i asked you about your 661

Hi we are also based in Lancs we purchased one about 20 monthes ago and have to strongly agree with greygit flat dry land ok,flat wet greasey land a bit of a no go and any sort of incline a big NO we tipped ours over about 7 or eight times in a week, and one thing to look at is i dont think there is a quad out there that is designed and built to tow/pull a trailer that weighs approx 500kgs empty and then 1500kgs plus when its loaded i got that fed up with ours that i set to with grinder and cut it up redesigned it and made it wider for better stabilaty and beefed it up to carry 2 tonne and bought a 40hp kubota 4wd tractor to pull it moved about 500 tonne with it and had NO problems since i rebuilt it, but its got a lot more going for it as it is now than it did before

Hi all, we here at SE Forestry supplied the timber for this event and myself and one employee went along to have a look at what was happening, now carving is not up my street really but what i so blew my mind we where there for about 3 1/2 hrs and to see the sculptures taking shape was spectaculare i for one will definatley be going again as i think for a first event i thought it was excellent and i will give Simon all the support i can to help him make this a succesfull yearly event, well done to all involved and to the guys that took place in the event cant wait till the next one, Regards Gary.

Cheers for the replies lads, i do know that they are rare machine in the uk,i think the one from logosol is the log wizard,but i will get in contact with them to make sure, the link openspace supplied i had not found in about 2 wks of serching but a mate has that machine and is not what i am looking for i need one that i can produce with in short time,thanks again.

Hi all can any one help me out on this one i am looking for a log peeler debarker attatchment that fits on to a chainsaw power head its basically a rough planer that removes the bark,been on utube and found 3 a rotaflex, eder and a log wizard,the log wizard looks like it belongs in a toy box so thats a no no,the eder one is very simulare to a granberg one that i used 30 years ago but granberg have not made them years so not been available for some time now.found a sourse for bothe the rotaflex and eder but the cost is putting me off as it is more expensive than a new pro saw. has any body got one of these attatchments that is for sale or know the where abouts of one any help on this would be a result many thanks.

Hi just sorted all this my self before christmas,there are one or two grey areas on this subject,but just used our tractor and forwarding trailer for a nptc FMOC accessment and all requirments met,firstly are you using a tractor and forwarding trailer ? if so (1) does the tractor have a ROPS cab roll over protction system, if yes all is good (2) where is the crane and grab controlled from ? if it is from the cab and the oporater does not need to get out, thats good as well, there for you would NOT need a loller certificate, if you was stood next to the trailer or sat on a high seat on the trailer oporating the crane then you would need a loller certificate,i got quoted £300 + VAT for a 1hr inspection and that was every 6 monthes, it cost me £185 to make 16 28" extension pipes up and hang the spool valve on the back of the cab its a no brainer,and one less thing to worrie about,i hope this helps you solve your problem, it is on the HSE website and is explained very clearly about loller certs and forestry machines.

Hi Hodge we use whitehouse products for all our hydraulic issues,they are a large company at port glasgow,they carrie hundreds of differant pumps and are very helpfull they will cross referance the part number etc and fit you up with a pump order before 5pm and there morning after fantastic service.