JimM
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Husky 576XP with 18" bar. Been doing exactly that last week, and back into it again tomorrow. It's got loads of grunt for tackling that size of hardwood, and spare puff to do the larger pieces in the stack. You'll be lucky to find a 357 now or the 346XP, both superseded. The 576 isn't a saw you'd drag around the wood all day for felling or snedding up though, unless you're built like a brick shithouse.
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There's a 550XP sat on the shelf just waiting for you to buy it -
I use an "Ace" winch. Similar to Tirfor but was about 300 new, all in with 20m wire rope and a couple of strops and shackles. Same as the "Jet" ones. Yup it's a Chinese copy but it has worked brilliantly for me. Pulled an ash and an elm out of a loch recently with no hassles. Always first option when dealing with hung up trees that won't roll out. 1.6t strength. Only downside is that its a heavy carry. And you sweat like a pig when it's a big pull. A powered one would be good, there are mods you can do to some chainsaws to use them to power a winch. That might be worth a look if you only want to sweat carrying it in ! :-)
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I've not had any problems using the Fiskars sharpener. Although I don't think it would cope too well with a really knackered edge.
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Steve, that looks like a great way to get more interest in the Fungi App
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Know what you mean. Don't need it, shouldn't get one, but my left mouse trigger finger gets itchy for a new 550 every time I'm on Jonesies page. Holding out for the husky top handle, but the wait is getting to me and that 550 just looks better and better.
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Used the Arbotec gel ones last year and seemed not bad at first, but then they just fell apart. Barely got a month of daily use out of them and they were too slippy in the wet. Now I just use the Towa or Showa thick warm gloves. Keeping your hands warm seems to be half the battle and the thickness of them helps the vibes. Plus they're only about £5 pair
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Not a chance. I'd be wringing the sweat out of them in no time. Saw trousers, T-shirt and light jacket weather up here this week. Longjohns would be madness.
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75kg driver!!! Is that unladen too or is there an allowance for pies and bacon and egg rolls? I believe that was kerb weight for the Navarra.
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Bank with Santander. Our high street has two branches. One with a grumpy old witch who states the letter of the law regarding paying in and the other with several cheerful ladies who take cheques and cash over the counter with no hassle and big smiles. Guess which branch is always busy and which is empty.
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Cheers again Treewolf. Having talked to the driver again today it turns out he was towing a trailer!!!! Bang to rights on all counts Of interest, the unladen weight of 2040kg keeps my Ranger in the DPV class (1855kg), but throws out my mate's double-cab Navarra automatic which sits at 2100kg.
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They can't have it both ways, HF. The speed limit is determined by the fact it's a dual purpose vehicle, not the Lgv bit in the v5.
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Thanks for the info and its reference on page 3, Treewolf. My car was clocked on the A9 last week at 72mph. But the letter states the speed for that class should have been 50mph. As it's a Ranger Supercab 4x4 under 2040kg unladen, it's dual purpose and can do 60mph on single carriageway. So I wonder what will happen as the NIP is factually incorrect, even though an offence was allegedly committed. I wasn't the driver by the way.
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No Brett. Yarrow in Inverness.
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Have the lighter Greenmech 13-23 in its diesel twin roller configuration and its been fantastic from the word go. As the comments above, anything it cant deal with is firewood size. At 550kg its a breeze to move around. 5 hours solid one day last week on Leylandii and it ate the lot. Maintenance is easy and quick. Of all the chippers in that size bracket that we looked at before getting the wee GM, it came out as the most ergonomic in setup and operation. We didn't see the need to jump a size as the cost increase didn't seem to justify it. Build quality is good, but we've yet to see what the Moray coast's salt air does to it. If I upgraded it it would definitely be another GM but with the turntable for roadside work.
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Elm and sycamore on the stove just now. Both great. I reckon that old rhyme might be good for open fires, but stoves are another matter entirely.
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Exciting times ahead !!!
JimM replied to combined tree services's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Good luck with the new kit guys. Shame you're 600 miles away. Could make use of that next month! -
Used it today and it does need some development work. But for firing pine-cones at the climber it's lethal :-) And its getting me fitter. 'Cos when he gets out the tree I have to run like stink. Lighter throw bag is a definite and adjustment to the length of the rubber is next.
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Finished our pruning job at lunchtime today just as the snow arrived. Then the hailstorm arrived, then the lightning. Simple rain and freezing winds now. So the Arctic blast has arrived in Moray
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Thumbs up from me. Sugihara bar ready to go on my 346. Cheers Rob.
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Now you're just taking the piss! :-)
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Plenty around this beech on the Dava Way in Moray. Severe dieback above with the majority of limbs hosting clusters of Oyster. The beech 10 yards away had a completely different visitor in abundance.
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I trained at TKF at Holmfirth and they supplied kit too. PPE trousers and boots that fit you were all that was expected. One lad on the course had bought all his kit and failed 38. Not a position you want to be in with the cost of it all.
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Was clear felling last week ready for pheasant shoots. About 20 ton of poplar and birch in some awkward and boggy spots. Hot work even when it was minus 2 or the weeks perpetual drizzle. But satisfying. I set the daily rate for the estate that contracts me in. Not great money but certainly better than some of the other posters. Back to climbing next week.
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Why opt for a tiny stove? We used fire board to seal the fireplace. Our stove vents out the back. And a 90 bend behind the board connects to a register plate at the base of the chimney. The bonus is that you aren't heating the chimney breast to the extent that an inset stove does. Plus, with the vent at the back we can have a kettle and a pan on the top when the power cuts happen in the winter. It does mean extending the hearth into the room though.
