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  1. the village idiot
    20% I believe
  2. the village idiot
    Have you bought the quad yet? If not you could get a small tractor for similar outlay, greatly increasing your trailer (and other) options.
  3. the village idiot
    Fabulous Mr. Sloth! Have a smile from me too.
  4. the village idiot
    My uncle owns and manages a wood in Yorkshire. It is very steep in places. He uses a quad for wood extraction but with a much smaller trailer. There are people on the forum who do extract significant quantities of wood with quad and trailer, I would wait for some more posts. There are many much wiser than I.
  5. the village idiot
    I have one of those Alec. It is a beefed up version with larger dimensions and higher capacity bearings etc. Tim will pretty much build you whatever you want. I use mine with a 30hp tractor, if you were using a quad I wouldn't go any bigger than the standard size. Happy with mine so far.
  6. the village idiot
    I agree with everything Mr. Treebeard says, although I have only tried Husky tongs. Another useful log handling tool is the sapie/log pick.
  7. the village idiot
    Supposed to be coming in the new year. There is a presentation about them at the next Woodland Communication day at Horringer next month. PM me your email and I'll send you the details. Alternatively, if you are in contact with the omnipotent Gary Battell, send him a message.
  8. the village idiot
    Alstor would certainly be of interest to hire, as would a small timber trailer (3 ton). I have an alpine tractor. There is a new round of grants coming up which could help with the cost.
  9. the village idiot
    Certainly interested in the concept. What machines were you looking at?
  10. the village idiot
    Thoroughly excellent post:thumbup:
  11. the village idiot
    I doubt whether overstood hazel will generate enough material to construct a dead hedge around the compartment. Lots of people are using Heras fencing panels to protect the regrowth. If browsing pressure is low you may get away with spreading the tops over the whole coupe.
  12. the village idiot
    An important and intriguing question. Obviously not all Grandma's are of equal mass. Let's say for arguments sake that a Granny weighs 60kg. If we go with Mr openspaceman's calculation of a 3% char yield to wet mass, then Grandma should provide us with around 2.2 kg of charcoal. This is plenty for your average family bbq and should produce enough heat to cook around 12 portions of meat. I would be most disappointed if my meat ration at a cook up didn't extend to at least 6 sausages, so if we multiply 12 portions by 6 sausages we find that Granny should have enough oomph to cook 72 sausages- give or take a chipolata. It would be remiss of me not to point out that you will have the best chance of reaching the higher levels of sausage numbers if your Granny was British. As I'm sure you are aware British charcoal burns hotter and longer than charcoal of exotic origin.
  13. the village idiot
    I have on occasion pondered the possibility of using my retort kiln to turn the deceased into charcoal which could then be added to the soil (biochar) to aid the growth of whatever was then planted. Judging by my experiments with other carbon-based lifeforms the body would emerge from the kiln as a perfect, almost pure carbon, recognizable representation of the client, although they would break up when prodded. The grieving family could also have the option of utilising grandma to cook their sausages over,although I suspect there may be a rather limited uptake on this one.
  14. the village idiot
    I am only a humble forester so not fully versed in the running costs of a tree surgery firm, but whatever way I look at it the above figure seems staggering. It would take me over a month to earn what they were charging for half a day, doing a not too dissimilar job. Is that the going rate for tree surgery work or was the firm very greedy and the client too quick to accept?
  15. the village idiot
    Is there any way to modify your processor to make the splitting knife detatchable? It would save you an awful lot of money. That machine in the video looks like a very nice but very expensive and not indispensible luxury.
  16. the village idiot
    How nice it would be if machinery made absoloutely no noise and you had your own pianist on tap, tinkling away amongst the birches! I can only assume by his ear defenders that he is not a fan of whimsical instrumentals?
  17. the village idiot
    You may need a bit of a re-think on your forum name!
  18. the village idiot
    Looks good, how much are they? I've been thinking about getting one.
  19. the village idiot
    :lol:
  20. the village idiot
    I am hopeful that Riko and Carraro may have found a solution. I'll let you know how we get on
  21. the village idiot
    Thanks for the suggestion. I may be wrong but I think it is Ferrari, BCS and Pasquali that are basically from the same factory. Carraro are independent.
  22. the village idiot
    Thankfully he has stopped trading now, said he found the tractor game too difficult. He also said he was shocked that I had got back in touch with him to complain about the problems I had with the tractor he sold me. He was suggesting that it was just tough luck that the tractor was shoddy and it's the risk you take when buying second hand. All in all a thoroughly unpleasant fellow
  23. the village idiot
    Thanks Jim, I thought you were on holiday? Yes Stephen has said there may be a way to fix it. It would be amazing if it can be done. I'm really cross with the dealer I bought the tractor from. It was probably him who bodged the repair last time around. Shortly after buying the tractor I found that he had been too lazy to free off the brakes and had just angle ground right through both of the inch thick brake activation rods!
  24. the village idiot
    Hi John, It's a little 27hp Antonio Carraro bitrac. Great little tractor with a lovely sweet running perkins engine. It would be a real shame to lose it and very damaging financially. I was a bit of a plonker as I had been looking out for a second hand alpine for ages. They don't come up very often so I jumped on this one. It has reversable drive and a loader and was ideal for my requirements. What I forgot was that not everyone is honest and professional, especially when trying to make a quick buck. The Antonio Carraro factory people tend to take August off as holiday so it may be a little while before we get any news from them.
  25. the village idiot
    Love it:thumbup: I am very fortunate to be the woodland manager for the chap who owns Global Recycling. We have had the baby of the multitek range newly delivered to use on the estate and to act as a demonstrator. I am hoping to have a play this winter. Would be very interested to hear how you get on with yours.

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