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  1. the village idiot
    Digger Vigour: This time of year we are in full firewood production mode. It's bird nesting season so no tree felling going on. Also, it gets far too hot for chainsaw trousers. Before we can start processing we have to remove the monumental amount of sawdust accumulation from the previous year. We hire in a 5ton digger to help with this task. After the concrete rides are clear we swap the ditching bucket for a timber grab and set to ringing up the cordwood stack with a couple of happy helpers.
  2. the village idiot
    A few more recent woody shots. This time of year is just magic. All courtesy of Dave Townrow:
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    Very flat where I am so no slope issues. Our volunteer extroadinaire used to use a 3 ton Riko trailer behind one of the smaller AGT's (35hp I think) without any problems. I'd be surprised if you could get more than 2 ton of hardwoods onto a 3 ton capacity trailer mind.
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    https://arbtalk.co.uk/forums/topic/118123-an-idiots-guide-to-ancient-woodland-management/?do=findComment&comment=1761211
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    Oops!😁
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    Blimey Mark, that's some staying power you have. Glad you enjoyed the read. Really appreciate you making the effort to get in touch. Your post made my day in fact. This forum is a great source of tree knowledge. Just ignore the Scots!😄
  7. the village idiot
    Excellent stuff! Why was it a mistake not to have a ladder chassis? Do your smaller wheels ride over small logs and stumps OK?
  8. the village idiot
    Nice idea, The bridge is pretty long. It goes over a deep railway cutting which is now a council owned public footpath. I don't fancy my chances of getting permission to put a new bridge in.
  9. the village idiot
    Yes, they all do in this size range. I think they are more capable than they look.
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    In principle I totally agree with you. Unfortunately we are limited in size by a narrow bridge that we have to extract over. There is an alternative route but it is ridiculously long and involves a stretch of public road which would be nice to avoid.
  11. the village idiot
    Hi folks, I am considering purchasing a small timber trailer with crane to go behind my 49hp alpine tractor. Looking at around 3 ton load capacity with a width of no more than 1.6mtrs (I have a narrow bridge in the woodland that I need to be able to fit over). Does anyone have any good recommendations? Have been looking at the usual suspects (Riko, Kranman etc). Quite like the look of the Kilworth Machinery one but wondered if the wheels might be a little bit small? Any thoughts and experiences of trailers similar to this much appreciated. TVI.
  12. the village idiot
    Quick update on this. We have isolated the cause of our disturbingly high bar turnover. It was the bar oil as several of you suggested. We switched to mineral oil a couple of weeks ago and the difference has been night and day. I think bio-oil is probably fine for typical day to day use but if you are working the saws extremely hard (as we do when ringing up cordwood) then mineral oil seems to be vastly superior. I'm sure we will see even more benefit from more regular sprocket changes too, but it was definitely the oil that was causing the biggest problem. Thanks to all of you for your input!👍🙂
  13. the village idiot
    I'm also £65/m3 for semi seasoned, and also too far from you I'm afraid.
  14. the village idiot
    Yes, material will be all in one location and access is fine for a lorry. Do you know the going rate for getting one of these big chippers in for half a day?
  15. the village idiot
    Quick question: I'm putting together a project proposal. Has anyone got a ballpark figure for the amount of fuel required to chip 100 tonnes of small diameter poplar with a 9" chipper? Also roughly how much time would this take (hand feeding). Would also be useful to know if a 'free standing' chipper or tractor mounted pto powered chipper would be best for this job? Many thanks, TVI
  16. the village idiot
    Too far from me unfortunately.
  17. the village idiot
    Hi James, How far are you guys willing to travel?
  18. the village idiot
    Yup, thanks Rob. Have tried numerous new bar and chain combo's but never the holy trinity.
  19. the village idiot
    Thanks Rob, Will definitely try the sprocket change. I recently bought a granberg sharpener from you so my chains are properly sharpened. Excellent tool by the way.
  20. the village idiot
    Yes, bar top rails and burrs are filed when dressing the bar. Those specialised right angle bar dressing files do a good job of this. I'll take some pictures of the chains and sprockets. There really is nothing to see on the bars, they look pristine.
  21. the village idiot
    Can't really see the wear as it is down in the groove. Rails are in good nick. From wobbling a new chain in the worn bars it feels like there is wear all the way along the groove.
  22. the village idiot
    You may well be right. I could be asking too much of the equipment. It will be interesting to try some mineral oil to see if it makes a difference.
  23. the village idiot
    Husky 550 with 15" Husky 560 with 15" and 18" Stihl 462 with 18" All have larger sprocket fitted for extra chain speed.
  24. the village idiot
    I like a system that can deal with any size of log all in one go. Digger with grab and two chainsaws fits the bill for me.
  25. the village idiot
    Ha! Been there, done that.

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