agrimog

right guys (and gals !) bets being taken on which of the training companys are going to dream up a "cert" for festools new saw, its like a normalwood cutting rip saw except that its fitted with a 200mm chain, described as perfect for cutting rafters, google "festool sword saw", it looks like an amazing bit of kit..lol.., comments welcome on your thoughts !!!!!!

dont you know lego is an offishul pain measuring device these days.... "on a scale of zero to standing barefoot on a lego brick, how painfull is it".......very usefull description...lol

competent, dont make me laugh, I've seen muppets pass who couldnt even tell you if the chain was on the right way, too many passed to put money into college coffers

the average chainsaw wound isnt a nice clean cut that you can just clip the edges closed...its more like something out of the mincing machine, israeli dressing, direct pressure bandage or heamostatic dressing of some sort

isoflex is the boy, two coats, and jobs a good un

the other thing you need to remember, your limited to 20mph with any tractor , doesnt matter what speed you can do, exceed 20, get a ticket and open up a whole can of worms if the plod wants to check things under C&U act

agree with you on foot forestry, multiple windblows...jenga for big boys...lol

if your over 3.5 tonnes with a caddy and trailer, vosa are the least of your worries!

if your going to do this there are several things you need to be aware of, 1:, the pto gearboxs that the pump fits on come in various sizes and ratios, 2:, there are 3 sizes of pumps, and different flow rates within each of these, generaly size 1 have low rates, siz2 bigger, and size 3 the largest, although sometimes the max output pressures drop with the highest volumes 3:, you must design your system so as never to deadhead the pump,(stall the flow, as this can burst the pump casings!!!) 4:. shop around as not all suppliers are equall! howford hydraulics can supply pto gearboxes, pumps, fittings and most of the bits, cheaper than flowfit!, parquip can supply hoses, adaptors, fittings, etc, cheapest supplier I've found, and extremely helpfull, ask to speak to Nick, Laminarflo have the cheapest pumps on the web, good quality ones at that. and finally, dont be scared to ask about your proposed design and choice of parts, theres plenty of us out here who have lots of hydraulic experience

the lidl grinder is a cracking bit of kit!, a little time spent setting it up and "tweaking" it and it'll churn out perfect chains all day, the only fault I've found is the led is crap, a good machine light(borowed from the lathe) cured this, and half an hour at the end of a day milling and all my chains are all identical again, makes a big difference in the quality of finish on the boards

this is why windblows rates a separate qualification, a lot of different factors can decide the required action to drop the hung up tree, this is where the experience starts to count. a lot of photos of this one, and the final solution and outcome, and defineatly a good learning experience

its the hard work that scares the most of them away, see lots of youngsters coming out of colleges and schemes thinking the "timber" industry owes them a living now, "I've got a chainsaw ticket, I must be worth at least £15-00 an hour", seems to be the war cry round here, the common reply is usually "get yersell tae fu*ck", minimum wage and hard graft scares the rest away

some of the eastern european "things" that look like a TR270 on steroids must be in with a shout, check them on you tube, feed in whole trees, split up logs shooting out other side, what health and safety....lol

how long is a bit of string?, same type of question

going to be some serious board footage in that stem

just remember if there aint a tro in force, your traffic management isnt enforceable, there are some smart basta*d motorists out there

led beacons on mog along with reflectollite chevrons and front markers, and two movable flashers on poles for when the hiabs swinging loads over roads and paths,

when the ear deffs break, or the visor falls off and cant be refitted, the main shell in reality will last easily for 10 years, if a limb of object is big enough to split the shell, its going to do a lot more damage to you than that!

a few tweeks and the lidl sharpener is as good as the best of them......and unlike hand filing, every tooth ends up exactly the same, a benifit when your milling!!!

and as to the grey area of usage, no grey areas, its all down in black and white

max train weight... is it registered as a truck or an agricultural machine (tractor), mercedes produced these for utility companies and councils who couldnt justify the cost of full on unimog, slightly underpowered, but most of the bells and whistles, better option than most of the alternatives, remember though, its a commercial mercedes when it comes to running costs!!

stick a bit of spider web on the cut, stop the bleeding (natural heamostatic dressing)

unless a police cordon, there is nothing to stop anyone entering a cordoned off area, there is no legislation for idiots, all the police can do is charge him with a public order offence( nusiance behaviour)

your doing a grand job hedgesparrow, you should be proud of yourself

Tree Munky, I think you just "hit the nail right on the head", the FC are in a tizzy, cos the wont have enough manpower, they've put all there faith in harvesters and mechanical clearing, and surprise surprise, most of the plantations that are coming on stream cant be clearfelled mechanically, its to steep, or to wet, or to inaccesable , and the machinery cant get in. they know there going to have to use manpower, but dont want to admit it so they've started to try and get folk "trained" up, but there not going to get the experience....fu@k them, there plans are coming back to bite them on the ass