agrimog

as a self employed operator I have made the decision to keep wearing my warm and comfy wooly hat when on the ground, if a branch big enough to warant a safety helmet falls, your dead anyway cos itll break your neck, and as for bumping into things, I learned not to do that when I was about 2years old, a good set of ear defenders and some sutible eye protection does it for me

you can register it as an agricultural vehicle, get your free road tax, mot exemption (noteing it must be in a roadworthy condition, so its an advantage to keep it mot'd), but for delivering logs, sorry red diesel is out, there is a list on the dvla site of what is and isnt allowed with red, some weird ones, so in a way you would win some and loose some, but you wouldnt need to go through the crap of the cpc shambles

used to help the dairyman on the farm where I lived with the evening milking, and then we would go down to the local for a pint, was funny how there was always space at the bar for us, even when the place was full of tourists.......lol

sitka or norway spruce, if your really lucky the root plate wont be very deep and youll be able to pull them out easily, if there sitka, it a good white constructional timber you could use for a lot of your framing work, reaonably stable , but spews resin from knots and defects

only one question about this, who is going to be financially better of from this idea, the guy cutting the timber, or the guy sitting in the office administating the paper work ?

reckon you should be able to drop, sned and log between 12-15 of these per day including all the handling and stacking, so 2 of you are going to have a busy week, good luck and have fun, but be carefull

in the words of a famous rock artist.......I hope i die before i get to old to.......

the great chainsaw ticket fiasco is just about to enter its next sequel with the re-branding that city and guilds is carrying out, colleges and groups are churning out youngsters willy nilly with a basic ticket, and these guys think there the greatest thing since sliced bread and every tree and forestry company will be queing up to give them a job, my gripe with the whole ticket farceis thats it is, and always has been a money generating farce for a few. you do not learn how to fell trees in a 5 day course, time it was better regulated, run by a non profit maker, and was awarded based on experience, skill, and actuall ability, assesed over a longer period by several assesors, who have nothing to gain by a factory production line of new tickets, only then will we start to see a system that will actually mean something, and bear some resemblence to the business that we are in

BINGO, AT LAST, someones finally seen the light, correct chainsaw tickets are NOT a legal requirement, they are a "ticket " to print money for several training bodies and establishments, and are only a statement that on a certain day the holder was, in the "examiners" opinion , competent in the discipline being assesed. many will craw on about PUWER, HSE, and other bodies requiring theseb ut all the say is adequately trained

what, a mog with a front mount chipper, the perfect vehicle for london traffic, whos going to get in your way or argue if you want to pull out...lol, I love it when I have to go into any town or city centres, even the police back away at junctions, I mean if you were in your little city car would you argue about right of way with a mog!!!!!

a quick check on lengths comes up with this DVLA Towing Trailers Legal issues of towing Maximum sizes for towing Towing vehicle under 3500kg GVW Length (excluding the coupling and drawbar) 7.0 metres Maximum width 2.3 metres Towing vehicle over 3500kg GVW Length (excluding the coupling and drawbar) 12 metres if at least 4 wheels Maximum width 2.55 metres Length of towing vehicle & trailer combined 18 metres Maximum overhang of load from rear of trailer 3.05 metres Further information from: National Trailer and Towing Association (NTTA) NTTA Guide to Safe & Legal Towing I know the 2.3mtr width limit was done away with, making all widths 2,55mtr, this was to bring us into line with europe, with a sawmill its difficult to determine where the "trailer" stops and the sawmill starts, so with a bit of "clever" paper work and drawings it would be possible to go right up to the maximum train length for a large mill, its all about how things are interpreted

good company to deal with, the uk side have most of the kit on there site and actualy use it in the production of timber, if they dont have the answers to any questions you ask, you can garuantee theyll have it from sweden pretty quick for you.

yes, the stonefield would make a lovely arbtruck, if you could afford to run it, large petrol engine and an auto box, they were designed before petrol became a pricey commodity, they are a very cable truck, and if hadnt been for certain political ho-has, would have been in service with british forces (an earlier example of the RB44 fiasco), there are only 2 genuine factory built deisel versions, built for trials with the malaysian military, (I know the whereabouts of one of them, and its used in the uk timber industry, its a very capable bit of kit) so if anybody offers a deisel one, its a botch job. If the sellers price is right ,it could be turned into a nice truck, but would require a hell of a lot of work to make it competitive with whats available today.

have a look on some of the american 4x4 sites, you might find that you can get a different set of gears for your transfer box to work as an od unit, good if you do a lot of road work, still leaves the low ratios for off road, theres even the option of double stacking and reversing transfer boxes, check pirate 4x4 as a start

doobin, bit agressive with your coments there, why would he get booked on private estate roads, the guys been doing the job for years, hes not an idiot, likewise myself, some of us on here have been working in the forest/timber industries longer than some of the posters on here have been living, and with no injuries to boot, the op asked for opinions on quads, and I gave one, personally anything less than 500cc and 4wheel drive wouldnt make it a week with us, its a working tool and has to earn its keep

mate has 2 polaris 850 sportsman quads, we use them for skidding trees out and pulling a trailer, nothing seems to stop these brutes, Ive seen them working in places a 4wheel drive tractor was strugling, and on the road pull a 3 1/2 ton trailer at speeds you wouldnt believe. he says there the best quads hes ever used, they even came pre-wired for a winch fit. there one of the best selling quads in the USA so they must be not to bad

if anybody would care to check the baileys catalogue, youll find that its possible to buy work style cargo pants and jeans which are designed to take balistic panels into pockets, these are the type that most of the west coast loggers use, when the trousers wear out you simply change out the panels, depending on what your doing you can get class 1, 2, or 3 inserts. and funny enough the european chainsaw trouser manufacturers cant seem to get a big foothold in the usa, strange that, is it not,

cosworth, you say the buts are too large for your logosol, have you not seen the trick some of our american friends have come up with, turn the box upside down, IE, place the but on the deck, then mount the m7 upside down onto the log, much better than the alaskan, youve got all the adjustments of the m7, the straght guide beam and the wasy to wind handle, it does work, Ive tried it on some large beech buts, needed a 36" bar but it cut them no problem, youve just got to arrange some method of lifting off the slabs, (fortunately Ive got the hiab on the mog) think about your cutting sequences and youll be surprised what you can cut with the logosol

can see a harvester for the kids plastic tractor coming on....lol

quote"This is the relevant legislation: Regulation 4(2) of the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 states: "Every self-employed person shall ensure that he is provided with suitable personal protective equipment where he may be exposed to a risk to his health or safety while at work except where and to the extent that such risk has been adequately controlled by other means which are equally or more effective." and Regulation 9(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 states: "Every employer shall ensure that all persons who use work equipment have received adequate training for purposes of health and safety, including training in the methods which may be adopted when using the work equipment, any risks which such use may entail and precautions to be taken." where in this legislation does it state must have done nptc, lantra, or city & guilds chainsaw course, I can only see that magic word ADEQUATE, still seems to me a lot of people are getting rich out of twisting the written word for there own financial gain, and fior your information, it is still possible to get public liability and damage insurance for tree work without any tickets

as long as there arre no TPO's or other preventions on the tree, and you have the owners permission, there is no legal reason why you dont cut the tree down, you say youve been using saws for 20 years so you should be competent in using them, as to ability, do you feel in yourself up to the job....yes... do it,..no...get someone in to do the job, and pass the cost on. I have said before on here the "ticket" game is a money spinning scam for a lot of companies, nowhere does it say you must have a ticket, just be trained, and competent....check the hse requirments, the requirments for a bit of "paper" comes from the insurance companys and others out to line there own pockets, not out of saftey considerations for the operator on the ground

treequip, would your 12n and 12s wiring be pre or post '99, and does it take into consideration trailer and caravan manufacturers idiosyncnracies, what I was getting at is there is NO standard that is followed by everyone, there are guidlines, thats all

RB44 s a good option, the steering and brake problems are a military thing, caused by vehicles sitting idle for long periods, and muppets not being aware if you brake, and try to steer hard with a leaf sprung live front axle, you will get a certain amount of tuck under. used sensibly they are a good truck, and have the option of a pto takeoff in the transfer box as well

there is no such thing as a astandard earth in the automotive trade, blak, brown, white, combinations of others have all been used by various manufacturers, the simplest way to do it is, go to the light, remove the cover, temporaly fit a wire from the earth side to the battery neg, go to the other end of your wire(the end you want to fit the plug to)and touch it to the pos on the battery, by a proccess of elimanation you will identify each wire to its corresponding light, a quicker way is to simply go and buy a new length of 7 core and completly rewire the lights

as shane says, any damage to the muscle will heal, but tendon damage wil require an op, I damage mine, tore the cuff tendons, and it took the doc 6 months to decide it was a little worse than he thought and send me for tests, an ultrasound showed th torn tendons, and an op to cure it, took about 14 months all in to get back to near normal, but it still twinges on cold and wet days. insist he get an appointment for you to see a specialist