agrimog

woodpecker tools have just released a new router planning jig aimed at large timber, the only video I can find is at the end of an ann wilkerson milling video......its a bit americanish but shows the principle........I built something similar a few years ago for milling pockets into large slabs for signs, you can get the basics from any place doing diy cnc.....you dont need the drives or any electrics(unles you want a cnc router) and there are some crcking new bitson the market specifically aimed at planing

put a plunge cut straight into the trunk about 3ft up, this will give you an indication of the state of the timber....from good, to running out like a tap....stinky black goo!

its not to much power, logosol run an 8Kw electric chainsaw on the mills, and they dont break the 3/8 lo-pro, its harsh movements and poor throttle control

just make sure you get tubless rim type. ive already destroyed 3 inner tubes by ripping the valves off, so much grip, they spin the rims inside the tyres. and thats in the underbush , soft mossy, full of needle brash and muck

J, if your want more grip, ask your local agri tyre dealer to try and get you some BF Goodrich rice paddy tyres, these have very large cleats and I find the grip under the canopy phenomonal,so much so that it'll try to stall out the tractor before it spins the wheels. it takes my little yanmar up into the reaches of much bigger machines, but with negligable impact on thesoil

when he threw the smaller saw down would have seen him picking up his p45, no way to treat kit, and if you cant cut it down with that small saw, you shouldnt be cutting it, get someone who knows what there doing

and before anyone asks, yes I am ex military, and ex civillian contractor to mod, and been involved in most of the conflicts of the last 30 years, and if asked now would do It again, the simple answer would be f**koff, for some rich bast**d to get richer, no chance, with age comes knowledge, which I wish I had had acsess to all those years ago.

some very interesting points coming out here, one side ex military who have seen the raw side, and on the other non military, who will only have what the media showed, unfourtunatly most of these people will never understand as to which point your normality goes and you become a machine, eat, sleep, fight, and literly shit, when you are told to, hours, days, even months of this does something to your brain, you adopt a different outlook on life, then WHAM your dumped back into cvillian life and expected to conform to a different set of rules, and any transgression........your a danger to society, the very society that took, trained, used then dumped you, with no thought of how you might react, it is a great tribute to the magority of vetrans that they have re-assimilated back into "normal civillian"life with no problems, the few stories that are making the news are only the tip of an ever growing iceberg, and IT IS going to come back and haunt the goverments of this country for a very very long time

this is a bigger issue than just homlessness, the amount of ex-mill sufferering from ptsd, and other ilnessesis soaring, the last few conflicts involving uk forces have been vicious and dirty and MOD is not preparing, nor aftercareing the young men and woman involved in these........it started with the falklands, and has gotten worse eversince..........recruit them, use and abuse them, then abandon them afterwards............britain has one of the worst records anywhere for vetran support

the ability to show aptitude and experience in the use of the equipment, .......prior to the shit hitting the fan in 98, the only way to become competent with a saw, was to actually use one, now there are " instructors" out there who have spent less time breathing than I've got hours throwing a saw about, and to comply with some shiney ass in an office, I've got to be shown how to use a saw by these people..............the perfect example of how little they know came about a few years ago when I was asked for paperwork showing comptency in operating a logosol mill, a rather one sided phone call later and a certain person was in a vehicle and off my site with a very red face...................a clear case of " I dont know what your doing, but my book says your doing it wrong"

security is easy, get a homeless ex-serviceman, put him on site in a caravan, feed and look after him, your yard will be safe as can be, and you get another ex-serviceman off the streets and back into society

it is pressure. not flow that bursts pipes, and generally. the smaller the hose, the higher the pressure it will take, if the system was built for 200bar operation and 3/4 2 wire hoses, running 300bar will pop them, if you need the higher flow and pressure for a winch, i sugest you run this as a seperate system from the mewp circuits, high and low pressure circuits on hydraulics require some pretty fancy( read expensive) valving and arent easy to retrofit

that is the one I use, came from Jas P Wilson at dalbettie, cracking bitof kit,

a nice little skidder winch, but not for production work, hydraulics=heat and dyneema and sythnetics dont like heat, there are a few 2 and 3ton conventional logging winches out there (I use an igland 2ton on the back of a 16hp yanmar.....punches way above its wieght!!!!) and have tried capstan setups, fine when its dry and clean....but water and mud, forget it, the ropes slip, jerk, and cause all kinds of problems

thats a neat machine J, but as youve found out, SW Scotland is a harsh training ground, everything you use has got to be at least twice as strong as you first think, I still break mog bits in some places, and others......machine no go areas......., they were planted by hand, and will need to come out by hand, and skyline. Im currently designing a skyline for a site to take timber into a job, it isnt low impact, after the initial survey, its no impact, even the walkin is a raised track, good luck on your new low impact extraction, its the way forward, especially as the big estates catch on

if you go to the norwood mills webpage, they have a free app for your phone that does wieghts, yields and projected board feet

you do realise that the wearing of chainsaw ppe is optional if the temperature is such that it might cause heatstroke, check the wording in the H&S guidance booklets, and yes I know all about what your going to say about puwer....it says similar stuff. jremember none of it is compulsory, or a legal neccesity. its all advisory, but highly recomended, and ultimitly at the users discrection

why does everyone keep refering back to farmers, tractors and agri stuff...........a TRACTOR is restricted to a max speed of 25mph by law, how often do you see them exceeding this, and more importantly, being done with speeding......, any trailer over3500kgs must be fitted with air brakes( if towed by a vehicle capable of exceeding 25mph, and be fitted with abs if the towing vehicle has it)........any trailer over 3500kgs must be tested(unless agri use, or part of a machine)...... most of the problems in this country come from older, not up to spec trailers abused, badly loaded or overloaded, your never going to stop the farmers abusing the system, and trying to enforce an mot on trailers is nearly impossible, how do you monitor it, seperate nunber plate for each trailer, some sort of id plate thate can be deen from a mobile vehicle, what, and do you think the caravan club yahoos are going to take this lying down............its been proposed before and quickly dropped, and any excuse of " its to bring us into line with europe" will now be laughed out the room

all the consumables on the HM 126 are off the shelf parts, thats one of the reasons I went for woodland mills, no pricey modified components, and the bands need sharpening, reseting, and resting, they also need regular checking for cracks in the gullets. and the logosol capacity is only limited by the bar size, when its too big to go on the mill, the mill goes upside down on the log!

i am in the fortunate position of owning both a logosol M7 and a woodland mills HM126 on its own trailer, both very portable and both very capable machines, but like all tools they have good points and bad points, the logosol is very portable, breaks down very easily and can be taken into areas you wouldnt believe, but must be setup carefully to extract the best from it, very accurate, consistant dimensional timber, the HM126 is quick to set up on its trailer, is faster than the logosol. but is sore on drive belts and bearings, also the bands need a lot more looking after than a chain, but the speed of production makes up for it. these days the logosol tends to be used for large wide slabs, and breaking down oversized timber to fit the bandsaw, getting the best of both worlds

in this crazy country you'll soon need a ticket to take a dump, training establishments are getting greedy and the sheeple are bowing down

its only going to effect those not using them as there intended to be used, ie a tree surgeon claiming forestry exemption

where i live, the pavements are privately owned, the council has no saw in the matter, and as private property the police cannot stop you parking on your own property

play by the rules and no problems........mine is used for forestry work and a little agricultural.........lets see them say otherwise when its got a plough on the back

is everyone running a mog aware of the new rule changes for agricultural mogs, and are you ready with the correct replies when hassled by pc hasntaclue. check the consutation paper (links available on the unimog.co.uk site) and get yourself up to date