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Small scale timber extraction
luftwaffe replied to john k's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I don't like to use our harvester in hardwood, the bent stems coupled with big thick branches does not lend itself to work in hardwoods, unless you want to break knives at £1k each, that why i bring out the county's on these jobs, anyway the ground is always steep on these sort of woods from my experience. -
Small scale timber extraction
luftwaffe replied to john k's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Fair enough, but by modern standards the county tractor is not that big these days, it was 30 years ago. how do manage in bigger timber? or steep uphill exraction in difficult terrain where you want some power. -
Small scale timber extraction
luftwaffe replied to john k's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Not wishing to have a go as it were, but using these small machines etc smacks of just "playing at it", For me its far better to have a couple of hard working county's and 2 lads on the saws, between the 3 of us i'd be looking to cut 150t per week, is this acheiveable with using quad bikes etc,? Is it sustainable to consistantly use small machines like these to base running a business around? -
Hi Nick, try Andrew Holmes in north wales, also try AT Osbourne in Hampshire, Can you tell me what percentage the grant people are giving out these days, and with who? cheers.
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Tree volume and weight...
luftwaffe replied to Ty Korrigan's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
About two tonne, give or take........ -
I agree Chris, there is something about forestry machines that sets the pulse racing, trouble is though all this H+S, red tape, stuff takes a bit of shine off it though.
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The grapple skidder i had was a john deere 540b with a 16 tonne winch aswell as a grapple on it, superb machine, absolutly superb, would pull the timberjack up a steep hillside with no wheelchains on, whereas the timberjack would spin with wheelchains on, strong swift and efficient. The forwarder I have now is a Valmet 840 12 tonne payload, again a very good machine, such comfort with air con, cd's, etc,, a far cry from some of my earlier machines. Going back to your original question, I personally would go for a forwarder such as the ones on Ebay, yes you hear horror stories, but modern machines are pretty reliable, they are not that complicated, main thing is to get the hydraulics pressure checked before buying.
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Hi taff I know what you mean,.......... there is a couple of forwarders on Ebay right now, about the 15k figure, they will travel the clay ground far beter than a drag trailer will, what about a purpose built grapple skidder? fast moving strong machines (I can'praise them enough) they are, but will get the timber all dirty through skidding. all depends how far is your average hall route?
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H Taff I can't that system working efficiently because the tractor will be travelling faster than the excavator to the unloading point, plus the tractor driver will be wasting time waiting for the excavator to arrive, which makes a one man job into a two man job, not cost effective over the long term. also take into effect the track motors will heat up on the excavator and will wear out much quicker, (track motors £3k each for a recon) not to mention the tracks themselves, and if you want to forward down a tarmac road well the road will be all chewed up. Your idea works in theory, but not in reality, especially over the long term.
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Mini bruunett 578?
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Well said Gareth!! Another thing is don't let sweet talking salesmen talk you into buying things, they are only interested in their sales commission.
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Making money is only half the story, the other half is more important, that is what you do with it once you have it, ....... remember you have worked to get it...... and then it must work for you.
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Feel for you guys, must be real downer when you get to work and see your tack has been tampered with or worse stolen, in that that respest i feel lucky to live to and work ( Mid- Wales) where to have something stolen is a rare event as yet, mind you the area is pretty remote, For example the vast Hafren Forest, 10,000 acres in one block, not the sort of place you would want to have a burger van as its so remote.
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I wonder what Oliver Cromwell would do if he came back today.
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REF what the price of hard wood cord now thanks
luftwaffe replied to mendiplogs's topic in Firewood forum
Its got to be cheaper, why pay someone else when you can do it, that is if you have the trees to fell. -
Good, its a nice feeling when that happens, But £100 here and there is chicken feed to these guys, a top London barrister is on 10k a day.
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I think at 43 I'm old enough to remember. But are you old enough to remember the 444.
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How are the harvesting and forwarding rates now in NE Scotland?
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I don't understand?
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Can you run a 3/8 sprocket off the 560?
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Another simple but regular mistake people take when averaging weight to hectare is taking into account of the roads-rides in the plantation, Ive seen many woods especially smaller woods with good roads take up quite a percentage of the woods acreage thus lowering the plantations weight to hecterage.
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A plantation of 40 year old sitka should yield the owner approx 350 ton per hectare (2.4 acres to the hectare), this is taken with the average tree size of 0.38m tree size, but it all depends on the site etc, if the site is at a high altitude ( over 1600 feet) it is likely that the yield will be significantly lower, also take into account has the wood been thinned, and when.
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No the lever doesn't come to a sudden stop so to speak, it just goes very tight from pulling on the lever against the cam, but with less power coming out of the winch than what it used to do, cant post pics now as its all assemled, wont have time for a week or 2 to strip it down again. cheers.
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Th winch is pulling in just as normal, it is not hydraulic it is manually operted by puling on a lever which pushes against a cam which pushes the clutch against the pressure plate, so the harder you pull on the lever the more power the winch has, there is also a sprocket that is linked to the tractor pto via a drive chain, maybe the pto pack is on its way out........... but its bloody annoying , i know that.
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Hello Winchman, Just the man!! Iv'e got a igland 5000 winch on the back of the county, I bought the winch new about 15 years ago, in that time it has not done that much work, as i use a bigger skidder mainly, the problem is i'm down on pulling power on both sides, i've had the cluthes relined and put back together, fully adjusted the adjustment on the clutches but it seems no better than before, I would say its only pulling about 60 to 70% of what it should be doing, any ideas? Oh, and welcome.
