openspaceman

Yes it definitely needs getting off the ground, cut, split and stored under cover asap. Those front four bits look like ash to me.

More a comment on your mum's trust and bravery

I agree but at the end you still need to pay for the assessment . I think chainsaw use and lift truck driving are the only assessments that are required by law to be done by an independent assessor, to the standard that only NPTC can award in the case of chainsaws. Although I have been out of it for 20 years now so am not sure how the arrangement with LANTRA stands.

The oregon ones I had as spares became unusable because the soles perished. I don't buy boots with polyurethane soles and generally go for vibram soles in walking boots (I do not expect to buy another pair of chainsaw boots).

That's a great price, how long have you worn them?

I only buy 5 or 10 ltr cans at one time, as I top up the car, and I haven't recently had the pump switched off on me but yes, it's a pain having to pay at the kiosk again at my local pumps as they have disabled payment at pump. Too much fraud perhaps?

No I was looking at this: https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/products/58020-single-room-mvhr-unit-white?&msclkid=864c4c99773d132a3cfb2b17e43abc7d&gclsrc=3p.ds I cannot see why so expensive, even so it makes more sense to return the heated fresh air downstairs. I already move air from above the wood stove to an adjacent ( but for stairs) room.

I was willing to look at a single room MVHR for the bathroom to replace the vent axia fan but and nigh on 2000 quid I'll pass. It's the same with an electrostatic filter for the chimney something I'd like to do but at a similar cost it would not be worth it, better to stop burning logs and switch the gas boiler back on.

Just for you, and I think that a "sorry I was wrong" is due? You are new here and it's good to welcome an optimist.

That's right, it will let you know when it has had enough😉. Just keep it simple, add the keyhole slider to the wire rope and pass the chain through that. Hitch the chain round the log about a foot back and then shorten it so the keyhole is a couple of inches in front of the butt end when you pull.

Yes I use aspen in my hedge cutters because they get used near my face, too expensive for the saws.

I have never used one, how will it join to the line, I suspect it needs a special slider to attach to the line. I mostly used chains because we were hauling predominantly sawlog size whole tree lengths but with the Holder and 3 tonne winches early on I used polypropylene rope loops with larks head around the tree and sliders of 13mm spring steel bent to push and twist onto the line. The line was terminated with a soft eye which had a pin and loop, like a very big tractor lynch pin. With up to 8 tiny trees on each winch you remove the lynch pin and winch in the wire rope to disconnect the trees from the wire. Very strange way to try and make a living looking back, two of us would struggle to get 3 m3 out a day in first thinnings.

I think Clark are a bit cheaper for skidding gear but their chokers are 8mm which is too big for smaller winches, I'm guessing that 6mm choker chain and slider would be better for the iron horse. I use 8mm gear in case I need it with the 6 tonne Farmi winch but it's galling hauling it and some 50m of wire rope up a steep slope.

No not too bad, just wear gloves as Mick says. Easiest thing to do is buy a keyhole slider to hook to, this will distribute the load, then you can also use a chain to do the chokering. Keyhole Slider For Forestry Choker Chalns 6mm or 7-8mm WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Keyhole Slider for Forestry Choker Chains. Slider and keyhole plate for choker chains.

Yes and if a lesser one will do @Al Cormack hires himself out with his, so may be worthwhile for just a day, though he is 20 miles from Dorking.