highland dave
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Have a look at the one that Wilsons produce and make one similar..
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Excavator Power Packs - UK?
highland dave replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Don't want to try and teach you suck eggs and all that but do really need a power pack. I had a 26 tonne hitachi that was too much for the mulcher on it and had to turn the flow down. Doosan 140 machines can easily run a good sized mulcher without the need of a power pack to burn more fuel and heat oil. I know a guy in the Highlands who runs mulchers on JCB 130 machines - admittedly with some tinkering to the pumps but without the extra weight / running costs. I'd be tempted to look at the Doosan machine, they have very good hydraulic output and the engines are powerful for their size. The 6 cylinder engine in the 140 can be tweaked to 200hp if required. -
I'm looking for a reliable, sensible person to operate chainsaws, a highlead winch system and in the near future a small tracked harvester in the peak district area. Work will include timber harvesting from steep banks, selective hardwood thinnings and areas of softwood clearfelling. Some of the sites are in areas of high public usage which necessitates an extremely safe and vigilant working practice. Good mechanical skills and a sense of humour also help.
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JJ Cale, one of the coolest musicians around. A huge catalogue of fine songs. Listen to "Mama Don't" and tell me you don't want to play in a band!
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Bit late replying - been away... .270 is great to shoot. Flat, fast and with a good punch. Almost always use 130 grain soft point rounds. I have used 110 ballistic tips with good results. Can't fault Tikka rifles. Fantastic value with great accuracy. Same with the old Brno, almost never miss bunnies at 100m with standard remmington high velocity ammunition. Never bothered with a moderator on it, never felt the need. My record so far is 11 rabbits with 11 shots out to about 70m in a freshly baled hay field. The dog got sick of eating rabbit!
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Here's mine. Tikka .270 Brno .22 Lanber 12g 3" chambers John Wilkes 12g (1929) Zabala 12g
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Can I join your bad day club? 13km of clearance below 33kV line on the A82 along Loch Ness, permit to work on the road ends tomorrow evening, 500 meters left to do and at 2.00pm the clutch pack in the tractor packs up! Stuck on an S bend with tourist traffic plus the usual timber wagons etc. Found a local farmer who came along and towed me back to dry-dock. Now it's just a matter of getting the machines back home and a £4k bill for repairs!! Give me wet saw any day!
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It's June 20th and I've just measured the sun setting behind the hill at 320 degrees. Fantastic time of year when it's "dark" for about 2.5 hours.
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Try a forklift hire / plant hire company. They often shift sets of forks after a specified time. Can pick them up cheap.
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Fresh snow on the tops on May 22nd ??!! Better polish the snow plough for tomorrow.
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In that case I should turn him into an unemployed cutter.
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At the risk of kicking a wasp nest. If whoever did the job and considered it OK to leave like that was working for you then perhaps some training / instruction is needed. If the job is nothing to do with you, then it's nothing to do with you.
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Definitely.
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Logset. Rottne. Caterpillar (if you're loaded)
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Does anyone know the max wire rope capacity for an igland 3000 dd winch. One drum will carry 8mm and the other 11mm.
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Around here we have a number of sculpters who specialise in the medium of used tyres, black bags filled with indeterminate organic matter and cars with no chance of an MOT.
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Didn't see any but there were several fast jets about. There's been a big exercise up here involving loads of nations (and one little Piper Tomahawk pop-pop-popping through the middle). Just don't tell the yanks there's an unidentified tomahawk in the area!!
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Yes dear, it's £165/hr but you won't find a better place to learn to fly, especially if you can pick your time. This photo is Loch Torridon with Liathach.
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What to do on a sunny afternoon. It's nesting time for the birdies so work is a bit quiet, there's a flying school nearby and you're pretty well free to go wherever you like up here. We flew from Inverness over to Skye and back via Torridon. I can see this getting to be more expensive than running a mulcher! Pictures are Strathconon, the Bealach na Ba (Applecross road) and the ridge on Liathach.
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One was sold for about £10.5k three weeks ago in Lincolnshire. There is a 1300 for sale up here near Inverness. Search agriaffaires.co.uk in farm tractors. His price looks a little optimistic for an old thing though.
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Don't usually burn near forestry, far too risky if anything goes wrong. It only takes a veering wind or eddying gusts and a nice afternoon on the hill becomes something of a panic! We were burning 15 y.o plantations out on open hill ground as the new owner wanted to reinstate a grouse moor but we always burn small blocks at a time and always with an argo carrying fogging equipment.
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Nothing unusual at this time of year. Burning heather on the hill to encourage fresh growth. You sometimes find people get a bit over-enthusiastic or it's not uncommon for someone to drop a match for a bit of a laugh.
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I've attached a couple of pictures of the swipe and skids. The skids are adjustable by a very technical pin and hole system. Cutting height is approx 2, 4 or 6 inches.
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I'll get some photos of the skids on Monday. I've got blades & chains for the swipe, on these jobs it fitted with chains. I'll attach a photo of the road home - 4 miles to the forestry road and a further 2 to the tarmac. On the way up this morning had a close shave with an eagle that was sitting on the hill road as I came round the corner. Not sure who was more surprised it's usually just grouse and golden plovers up there!!
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Todays job is clearing the last few clumps of plantation to reinstate a grouse moor. Method: 1. Cut fire break around plantation. 2. Light it. 3. Go back with mulcher to trash the remaining trunks to remove perches for crows etc. We've cleared approx 800 acres this way in the last 3 years.
