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got a new 9 tonne with 6.3m crane, pm me if you want more details cheers nathan

let me know what size you are after we have them in stock and also rotators nathan

Give phil Cooper a ring at Phil cooper forestry machinery, hutton cranswick, Driffield, he has lots of heads in stock new and used, also the new moipu, which are light ,, strong and very productive. Ive had 2 heads and 2 base machines from Phil and they offer a good service, with all budgets catered for, always worth call

can get you a new farma 14 tonne, but they don't do a smaller one unfortunatley

You can get Kenda bear claw tyres in 8 ply there not cheap but worth the extra money, we use them on the Alstor miniforwarders.

we've got the Rabaud tirmax 6 remote control, works very well.

get a harvester saves all the back ache

Got a new Farma 9 tonne trailer with 6.3m crane, 4 bunks, 8 pins, lights and brakes, steering draw bar and 3 point linkage mounted legs brand new very good offer at the minute get in touch if your after one

I recon if its for a chainsaw then use a file, as grinders will usually heat up the chain links and harden them, this means you cant sharpenen them well with a file in the wood or on site. if its for harvester chains then get an origon, they work really well and are very quick. I can do about 10 - 20 harvester chains per hour, sometimes taking up to 4mm off where the chain has been damaged. the grinding wheels last well and its easy to use. Not cheap but very price worthy especially if you run harvesters.

steep side slopes is a good point, especially in tight areas as machinery can find this hard if not running on a levelled brash matt. The Alstor now has the option for reverse drive for less than a £800, which is a great help. A friend of mine priced up a new compact tractor the other day and a small drive trailer and he was surprised to find the unit would cost about the same as the entry level 810 Alstor.

£40,000 approx for a new 820 and up to 400 m runs for high end outputs, as the pay load is 2 tonne longer runs than 400m will reduce out puts. also important to present timber well for forwarding. typical extraction costs per tonne range from around £3.50-£10 per tonne. don't get me wrong i think horse logging is a good way to remove timber we had a few shires on our farm and enjoyed using them, i have also worked on site with horse extraction and for short hauls they work well. the only problem is commercially the cost of extraction. to make timber commercially viable without off setting with subsidy or grants the harvesting operations should at least cover its own cost and should look to make the owner a profit. the cheapest option would always be mechanical harvesting and extraction, with larger machines with costs around or sub £10 peer tonne to roadside. typical new investment costs of £250k plus for a harvester and £160k plus for a forwarder, these produce high outputs, but as large scale forestry is dying in the UK they tend to have to work for less and less and for longer hours to make the payments, i know as i own a valmet 901 harvester. its by no means new, but it still takes a lot of paying for. larger machines can sometimes be hard on the ground, which may ask the question by owners what other methods of extraction are available. i use an altsor for my delicate or difficult sites as it offers me a good solution to many of the issues that i encounter. yes it is not a cheap option but no new machines. You can never compare second hand prices with new. Also a company that produce 50 machines a year would have a higher unit cost that say a company that produce a 1000. Also another factor is how much need s to be felled or extracted per day. If its a small amount then a powered wheeled barrow might be a solution to some people or at the other end of the scale a 20 tonne class forwarder may only just keep up with a hgigh out put harvester. there is a massive skill shortage of good forestry cutters, with a decline reaching back now over 20 years. production forestry is a dying art and is hard work with very little good operators wanting to enter this career. there are clots of folks working at it part time, but a lot have the timber costs off set by trust or organisations. there's room for all kinds of working methods in forestry some better than others and some more sensitive. surely the aim is to do a good job and try and make a little money in one of the hardest jobs in the world

My dad built one to plant seedlings and whips at his research project in Guyana south america. it works well in the soils over there and now saves him a lot of time. It was loosely based on a potatoe ridger and we welded on a ripper and closing mechanism. it pressed them in firmly and had a very high success rate. I have also seen a local plant supplier, John Holiday, from Ludlow with a mechanical planter, that also worked very well i would also have a word with gregor Mcarthur as i think he might have made one

Well if its tricky extraction and you need high outputs consider an Alstor, its under 5' wide and can move between 30-60 tonnes per day to roadside, ( WITH A GOOD OPERATOR). i know i'm biased as i have been operating these for 15 years now, but for its size there's nothing else to compete at the present, it also makes a lot less mess than the completion including the old horses with a psi foot print of 4 to 1.5 psi. you can also lift logs of over half a tonne so 5m saw logs, then put it on a trailer and take it home. if you need a winch we now fit a hydraulic one to the loader with a remote control and 35m of cable to get to those hard to reach places

have a look at the rabaud xylog 320 all hydraulic and very strong

Hi thats correct you can contact me through our home forestry website or call on the numbers listed if we haven't got exactly what your after it wont take long to get it for you.

best to just deal with matters yourself, the police are not interested in rural crime

ive got a new Rabaud 14 tonne Farmer II in stock, will split 1.15m length logs, built like a battle ship, with auto return and 2 speed auto cut. £1390.00 plus vat or the 17 tonne version for £1660.00 plus vat. both can be fitted with the optional chain winch. Home Forestry

weve got 6 of the bushnell ones with 8 mega pixel cams and night vision, caught a few pics and vids of our burglars robbin one of the sheds, but the police wont use the images. must be too easy earning money from speeding tickets ! excellent to see where deer are before setting up high seats etc. Uttings.co.uk - For Field Sports, Shooting Accessories, Fishing and Outdoor Equipment. see to offer the best prices

hi have a look at rabaud they make a wide range of tct saw benches, strong and well designed

Hi there, we only stock the farma drive trailer and the Alstor 8x8. there are small drive trailers on the market, but look at them carefully, and view them working. some are not very capable. if its a small machine your after with high outputs have a look at our Alstor mini-forwarders. they are unrivalled for terrain capability, but are not a cheap product. We do have a used one in Sweden available at the minute for £24,000 plus vat. or the new 810 models start at £36,000 plus vat and shipping. All the best with your research if i can be of help let me know. Trying to get new videos on youtube this week

The Farma trailer has a cage drive which fits between the tyre pattern and provides good traction. The cage does not slip on the tyres and if the going gets too bad when fully loaded the pressure relief valve will prevent damage. I will try and get a new video on our website to show it in action, working on a terrible site at the minute and couldn't get in empty, let alone loaded with out it. Its a very good value for money option