Wood wasp

Stubborn wee buggers! Thanks for sharing, never knew that.

FWIW Safety Steve dropped me a PM explaining his rationale and why he has such a strong approach. Made sense and he also gave me some excellent practical advice... So another case of forum posts in black and white losing nuance

Where do they go when you start cutting and lowering, are they still inside?

Yes, took out the old ISP kit and fitted new levers where the ramp etc programming is integrated into levers. Was working it this afternoon and took out 6 loads, quite a long extraction too.

Do bats not vacate when a saw starts vibrating up through tree? Time you mouth and toe it that's a lot of of disturbance.

How much noisier are they after the modification?

The fact that the FC who, over the last 5 decades or so, have proven themselves to be criminally incompetent with regard to managing the nation's forest estate get to judge what others do with their woods is one of life's ironies. That said the individuals I've dealt with so far up here have been very helpful with FLA's I've submitted. When you submit an fla you should get acknowledgment email few days later which contains following info: "We will publish details of your application to fell trees (except for thinning only applications) on our Public Register for a period of four weeks. We will also consult with other relevant organisations during this period. Under the provisions of the Forestry Act 1967 we must make a decision about your application within 3 months, although we may seek your agreement to extend this timescale if processing takes longer than expected (e.g. due to issues that may be raised during the consultation period)." Have you been given a reason why your fla hasn't been processed? And I agree they won't have been just passing, someone's reported you

I've been reading this thread with interest as want to learn more about rams as they're pretty new to me. Unfortunately I've not really learned much. Steve, I think you mean well and something may be getting lost in forum format but I suggest you look at how you're coming over. Trading all over the world I've never came across an attitude like that, not even supermarket buyers communicate in that tone. Shame too as possibly you're the person who really could've added something to this thread.

Purpleheart perhaps?

Fantastic work as is the diver on the other thread

Keep hearing about cuts but nothing about improving efficiency, all parties are in agreement that current levels of spending are unsustainable so instead of chief copper coming away with crap like that I'd rather see his solution. He gets paid enough after all. Incidentally the pub near me recently had small fire in one of the rooms, 5 fire engines plus 3 police cars attended so no shortage of manpower there. Two of the fire engines stayed on site with engines ticking over for 5 hours after fire extinguished, I asked mate in fire service why engines kept running and he said they're not allowed to switch them off in case they need to use the pumps at short notice.

Ok thanks for info Joy. Could you put plywood sheets over bottom layer to try level the playing field so could double up both sides to 44 in total? Obviously cost in sheets

Courtesy of forestmachineoperatorsjobs Facebook page, there's always loads of good pics/videos on it Digger goes climbing

I buy standing timber, I wouldn't pay for scattered windblown timber as it's simply too much hassle and the economics don't add up.

Yes plenty oil, as above I'll investigate over weekend

It's same bar and chain, just changed from 7 to 8 tooth sprocket. Bar never used to get hot, now it's almost (but not quite) too hot to touch which can't be right. I might have look at clutch/sprocket tomorrow to see if something's catching and generating friction

Fair enough, bags are not really my thing. Re the 33 on lorry would that be two row of 11 side by side then one sitting on top and do you run out of space before weight? I'm guesstimating here but would think a curtain sider should be able to run with about 28/29 ton

Jeez relax, was just tongue in cheek posting while I was enjoying a cup of tea in the woods! And if it's any help to best my knowledge a cube bag is 100cm x 100cm x 100cm though there will be some bulge/stretch.

Forget doing it to get firewood quality timber to roadside, as Chris says above the £45 price is for artic loads of straight processable timber. If the timber is millable and you can get loads together in same area then you could make it work with any firewood simply a small extra

Thanks Stubby, any idea why my bar could be getting hot?

Changed from 7 to 8 tooth last night but today I've noticed the bar is hot, I'm running 15" 3/8. Turned oil to max but bar is still hot, any ideas why this might be? It's cutting lot faster obviously although doing sycamore today instead of usual softwood so not had chance to do like for like comparison. I didn't add extra link to chain as it fitted, whether a new chain without extra link will fit is another matter.

cubic metre, they're vented also, 33 bags per artic, £75 per bag ex works inclusive of vented bag.

Good to hear Elf, always a bonus when a potential disaster turns out to be something simple.

Would any of you buy abroad if can't find the machine you're looking for in UK?

This sawmill does full length trees. Greenheart up to 22m but Douglas only up to 12m so there will be a reason for that, possibly just logistics for moving it against value http://www.aitkenhoward.co.uk/product/douglas-fir/