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Cheers for the reply but I’m not on FB. Any details ?

Afternoon I’m after a decent second hand 8” and above chipper. Preferably a TP 200/250 as Iv had one in the past with no problems. Does anyone know of any one thinking of trading one in or selling also a bonus would be located down south (Dorset). But willing to travel or arrange shipping.

Many thanks

 
I really only pay attention to chip and oversize log sizes/specs, all I cut and leave complicated stuff for the machines.
 
Do u not use a forester or someone who markets/sells ur timber?
Otherwise ask Mendip if he is going to e doing work for u.
He'll know the craic locally
 
Otherwise speak to ur local saw mills who u'd hope to sell it too, get there prices and specs.
 
I'm just a grunt on a saw so all this is above my paygrade but I know even with similar saw log specs one mill wants them arrow straight while others take almost anything.
 
Possibly with the current demand for chip, boimasss and lesser extent pulp mibbe not just quite as critical as it was in the past to cut loads off small sizes.
As 10 or 20 years ago u could hardly give them away and sat at roadside drying out.
Althou I think eurodisney/trash still cut 13 odd sizes on some jobs.
 
 

Big J will be the boy on this one as lives down your way and does this sort of stuff all the time 

I would imagine 12ft is a bad size to cut, every sawmill has its own specs and sizes but generally smaller length off log grade timber use 3.7m ( not that far away from ur 12ft but could be an inch or 2 short) after that 4.9s but I get all sorts of lengths 4.1 4.5, 5.1 sawmill/timer grade dependant. 
Plus a multitude of chip, pulp, bar and fencing sizes.
 
U'd be best to find a home for it 1st or atleast cut it too more common/normal specs and sizes.

 
mendipforestry.co.uk

Good evening chaps. I work for a large estate in Dorset, we have just started first and second thinnings in some of our smaller wood blocks that have been in much need of attention. The larger commercial blocks will need a harvester ect which is being sorted for later this year. It’s mostly Scots pine with some corsican. All our decent hardwoods go to a saw mill or milled with our panther on the estate and kept. For some wood blocks this is the first clean up they’ve had.

I’m asking for help and if anyone can give some good advice on moving the timber on ? Who in the Dorset area ? What’s the best market to look for bio mass/sawlog/shaver bar ect? sizes ??

We have been cutting the timber to 12 foot and extracted about 30 cube so far.

Looking forward to your reply’s, This has been a steep learning curve so far.

Cheers

Fuelwood Warwick are the dealer (and very good after sales/ knowledge)
Parallel movement is when you are carrying out more than one action with the crane, in simplest terms, with most cranes if, for example, you lift and slew at the same time one action will slow the other down but with the Mowi cranes you can basically 2 or more actions at once without one dominating.
I’ve had colleagues say it doesn’t make a difference but then hav a go and say ‘ahh I get it now’

I notice in your opening post you don’t mention Mowi, these are the only cranes with true parallel movement. They also come with slewing drawbar as standard which imho is essential, particularly in thinning work. I operate an (8 t) one on my valmet 865 (90hp) and also a Botex 8090(12t?) on a Valtra 123N, I prefer the Mowi...... it’s just smoother to use and they lift much more than they look like they will!
Hope this is helpful
John

looks sorta " flat tracker "

After having a nasty off on my 2019 husky TE250i snapping my ACL and destroying my knee plus getting old (feeling old) at 33. Always wanted an airhead so gone for a BMW R80 early 80s.

My 9 tonne moheda with greedy pins can just carry 2 bays of 2.4m (8ft). About 5 tonnes of softwood and up to 7.5 tonnes of a heavy hardwood in thinnings. Without a reversing seat it would be a pain in thinnings if you want to move 50 or 60m3 in a normal working day. I wouldn't dream of having to get out and operate crane from the trailer, both from convenience and safety. When I was cutting and extracting and only doing 10 tonne a day not having a reversing seat was just about acceptable for a young man but a real pain in the neck now.
 
Nowadays I would want to use a reverse drive tractor or small forwarder but definitely a 40kph box if returning to base each day. In the day I left machines on site, suffered a fair amount of vandalism as a result, so wouldn't feel keen to do it nowadays.
 
Common knowledge  (2 joystick with buttons) controls are de rigueur nowadays though I remain more adept with six levers.

Morning Gents ! 
I’m after some advice regarding a new timber trailer. I work for a large private estate in Dorset with extensive hardwood and softwood forestry blocks. We are due to start our first and second thinning programs soon plus opening some other areas up. Which will require us to shift large quantities of timber to roadside stacking areas ready and presented for collection.

We have an 1164 county with winch and Ford 6610 tractor which will hopefully pull the new trailer. Iv been looking at around 8ton mark is this an ok size ? Ones that stand out are KTS, Botex and kellfri.

which controls do you recommend ? Obviously cab mounted controls would be a plus. Also anything else you can think of to recommend would be great. 
 

Regards 

Won Brilliant yet again Steve ! Thanks for your hard work and the people who donate !!!

Tickets purchased ! Fingers crossed its all for a good cause anyway.

I have a set of 3 Sena 20s if anyone is interested before I put them on eBay and/or arbtrader

How come your getting rid of the 20s @T14EES T14UNK we've just ordered a set ?? Are they an improvement on 10s ?.?

Cheers Steve chuffed with my second win on these raffles but that's not the point ..... All for a great cause. Top man

Thanks again ! It's going to take me abit to get through 25l of bar oil

Thanks everyone. Most won't cover me taking him into work anyway. But il carry on looking.

Cheers

I work for forest and tree care we are based in Bridport. Think the books are pretty full at the mo, but you never know. 01308 456218

Hi everyone

Some advice needed, this is Sam.

Iv been taking him to work from the age of ten weeks just to get use to all the noise/smells/sights we all deal with everyday.

My question is anyone else have a dog with them during the day ? I work a mixture of private and commercial arb jobs mon to fri, with the obvious dangers and risk of injury has anyone insured there arb dogs ?

Reading the small print of petplan/morethan/aviva he's not covered at a place of work or for work purposes (even though he's no help what so ever lowering off or up the tree with me) 😅

Cheers for taking the time to read this !

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Sam, ten weeks old and already settling in to the arb dog life !

Hi mate I hope your ok soon mate thanks Jon

Yeah this was early last year, down to the bone but luckily no tendon damage just numb across the scar. Once bitten twice shy 😳

Zubats bite back to ! Lesson learnt the hard way.