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Tracking takes a bit of getting used to but it's not too bad, just remember not to track the other side unless you talk to them first. We had a problem with blades coming off and it turned out to be oil /grease on the new ones we had to wipe off.
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Outright is the best way to buy unless you can get 0% interest which we try and get but usually only succeed on tractors. Finance is easier to manage with a monthly cost though and of course if you're like us you've spent all your money on wood and the bank can't stop you getting one a vehicle on finance. I've debated how often to change a lot and keeping longer/buying second is better value but I still prefer to keep things new as they're covered by warranty so there's less risk overall and more importantly you're less likely to have downtime which is where you can very quickly lose money and reputation. Also it won't apply to everyone but my personal view is I would rather spend more and have a newer and higher spec vehicle to be comfortable in at work than spend the money on going out on holiday etc because that's where I spend the majority of my time.
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Basically the same workings but I do it over 5 years minus 10k sale value and plus finance of a few thousand so slightly more per cube.
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Yes it is, it's got air suspension on the back end which you can adjust with a compressor according to the load the same as pumping a tyre. It also gains you a couple of hundred kilos of legal weight over the standard leaf springs. Not sure on the cost as we had it all as one price but it wasn't a massive increase from what I remember.
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Yeah, it's very close. I wouldn't want to weigh every load of Beech or Oak. ;) Most our loads are smaller anyway but a bigger back gives you the option and makes loading and sheeting easier. Never had any issues with the oil level on either pickup (80k miles and 19k so far) and I don't remember any other issues except one clutch and we change brake pads quite a lot. They've been very reliable and there's 5 year warranty anyway.
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That's exactly what we used to have. Now we've got 2 Izuzu pickup tippers, one with a 2cube back and we just replaced our ifor Williams trailer with a second one with a 4cube back (and air suspension for 1400kg).
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Not definite but we'll go up to £145-150 for 1.8cube delivered up to 20miles this winter so equivalent of £100 for you although realistically slightly more to cover delivery if I did it. That's kiln dried in mid Wales but I would charge the same for anything dry. We also do bigger loads cheaper.
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Assuming you've tried another file, try sharpening a few strokes on each tooth at more of an angle (30 instead of 25 for example) then a few more strokes at the correct angle. Or just get another chain if it's not an easy fix. I've stopped trying to save as many damaged chains now and it's cheaper to buy a new one a lot of the time.
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With Husqvarna (and friends have similar with Stihl) I've found the newer saws perform better (rev up faster, are lighter and cut faster) but are slightly less reliable. The autotune itself I've never had any issues with and if I had a choice of new saws of any age it would be a 550 or 560 and a 572.
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No it was a photo I uploaded. Nothing important, just don't have it on my phone anymore. Most photos I take are too big to upload straight away if that's anything to do with it.
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I couldn't get my old one back but uploading a new one works fine.
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I'm not sure it will catch on, it looks nice and the end could be an improvement for loader arms but it looks more effort than an electric one and I would rather carry my milwaukee around than that. The milwaukee is 10000psi as well and the battery lasts a few cartridges so there's nothing else to carry. Only reason I think ends aren't like that already is they wouldn't fit through the holes in the guard of a pto shaft or similar. When a person invents autolube for shafts I'll be very happy.
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It's £30-35 a ton to extract hardwood and stack here in mid Wales. Per hour is going to vary on the size of the equipment, skill of the cutters etc.
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Yes, we usually get a couple of buzzards and often 5-10 red kites at a time, it's always nice to see. It's a phantom 4 drone, they're very good once you get the hang of them but expensive and there's a lot of new regulation coming for drones this year if you are looking for one. I miss the shoot, it was only 3 years though as we had to concentrate on the firewood and to be honest we didn't have the area to compete with the big ones and were just losing money.
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They're just shock absorbers for the dogs underneath that stop the bale sliding back. Ours has got them top and bottom so you can push the last bale out of the chamber. Dry matter varies on the crop, they weigh 4-500kg for good haylage and it's about £3 in plastic for 3 layers (£5 total to wrap bales).
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It ties 2 knots on a bale, one at the start and one at the finish. It's a 2008 krone 890. I've sat up there and tried to work it out but there's too much going on.
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A video I made of our tractors at work:
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Mines not as tidy at the moment, people keep dumping stuff in it.
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10-15 minutes if you know what you're doing and replace them with equally new/worn ones so there's no need to line up with the bar. Probably double that if you have to fiddle setting blades. It's two bolts on the cover then one to slacken on each of the six blades. An impact wrench will save a fair bit of time.
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I would say leave it be, let him make his own choice, but in reality I would probably have helped out.
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We've got an old posch with twin rams - one pushes, one pulls in so it's double its own length and will do 7ft. It must be about 20 years old and only 8ton but does the job and much cheaper than buying a new full length one. I would think it's a bit too fidly with a cone splitter but I haven't used one.
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Yeah, I'm hoping for something closer. Most years we get enough out of the firewood stacks and our own woodland so it's relatively cheap but this year we've mostly got ash, beech, alder and red oak. We actually got wood fairly easily this year in the end and prices seem to have stabilised locally but I'll be surprised if I average £65 delivered for fencing stuff.
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I'm a few miles outside Llandovery. I've sent a pm.
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Yep, just use them bare. We always staple into the split side and side up the strainers to make sure we're in the heartwood and get 15+ years out of them. Thanks for all the suggestions for suppliers.
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Thanks, might be worth looking at costs of backloads if I can find a lorry going that way. I hate the fact there's lorry loads going from near us to Kent but it might prove useful. Fingers crossed I find some closer but I've got a couple of contract fences coming up so I'm playing it safe.
