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I agree, everything is quicker on a smart phone and my Sony is water and dust proof so no issues there. Only problem is I can't escape emails anymore
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They re-released the Nokia 3310 which I think has everything you want and is cheap. For a decent camera you'll probably need a smartphone though. Or maybe a jcb phone if you want something tougher. I have no experience of either unfortunately, just ideas.
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We're a bit slow on sales but we're still cutting plenty. Was just about getting up the hill in the snow yesterday. ? On a side note we just finished cutting 175 ton of smaller diameter (average 10inch) beech and ash and it made 310cube when dry if that's of interest to anyone.
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As said, if it's value for money you're better off hiring a processor. If you enjoy cutting your own wood it will make things much faster on straight logs but you're probably better off investing in a nice axe or hydraulic splitter as opposed to spending a few thousand on a processor.
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Jerry Can (20 litre ) For Chainsaw Filling Up At Petrol Stations
gdh replied to ANDYDMC's topic in General chat
We often fill up 3 or four cans in our local garage for chainsaws and quadbikes. No issues with them and as we only use diesel for vehicles which we have our own tank for I don't see a way around it other picking up 5 litres every day of the week. -
Star Wars Rumble in the Bronx Any other Jackie chan film.
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To be honest I just use a cheap stihl, it's just a rebadged generic one though, I don't think they make their own. I prefer the older, more square one but they all measure the same way as far as know so the only truly accurate way is by weight. There are very expensive hammer in ones but you get a good enough idea from experience and the cheap ones.
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I would cut it a bit shorter as well, 70% of our sales are 9inch compared to longer sizes.
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Yes, we put a radiator on the infeed of a pressure fan.
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We've put a vented floor in an old trailer and push hot air through it. Basically a grain drying floor on a very small scale.
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From that angle it looks like they were doing everything they could to line up with the house.
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We use a cleanwell diesel which performs well.
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Simplest way is roadside, chipwood is around £50 a ton now from the last quote I got and it's worth sorting the nicer logs for milling to get a bit more. Off topic: This is the last place I expected to see a kyle katarn reference.
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Flail does the better job and will get through smaller gorse etc if required but as said needs a bit more power. 8ft on our 120hp tractor is a reasonable match although that is front mounted so I can't remember if you lose some power anyway. Anything's possible if you go slow enough though.
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Apart from the boilers that burn waste sawdust etc most need sub 20% moisture to work properly. We dry our woodchip which we use for our kiln to less than 15. You just use a small percentage of what you've dried for the next lot. Biomass boilers are also much more efficient than any log burner so emissions would be much less.
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Nothing with the first one except a cog stripped in the pto gearbox, 1 belt and a small sensor (that didn't matter) over 1000hours. Second one we've had a few belts snap (there is only one for the saw which should last 600 hours) and can't work out why. On both machines we've fixed everything ourselves and the parts arrived in a couple of days. Only thing we ever had to call a mechanic about was all the electrics playing up and couldn't work out why - it embarrassingly turned out to be the plug loose on the tractor. If you've got a good relationship with a local dealer that could be the decider though.
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We looked at both when we switched to Tajfun from Hakki Pilke and preferred the Tajfun 480+ for value and performance. I did like the look of auto chain tensioning on the Hakki Pilke though. Happy to answer any questions on the 480.
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Plenty here in mid Wales. Delivery cost might be an issue
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Tracked bobcats are good for woodland work but our old one (talking 15 years ago admittedly) used to destroy bearings constantly being used on concrete yards. I still miss it though for turning on the spot when loading.
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Anyone else slow on sales? We're not disastrous by any means but after a record year last year we seem to be half of what I expected and our wholesale customers are even worse. Hopefully we get some cold weather soon as it's been a warm winter so far. Alternatively I've got plenty of wholesale logs for sale
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Thanks, I'll take a look. Can find a few 100m rolls but hoping for longer.
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Llandovery, Mid Wales.
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I'm not sure you should pay too much attention to them... Double check this as it's from memory: Max weight is approximately 28ton and the trailer can't be more than 18. Top, legal, speed is 25mph Maximum from base is 60miles. You don't need an mot but anything dangerous or overloaded and you'll still get pulled There's restrictions on using it for haulage to - you can't haul for other people etc. As said that's all from memory but there's a lot of regulations.
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We're doing a job at the moment that requires green coloured netting and can't get 300m rolls of rylock anywhere. We have enough in stock at the moment but any ideas for alternatives would be appreciated for the future.
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You can use the custom page on Northern arb. https://www.northernarbsupplies.co.uk/chainsaw-chains/2964-custom-chain-maker-select-your-options-1.html?search_query=Custom&results=8#/2164-number_of_drive_links-92/2100-gauge-1_5mm_058/2096-pitch-3_8
