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I think you'd have more luck lifting with a digger as you can wobble it to loosen it. A straight upwards pull is surprisingly hard. The downside is access and cost. Would be interesting to try one of those chainsaw winches on a frame.
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It's going to depend a lot where you are the country, here in mid Wales we can dry to less than 10% and it will balance out to 17 in a month or two. Interestingly I noticed recently that Certainly Wood who are pushing for the new regulations only average 20% on their kiln dried. Personally I think under 25 is acceptable and under 20 is good, I haven't come across a log burner that wouldn't burn that and would avoid any that did struggle.
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Sorry, we traded in at the apf. We're having the demo one from the stand so it was a quick deal.
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I am talking about winching and extraction on banks but 2 artics a day is impressive on any land. How about we meet in the middle and I'll pay you £20
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It's a worse price when you consider it's market demand not costs setting the price. Extraction is usually £30-35 a ton plus £20 standing so there's a big step to £70.
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Yes, they said you had been in earlier. Depending on condition /tonnage around 10k.
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I think half of arbtalk was there, we went on Friday and it was a good show. I didn't see any big developments on the processor side this time although we did buy another tajfun 480+. Hakki pilke look unchanged, posch had some interesting stuff and I didn't take a close look at palax.
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You've covered most of the key points, I would say a digger could also damage the yards more and might be too high for sheds but will be more flexible with a grab and can reach up and over into trailers etc. I would think you're looking at an 8ton digger with 4000+ hours on your budget. 13tonners are easier to find but might be too big.
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The gates open at 9, we arrived just gone and only queued 10 minutes but it was up to a two hour wait later so I think we got lucky. Hopefully you get straight in tomorrow but it depends how many people hear about today and go in early. Not sure about the ticket, logically it's no different on a screen though.
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I think a two child rule would actually be a reasonable way of steadying and slightly reducing the population. This fun topic has taken a dark turn...
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I would like to say cure disease etc but in reality I think we need to help ourselves for the most part - if we worked together even a lot of natural disasters could be avoided so I would sit back and just say if you do good there's a place for you in the end. Then I'd sneak up on an atheist and scare them.
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Yes, probably average 6 stakes from a log. We tend to get 15 years out of them before we think of restaking/replacing.
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They cost us about £3 to make for split oak. Strainers I value at £20. Our last lot of cresote stakes we bought was either 3.20 or 3.40 I think. We don't do much fencing, just us and a few neighbours but it's the erecting I find the bigger variable. When you have to start rock spiking you can quickly lose time.
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£5+ for oak stakes, high tensile netting, single barb. Usually a lot of turns. Plenty of people cheaper with softwood stakes near us, Mid Wales.
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I do wonder if this is still happening given recent prices. A lot has changed in the last few years.
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I had to do one once, didn't take any time and was confirmed within a day. Not sure of its purpose, I had forgotten we had one until now.
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Have you considered mounting a rack on the blade for carrying logs? I'm not sure how much weight the rams would take but I know a few fencers carry stakes like that.
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Larch, nice to process and dry and gives out plenty of heat. I'm happy with anything without too much sap.
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Yes, they have a very impressive workshop there. Always an interesting range of equipment with skylines and forwarders being worked on to.
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Branch logging as an alternative to chipping in a forestry setting
gdh replied to Big J's topic in Firewood forum
Biomass customers are a good choice as they're less fussy on size, although usually expect very dry. Campsites is another idea, thin logs are perfect for the little log baskets some have. -
No, we're on a farm a few miles out by Myddfai. I think you mean Rj Fukes, they sell and repair harvesters and machinery. We spend a lot of time there.
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Branch logging as an alternative to chipping in a forestry setting
gdh replied to Big J's topic in Firewood forum
I think 120cube is very optimistic, I would be going 80-90, but it's good idea, only downside over chipping is I would think it will take a lot of chainsaw work to cut out all the v's and that will still leave offcuts and thinner pieces. As you say though any product is a bonus and even if it only pays for itself you'll get rid of a lot of brash for free. -
The oil tank is away from the hydraulics so it doesn't get warm. Chain oil shouldn't fly off anywhere near as much as hydraulic oil whichever type you use. If you're using normal chain oil try to avoid heavy chain oil as it's thicker and can cause flow issues.
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Ah, I assumed it was a separate tank like our old hakki pilke, I wonder if gravity would be enough to oil it if you just diverted the saws pipe to a separate tank, probably not with chain oil but might work with hydraulic oil then you could leave standard oil in the machine. Just thinking out loud here.
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It was only a brief conversation while he was servicing another tractor, it's possible but one of those things that isn't essential right now so it'll be when we get round to it. We could spare a tractor in the winter but it's much easier to just leave the 35 on it all the time. The fuel on the big tractors isn't actually a lot because you can just idle 1000 pto but like you said it's the hours that's the issue. Depreciation alone is £12 an hour on the big tractors compared to the 35 which is on 10,000+ hours and easily paid for.
