gdh
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Chipping softwood today, the weather was appalling with a constant stream of dust and bark blowing at me so I'm glad I could do it from the cab for the most part.
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Just thought I'd share this photo taken of a guy in shakopee MN.
gdh replied to voj maintenance's topic in General chat
Yes, he really shouldn't be standing under where the professional's about to drop branches... -
Looks like I had it backwards when I tried doing 10+ for £4 last year. On the plus side it looks like I should increasing our 1.8 cube load from £125 to £1250... Wish me luck
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There's a few buzzards about here in mid Wales and loads of red kites. Saw 12 in one go as we baled hay.
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Have you looked at kramers? We've been using them for years and they're great for yard work and reliable. I use a 280 for firewood production, stacking boxes etc. It will only just handle a box rotator as we use potato boxes which are bigger so we tend to use our 750 for loading to be on the safe side but it's the equivalent of the jcb 406 anyway. If your looking for any second hand machine agriaffaires is worth a look, probably more there than eBay.
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Tajfun 480+ (or 400 if you want to spend less) for me, I haven't seen faster processors for normal logs yet. They're good value for money, well built - put 3000tons through the 400 and 1500 so far through the 480 so far with no issues and they have a good selection of log decks. They have self tensioning conveyors that fold away quickly, all hydraulic controls for the coveyor and every other control is on one joystick. 480+ has auto height adjust on the splitter which makes a big difference and will measure cube cut (although I haven't used that).
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Thinking of not enough fuel, have you tried running it with the filter off in case that's blocked? Only mention it because I had that with a strimmer recently.
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Yeah, we're quite lucky that we've got a woodchip customer who pays by the kW so it pays to chip hardwood unlike most contracts.
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Yes, we find it's more efficient to chip it and it improves the quality of the firewood if we take stuff less than 4/5 inch out. To be honest I was chipping bigger stuff than usual though because I've had enough this week of chainsawing bent pieces to get them through the processor...
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Finally worked out how to post Facebook videos. :-)
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Been chipping the smaller bits that aren't worth processing this week and coppicing a hedge with the tree shear we've just got.
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Yes, that's what I tend to say but judging from this forum and the article on cordwood building cordwood (one word) has another meaning to many people. It could be a change over time or just regional, I think most people understand it in context.
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I don't think anyone's disputing the technical meaning but when people ask for a load of cordwood most people understand it to mean unprocessed timber, it's just become a quick way of saying that in the right context.
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Worth noting that most posts ask for cordwood not a cord OF wood so I've always taken it as unprocessed wood not a measurement.
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I haven't heard it used a lot, although most people know what you mean by it. A cord is a measurement so it doesn't actually make sense. I think it's more common online like here because asking to buy logs gets confused with firewood so easily.
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I don't deal a lot with softwood but that seems expensive, especially with very local delivery. Would you be better buying slightly more expensive hardwood for the sake of £10?
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For stuff suitable for firewood and chipping we're paying around 40 a ton delivered. That's mid Wales from within 20 miles.
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It's an impressive looking machine, it's only the axe head that makes it look home made and I actually quite like that.
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I agree, towing weights should be increased a bit as the sizes are now out of date. Maybe an option to allow towing over 3.5 ton if the trailer has an mot? Max weight for an agricultural trailer is 18tons by the way, only change is they upped the total from 25 to 31 tons to allow for heavier tractors.
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I did try sharpening at 25 to match my oregon chains but they seem to last a bit longer at 28 so I make the effort and everything's rotatech now anyway. I much prefer using a guide, it makes the job easier and I get a better /more consistent edge, especially when I'm doing 5 to 10 processor chains at a time. Think when I first joined here I made a poll of how people sharpen, it's probably still here somewhere. Edit:
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Yes, they do. Only slightly irritating thing is a lot of them are 28 degrees so if you use a guide it's not often marked on that but you get used to it.
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Everything we dried this summer is back up to 17 now, I think under 25% is fine and under 20% is perfect for burning. We've never had any complaints selling around the 17 mark so everything we sell now I just dry until there's nothing over 17, I don't think it's cost effective /efficient to go much lower.
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Obviously a different area to you but we chip for biomass so we've got the sieve in our heizohack, it does take a bit more power but it makes good chip. Even with that you still get the odd slither when doing small diameter timber though. Speed control changes the chip size slightly but in practical terms most people are going to have it set to the fastest the chipper will take it.
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560 is technically our best saw but I do like our faithful 357 which in 10 years has never had an issue despite my very relaxed approach to maintenance.
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A farmer round here hired someone to roll his field. He went round the outside first and said to the man 'I've done the difficult bit for you, just keep going '. A few hours later he went to check he had finished the field and found the man still going round the outside with the edge of the field sunk about a foot.
