Graham w

fancy a game? im an infantry gen boss, lol sad i know

problem is it would be very difficult to build a machine (for production) without using other companies designs. an example would be the multitek 3040 has an overhead shuttle grapple for clamping and feeding logs. in my design a grapple would slide on a carriage on the log deck, by doing this its infringe-ing their existing patent however if this machine works well and has ideally two patents they could be valuable to competing processor manufacturers, where you would then get a return on investing in the patent i.e. sell them or get a percentage of sales i know an engineer that (or so the story goes) built a Christmas tree netting thing long time ago that was copied and if it was patented he would be having a happier retirement

Hi guys What is the best way to patent the unique functions on a prototype firewood processor. To my knowledge there is no current machine that can process multiple stems, cut and split at speed on a commercial volume but there could have been and its already patented. I have heard of online companies that can search through stacks of info and they will then apply for the patents for you but i would rather take plans/pictures to a uk based organisation or even take the processor to them (haven started building it yet:001_rolleyes:) to get a personal hands on approach? Has anyone dealt with a good company and what costs could be involved? timescale is not an issue as i dont intend on producing machines this will be a one off but i dont want my ideas stolen!

Mean while in Scotland...

i find pine through a circular saw cuts like butter, could be getting a resin build up?

but its £76k

i have checked the registration document and it is classed as an agricultural machine. it also has trailer brakes and impressive on board brakes. but i wouldnt recommend regular heavy trailer work although everyone dose it

should be i think my telli can tow 18tons on the road and as its an ag registered vehicle this should be in the same class as a tractor?

sorry just noticed this is in the chainsaw forum so a different rate

in bulk around £10 a ton diesel and oil free

what would be your similar price for quality/well presented kiln dried ash, beach and oak?

i did a homemade splitter based on a few machines similar to this and found that you could stack three 300mm blocks, in rows of three, totaling 9 blocks pressed through at once, if you didnt have a processor the rabaud should handle this very well.

i saw a hydraulic slasher saw forsale in USA, it was used for lengthing yank size saw logs??? i will try find some more info as they are available

i would expect the international to fall to bits long before the crane. it would be much better if mounted directly on the tractor and as mentioned a larger tractor maybe 6cly for greater stability/visibility

where bouts are you buddy?

is this the scottish woodlands job?

i was offered a sambron years ago with a ford 4000 engine imo it had poor weight distribution for off roading, still far better than a 2wd. newer jcb share loads of parts with manitou, have driven both jcb large and small but never really liked them

i had an disgusting experience with the highlands no.1 manitou dealer. i called them up to find out the grade of hydraulic oil to use in a new machine and the manager recommended 48, having no 48 i arranged to collect a 25L drum. ok so far turned up and asked at the desk to collect the oil and the guy says we dont sell oil here, then carrys on doing something else. i went round and found the manager and he says we only have hydraulic 46 oil in bulk, do you have an empty drum? but i have 200l of 46 back at the yard what a waste of time! next i asked to order hardi splicers for the transfer shaft between the engine and gearbox it was making a slight rattle, manager says i will send an engineer to see what the problem is, i said its ok its the knuckles on the shaft when i greased it this morning the rattle stopped. managers still wanting to send someone out it could be something else... fair enough theres a problem with the hydraulics- they should have extensive knowledge on this machine i thought. the engineer turns up and parks the van at the opposite end of the yard from the machine and the young lad wanders over with a quarter inch ratchet but no sockets. it takes him a good half hour to remove one cover (four bolts) and drops those bolts on the gravel, he takes a look at shaft and says the splicers are on the shelf but he dosent have any so cant change them. gets into the cab and plays about with the joystick then says 'its not working', i will have to come back with a computer. at this point my mechanic starts laughing then says that will send you into the unknown throwing up unrelated faults everywhere! he then sent the lad on his way, but he was back for the tools he left scattered around. the next day i went to see the manager and when questioned about quality of service he said it was the lads first manitou and a learning curve then went on about their 30 year reputation. he genuinely didnt see anything wrong. but the best by far was the tyre company, one of the tractors back tyres went down overnight so a young lad comes round in a fancy new van and repairs the good tyre, the nice hard one thats full of air not the flat one that causes the tractor to lean to one side at a funny angle. the boss sends a bill for £400 to repair the good tyre and to repair the flat one, thats gonna take a while to beat:laugh1::laugh1:

there are insurance companies that will cover you without tickets. however if you were to claim and incompetence/ poor work practice was the fault they may not cover you, i assume this would be the case with or without tickets

good point for this job the old TJ skidder the logs are pole length so its ideal. theres poor access for arctics and no proper loading bay so there is further forwarding and sizing to be done. this will add a few more days but i will cap the job so that it dosent exceed £18 a ton heres a dream machine

doing exactly this in premium sitka and have priced the job on an average of 4 ton per hour to fell, sned and roadside at £15 a ton gives a hourly rate of £60 per hour for a two man team and machine:001_smile: a good felling saw 385xp with a 28 inch bar and for snedding 372xp with 18 inch bar, the other lad has a 460 and thats a tad too heavy imo

hey buddy iv one of those with 2 average batterys, the motor has died but trigger should be good. you are welcome to have it for the taking... depends on what the postage would be though?

away to a local blacksmiths where they used to do cartwheels many years ago to get a length of metal rolled. unfortunately they didnt have a set of rollers large enough or could think of anyone that did. so i had a few ideas and this one worked out a treat, essensially welded one end of the flat bar to a 4ton roller and pull it forward. the band is 4 by 3/8 inch by 124.5 inches in length lovely:thumbup1:

More router madness this time used as a bandsaw to cut the outer wheel. its ash(lets do it right!) and finished size is 3 inch deep by 4 inch wide yet to be pegged together. just doing a half way through PutItTogetherSeeIfItFits as theres still the spokes to shape, outer metal band and the hub needs a bush or bearings??? but its now past midnight and im in danger of having angry neighbors if i make any more noise!

is that an atlas 3008 on the back?