Graham w

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?

thats one way another is to have your logs in rotation, i have timber from three years back that are ready to process and sell this season. the new timber today will not be used untill 3 years, unless its birch or beech which is ready in 12-18 months. then i store my processed firewood in an ag building it keeps shed usage to a minimum.

so get it wrapped in plastic by a farmers silage wrapper! its only £4 then store outside genius! skidder? may cost a beer

i would not think so, salt is a catalyst which speeds up rust when in contact with water. if its completely dry there shouldnt be a problem.

thats the way is should be, with many benifts even with white diesel. your haulage contractor will charge for diesel, his wage and pay off his 200k lorry where as you already have the tractor and have/have use of trailer. you can get to daft areas cutting out extra forwarding at a time that suits you. i hate it when the last grab is mostly sand and gravel that trickles down through the load

problem is there is only so many people prepared to use a vintage mill. virtually all the small estates up here in scotland had a rack mill at one point and they have either been cut up or left to rot away which is sad

A few more pictures. have a small crack appearing in the hub lol elm not dry enough. the spokes are oak 4x2 inch by 16 inches in length, my next job will be to shape them with a spoke shave (or an electric planer:sneaky2:) i havent put a dish in this wheel its too challenging so instead ive made it twice as heavy and will hold it together with a four inch steel band. I would like to build the wagon heavy and impressive where possible Ash is more common but not as weather resistant would oak be suitable for the outer wheel?

use an m8 thunderbolt. put them a good three inch in the stone

ok, so after a lazy afternoon heres half a hub! i gather these are made on a lathe but i dont have one so tried the router, takes much longer but left a good finish. the wood is elm and the band is two inch by quarter inch flat bar that i welded up with the mig. it then took quite a beating with a large hammer to make a curve/band. this is going to take forever but i will keep the pics coming!

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britool expert has all sockets from 8mm to 30mm and then 32mm in half inch, a fine tooth ratchet and a well presented (numbered) case. i was teng for many years but had too many burst sockets and knackerd ratchets and the boxes fell to bits:thumbdown: always wanted an Elora set. a friend of mine (retired heavy mechanic) bought an elora set when he was an apprentice and wore out his ratchet last year? he was most disappointed it only did 40 years of heavy abuse! i just cannot stomach the 1k price tag