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  1. timberonabike
    Are you intending the removal of a block or to further thin what you have? Not fully up with FC ruling as based in Wales, but a lot of similarities still. Anyway, just to add that a license to thin takes a lot less application and time to return. We did this fairly recently and only took a fortnight once we'd found the relevant member of staff in NRW.
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    If you're still looking, we're not that far away on the other side of Brecon and have some softwood cord for firewood. Felled earlier this year, some of it was windblow/standing dead so too dry for sawlogs. Message me through here, or give the boss, Stuart, a call on 07771980128
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    Chris from MWMAC had a setup running at APF this year, mostly a selection of stuff he found in his shed and from ebay. He used a separate a-frame rather than a vehicle mounted tower.
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    Got a 16' tilt bed here that we use for shifting plant and machinery with deck hooks for tieing down. Also have a 12' with ramps, but tend not to put the digger on that due to laziness as the tilt bed is so much easier. Does have a higher payload though as shorter and no hydraulic lift. Used to put a Ford 3000 and saw bench on the 12'. Both of these are twin axle for manoeuvrability, and gains a little more payload over a tri-axle. Used to run a 16' twin axle custom build from Ifor in a previous job, again, the twin configuration was for manoeuvrability. Never had any snaking issues behind Disco 3 or the XL 5 tonne Iveco Daily, but mostly down to good loading and having the power to keep on pulling.
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    It lasts days by hand, weeks by grinder. Never had issues hand sharpening with the chainsaws, machine seemed more fussy (or we were just putting some real crap through it).
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    Despite both of us being pretty experienced at sharpening by hand, the processor really seems to favour being sharpened on the grinder jig, probably to do with the associated temperature hardening. 2 chains on rotation now. Sitka goes harder with seasoning, have the same issue when the odd windblow/old one goes through the mobile saw mill.
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    A quick thanks to Jim at Riko. Very helpful, helped troubleshoot over the phone and identify the faulty part (pump valve) and got it out next day. Machine is back up and running again. Tim
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    Thanks Steve, we followed the pipe back, original split was due to overtight zip-ties, rest of the line is loose, free and dry. Cheers Jim, Stuck in the office today, but will give those a try on Monday. Got our machine new this January. Tim
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    Had the bar and chain off and run the machine in hope of getting some flow, but not a single drop, not even moved the air bubbles - siphoned those out and still now oil at the bar end of things. Manual just has a half page on a generic flow adjuster that we can't find.
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    As mentioned above, there is no flexibility in the scheme, we are currently trying to explain that we have only done half the fencing because the only access is across a neighbours field and when it hasn't been in crop it has been a mud slide and you would struggle to get a scrambler to the fence line, let alone the tractor. Could potentially balls up the whole plan. Not looking very beneficial to us right now. Not to mention very specific odd requests. Tim
  11. timberonabike
    Of recent we have been having issues with maintaining chain tension on our PTO driven WP36, we have traced this back (possibly) to a lack of bar lubrication as we found a split in the pipe feeding from the tank. Having cut out the split and rejoined the hose as well as clearing out the slot on the bar and anywhere else we could find, we still aren't getting any oil to the bar. Ideas? No apparent direct pump like on a chainsaw, so guessing the little grey jobbies in the line are vacuum/scavenger type pumps?
  12. timberonabike
    kmac - just sent you a PM if you are still looking for a placement. Should have mentioned, we're based in the Brecon Beacons.
  13. timberonabike
    As mentioned above, skidding it will rip the ground up quicker and leave product covered in mud and stone. Forwarding trailer would be ideal, but on a budget, some forks/grab on the front loader and a farm trailer would do. We've had to use forks and farm trailer for stuff that the forwarding trailer won't lift.
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    Bumped into some guys that claimed they could fell a massive tonnage per day. They obviously weren't the guys doing the extraction as when we saw one of their sites it looked more like a windblow site. I'm quite fortunate to be employed on an estate rather than piece rate. Doing the whole process certainly improves the quality of work and presentation as it it is yourself you make more work for with slap-dash work.

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