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Come on guys . Its not just treeboys who can read what we write here. I know some of my clients have read through posts on here to gain info and knowledge before asking the questions in their heads.... Could be your next job.
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The chubb-le with this sort of game is the net gets thrown out too far and we forget what we were on about. - was that someone at the door......
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Are the 2 front sections seperate pieces from the rear half? Very well matched pieces if so apart from the strip of sapwood internally and how attached if so? What a statement piece to have in your room. Any clues as to the legs/supports
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Will the embedded coins cover the cost of blade damage if I contract to mill it ? No scrub that, I've better things to do than spend all day changing blades for a few planks - don't call me !
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That is damned good impressive work, both milling and choosing the right pieces. Congratulations on a well done job. Shaun
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Is the little fella available for subbing work? Looks like he's well experienced with old school stuff that works, that newbies are not educated in. [emoji106]
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I got to the end of the second performance, and seriously chose not to watch anymore. She is darkly disturbing. I can understand the judges being terrified in close contact .
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Spot on there. Knowledge, experience and an intelligent head will get you in and out of most situations, but so many leap into their 4x4 with simply a belief from the sales brochure that they'll be invincible and able to achieve the impossible/improbable, and barely get away with it. That's why I believe the current weight restrictions are right. You need to cater for the inexperienced. I was told once always expect the next man on the road to be an idiot and you'll never be disappointed.
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That 3050kg weight is its gross (laden) weight which makes it even more alarming what weight you're trying to stop moving. Getting it all rolling is the easy bit. Stopping it again especially if road surface, tyres,etc are less than perfect ,which is probably 90% of normal motoring, means it ain't going to get even close to the distances we learnt in our driving tests.
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What is it with you guys who believe that a trailer with overrun brakes is going to be able to hold on a hill? The only times that's going to happen is if ya leap outa the cab and snatch the handbrake on or if it rolls back into something solid and applies its own brakes when the weight of the tow vehicle compresses the hitch. As long as guys continue to think that overruns are effective in all directions trailer weights must be kept low.
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Mine's td5 110" hardtop 2010kg
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That's just one of the issues of overrun brakes. Same thing occurs on ice when the towing vehicle with all wheels locked and sliding doesnt actually offer enough resistance to work the trailer brakes. Regarding vehicles in other countries, in the USA for example electric brakes are the norm. These use electromagnetic modules to apply friction to hubs on the trailers at any time the brake lights operate. Forwards or reverse. The amount of effort applied is variable dependant on weight of trailer plus load. Yes I wholeheartedly agree that something needs doing regardind ag vehicles and trailer licensing . But until we get away from overrun braking the trailer weights need to be kept low to match the vehicle's capabilities.
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Doing estate woodland work there are 3 types of product. Roundwood for sale or conversion at the sawmill, cordwood - the branchy bits or small diameter sawlog tops, usually for the firewood market, and brash for chipping mulching burying or burning. The cordwood element is then cut to 4' length for stacking in the cordwood stacks, for distribution to estate workers if you're lucky or for auction sold by the cord. Jeez this threads dragging on some
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Already using it on the lucas mill. Heavily doctored with changed angles and every fifth cutter top plate ground off. Seems to cope fine.
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If it's price only then Rob D's going to carry on getting orders from me. I'm all for supporting guys with good product, reasonable prices especially shipping, and excellent communication.
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That's a shame, I was hoping for some fantastic everlasting technological breakthrough that would be frictionless and never need sharpening. Ah well, I'll keep on dreaming.
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So what makes these different? Couldn't see anything on the link above that explains
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Also because I'm cutting so many different types of wood I have to find the best compromise or all rounder set up to achieve good production rates. If I was doing all one species it would be worthwhile tuning the parameters to get the very best performance:quality balance, plus I'd probably still need to keep a number of standard set up chains just for the odd jobs. -Starts to get really expensive then !
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No I leave hook angles alone and as spec. Mess about with them to any degree and you'll either get a dangerously snatchy chain or one which doesn't barely cut. Also accurate grinding of hook is so very much harder to judge/ measure accurately . Same with depth guages, I leave at spec for machine and chain. Milling chain lengths are expensive enough without amplifying the risk of chain breakage.
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Hi Lazarus, Cut away with it as it is. It will actually produce a very clean finish, though slower to push through the log. Its a common angle for super hard and exotic woods. Change the angles back at the next sharpening if you need to. I go the other way with my lucas mill slabber, cutting for speed rather than finish, as my clients are paying by the hour ,and will then go on to a secondary finishing of the timber. My angles of choice are 20-25° . Play with the angles and find what suits you and your most common timbers. Nothings ever lost when milling Shaun
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So that's where the sprats been hiding
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I've still got the sripped down relic of a husky 262 xp which I've kept with the intention of rebuilding one day . What a lovely lightweight super fast saw in its day. Was using it cutting riverside vegetation- grass weeds and scrub, as you do !!! When all the chaff packing around the cylinder went on fire. Threw it still running into the river and hydraulicked the crank an bearings etc. Parts is getting hard to come by now. My other saw of choice though heavy enough is the previously named 066 with 24" and 36" bars ,will always do what I need, apart from start- one day I'll get a new choke/stop control rod. The husky 266sg with hot handles is pure pleasure on frosty mornings and wet days.
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But on the serious side the silkys and their like are so bloody dangerous coz they're silent - seems to remove the sense of danger, and you'll always have hands and fingers so much closer to the blade than you would ever dream of with a powered saw
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Somethin badass bout you that helps havin no feelin when scratchin ? Personally I need all the sensations unless I want blood
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I'm still milling timber from storms 4years ago, though the volume was starting to dry up. Was saying to the Mrs could do with some storms to bring some more down. Looks like I got what I wished for. Just hope I can get to them before the farmers have a chainsaw frenzy and turn it all to firewood.
