Billhook

I have often wondered if we need to have a total rethink on public transport. Keep the rail network for heavy goods and rethink the transportation of humans, especially in respect of social distancing. 150 years ago my Gt Gt Grandfather could catch a train two miles from here, the main line from Grimsby to London, the fish train, and be there quicker than I can today. Main line long gone. My option today is a ten mile journey by car ( bus is unthinkable) to Skeggy to catch a crappy little two carriage train to Grantham and carry my sometimes heavy luggage over a footbridge and hang around on the windy platform, usually in the rain, until the crowded express arrives which I have to book. Not surprising that I prefer breathing my own air and listening to my own music in a car in comfort. Of course everyone else thinks the same hence the maximum speed of about 50 mph everywhere and yet we are still encouraged to buy cars that do well over 100 mph and many one and a half times that speed. Nearly 2000 deaths, 25000 serious injuries and 150,000 injuries on uk roads each year. I suggest making totally safe generic electric 4 seater plus luggage 30 mph max cars built for comfort and safety, all airbags no aerodynamics. There would be a network of pylons supporting a lightweight linear electric system. You would mostly live a short distance from a terminal, join the system a bit like a skilift bubble and punch in a postcode and be whisked along at 150 mph until you are released at your postcode terminal to finish your journey at 30mph. Arriving refreshed never having had to carry your luggage after leaving your front door. The pylons could use the current road network without causing too much environmental impact, keep travellers away from the effects of rain,, snow, leaves and ice whilst giving them a wonderful view of the landscape. You need to sit back and have a dream every now and then... Dream on Billhook, I hear you cry as you go to your 140 mph GTI, that has brakes, suspension and tyres better suited to a race track and sit behind a queue of 20 cars doing 42 mph.

I suppose everything is illegal now in the woods without certificates!

I had a pair of Stihl ones very similar, but have mislaid them in my carelessness in the woods somewhere. The ~Stihl ones looked never strong enough for the job but they were fantastic for occasional use and very high quality steel. I can only see hand held Stihl ones on the web at the moment The German ones in the picture look as though the log may be easier to pick up and keep horizontal. I have a hydraulic grapple on a roof crane County but is too much faff to start and run for occasional jobs

Has anybody had any experience with these? They look about the size and capacity that I am after to go beneath the teleporter About 130 cm jaws and 1500kg lifting capacity Perhaps you know of similar superior? A lot depends on the steel quality Log Grapple 1500kg Load Capacity Ø 131cm Wood Lifting Tongs Forestry Tongs WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Made of sturdy steel the log grapple is capable of securely lifting loads of up to 1500 kg. Lightning Turbo Parts Sirens &...

Just posted this on the "is 35 too old to start" thread but it seems more apposite here!

You Gotta realise this before your body explodes! I realised this when I fell out of a tree when I was a kid, so I bought a 17 metre cherry picker with a telescopic boom when I started to work on trees to try and not end up like Steve. You have much the same view without the hassle!

One line in the Pink Floyd song haunts me "And then one day you find ten years have got behind you" Don't miss the starting gun!!

Paddy has a visit from his farming cousin who lives in Wyoming. "Say Paddy, how big is your farm here?" "Well Jo. if you were to go out of the kitchen door and turn right, then walk along the hedge for a couple of hundred yards, then through the gate and turn left and follow the line of trees for another couple of hundred yards until you reach the stream. Turn left at the stream and follow it all the way back to the farmyard and there you have it, that's about the size of it" "Gee Paddy, back in Wyoming on my farm I could start driving my car off in the morning and I would never reach the far end of the farm by sunset" " Bejeebers!, I once had a car like dat!"

I meant if you are normal!

You're only as old as the woman you feel!

Branch logged Ash is a brilliant way to use the brash for kindling

Could be fun in the snow on a steep slope, sort of inverted luge, great while pissed , never knowing where you will end up.

Auger and bucket for me. Auger the hole and lift it out without rotation to prevent smearing and a bucket full of two year old oaks has given a good result on a clay loam with no mulch. Easiest and fastest method I know.

Hidden trailcams are quite reasonably priced atm

I thought that someone is pulling my plonker!

Will it be done with your Silky? Malt whisky anaesthetic?

Pipped me at the post. Old Jag 1952, Old wood lover 1953 = 135 What's the prize for the highest number Khriss?

I find that the “ Picture This” app is rarely wrong for plants And trees. It costs about £20 a year but if you are really interested it is worth every penny There is “Picture Insect” as well for obsessives like me which is just as good

But you are using chainsaws all day long and the log master is probably safer for the home owner occasional user The sawhorse log holder above does have an adjustable clamp but I hardly use it. If the chainsaw is sharp(???) and you attack the logs at full revs, I have never had a log spin or fly back. It is not the end of the world if it does as it is contained within the sawhorse. i have had more trouble trying to cut small branches on the ground which are liable to spin or fly up or end up with me cutting earth or worse.

Or this

If you want a very safe method then this one is not too bad with a protector against kickback, they are just under £50 I personally use this metal log holder to do several logs/branches at the same time again for just under£50 on fleabay. Easy to take apart and store but you need to slip a length of 2x4 in the gap provided underneath to protect the chain SAW HORSE WOOD LOG HOLDER METAL FOR CHAINSAW CUTTING WWW.EBAY.CO.UK <p>This metal saw horse from Tectake is a practical helper for easy log sawing. With our sturdy saw horse, you can use your... tons of stuff on youtube if you search for log sawhorse so you can build your own

Yes, I used to do that , but was always worried about shorting something out as I saw a tiny spark once. The pack comes with several little rubber plugs that are easy to insert and take out plus a whole load of plastic cleaning brushes.

I am usually slow off the mark and you probably all know about this already but sawdust has a way of managing to end up inside my charging socket and when I push the charger plug in it just makes it very hard to extract I found this little kit on Amazon for just under a fiver https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07HQ4GJN3?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image