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Have imported a dose of knoti tensioners from Geermany for evaluation. I use them with 6mm rope to allow simple retensioning and re-use-ability. So far, so good.

Hi Matt, The Chonda motor starts first time, every time. with either method, E-Start or Pull cord, hot or cold, just like a Honda. Motor looks like a GX390 copy so spares hopefully not a problem. Early days yet though. I bought a mower on strength of the saw deal, it has a branded Loncin motor with E- start. It's a real bugger to start again after stopping to empty the grassbox. The saw fortunately not effected by this issue.

Hi Chris, I had a customer ask for a cube of 8" logs instead of my usual 10". I had a feeling 8" logs would have smaller voids when loose loaded and I would end up "doing myself." I conducted an experiment to determine the effect that log length has on volume. I took one cube of tight bundled billets, passed them over the saw bench and into a plywood "cube" box sat on top of a pallet, so that I could measure the final depth of cut logs in the box when I was finished. Result - 900 mm depth = 0.9 m3 from 1m3 of billets. I had to add another 10% to level the box.(Humbug) Lesson learned,33% more cutting and more handling for 10% less volume with 8" logs. This customer collects in his Transit so it didn't hurt too much. I have still to try the same experiment for 10", I hope to produce 1m3 from 0.9m3 of billets. (Anyway, that's what the French do with their steres!) In future 8" customers will be paying a bit more. Regards, Callum.

Hi Matt, I recently got one of those German Rotenbach 13 HP Circular saws from Ebay. I wanted something I could fire up from time to time without the hassle of hitching and unhitching my Posch PTO saw bench. It was delivered by tail lift truck, on a pallet, from Germany. Build quality was adequate and more or less what I expected. So far have cut some billets, sticks and odd roundwood, it has plenty poke and it has gone well so far. Still to give it a proper days work, hopefully once my billets have dried over the summer. Instructions were all in German but the Engine manual is in Chinglish. I think it will cope with 8"-9" diameter and any length of stick you want. It cost me £650 including 19%VAT and delivery. Hope this helps, Callum.

Have found a picture that shows my bundler, Will try to upload it for you. Hope this helps. Regards, Callum.

I built one by bending scaffold poles into two upward facing, half octagons, 800mm internal diameter. Welded them onto two rails with a plywood octagon at one end. It holds 1/2 cube of 1 metre billets once filled. When filled I tighten them up with an endless ratchet strap made from an old seatbelt. Once tight I secure each end with poly strapping, release the ratchet and roll whole unit over to eject the bundle. Cheap as chips to make and bundles can be rolled around fairly easily. A bit fiddly per cube because splitting has to stop to tie up bundles and free up the bundler. Look up Holzbündelgerät on ebay.de for ideas. Will try to post pictures of mine if it helps you. (Still new to this caper)

I cut mine on a Posch roller bench saw, really fast, good work height, straight off the table into the trailer with minimal handling. Best toy I ever bought.