IronMike

My customer these last few days is causing me a few headaches. Wealthy family, dad must be in his 80’s and still appears to be the holder of the purse strings. Clearly been an active and involved fella on his land but now not capable. Son who is in his 40’s is an absolutely lovely chap but has no idea what he wants doing with his woods. They’ve had me hoovering up and sorting out some windblow that’s been down for 4 years. Some decent sized larch mainly. But the spec changes almost hourly 🤦🏼‍♂️ First I was to process and extract windblow. Next they decided they wanted some for milling (!) so I had to grade off (!) the best stuff for that, the rest they’ll keep as firewood. Then they wanted “a wagon load” of saw logs to sell?! From where, I have no idea! I have had to start felling some heavily leaning Larch just to try and make up a wagon load for them to recoup some money. It’s ran on from one day initially (they thought I could do it in a day obviously) to three days now, and I’m being paid to fell these Larch to make up a wagon load to ultimately reduce the cost of me being there..... it’s backwards! But I’ve been honest, told them my thoughts and at the end of the day, I’m doing what they ask. Sometimes you can’t win. Or you can win. Or maybe it was a draw..... 🧐

I had a look at mine, it’s the same as yours. I didn’t give it a second thought to be honest 🙈🤔

Speak to John about remaps for Valtra, he has a good contact who’d happily travel to you as it’s not that far.

Looks decent! Steel ramps are a regret of mine, well my back regrets my heads decision anyway! 😂🤦🏼‍♂️

Evening all. After another day on the machine wearing my Peltor ear defenders, I’m now starting to put some effort into finding some comfier ones to wear. I currently have Peltors as mentioned, and have added my Sena 10S comm kit to it. Unfortunately the headband on the actual defenders digs into my bonce a fair amount just above my ears. So I’m After recommendations for comfy ear defenders please. Ideally I’d like to move my Sena kit over to the new pair, but I’m happy to look at options that might have the Bluetooth and some quality speakers built in all ready. I need to be able to chat on the phone too so a mic is necessary also. Please note these are just for use when I’m operating the Logbullet. Ive been eying up the isotunes offering but they don’t ship until 21st April. Thanks in advance for any top tips.

What about this one with bonus spider for good measure?

Nice oak from today.

Truckersade 🤢🤣

I was just chatting to the young lad who is starting out and doing a few days with me, and I said I wondered how many felling bars there were out there that had been left in the woods by accident! My bet is a lot. As for leaving saws in the woods..... I’ve never thought about it truth be told. I’m never that far away from the truck so I always take mine home with me. Like others I’ve had mine in the back of the truck overnight recently when it’s very cold and had no problems firing the, up.

I’ve been giving my old faithful 555 a run out today. Normally my Mk2 550 does everything but thought I’d give the old girl a day in the woods. Had it 4-5 years, never missed a beat 💪🏼

CHC Tree Care. Chris is the man, but he is booked up and busy til end of March. He’d be happy to help then.

Faller's Suspension Kit (500i) WESTCOASTSAW.COM The Faller's Suspension Kit is a heavy duty upgrade from the Stihl 500i factory system. This kit gives the saw a much... I think they ship to the UK.

It’s a private account I think but that link takes you to their account.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CLC8WhrBrrKbWcpPcwEVurVM06b5U_oMuea4XE0/?igshid=1ct3xkf0sl0jl

I saw on Instagram the other day that West Coast Saws are doing some kind of beefy looking upgraded AV mount for the 500i.

Bizarrely enough, my Husky 525 blower which has been ran exclusively on Aspen started playing up at the exact time this thread was started! And I’m called Mike too, @miker have you unleashed a hex or annoyed a witch who has cursed all Husky blowers owned by people called Mike?! 😂 Jokes aside, I mentioned this to my good friend @Gray git who reckons it just needs some tuning to alleviate the problem which is down to the cold weather we’ve been having. He did explain it all to me but I was drinking beer so the information has been forgotten. Seems plausible though and I’ll let him sort it for me as he is such a good guy 😜

Excellent mate, I’m sure it’ll become second nature soon enough. And having a cab is always a pleasure! Bet the crane is like grease lightning compared to the LB. No worries about the phone call! I tried calling you back but presumed if it was urgent you’d touch base again. Catch up soon my friend!

Ps. @Big J I had a two minute long voicemail from you of nothing but silence...... was this a cryptic message or non intentional?! 🧐😆

Very cool my friend! How you finding it?

😍😍😍😍 I bet it’s a ripper! He fettled my 390, I loath taking it out, I prefer to just stand back and admire it! 😂

Loads of forestry folks on my Instagram feed rave about the 500i. I have a 572 and like it a lot. It doesn’t feel quite as tough as a 372 perhaps, but I think it’ll hold up ok.

Giving it some now. Sledge primed and ready, snowman building to commence later this morning!

@Gray git recently replaced the tipping back on his Grafter, and did an absolutely Stella job of it. Works out considerably cheaper if you do it yourself (unsurprisingly).

Snow here. Good inch perhaps and it’s putting it down now. Complete forking inconvenience, and getting on my tits big time! Had a week of solid machine work in, and managed one day. Jobs been called off by client so nowt I can do other than accept it and get the sledge out. Shame sledging doesn’t pay the bills! 🤦🏼‍♂️ We’ve only just got the boy back into nursery and now he is having to stay off again.

It’s raining blue Valtras at the moment it seems! Well done all. I can confirm @Gray git new one is an absolute beast. It’s like the starship enterprise! Swinny your new one looks well tidy too mate.