Ashley_smith

On 27/06/2021 at 09:09, aspenarb said:

As above, gear ratios and gear type is important, go with worm drive because if it stalls  it’s a natural brake. Also worth looking at the clutched gear reduction engines, they give more grunt and you can use the throttle to stop/start the pull instead of running the engine at full chat all the time. I would also lay the reduction box flat so you get a centre pull rather than off the side, off the side like that will have it going squiffy on the pull. 

 

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Bob

Hi! Thanks for your reply! Whats a gear reduction engine? 
 

ive been using the winch for a few days and all was ok until we pulled some big oak! Think it must have stripped the teeth from the driven gear! Not sure what the gear ratio was as ive yet to find any data on the gearbox!! 
 

im going to replace it with a 100:1 drive and also get a new pully sorted thats flat rather than tapered as the rope keeps running over each other and wrapping up if you have a few coils on 

Hi 

does anyone know where to get gearboxes for capstan winches? 

Hi

wondering what tree this was? Thought maybe a pear tree?

Anyone know where to get these from that bolt on to the outer clutch casing like the 560? 

Sound job! 
 

I was thinking about getting a 261c for the 15” bar as it’s lighter weight than the 560 for de limbing and felling small trees and having the 560 with an 18”-20” bar for the slightly bigger stuff 

20 minutes ago, TIMON said:

18” is good on the 560.
Used to run a 28” on the 576 but it was a bit laboured.
24” works nicely.

I’ve got a 24 on atm but could do with something abit bigger to for some ash trunks I’ve got to ring up

Hi

i have a 560xp and was thinking about putting a larger bar on it! I’ve always just ran the 15inch stock bar but was thinking of going upto a 18 or 20 just winding if anyone else has this set up? Or if the bar would be to large ? 
 

also looking at putting 30inch on a 576xp has anyone got any advise on this? 

8 hours ago, Mrblue5000 said:

I think you'll have to wait until August September time to do the purple maple. I think if you cut it now it will bleed as the sap is probably rising already. 

Hi! Yeah I’d done abit of reading about this and it said about the bleeding so was going to winter 👍 

19 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

Very ball park £1200.
For a decent job.
Hard to tell how high and spreading it is though.

Thanks that’s around what some of the local lads had quoted 👍 is it ok to have the work done through the summer? Think I read some where that it’s not ok when it’s coming into leaf but once leafs are established and the sap/ water levels have stabilised then it’s ok? 

7 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

Mid winter when the sap is down.
Leave a leafy twig/buds at the top though.
In France pollarding oaks is very common on field boundaries.
It will probably explode with epicormic growth over the next few years if pollarded.
Nice tree though.

Thanks for the reply’s I know you can’t quote with out looking at the job but have you got any ball park figure’s for the oak tree pollarding? 

Hi

my parents have a few trees that require some work! They have a maple of some description, it has dark red leafs? That needs re-pollarding when would this best be done? Would waiting until next winter be best or could it be done through the summer? 
 

the second tree is a big oak, it’s been reduced about 5 years ago but now they are thinking of having that pollarded! When would the best time to get someone to sort that? They want it doing soonish so it’s not blocking the light trough the summer!

pic of the oak tree

Hi

just finishing off my first year doing logs and I’m in need of somewhere to store firewood

im in the belper area in Derbyshire looking for something close by! Does anyone know of anything??? 
 

thanks ashley 

Hi

what is a full wrap handle used for? 

On 19/12/2020 at 15:02, Stubby said:

Hi Ashley . Late autumn to mid winter but not if its below freezing . So now really . 

Cheers! What’s the latest I could do the prune? 

My parents have a maple tree it’s been pollarded in the past and is required Again as it’s growing up through the phone lines! 
 

what time of year is best to cut back? 
 

thanks ashley 

Just now, topchippyles said:

Correct 

My only fear was having a trailer plated at 3500kg and the vehicle being plated at 2700kg and the police trying to do me 

2 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

Second option is correct.How could you pull 3500 kg if max is 2700 kg 

If I had a trailer that is capable of taking 3500kg but only loading it to the vehicle max of 2700? 

Yeah I was looking at an ifor Williams trailer and there is 2 different weight variants for the same trailer and was wondering if it would be ok to pull the 3500kg variant or if I’d have to have the 2700kg the same as the vehicle max tow weight? 

Has anyone used this saw yet? How long does the battery last? 
 

thanks ashley 

Hi

i was looking at getting a pick up and was just wondering about trailer towing and vehicle payload weights

I the vehicle was towing a trailer fully loaded to a total of 2700 inc trailer would the payload in the pick up still be 1000kg or does it change? 
 

If the max towing weight is 2700 could you still tow a 3500kg trailer?

thanks ashley 

Hi

just wondering if anyone can I’d this? 
 

not a cue what it is 

Brilliant! 
 

thanks for your help 

Hi

i was wondering if someone could help me ID this please

initially I thought it was hornbeam but then got unsure so here I am 

Where we are working atm we have people coming down pretending to be from the FC ?