Youngstu

I can't say that your response surprises me, but the venom of it does, directed towards an opinion that is different to yours is pretty extreme to put it mildly. Do you not think that those attended did so "in the knowledge that they themselves are responsible if they catch C-19." If you seriously believe that this cause has no relevance in the UK, there are a lot of people who strongly disagree with you, many having been subjected to or witnessed the reasons for these protests. You should probably read this statement below, not that I think it'll make much difference to your opinion but maybe your newsfeeds don't include this type of opinion normally?! "As a doctor who has worked in covid wards for the last 3 months - I support these protests and the BLM movement wholeheartedly. Anyone who works for the NHS should do the same. I am sick to death of people who don’t even work for the NHS using us as a reason to disagree with the protest. No. Don’t you dare. “Think of the NHS workers” is not your get out of jail free card to express your deep rooted racism. And yes, protesting and mass gatherings are not ideal during a pandemic. But this cannot wait. It has already gone on long enough. The racism, hardships and countless deaths that black people have faced have gone on far longer than covid - and if you are using the virus as an excuse to rebuke the protesters and the BLM movement, you are part of the problem. Black people are 4 times more likely to die from covid. They know this. You know this. Yet they are still willing to risk their lives and go out and protest. Have you even bothered to think about why? It is because they know that racism is far more deadly than covid. And it’s about time you realised the same. Where was your outrage when people were flocking to beaches to tan? Where was your outrage when people had VE Day parties and didn’t social distance? No one will blame these events for a second wave - which was already coming before this protest. These protesters wore face masks and social distanced the best they could but that is not enough. Some of you would rather see them stay at home. Some of you have forgotten your outrage at the murder of George Floyd already and have now focused your outrage on black people again. And you don’t even see that as a problem. This is how deep rooted your (and my) privilege is. And it needs to stop now."

Or from the alternative point of view ... If all the "retards" take their families to the beach, congregating in their thousands, arse to elbows "sunbathing" and do not face dispersal or repercussions then people fighting for a cause that needs fighting for can protest in the towns and cities around the world!

Hi. I'm wondering if anyone could either give me an idea of the current going rate for larch sawlogs, or point me in the direction of the best place to find out. I've been offered a couple of loads and just want to know if it's the going rate or more negotiable. Thanks for any pointers

Interesting reading this as I'm looking to get a couple of loads of larch sawlogs sometime soon. Could anyone more in the know than me (just about anyone!) confirm if £70/cubic metre sounds like a reasonable going rate at the moment. Thanks

I've messaged you Sam. Thanks

I did make an extension from stock steel padded out with spacers to extend the mill bed into a shed for storing the mill on. This allowed me to use the full length of the track I have. This may be suitable depending how long the logs you want to mill are.

Thanks for the thoughts, looks like tractor mounted is the way to go then! So I guess the next question is which winch to go for? It won't be getting daily use but I'll need it to be reliable, are the Kirpan/Wirax ones on ebay good, bad or??? And what size of winch would you put on this size of tractor, about 68HP and weighing in about 3 tonnes? Thanks again, thoughts/experience appreciated.

I've finally committed to getting a tractor to help with the day to day jobs around the slopey North Devon Woodland that I manage. It's an old 4wd Case 65hp loader tractor so not too big but big enough to pull timber around, help unload the sawmill and basically avoid handling every log 7 times before it gets burnt. I'm planning on getting a winch of some sort but am unsure whether I go for a portable petrol powered one or one that attaches to the back of the tractor. It's not a big tractor so I obviously can't pull huge weights with it and dragging cables around the woods would probably be worse than ropes but I'm hoping that someone with more experience than me might offer some suitable suggestions considering that there wouldn't be much difference in pulling power if I went for a big portable or a 4-5 tonne tractor mounted. Thanks for any thoughts

I manage and work in a woodland in North Devon. We have quite a few ash in certain parts of the site. During the summer I had noticed a few showing signs of dieback, but have now noticed quite a few completely leafless crowns. Would you assume that they are dieback and remove if in a high traffic area and if safe to do so or would you expect some ash to have completely lost their leaves at this time of year? Thanks for any thoughts

Where I was on holiday last year near Cognac in France they were harvesting some of the blocks of poplar (which variety I have no idea). They are planted all over the place in between the vineyards and seem to be planted at final spacings, all beautifully neat and well looked after. The signs on the timber were to do with paper manufacturing, but the guy I managed a conversation with (my crap French!) said that the bigger stuff is used for the fruit and cheese boxes, then the small stuff for paper.

I cut into this 15piece of oak with the intention of cutting some nice long 2x4 and 2x6s but the pippy grain is so nice it seems a waste. What would you do? Thanks

I had the same concerns as you, regarding the hole size, but when fitting it all together and getting it completely straight and parallel from end to end and even side to side a bit of wiggle room was definitely useful.

Get in touch with local wood turners. It can be made into some beautiful bowls by someone with the right skills and kit.

Rob do they have any more info on the Timberpro. I'm keen to get one of their tools for moving logs about and would obviously rather take advantage of your discount but can't find any information about them at all. Thanks

What portable winch did you got for? I'm thinking about either getting a portable one or one for the front of my ranger, not sure which to go for, especially as I'm pretty sure the so called discreet winch mount won't be as discrete as it's supposed to be with the intercooler in front of the radiator. Thanks

Thanks for your suggestions guys. Some good things to bear in mind.

Hi. I'm planning on building a shepherds hut on a bale trailer in my woodland. I'm going to be getting some milling done this year and ideally would like to build it from as much of my own timber as possible. Just wondering about suggestions for which timbers would be best for framing, exterior cladding and internal cladding. The home grown options that I have include oak (lots), beech (enough), cherry, ash, birch (some and much of the ash and beech is smaller diameter). I'm planning on building the shepherds hut in place without any intention of it actually going anywhere (but it can if it needs to;) Any thoughts greatly appreciated Stu

Thanks for the advice Will, duly noted!

Thanks. I'm in North Devon

Hi. I'm after tree tubes, prob 1.2m + to give the 400+ trees that we got free from the woodland Trust last year a good chance against the roaming Reds that we have in these parts. Who would anybody recommend for a cheap supplier or a good alternative. Thanks Stu

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Thanks for the suggestions guys. I'll do some asking of the guys involved.

Hi, looking for some advice please I'm going to be getting some timber out of my woodland in North Devon with the intention of getting it milled up for use sale green and/or seasoned in the future. I'll be using horseloggers to get it out of the woods, then milled nearby. Just wondering what lengths it's best to cut it to for ease of movement/milling/future sales. The oak will vary from 30-50cm diameter, timber lengths up to about 12 metres The cherry is 30-40cm diameter, 8-10m timber height. Thanks for any suggestions Stu

Found in Devon Copied from the Devon smallholders Facebook page: "Chainsaw found in the road between Eggesford Station and Wembworthy just after 08.00 this morning (Tuesday 21st), probably having fallen off a truck going in the Wembworthy/ Winkleigh direction" It's a 560XP Thought it might belong to someone on here!

This winter I'm hoping to get 15-20 oak and cherry +/- 50cm dbh felled and moved to trackside using horses. I then need to get them to the other side of the woods where we can get them milled up. I'm hoping to find someone with a tractor with a grab and trailer to do the moving. I'd like to avoid using the large scale contractors if I can find a someone with the suitable kit. We're located about 15 mins East of Barnstaple Thanks Stu