Toby in Buckinghamshire

I had the same symptoms but on a shorter bar, it was the chain in my case. Not sure what was wrong with it but suspect it was unevenly sharpened.

Hi All

Have done a search but no real results. Anyone found a use for sawdust produced from milling with a chainsaw mill?

When milling in the garden I sometime have to take all the dust with me. Have been putting it on the compost heap but it's mostly sawdust now and I can't imagine it's doing it much good!

Obviously it's contaminated with bar oil but I'm using the bio stuff from rotatech which presumably is a bit less toxic than the standard stuff.

Any thoughts? Can't even take it to the local dump with the new rules....!

Thanks

Toby

Been to collect the elm crotch today.
No idea how I'm going to mill it.
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Hi John. Did you go for it? Pleased with it? How's the shed coming along?

Is this still for sale?

Cheers guys. Will do!

Morning all

I've recently got into chainsaw milling and have a couple of stacks of nice timber now. They are stored out in the open, on 2x4 bearers and with 1x3/4 inch sticks between the slabs for air flow.

The question is, what would you guys recommend for storage of the slabs? Just left in the open, exposed to the rain etc? Or, I'm considering making a simple roof to go over them with corrugated bitumen sheets to keep the rain (and sun, when summer arrives) off but there will still be full air flow because the structure wouldn't have walls.

Keen to have your thoughts and experiences.

Thanks

Toby

Evening all

I'm after a second hand trailer. Ideally 8x5ft. Needs to have a max gross weight of 750kg due to licence restrictions. So unbraked.

Looking for something like the ifor Williams p8e.

Ideally cage sided with a ramp.

I'm based in Aylesbury Buckinghamshire but willing to travel.

Let me know if you're looking to sell something suitable.

Thanks

Toby

Hi all. I've got myself set up with an Alaskan and put my ms260 in but as predicted, it's under powered and just hasn't go the guts to mill, it cuts slow and just feels like it's harming the saw.

Looking for something bigger. Minimum ms460 size (75ish cc) but ideally ms660 size (90ish cc). Don't mind something a bit older like an 056 etc. The saw will only be used for milling and only in a 24inch mill for now, might get a bigger mill one day though.

Has anyone gone something they are looking to sell? I'm based in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, happy to travel a reasonable distance. Don't want to spend crazy money since it's only a hobby.

Let me know if you're looking to sell a big saw.

Thanks

Toby

There's a brand new 461 on gumtree for £500, in Kensington.
its nothing to do with me so don't take this as a recommendation, I'm just pointing it out!

What’s your budget 

Hi. Looking to buy an MS460 second hand. Needs to be in good condition and fully working.

Ideally a 20" bar or bigger. Alternatively I'm happy to buy a power head and then get a bar and chain separately.

I'm based in Buckinghamshire, willing to travel within reason.

Thanks

Toby

You'd get a decent TD5 Discovery for that money.

Evening all

I've recently bought a small 'garden' tractor for using at our small woodland for moving logs etc. It's been homeade by someone, based on a ride on mower chassis with a very old Lombardini diesel engine. 

The engine is running and seems pretty sound, although there is a moderate diesel 'weep' from the bottom of the engine. The tractor had been barn stored for a quite a few years.

I know very little about engines, even small ones like this but I was looking for some advice on what I should be doing to give the engine a thorough service. I'll change the diesel since it must be pretty old but beyond that I don't know what needs doing or how to do it. Any advice greatfully received.

Thanks

Toby 

Thanks for the replies so far chaps. Sorry, my 40% figure is a generalisation but true for the ropes I have looked at.

The main reason for the upgrade is that my current rope isn't long enough.

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Morning all

I do some tree climbing to prune etc, recreational only, not for work (And hand saw only!) I have been using a static abseil rope but want to upgrade to a arborist rope.

My research shows that buying rope by the meter is a lot cheaper than buying fixed length ropes with a sewn/spliced eye. The question is, how important is an eye? My background is rock climbing so I'm used to tying in with a double figure 8 knot and paying an extra 40% for an eye seems steep if it is just for convenience?

I appreciate that you guys need to maximise efficiency and convenience when you are climbing commercially but is there any point in me spending the extra money? Or is there more to the eye? Safety?

Thanks

Toby

Better fell everything then just in case.

 

The branch isn't going to fall sideways, it's going to fall down.

 

Eventually

Because of course it would be unheard of for someone to stray a couple of meters from a footpath!

In all seriousness though, I understand your angle on this and agree that overmanagement/tidying of woods is an issue but that's not what we are doing here. We cannot have the risk of it falling and injuring someone.

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Also apologies for poor picture quality. It's the only image I had from before the leaves came out which make it almost impossible to see

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Thanks for the advice guys. Can anyone recommend someone in the area? It's near tring, Hertfordshire.

Nothing below it of importance. Literally just need it down and then I'll slice it up for firewood.

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Hi All

We own a small piece of woodland which we manage. There is a large limb in a beech tree which prior to us owning it had split from the main trunk and is lodged in the adjoining tree (also beech.)

Looks like the limb has been there for years but it's near a public path and we would quite like to get it dealt with.

The question is what would you recommend? We aren't in any arb business, the wood is a hobby. But we have done some chainsaw training and I do a little bit of tree climbing when we have to prune minor dead limbs etc (hand saw only). We also have a winch but winching alone won't remove it.

Is this a job for you professionals? If so then how much money would you estimate? We just need it on the ground then we can deal with it.

Picture below.

Nice buildings. I sometimes get to do some timber-framing with a mate. He is the expert. Not sure if i have posted this before but here is a time-laps of us erecting a nice big shed to house the wood mill. All joints cut by hand (over many months... first big project).

only 2 and bit minutes long..

Great video! That's a lot of joints to cut!

How many days did it take to erect it to the stage at the end of the video?

Too move whilst aloft in the tree you gently tug the prussik whilst your wright is on it.This will move the prussik and you down the rope on a descent.Take your time and get used to the feel of descent before you go nuts and descend quick.

There are some tutorials on youtube which are great for the basics.Look up the climbing arborist on youtube for fantastic videos and tips.

Thanks. I'll have a watch.

Sounds like a grigri might be slight overkill then but should work no problems and I'll just make sure I tie it off and also use a lanyard when static and cutting etc. (Will just be using a small pruning hand saw, not a chainsaw!)

I've got an unused 24" Alaskan which I was going to stick on ebay when I get round to taking some pictures. Drop me a PM if you're interested, I'm based in Tn22, Sussex and can break it down and post it.

Pm sent

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Im near milton keynes. You can borrow mine if it helps.

Very kind of you, thanks. I'm really looking to buy one though. Thanks for the offer.

Royston Resources have a container of 500 Alaskan copies due in 6-8 weeks.

Ty

Oh, I spoke to them yesterday and was told they were out of stock with no intention to restock any time soon...

Who did you speak to Ty?