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Give Kilworth machinery a shout. They always have loads of second hand machines in stock from exchanges for new tajfuns. The oh27 hakki pilke is worth a look new if its just thinnings you want to do. Might be in your price bracket. On the log side of things, doesn't get much easier than ash thinnings for getting dry quick. As long as you're selling under 20% or in volumes of over 2m3 loose then there's nothing to worry about!

Wouldn't surprise me in the least if certain enterprising people bought them with the intention of selling further down the line. Or intended to use them for farming RHI but couldn't get planning or some other rubbish. Notice how most if not all of them are Glen farrow. Poorly designed kilns and system on the whole. Very inefficient.

That's first sharpen on a rotatech chain. I took next to nothing off. It cuts very well I have to say, feel there's too much beak done with a 55° angle on the disk but will see how many cube it lasts for tomorrow. Will try some different angles on another rotatech and see what happens!

Thanks, I've watched them before along with many others. I understand the method and aim particularly with hand filing, it's just the grinder wheel is a different kettle of fish from working from the side with a file.

Full chisel I did today. Certainly looks and feels sharp enough. Will go test now!

Have we any experienced chainsaw bench grinder users on the forum? Just bought an Oregon 620 for doing our processor chains and the manufacturer guide might as well be non existent, YouTube is vaguely useful but there are some real idiots on there too! I'll probably buy a CBN disk for it though, they seem to leave a better finish and make a quicker job. First chains I've done are cutting OK with nice even chips but not as quick cutting as when I hand filed. Using semi-chisel (oregon 73DPX)mostly as we've got a fair bit of dirty timber currently after it's been chucked about by the harvester and forwarder. I'm hoping my lack of skill with it is the reason for the slowness not the nature of the method! I know how a sharp chain needs to be to cut well, I can do it well by hand even without a guide but the processor likes precision and can't be done on the machine so it's an old bar in a vice job and it's just nothing like doing it on a saw. Apart from the fact it gives me cramp holding a file after more than 1 chain. I'll add some pictures of cutters I've done tomorrow. Here's hoping for some advice!

Leave it in decent chunks if I were you, like 5" Square chunks. It burns quite quickly but plenty of heat and a good flame.

Alder.

Any 18". 058 bar with a little adjustment of the stopper on the bar ram. Best off going for a cannon if you want longevity! Semi chisel chains also last considerably longer and grade your timber and only put full chisel on for stuff over 12" even then the benefit of cut speed probably isn't beaten by the need to change chain slightly more often. If its clean timber though its worth it.

Will send you a PM shortly. Got a contact.

Yes on closer inspection I'd say that too. The stringy bark made me jump to conclusions.

I'm going Elm.

The son of the owner of paradise farm tea rooms at the top of boltby Bank has a big mobile diesel bandsawmill but there's every chance its still not working even though its 3 years since I last saw it. Tried to buy it but he was certain he was going to get it running to use it himself...

That's the way to do it! Brilliant idea! Need me a d7.

Fully agree. I prefer Larch over anything other than beech or hawthorn actually. It absolutely belts out the heat! And christ its so much better to process! Starting to shift a bit this year, it dries so much better in the kiln even from fresh felled too.

Where are you based? Would kill for one of those!!

Yep same issue. It was the pipe from the oiler to bar the first time. Then the part of the oiler where that pipe goes in had been over tightened and had cracked, replaced with the cheaper one Kilworth offered but it's still leaking from somewhere in there. No idea where. I just put up with it. Too busy cutting to worry right now. Just don't leave the tank topped up if you're not going to use it quickly.

We put diverters on the bucket crowd ram to run the rotator on our takeuchi. The hammer line is double acting though so that runs the grab function.

That's £55a ton roadside all day long without even trying if there's a full load.

500? They went on a real hot day when it'd been working non stop and everything was very warm. Hadn't replaced the belt housing filter for a good while either and had a chain oil leak so it all added to their early demise I'd say.

Yeah did it all ourselves, not a difficult job really. It all should slot out pretty easily if I recall correctly. Yeah replace anything you can like that while you're on. It's daft not to.

Well done! Nearly had a heart attack when they said the price for the bearings! Yeah, it's a tajfun part so no place else to get it!

Ours did similar, swapped out the shaft for a new one and did the bearings at the same time. Shaft was about £250? They went a second time recently but the shafts fine. Please tell me you didn't buy the bearings off Kilworth? They're a massive rip off. Same for all non tajfun parts!

North East. If anything the firewood market is stronger than ever.

If anything there will be more ash being felled due to it. There certainly is around here!