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How much is my double header chainsaw mill worth
trigger_andy replied to John Hughes's topic in Milling Forum
You pointed out a design flaw that can be mitigated with a 99 pence brush or a tap. Square bars can also ride up over sawdust to some extent. Who does not brush off or jet down each slab to see the colours or check for rot anyway? I just don’t see sawdust being an issue so perhaps there’s another reason behind manufacturers not using rollers? -
How much is my double header chainsaw mill worth
trigger_andy replied to John Hughes's topic in Milling Forum
Only if you dont clear them first. Easy to do with a brush or a hose. -
Beautiful animals indeed and as you say they decimate the land they roam free on. All for the benefits of te very few who can afford to shoot them for sport. So many are opposed to a reintroduction of the Deers natural predator's. Shame really. Hopefully the Wildlife corridors proposed come to fruition. My Mates Estate has had a herd of Red Deer on it for about 50 years. They've done very little damage all things considering. His woods are so dense and unmanaged that what little damage the deer do soon grows back again. Although the Deer in Scotland are certainly stopping the natural regeneration of our countryside lets not forget its man that has cut down all the forests in the first place.
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They hid at the back hoping to be fed. [emoji16]. Be good to see your pics as well. The calf was quite friendly.
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Must be the biggest Oak I’ve had on the mill. 36” at the Butt end, 32” at the small end and 13.5’ long. The Avant was struggling to lift onto the Mill without the back end lifting off the deck. Almost a shame to take 24” wide slabs out of it and not be able to get it on the Alaskan but needs must and my brother needed a 6”x8” beam. And some rare White Red Deer on the Estate. The Stags where braver than the Hinds.
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Damn! yeh, an old machine but well serviced. Never wanted for anything.
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Yeh, I guessed it was cheap. The guy in Sweden bit his hand off. 😁 It’s got the Harvester Head on the now then swaps it out for the grab and goes back in and collects them all. Canny mind what he said he can lift with it close in. 3/4 of a ton maybe? Got a 1 ton log on the other day by lifting one end on first then the other.
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He’s got a nice stash of them but he’s an oak framer so does not wanna give them up. I’ll get it though as he’s desperate to get some 6x6” out the other 10 sticks he’s got and I have the mill and Avant. The farmer won’t lend him the Avant 🤣
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It’s my mates. He’s sold it now though. Heading off to Sweden as soon as the buyer arranges collection. Think he gave it away at £15k (Don’t mention brexit [emoji51]) He’s had this built instead. One of his buddies owns/owned a forestry engineering firm and built it with parts lying around. Not the head though, I think he already had that. Comes with a nice bogie.
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Must have been a day for milling in Scotland. [emoji16] Few more Oak logs on the Logosol. Shifting 9’x22”x3” slabs is so much easier on the back with the Avant to hand. Thought this log might have yielded some interesting 4” slabs but got nothing but a single 8” beam out the heart. Trying to convince another mate to part with one of his oak sawlogs as my brother needs a 13’ x 6x8” beam. He’s playing hard to get though. Since I’ll be milling his stash for him soon I’m sure he’ll relent. 🤣
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You’re using a 661, not an 088, 880 or an 881. I think the people who have raised concerns are all using bigger bars and bigger saws and for whatever reason have had issues. You’re about the third guy to say it’s all working fine with a 066, 660 or a 661 like it has any relevance. I ran a 066 with a 36” GB low-pro bar and had no issues, but it’s irrelevant when discussing 120cc saws. I genuinely don’t know if it’s user error or a product error. But the guys that have used the Low-pro bars on the 120cc saws seem to have issues with the sprockets and the guys with smaller saws, including myself, have not.
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I think that’s the point, 36” bar and a smaller saw seems to be best suited to Low Pro. Anything bigger than that seems to have low of “user errors”.
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Id never intentionally "blue" Oak. It would be a poor imitation and a surface only treatment to to try and recreate a deep and natural process thats taken potentially 50 plus years to create. If its stained then "great" turn a defect into a positive. To try and recreate that with bottle of filings and vinegar? I'll leave that to others....
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Thats my issue as well. Folk wanting to see the slabs at the bottom.
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Strange, it seemed your point was he’s not a Nutjob and is actually playing those who call him out on his BS like a fiddle. Perhaps he’s both. Guess we’ll just have to read his book to find out.!🤣
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He's either the greatest Troll the internet has ever seen or he's just genuinely barking mad. If he's not on a massive piss take, which his postings on the Window Cleaning Forum seems to indicate then you're clearly saying he's a nutcase as well.
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Im assuming his intention is to keep them from getting rung up and pinched by the type that feel its their right to wander around a forest or woodland and help themselves.
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Square the bottom off and make it into a Planter?
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Just boring regular oak today. [emoji16] How did this slip into the pile? 🤣
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I love the Avant. It’s the new 750 and can lift over a ton easy. The Log grab really makes it. Can position a log at almost any angle then gently drop onto the bunks. Not mine unfortunately. He sold his last 650 that was battered to death for not a significant amount under what he paid for it. They hold their value very well. I do need my own loader though, yours sounds like it would have been perfect.
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Might be an idea. My Transformer one is over 35 years old now.
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Not so big. 18”-24” wide depending on the log. 2”, 2-/14” and 3” thick. 2m to 3m long. Maybe longer? Think that’s to much green? I’ll most likely sticker them and sell them seasoned anyway.
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20+ slabs each. Even if I give them away at £100 each thats two bags of Sand.
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Its a world of difference. Im winching at home but this makes it so much easier. Plus sliding the slabs right off onto the forks.
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Proper knackered now, like. We're going halfers on them so thats why they're laid out and not stickered as tomorrow we'll divvy them up. And as I jetted each log down first I managed to make a single band last the whole day. Never managed that yet. Would never manage it with Softwood mind. Ive had bands give up the ghost after a single DF log (30").
