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It’s been butchered from a quality of work perspective. 4 cuts at the base will have it over and not hurt everyone’s eyes anymore. It’s poor work but hey , it’s smaller than before if that was the primary objective
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Another 4 cuts and it’ll be finished by the look of it .......
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Mines had an exhaust mod. Run on 10” bar. Perfect. A Long bar on it would be too much and defeats the object of having a small light saw. Same re panther. The nose splayed apart after about 4 chains. Was told this is normal for them so I went for a Sugi replacement. Only a couple of chains in but seems fine.
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Anyone using the smaller processors - Jappa 305 / 315 for example?
lux replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in Firewood forum
Saw bench and a venom splitter with 4 way head is a good combo. It’s a good way to make up a short day this time of year when no time to start another job. We jumped on the venom splitter this afternoon, pile of nice bitch rounds. 3 of us processed circa 3 cube in about an hour. About £220 quids worth of firewood next season. I only do small volume for a few customers although lockdown has driven demand this year and I’m sold out as of today. All just arb waste. The crap goes for biomass and I process the nicer stuff. Might up volumes for next winter. Dare I say my house might be finished then and I’ll have a log fire again [emoji106] It’s whatever works in your setup really. Although I agree, always nice to buy toys when you can. -
Anyone using the smaller processors - Jappa 305 / 315 for example?
lux replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in Firewood forum
If it’s arb waste time likely to be rounds of wood a lot is likely to be too big for a small processor How many cubic meters are you looking to process a year ? -
I’d take the rope with the Eder The crap you end up pulling the line through whilst winching will fill your day to day rigging line with grit and crud pretty quick. It’s also got a metal guard on the spliced eye which is good for joining to the d shackles and forestry choker chains. All comes in a decent waterproof roll top rucksack that is good to carry the rope to where it’s being used. Generally somewhere off the beaten path. Worth it for minimal outlay in my view mate.
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First fire from logs harvested from trees I planted
lux replied to spandit's topic in Firewood forum
Shouldn’t really need to leave stakes in many years. Once the root system has taken they are probably best left doing there own thing and being able to move. If you want them to last longer you could leave the stakes stood in a bucket of creosote The alder should still coppice well and grow back nicely it’s more what to do with large alder sticks. As you mention it’s a decent charcoal wood. -
If you have loads of thorn to work in a welders jacket might be a good call. That green waistcoat thing would most definitely make you the only gay in the blackthorn hedge ....
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Any pictures of it ?
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First fire from logs harvested from trees I planted
lux replied to spandit's topic in Firewood forum
Was that just through the sales bit in their website. Been looking at that myself for some planting in my woods this winter -
First fire from logs harvested from trees I planted
lux replied to spandit's topic in Firewood forum
Nice. Did you get any grant for planting ? -
Anyone in the south east looking to move on a small , say 6.ft ish , size charcoal kiln ? Or have you made any decent home made ones? Oil drums maybe ? I will be removing a load of ash die back and windblown timbers in my woods soon. Thought out of interest I might try and make some charcoal. Not commercial just curiosity and hopefully end up with a good supply for summer bbq The one in the picture is for sale on eBay atm but too far to be worth going for.
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Big commercial clearance work will tend to be 12inch plus so yes, that excludes most chippers talked about in this thread. All the commercial line clearance and rail work is nearly all forst that I’ve seen around this way. They probably by 5 to 10 chippers at a time so no doubt forst give them a very attractive deal.
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That’s my thinking. It doesn’t chip bigger really but will have higher productivity / output per hour Probably a big difference in price ..... The 425 just seemed a bit lost in the line up. I’d miss it and hop up to the 10 inch chipper. A decent chipper all the same I suspect though.
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I’d have to look up the opening size to be honest. Generally just go by the max dimension it will chip. Or the 200mm Although the bigger opening would most likely speed up chipping smaller brash getting more through But essentially there is a huge size and weight difference between those two Jensen models with very little difference in large timber capacity. 190 v 200mm. At a glance there doesn’t seem much point getting the a425 over the a540. Just wondered if there was something particularly trick about the 425. ??
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Haven’t we all done that far too much [emoji23][emoji23] that process of convincing yourself it could be good just to find out as you really suspected it’s crap.
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They are all wet stones one side and honing leather the other. I don’t think it’ll be great on the tormek tbh.
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It wouldn’t, it’s a Jensen with different paint. To be fair the newer ones have differed more than the old did. Hasn’t made it more reliable though ..... I was looking at the jensen chipper specs last night. Substantially heavier than other chippers. I don’t get the line up though. The a540 and a425 are only 10mm different in capacity but a huge difference in size of machine. What’s the point of the a425. ? No folding hopper which is nice. Less to wear out. Might as well go up to the 328 or 231 to get a noticeable increase in capacity.
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About the right price I suppose looking at other kit of similar size. Sadly more than I hoped it would be. [emoji23] I’ve worked with one of those mini forestry trailers with a similar size crane to the logbullet. Lifted just over 400 kilos I think. Was towed with a 30 ish hp kubota. I was impressed with it.
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That’s probably got more to do with communism than anything else.......... thankfully I don’t need to factor that in when speaking to forst tomorrow .... Probably some truth to his story though !
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Do you not send them in batches ? Most people I know usually rotate 6/7 sets and send say 4 away at a time for sharpening. Makes postage much more economical. I’ve got a tormek for other tools. I think you will be frustrated using it for chipper blades. Bit too substantial. It’s more for rough shaping of chisels etc before getting them onto the wet stones after.
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Agreed. I’m encouraged to see the positive experiences people have had with forst. Gotta have some hope somewhere eh ....
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Stop messing Alf , and bring back my 3120 [emoji38]
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Come on stubby. It doesn’t last that long with out breaking again. ..... I did kind of half anticipate the old fault in 3 years, I seem to have had them all in 3 months though. Doesn’t make me a happy camper that’s for sure It’s just daft it first don’t iron their machines out. I such a decent chipper when , and I do mean when , it’s working. In my circumstances it would take a lot to get their act together.
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Something I did factor in with decision to go to forst. My intention was to flip the machine at 3 years as the warranty expires and get another forst. I’m happy to continue with that if they can remedy my currant situation well.
