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Consider a full wrap handle on the 880 / 881. Makes it a lot easier using a big saw for big take downs. Unless ported the 661 is only recommended for a 36” bar. You would be better off with a ported 661 if weight is an issue, have a 42” or similar bar for it. Full skip chain.

Not that one, the old hospital site top of the hill on Kings drive , you then have the long straight hill down to midhurst that has the coppice to one side and the forestry stuff on the other. They mulched a large section on the road side a couple of years back. Any way there is loads of birch plantation in there, A lot of those new large houses on the estate have some terribly exposed trees in there gardens and driveways that are becoming a problem. They were all forestry trees and the developers have left patches of them landscaped into the development. Ugly tall trees with no crowns and now really exposed to get blown over. lots of them are in poor health too. Only out of interest as Im working on several there lately.

Looks fixed to me. Not sure that it has much capability to put that stick on the back of a truck or trailer after its moved it does it? Looks as though they are bringing the load further back to increase lift capacity but sacrificing handling the material. Seems more for shifting wood just from a to b on a site rather than load ??

Not on or near the king Edward estate is it ? Only out of interest. I’ve just done a load on a domestic site there. Was surrounded by birch and chestnut plantation.

Just a couple more from the end of last weeks Bosh session. Big old twin stem and the single stem that Big Beech is now the proud owner of.

Is it for indoor our outdoor use ?

Polyurethane spray like you use to seal kitchen worktops would also be good. That can stabilise colours. Let me ask Tim who works for me. He’s got plenty of knowledge in this sort of stuff with his carpentry skills.

If it’s a pale ish colour yes. If you are talking about woods with dark or red colouration etc I’d be reluctant to use it. It’s a strong chemical bleach basically so likely to fade the colours you are trying to recover / preserve. With redwoods I’ve had good results refinishing and sealing to liven the colour back up. Osmo is a good product to seal and UV stabilise which might help mate.

I’d agree. In my use for framing it’s cleaning it to give it that fresh cut colour. I’d say big Beech would be better lightly sanding / planing dulled timber and treating and sealing it with something UV stable like Osmo maybe.

Easy stuff to use. Very strong. I use it on oak when doing any framing. Takes a good 24 -48 hours to do its thing it’s not an instant result but the results are very good. Mind how you carry the timber after it’s been applied. It will transfer to skin and clothes. Quite unpleasant stuff.

Grows anywhere here. From clay to sand and everything in between. I recon big beech will get some nice slabs out of that old bit of nut. It’s solid heart wood so should mill well. These particular trees are close to the outskirts of London. Sadly for me as the drive to site is a pain in the backside. Plenty more like it to come down still too.

Besides. Is bought it and taken it now. I don’t do refunds [emoji23]. I’m sure he will get something worthwhile from it.

Good job these stocks are no where near Sussex then [emoji106]

He has been slightly robbed though. New kit in this game only looks new for about 1 day. Poor bloke didn’t even get the 1 day. .. You opened that bottle yet [emoji38]

It’ll be his timber but yes I hope it’s good for him and he makes something nice out of it. Yes the stick that’s left is a fair old lump. Hence I was happy to leave it at the survey spec of 5 or 6 metres. Just an extra cost to extract and get rid of. Being sweet chestnut it’s bound to sprout a load of growth and have its Swan song for a few more years come. Got some very large clean sweet chestnut to fell tomorrow. I’m tempted to keep some for sleepers / beams but with time constraints it’ll probably go to the biomass heaven.

And yes , I was pleased the wood was so nice as the top 10 metres of the tree was rotten and hollow. Fair old bit of hart wood. I cut some burrs out of some of the rubbish to see if any turners are interested.

Well if @bigbeech turns up tomorrow It’ll be going on his trailer to be milled. [emoji106] That log is 4.7 metres long. 3 ft across at the felling cut. Nearly all the trees are spec’d that they can be left at 5/6 metres. That one is just over 5 ft across at the base so as nice as that bit left standing is it’s too much effort to get out of the woods unless someone makes a reasonably strong offer.

Which one chap? There’s two in those pics. One with the burrs and helical form is Sweet chestnut. The one in the last pic where I’m still up the tree is Horse Chestnut.

More of the same for us today, same site again as the photos from Tuesday. Another couple bopped down to the specified heights. Same again tomorrow. Sadly much bigger ...

Feels flimsy where they have kept weight down like most new stihls.

Basically same saw. Different chains that’s about it now the 560 had been updated. 20inch bar is max. Any more and you want the 572. Nice enough saw.

Climbed and dismantled this rotten old stick this morning. Part of a series of fair sized trees to take out for a regular site. Fair bit of rot in this old bugger

You may not necessarily have to register immediately. You are allowed certain fluctuations in your accounts around vat registration. Your book keeper will be able to explain it to you You only need the accountant if you are ltd / vat registered etc. Say the last 3 or so years have been u see the vat threshold and this year your only say 15 k over it you can have some wiggle room if you don’t want to register. But if you think your business is now growing and you will continue to be over the threshold just get the accountant to register. You can go back 4 years in your expenses claiming things for your vat registration. First time I filed in the paperwork I got a £10k rebate so that was quite nice. I use Xero for all my paperwork. And a very simple scanning app on my phone for all my receipts. Ping em off and legally you don’t even need to keep the paper copy like you used to. Although I still file them away. Scanning those in keeps the processing time down for the book keeper too so that reduces that bill.

Danequip 27hp. Used them for years. So simple and easy to use. Hard to go wrong with one. Just over 6 grand I think.

Great saw. Takes about 30 tanks of fuel for it to loosen up and spin a bit faster. Like all echos. Super lightweight. Mines on .325 16”. Great up in the tree. I wouldn’t have a longer bar than that on it. My echo kit is the most reliable out of everything. I run a varied fleet of stihl husky and echo. Echo hands down for reliability. Doesn’t cut quite as quick as a 261 or 550 but better in other ways.