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Yes it would. It’s a hardened tool in its original form so you need to anneal it first. Once annealed you can work with it with grinders , belt sanders , disc cutters etc etc. Once you have the shape and most of the angles you want to create whatever working edge you are after you can heat treat and quench it. Test the heat treat with a file and if it’s good give it a couple of tempering cycles in an oven. Do that before it cools completely. You will then be able to set the edge and polish the blade and get into the final sharpening and honing. For final sharpening I use Japanese wet stones and a leather block with a paste. Farriers rasps are generally high carbon so they can be made extremely sharp but the edge will be less durable than a steel with lower carbon.

Thanks. I’m mainly self taught. Every now and then I pester some blacksmiths I know to go and use their forges and pick up some tips but mostly it’s me messing around on a small propane forge and anvil in the workshop.

Last bit of Damascus I forged I made a ring and joined the band diagonally with solid 18ct gold all the way through. Started life as an oblong lump of Damascus and square bar of gold. Was fiddly business using a noble metal with steels. Tested my patience for sure.

here’s the last farriers rasp i used. Stabilised maple burr for the handle. Brass pins made from and old door handle. Have it to a mate of mine when I was done making it. He seemed to like it.

I end up giving most of mine away. I really enjoy the making process mostly. They would clutter my workshop if I didn’t give them away.

There are lots of good materials readily available for learning to make your own readily available. Old leaf springs tend to be good. I’ve made some nice stuff from old farriers rasps which have a high carbon content. Just remember to anneal them first.

Anyone on here able to nudge squaredy for me ? I’ve messaged him about the vented bags but no response Tia

I went for a few rides with Dave Hemming Serious skills.

Drop me a pm with a price chap. Cheers

Dear all. Recommendations for a supplier of net / vented cubic metre log bags please Thanks.

None taken , it’s not my credit card we were talking about [emoji23] I know he considered all the various machines. Julian has a log of business with some large property developers , A lot of their developments are in the 10 to 20 million price range on estates like Wentworth and St George’s Hills. Etc so a machine like this will absolutely smash that work and the budgets are there to use it. He’s also hoping for a slice of the road side ash pie with it. The saw head can be replaced with a winch to turn it into a very good crane. He said to me he was hoping to be able to hire it out to builders etc to increase its potential for earning and keep it productive between trees. Hope it works out for him. It’s a big spend for guy like him and I’d hate to see it not work out. But he’s a sharp guy and if you want to get into the big boys game there’s going to be an element of risk for sure. He still won’t put his harness down so now doubt he will be out climbing just as much to keep the bread and butter jobs ticking business over.

There is a large drawbar trailer going on the back of it for wood chip or whatever really. Would that influence the axle configuration? I don’t know , biggest thing I’ve driven is unimogs so nothing this sort of size.

The day rate he offered me was quite palatable and given how much more quickly it will dismantle a tree and given most of the tree will get loaded onto the lorry directly I thought it was pretty good. Given that the only credit card he’s flexed to buy it is his own company one I guess the other toys will have to wait a while. [emoji23] The was a sennboggen doing road side ash die back felling locally recently. Awesome machine too but no where near the reach of the lorry so that probably what’s made him Choose that.

True it’s not aimed at domestic work. It’s aimed at road side and clearance work. It will handle 900kg at full stretch which is impressive. Close in it will lift a huge amount.

It’s cost 300k. Well 250 plus the vodka and tonic. He has given me a day rate for use with both the saw head and as a crane. In respect to him those figures are not public yet so I wouldn’t disclose them until he had put them out there himself.

Julian is a good mate of mine. He’s based just down the rd from me. I’ve been chatting to him about potentially using it on a job early next year should my quote be accepted.

Looking for some recommendations for track mats. I prefer the look of the mats that have handle cut outs in them for ease of shifting them around. Thanks people.

I run a couple.

I have a need for some native hedge on a job, must be 2.4 metres at point of planting. Can you message with availability and prices please

Another for Robinia. I reserve it for my outdoor pizza oven. Burns perfectly and gives great cooking heat. The oven sits at 400 to 450 degrees burning it. Makes 10 inch pizza cook in about 90 seconds [emoji106]

If you are producing lots of waste each day and your sites allow for larger vehicles buy one. They are cheap as chips in comparison to a 3.5t van.

Depends what work you are doing surely. What’s the reason for up scaling ? What are your other options ?

I agree. With little stumps like that I’m happy to do them and will just fit them in around the nearest job to it. Usually on a stump like that they pay folding beer tokens and you will have already made your money elsewhere in the day so everyone’s happy. I’d just get a local firm to grind that. It’ll be cheaper than a days hire on any machine in regards to the op.

Exactly. Works perfectly. Great piece of kit.

Dig deep in those pockets Big j. I feel the Amarok is calling you Try finding a demo from VW that’s up for sale. Once they hit 9 months the dealers have to shift them on ASAP otherwise it costs them money so there’s deals to be had. Also try Shere 4x4 ( their pickups branch ) it’s just down the rd from me. That place only stocks the best used ones. With and without vat but mostly with. He will find you a really tidy one no problem.