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Possibly, although it seemed to be site specific rather than age. I tend to think it was a ground related thing, parcels I was buying a few miles away , some trees well in excess of 10m volume were 100% sound. There is a good possibility that they would have reached market before rotting under the B+M scheme, in fairness the ex sites I have seen of theirs , which seems to be virtually every commercial stand in the country would suggest they knew their stuff.

There is an estate just outside Kings Lynn covered in the stuff, highly managed but giving very little return. The intention was that the sawlog would eventually go for the export peeling market.Last time I was on there thinnings were making £24/t roadside. I was buying for export for a company 5 years ago, when you did the costings the return was not much better than harvesting rate, and that was on an average purchase price of £5.50/m standing. Chip was £40/t blown into trailer, but that was a one off,i doubt green Poplar chip would realise much more than that now delivered because of moisture content as already stated.Clean up after Poplar felling can be costly because of shatter. Most of the parcels I bought were ex Bryants plantings,even with their expertise there were some parcels that had 80% + butt rot, in some cases a 3m length wouldn't sound the log out.

Joe Court over in Surrey is amongst oak a lot of the time, if there are lorries your way going South east, he is cutting oak at the moment.

You could try Simon Flack, or Allan Rowlands.

Thanks, I have been on a light dose of Tramadol for a number of years now after shagging a shoulder up.Obviously there is an addiction danger on a high dose,...pre shoulder op. I was on 8 a day, but out of it most of the time.Tbh the dose I am on now isn't getting anywhere near giving 24 hours relief. Hope fully this set of xrays will help swing things. Thanks again,..hope yours continues to be a success.

I had further xrays yesterday with a view to getting some jabs in mine. I would give anything at this point for some relief from the constant nagging pain and a good nights sleep. Hope you guys that have had yours done have good luck with them, and that your pain never returns.

Ram seals ?

The top cut in the gob is straight as opposed to angled as is the back cut, which in theory eliminates a butt with a gob cut out of it. It is also used to throw the tree away from the stump, both for safety reasons and extraction. Apparently more fatalities are caused by falling branches out of the tops of trees being felled than any other hazard.

Thanks, I have a friend that has been looking at it with a view to exporting. Even on s/h 3-8t diggers there seems to be around 30%+difference.

I have seen your other post re this machine, it looks good value to me. In general , plant, forestry machinery etc. appears to be more expensive like for like with UK. Do you know the reasons for this ?

Thanks. I know what you mean. I cope fairly well with pain , but there doesn't seem any escape from this, pain relief seems to be very temporary, even sitting down theres that constant nagging hey ? its bad company. Even things like walking round a show or the shops I am looking for somewhere to sit a lot of the time.Its easy for them to say arthritis is in its early stages, but they don't feel the pain.I have it in lower back, and I think we tend to try and find different ways of doing things to try and avoid some of the pain , and that puts pressure on other parts. Makes sense about one at a time. Good news about the felling, that's encouraged me , and glad youre on the mend. Thanks again for your input.

Yep, I can relate to the mood thing. Did you have to put a lot of pressure on to get the op done ? Can they only do one side at a time, mine are equally painful ?

Thanks for that.Its good to get feedback from those that have gone through it. Speaking from my own experience I have found the specialists tell us things for a reason. I knackered a shoulder up years ago, and had almost 2 years out with it.I ended up having it done privately, and it would be fair to say it was the first time I had done any form of recovery by the book, but am glad I did. My hips do make me miserable most days now,and even sitting for 12 hours in machines gets them angry some days. What I am finding is I am avoiding recreational walking because of pain,and that a bit of a vicious circle thing, because it would be easy to put weight on so increasing the problem. I am going to give injections a shot, it was suggested last week at a docs appointment. I have nothing to lose from it , and have had some relief from them in shoulders in the past . I would quite happily live with a few weeks off to eventually get rid of the pain, but didn't want to cut short a part of my life I still enjoy. Its an awkward age to start looking at change. Thanks for replying.

Really ? that was one of my concerns . I still enjoy picking a saw up on the right jobs, I did wonder how a replacement would stand up to that.Although I spend a lot of my time on machines now ,felling is part of my life I don't want to let go of yet. Its the doctors that are holding back, early stages they say, if that's the case it must get bloody painful eventually, I have to stop up hills to let the pain subside because it gets too angry to keep walking. Did any of you guys that have had replacements have any success with injections pre op ?

What kind of age are you guys getting these replacements at ? Mine have been pretty angry for a few years now, and burn like hell some days, particularly climbing up slopes, and to the point of disrupting sleep with the pressure on them. Xrays have shown arthritis, but they seem reluctant to do anything beyond pain relief. I am 62 btw.

Very little arb chip goes direct to burners because of the inconsistency in chip size / moisture content. A lot of it gets taken back to depots , tipped , screened and blended , then hauled again to an end user. A lot of lower grade chip that doesn't make g30/50 spec is only realising £40-60 /t with sub 30% moisture. You don't get much haulage done for £15t nowadays , and in some cases there can be double that to get it to an end user.

Certainly a lot of those I have seen are, with a high proportion of sapwood.

My money says they are full of shake.

They have certainly bought forwarders,, and a couple more shredders. I was on a brash lift for them when someone brought it into conversation, however things do change every time a conversation changes hands.

Oh ok,.the story was a couple of months ago they had just purchased three new ones, but I will stand corrected on that .

You could try Jenkinsons, . Mike Gillette, or Elliot Henderson both run balers.

With hoppus you just convert at full measure,.and convert per species.

I have always found hoppus foot converted to be as accurate as you can get.

It will be heading for the power station at Sandwich, Jenkinson /Euroforest have the supply contract there.

Year of the miners strike, 82? We did the field testing for them, I only ever came across one other that was being used by some Irish boys working on the blow. They were a belting winch and ran rings round the Igland for pull.