BigRon

Long way from Devon this! Staffs moorlands! Plenty of coppicing to ground level, at least we can make it regenerate properly for the next hedgelayer to come along! Landowner is pleased anyway, plenty of firewood and the pleachers we’ve chosen and used are generally good.

Couple of pics for you and bits we’ve done. Not so nice!!

Lowest coppice stool is about 18 inch off the ground, so multi stemmed above that and tall! Definitely more productive to re coppice properly but we’ve been asked to lay it so we shall try! Not following any particular style, it may get some stakes in it to secure pleachers. Cheers

Well that would help wouldn’t it!! Will get some pictures when I’m next there, but it’s not a pretty thing!

Intrigued to know what the lads/ladies doing it full time would do. Laying a hedge today, 100% hawthorn but coppiced 15+ years ago so big thick stool, multi stems and way up off the ground. I’ve saved what I can do, but it’s a hard nasty hedge. Would you price it high, or just tell the landowner it needs re coppicing to ground level? Cheers!

Cheers looks like it’s welded at the join though?

I’m after a solid forged Yorkshire billhook, no weld. Some of these vintage ones on auction sites are ridiculous money so I’d rather buy something new. Morris of Dunsford no longer going can anyone recommend where to look brands/shops/websites? Thanks Ron

Just my experience but I cut an ash stem up with dieback last year and it burnt like a pig. Gave very little heat off.

I’m based in Cheshire but can travel reasonable distance and could post it if needed. cheers

Thanks for the replies. My mechanical skill is basic to say the least, Steve has politely said he’s not taking any new work on does anyone have a recommendation for somewhere or someone to have a look?

Hi all, I have a lovely 395xp which has run for me for a few years with irregular use. Home milling and firewood mainly. I am really careful with my fuel mixing 33:1 and emptying when finished. The saw ran for an hour or so last weekend and wouldn’t start again. A local dealer says this pot and piston are knackered and quote over £500 to sort it. Does anyone have any recommendations? Shall I repair the saw? Or chop it in for a new 661 or similar. Has this happened because of the fuelling issue or is it just general wear and tear the saw is a 2003 model. Thanks in advance

Sorry @oldwoodcutter that’s my fault. no it would all be for our own use, we heat our cottage purely with wood using roughly 20m3 a year. I process it all myself just invested in a Rock machinery petrol splitter. We have 2 woodburners and a very cold old easterly facing exposed cottage 😂

Exactly, makes me laugh that people jump on a thread. If it works for you taking timber away that’s great, if not I’ll take it for a brew, some venison steaks or alike 👍🏻 That’s how the world goes round in my eyes

Exactly @rapalaman that’s the deal that works for both.

Thanks please do.