land clearing with husqvarna 365sp & 440xtorq

[logger 12345]

ok indept video of where we go to work,from the public road on top of the hill all the way to the bottom in to the woodland,it also
shows you the roadway we needed to clear first in order to be make it possible to get in!


this video is a MUST for any offroad fans,later in the video it shows the harsh terrain we need to travel to make it in,but it's no problem to the nissan beast, enjoy it's long but worth the watch if you are intrested in this thread.:msp_biggrin:


dan


[video=youtube;ub29CknCFk4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub29CknCFk4[/video]

 

[BroncoRN]

You ever thought about getting a bigger trailer? More wood and fewer trips....

Last video didnt work????

 

[logger 12345]

You ever thought about getting a bigger trailer? More wood and fewer trips....

Last video didnt work????

yes i have thought about this and i would like a larger tralier but i'm afraid this one will have to do as it's all i have right now.
i think it's better not to but the veichle under any more strain anyway as some places here are still soft.

did the first video on top of this page work??

i can upload the more recent video again on vimeo,it will be up here this evening.

dan

 

[dancan]

Does moss cover everything that stands still over there ?
Some of that stuff you cut looks millable . Got no buddy's with a mill to turn some of that firewood into a more valuable product ?

 

[logger 12345]

Does moss cover everything that stands still over there ?
Some of that stuff you cut looks millable . Got no buddy's with a mill to turn some of that firewood into a more valuable product ?

funny you say that as i was thinking the same the other day,it's almost a shame to cut some of these for firewood,i must start saving some and bringning them home in tree lengths,maybe i might get a customer for them as a more valuable product.
i did mention alright about selling some for the making of hurlies this is a sport we play in ireland with the hurley made out of ash wood.





anyway does this video work folks?
again this is an attempt to post a video to show the amount of old unused roadway we had to clear of brush and overgrowth.


[video=dailymotion;xpvf0z]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpvf0z_clearing-land-for-hardwood-timber_lifestyle[/video]




ohh dan by the way,yes the moss covers almost everything,but a larger pain in the butt is the ivy it grows on all
large trees,it's a nuissance and very offputting when trying to judge falling /backcuts

 

[BroncoRN]

Last video still no go. Says it contains wmg and umg which are blocked by your (our) country. What is wmg and umg?

Most of us wish we could get an suv much like yours over here with a turbo diesel. And yours is tdi, 4x4, AND has a locker in rear axle!

 

[logger 12345]

still can't see the video?? :msp_confused:

i wonder is it just where you are living,maybe others can see it,it could depend on which state you are in maybe,i can try and
upload it on another uploader and see.

can anybody else here watch them??


yeah to be honest i am well happy with the nissan it's a very easy machine to run and maintain,in the two years i have it now i have 80k miles on it and done nothing to it only the usual services,but i believe it's all in the driving,i drive slow whilst towing as i recon this is the killer for a lot of machines fast driving while towing,it has a high towing capacity but i still baby it while towing weight,it's better for everything.

you lads have some monster engines in the states though and cheaper fuel so you can't really complain now ?? :msp_thumbup:

 

[w8ye]

I've always watched the videos in this thread with no problem. In fact I never gave it any thought that some people would not be able to watch them?

 

[BroncoRN]

I've always watched the videos in this thread with no problem. In fact I never gave it any thought that some people would not be able to watch them?

I can see all of them but the last one which makes no sense.

I wish I had a diesel my 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer has an inline six and put out 275hp and 275 ft-lbs of torque and states it can tow 5500lbs with its 3.73 rear axle. But I get maybe 15 mpg in the city and best ever is 19 mpg on the highway. And whenever I tow my enclosed trailer it gets 11 or 12 mpg - I might as well have bought an Excursion or a Suburban.

 

[logger 12345]

yes but isn't your fuel much cheaper there than here?? petrol here is 162euro per liter and diesel is 157euro per liter,it's pretty messed up and very anoying because in any line of work such as mine with a lot of driving involved the end customer don't want to pay fuel costs,so i just have a set price per tonne of firewood now and it covers everything.

there are rumours that fuel prices are going to go to 2euros per liter but i think it has stabilised now a little,it's mostly our own government tax that is the problem here and the stupid issues our government got the country in to...


fuel costs were mentioned already in this thread a while back and i remember somebody saying that you lads have fuel much @ far better prices than us!

lucky you!!! :msp_thumbsup:

 

[BroncoRN]

Holy Baloney thats $8 a gallon!! Its about $4.15 a gallon for diesel here.

 

[Stihlman441]

Unleaded 91 oct $1.58 / ltr here.:msp_mad:
LPG gas 79.9 cents / ltr :msp_mad:

 

[logger 12345]

Unleaded 91 oct $1.58 / ltr here.:msp_mad:
LPG gas 79.9 cents / ltr :msp_mad:

prices still lower than here!!

 

[logger 12345]

anyway,i'm off to he woods again this morning,i am feeling a little tired after clearing that roadway in,it was tough going with the 440xtorq,can't believe i done it all with that small saw,the two saws are just excellent with no bother so far.

i hope today is another safe productive day.

later
dan

 

[logger 12345]

some work today :msp_biggrin:

i'm extremly impressed with this ASH,the quality is very high,it's all going very well and it's selling as fast as it's been cut.
:msp_smile:



two bulk bags heading off to happy customers today who always like to see ASH wood arriving as it's in such
high demand it sells really great.


superior wood this ash.

just take a look at the ASH wood,it's SUPERB!!

 

[dancan]

When your customer gets the wood do they have to resplit the chunks or do they just burn the blocks as is ?

 

[Stihlman441]

So you sell it green un seasoned ?.
If so how good is that
no stacking
get paid straight away
i like it :msp_biggrin:

 

[logger 12345]

good questions lads,the blocks are cut as the customer wants them,i usually wait to get a call and then ask what size they wish to have them at,some customers like them small others large,the FIR and spruce we usually cut shorter as seen at the start of this thread for splitting reasons,we use axe mostly for splitting and find it no problem and as fast as our tractor driven splitter.as i say the SPRUCE AND FIR need to be cut shorter cause they are very knotted wood!
the ASH as most of you know can be cut long as it's a breeze to split.

i must take some pictures of my antique fordson superdexta tractor when i get a chance now too :msp_biggrin:
we are currently getting it ready for work.



stihl man

yeah most of the wood i cut goes out this way but if the person is fussy and demands seasoned wood i have some now covered at home under plastic drying so it is drying faster,90percent of my customers don't care,they are very fussy about the FIR AND SPRUCE been seasoned though as it seems to take longer to dry.



dan

 

[logger 12345]

the work continues

friday 6th april 2012



so yesterday we got stuck with the nissan,we went to the bottom of the field for a look around near the horses,unfortunatly we hadn't a camera yesterday with us so i didn't get pictures of my brothers modified landrover pulling us out,it was very swampy and wet here at the bottom,it may not have looked much but it was very soggy and deep even with diff lock on no good,time to get that winch i think for situations like these.

we drove down today to take a few pics of where i got stuck

team husqvarna ready for action

some more ash cut and ready to go

my tralier wrecked a bearing yesterday so i am picking it back up today after getting a local man to repair it.

 

[logger 12345]

i notice on some of my pictures there is a slight 'blur' i can't understand why because the camera was never damaged or dropped,ohh well i hope it clears up from it!





some more updates,i walked around the old farm today,no body lived here sinse the 50's so you can get an idea of how old it is

enjoy the pictures to come,first more work today.

more of that large ash tree we cut recently

a look at some of the land here,at the bottom of that field is where i got stuck near the old railway line discontinued sinse the early 80's