land clearing with husqvarna 365sp & 440xtorq

[logger 12345]

stump after cutting away the henged part,just cutting it up now down along the trunk,sometimes i cut the henges up high for comfort

 

[logger 12345]

i am leaving some smaller green trees behind for now,we will thin out the place of all the larger trees.

spot this insect,the place is full of these guys,they have a lot of legs,sort of like a centipede

 

[logger 12345]

limbing ASH tree

time to tighten chain with the toolless tensioner on 440 xtorq

 

[logger 12345]

[video=youtube;SuJbrBRibyg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuJbrBRibyg[/video]

 

[logger 12345]

Right, I just wondered after watching the video it looked like the tip got close to a few branches but it could just be perspective and video magic Like somebody else in the thread, visit Ireland is on the bucket list.

thanks for the intrest,yeah you should pay a visit sometime,well worth the trip!

 

[dancan]

OK , you can cut all day wearing a coat , and breath through a mask , get a pair of chaps at least , they're not that hot and you'll get use to them , you've got way too much wet , slippery conditions , too much vine and green crap mixed in with that wood your cutting for the potential of something happening .............Now , I've said my bit and got it off my chest so carry on .

Could you post up a couple pics of the stoves that you guys use to burn the short bits of wood in ?

 

[BroncoRN]

Are you keeping a tally on how much fuel and oil you are using on this project??

 

[logger 12345]

OK , you can cut all day wearing a coat , and breath through a mask , get a pair of chaps at least , they're not that hot and you'll get use to them , you've got way too much wet , slippery conditions , too much vine and green crap mixed in with that wood your cutting for the potential of something happening .............Now , I've said my bit and got it off my chest so carry on .

Could you post up a couple pics of the stoves that you guys use to burn the short bits of wood in ?

yes dan,i agree with most you have said,i have a pair of chaps but need to start wearing them again,i have a full suit of husqvarna (one piece suit) and it's light and need to start wearing them,i admit it been so used to forest work i get lazy about my gear and what i wear,the weather here the last few weeks has been wet so the updates you lads see are maybe one hour work per day.BUT in that one hour you could have an accident so PLEASE ARBORISTS DON'T USE ME AS A ROLE MODEL as i am lazy about wearing some of my gear,i WILL start soon now when i will be back to the full days working here when weather clears.


dan,the wood now is all long i am cutting,the only reason we cut short wood before was the FIR as it was hard to split
with all the knots.

we can saftly cut the ash poles now even up to 15" as they are so easy to split.


i still cut small when needs be and customers demand it this way.


:msp_wink:

 

[logger 12345]

Are you keeping a tally on how much fuel and oil you are using on this project??

good observation,YES i plan on keeping tally actually from tomorrow morning onwards cause to be honest the work here
is just begining now that we have reached the woods





dan can here is the stove i use and it's powerful enough to heat my large two story house if it had a boiler,my one don't have a back boiler
therefor it throws more heat out in my sitting room

 

[dancan]

Wouldn't an hour or so per day be the best way to get yourself conditioned to wearing the gear ?



Just sayin' .............:msp_smile:

What brand are the popular stove brands ?

 

[logger 12345]

true i spose it would,but the weather here has been so damn changable,it's sunny and warm,then it's raining and cold,then you have the gear on and it's sunny again and too hot,you take some gear off then it's raining the cycle has been this way for the last few weeks this type of weather here is the worst


the most popular brands here are stanley,blacksmith (mine), Kiely Stoves, the most popular are the waterford stanley stove least
they would have the biggest name but the blacksmith are as popular and everybit as good,priced the same too.

 

[logger 12345]

wet wet wet....

weather awfully wet here at the moment,regardless we are bringing home a lot of loads,and will continue to bring them home
today,we have 4-5 loads home since my last update,not bad considering it's so wet.... we have almost all our own firewood home now for this 2012 winter already so it's good to have that out of the way,now anything else i bring back will be all for sale,and the customers are in high demand of this ASH hardwood. we have a busy day of deliveries tomorrow :msp_biggrin:


here is what it's looking like outside my door at home right now :msp_wink:

WET....

we can see 6 counties from up here on a fine day,panoramic views here.

and some wood ready for my own fire,all ASH only,which i am burning right now,it burns awesome even fresh and lasts and
lasts.....i got 3 hours lastnight out of two small logs and they put out immence heat.

these same bags are also the ones i deliver to my customers at up to 80euros per bag.
depending on season and conditions when delivered.

 

[Warped5]

weather awfully wet here at the moment,regardless we are bringing home a lot of loads,and will continue to bring them home
today,we have 4-5 loads home since my last update,not bad considering it's so wet.... we have almost all our own firewood home now for this 2012 winter already so it's good to have that out of the way,now anything else i bring back will be all for sale,and the customers are in high demand of this ASH hardwood. we have a busy day of deliveries tomorrow :msp_biggrin:


here is what it's looking like outside my door at home right now :msp_wink:

WET....

we can see 6 counties from up here on a fine day,panoramic views here.



and some wood ready for my own fire,all ASH only,which i am burning right now,it burns awesome even fresh and lasts and
lasts.....i got 3 hours lastnight out of two small logs and they put out immence heat.




these same bags are also the ones i deliver to my customers at up to 80euros per bag.
depending on season and conditions when delivered.

Awesome view! Do you own any cannon?

Pretty stout lettle trailer too!

 

[logger 12345]

thanks,

the cannon is an AWESOME idea,love it..no unfortunately no i don't have cannons but i love the idea and who knows maybe in time i might have some here built in to the stone walls.


or were you referring to a cannon camera? haha :wink2:

 

[SawTroll]

weather awfully wet here at the moment,regardless we are bringing home a lot of loads,and will continue to bring them home
today,we have 4-5 loads home since my last update,not bad considering it's so wet.... we have almost all our own firewood home now for this 2012 winter already so it's good to have that out of the way,now anything else i bring back will be all for sale,and the customers are in high demand of this ASH hardwood. we have a busy day of deliveries tomorrow :msp_biggrin:


here is what it's looking like outside my door at home right now :msp_wink:

WET....

we can see 6 counties from up here on a fine day,panoramic views here.

and some wood ready for my own fire,all ASH only,which i am burning right now,it burns awesome even fresh and lasts and
lasts.....i got 3 hours lastnight out of two small logs and they put out immence heat.

these same bags are also the ones i deliver to my customers at up to 80euros per bag.
depending on season and conditions when delivered.

I hope you aren't storing wet or damp wood in those bags!

 

[NHlocal]

Beautiful countryside.....

I continue to enjoy your updates and pictures. :msp_thumbsup: The countryside photo is beautiful!
Thanks again and please continue to update and post pics. Oh yes, I'll add in also, please wear chaps.
I would hate to hear about you getting hurt. :msp_sad: I wear mine every time I cut. :msp_thumbup:
Work safe. ::thumbsup::

 

[Adirondackstihl]

I see you still havent cleaned your camera lens

:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[dancan]

What part of Ireland are you in ?

 

[logger 12345]

just logged in to update and spotted photobucket acting up,can my pictures still be seen?

ok please bear with me here i must try and sort this out.
i think photobucket are asking me to gopro which means i need to pay them:bang:


i thought it was a free picture service,any way around this,i don't have paypal active right now.

 

[logger 12345]

yeah,i had some lovely updates of more countryside pics and the local FIR harvest,i guess it will have to wait now for a while
i need to get 30dollars paid in to my paypal asap to pay photobucket

could be a while because i only use laser card no credit cards here i tore them up ages ago.
laser cards are the new credit cards here in ireland,now the next issue is how i'm going to get the money in to my paypal
account to pay them....i have the money but i need it paypaled in to my account in order tp pay photobucket.

forum admins please bear with me until i get the potobucket acount paid and all the pics and stuff will then be
visable again,

sorry about this folks.

:msp_sleep:






UPDATE:

ok so there was no need for me to panic at all,i didn't understand how photobucket worked,so basicly i have a "free" account on photobucket which means i have 10gb of bandwidth per month,basicly it means i can only upload so much per month,in fariness i have never exceeded it until now because i have uploaded so much this month.

anyway in a nutshell i will have to wait until next tuesday for my next FREE monthly bandwidth allowance which is another 10gb because the free bandwidth is added to the account which only automaticly goes by the anniversary of when one joined on photobucked,that means the 30th for me which is next tuesday.

this also means i don't have to pay THEM

but i mayaswell just pay them when i have the chance as it is anoying to exceed the usage during the month.


looks like it has been a busy month for my thread with pics so........



i will update next tuesday now with more stuff.

regards
dan