smithy Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 It was last done in 1987 just after we had that strong wind / hurricane that took down thousands of trees ,it snapped the big branches of this one 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 My mate that lifted me up in basket to cut tree lives next door to it so we then swapped over and I lifted him up to cut his small bits that had grown up and nearly touching electric wires 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Before I went to Leamington spa last sat/sunday I had pulled out a few more conifer tree roots for my neighbour so over the weekend he could get a few more fence panels up , which then just leaves the last 12 or so to cut and pull out 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 on Saturday I moved all my fire wood that was next to last of the conifer trees and with my neighbours help we cut down conifers and pulled out the roots 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Then got out the digger and scraped back the edge so he can keep his fence running level allow the angle of direction changes a bit now, will back fill my side when he has finished my side is just a bit higher than his side 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 I have restacked a lot of my wood away from new fence just in case it falls don't wont to damage it 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 I cut all the grass at home today. Will be felling conifers at another house tomorrow, hope to get some pictures for youns. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Was working at the conifers today, they were Christmas trees planted 20-25 years ago and most of them have since died. Some nice timber amongst it, but most of it is fairly dead and rotten. I reckon we felled about 35 trees today and that's only about 1/8th of them. Got fairly wet so had to stop. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 A lot of hard work goes into cutting down and clearing up trees , I have done a few so far this year and not much fun when you are wet though , are you taking the hole lot down if so I think you are going to need a bigger wheelbarrow 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Moving 2 forklifts today for a man 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 hour ago, smithy said: A lot of hard work goes into cutting down and clearing up trees , I have done a few so far this year and not much fun when you are wet though , are you taking the hole lot down if so I think you are going to need a bigger wheelbarrow Yep, I know what you mean. A lot of the trees are gone green too so when they're wet they're very hard handled. There's two sections of them, about 160 in each section. We're hoping to get one section down but as you say it's hard work so we'll go and do a bit today and then leave it for a while. We were thinking about getting in a harvester but they're about €2000 ab hour and there's about 1 1/2 hours work there, made the firewood expensive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Good dry day today, so got at the conifers. Was a bit windy though which sent some of them falling a different way than expected and broke a leg of our workmate. I reckon we felled about 30 today, we got into a bit of a system which helped get them cleared handy. Our chainsaw started 'wandering' on the large timbers so it was cutting at angles. And we bought a saw horse with the chainsaw holder and it wouldn't go through the timber because it wanted to cut them at an angle. We're reckoning we need a new bar for the saw as the chain is moving to the sides a lot, hence the wandering. We've only had it since Monday and felled about 60 trees. Would this be normal? Has anyone any ideas? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 11 hours ago, Laois 1:32 said: Good dry day today, so got at the conifers. Was a bit windy though which sent some of them falling a different way than expected and broke a leg of our workmate. I reckon we felled about 30 today, we got into a bit of a system which helped get them cleared handy. Our chainsaw started 'wandering' on the large timbers so it was cutting at angles. And we bought a saw horse with the chainsaw holder and it wouldn't go through the timber because it wanted to cut them at an angle. We're reckoning we need a new bar for the saw as the chain is moving to the sides a lot, hence the wandering. We've only had it since Monday and felled about 60 trees. Would this be normal? Has anyone any ideas? Sorry to hear about your workmate ,how is he . Just shows how dangerous felling trees can be . On your chainsaw problem if it was new on Monday it should not be worn out already , have you hit some dirt with chain as that will blunt it very quickly , if when sharpening it if one side is sharper than other side it will wander of also keep the chain tensioned tightly on the bar ,is the oiler system for bar working properly as if not bar gets hot and ware very quickly and not cut straight ,you can dress bar back level with a flat file sometimes but if gone to far It is a new bar needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 1 hour ago, smithy said: Sorry to hear about your workmate ,how is he . Just shows how dangerous felling trees can be . On your chainsaw problem if it was new on Monday it should not be worn out already , have you hit some dirt with chain as that will blunt it very quickly , if when sharpening it if one side is sharper than other side it will wander of also keep the chain tensioned tightly on the bar ,is the oiler system for bar working properly as if not bar gets hot and ware very quickly and not cut straight ,you can dress bar back level with a flat file sometimes but if gone to far It is a new bar needed When I said workmate I meant our black and decker workmate table thing. Thankfully nobody was hurt. I remember us getting some wire clogged around the chain once, and another time the bar oil outlet clogged which left the blade to overheat. We did sharpen it a few times yesterday and as you say it could be sharper one side than the other. We'll have a look at it today and see. Thanks for your help. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 just finished the mother in laws kitchen, few tiny bits left like re sealing the worktop, but no more than an hours work sometime , certainly not urgent . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Got the chainsaw fixed, it just needed a good sharpening. Then we cut up and split everything we brought home the first day. Anything we couldn't split with the axe we put into the trailer as we'll go to a friend someday to get it split with a log splitter. Then we went and got a tractor and trailer from a friend and we loaded and brought home everything we cut down yesterday. Tomorrow the plan is to cut up that lot of timber and fill it into tonne bags like we started today as we've ran out of crates. Should say here if anyone wants some conifer trees for firewood, they're in Laois and they're free for the taking. All you have to do is fell them. We're wanting the field cleared so the sooner they're gone the better (and no, I'm not messing) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 14 hours ago, Laois 1:32 said: When I said workmate I meant our black and decker workmate table thing. Thankfully nobody was hurt. I remember us getting some wire clogged around the chain once, and another time the bar oil outlet clogged which left the blade to overheat. We did sharpen it a few times yesterday and as you say it could be sharper one side than the other. We'll have a look at it today and see. Thanks for your help. Haha I really thought you meant your workmate , clad it was not , you say bar got hot you need to take chain of and with a flat file run over it level as a slight bit of heat will have put a bur on the edges and it will slowly get worse even with the oiler working 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smithy Posted February 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2019 My team on Wednesday clearing up a tree that fell down this time last year , we filled the trailer 3 times 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Had one of my neighbours spray a field for me today to take out any blackgrass before I drill the spring barley next week if the weather stays good 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Got the most of the small diameter lengths from yesterday cut up then I split them and and we managed to fill 2.5 tonne bags. All the other larger lengths have been stacked up in the yard, we'll tackle them another day. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Agri Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 (edited) Started work on a tractor shed at last on Friday. Got the first portion up just the cladding and roof to fit now, then do the same again in front with another bay for the bigger toys.. race against time to get it done before the latest addition arrived. Wonder what it'll be Edited February 24, 2019 by Anderson Agri 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Anderson Agri Posted February 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2019 Spot of Rolling today, definitely felt like summer was madness. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Got everything cut and split over the last few days. Went with the trailer load and got them split with a log splitter today. Then filled a few more bags and then stacked them all up. That's us done for another while. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 844john Posted March 4, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2019 Brought the sheep inside at the weekend for lambing, and took advantage of the dry conditions to get some muck on before it turns wet 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Had to bring this loads off stuff home for a man bought at a auction 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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