For those worried about me hurting my poor old landcruiser..... I may have gotten my hands on an early 90s bighorn 3.1 manual to do tractor duty
Liked On: 05-07-2021, 10:44 PM
For those worried about me hurting my poor old landcruiser..... I may have gotten my hands on an early 90s bighorn 3.1 manual to do tractor duty
Liked On: 05-07-2021, 10:04 PM
Yep, logs cut to length that the truck can pull, entire tree is about 40m high. Md is onto with the splitting technique, ideally an ace with a long cutting edge rather than a heavy sucker, my big...
Liked On: 04-07-2021, 09:58 AM
Will have to go looking, there was an old land cruiser single cab at the bottom of the Gully, it got a little squashed by the last tree but think the bonnet should be all good
Liked On: 01-07-2021, 08:01 PM
norsk had thought about halving the log but suspect that more sharp edges will cause it to stick, one way to find out! As for twisting the chassis... Don't really want to go there as the old girl is...
Liked On: 30-06-2021, 07:20 PM
Hey woody, on the island.... Didn't know about shock loading chain, will sort a wire rope before I get started again. Hoping to replace the a frame idea with using a couple of remaining trees at...
Liked On: 30-06-2021, 06:41 PM
Hey woody, on the island.... Didn't know about shock loading chain, will sort a wire rope before I get started again. Hoping to replace the a frame idea with using a couple of remaining trees at...
Liked On: 30-06-2021, 05:36 PM
Should have said, used chain with open loop on end and chain fed back through it to make a loop. trouble was getting the chain to grip to a log, went round the logs twice a couple of times (amazing...
Liked On: 29-06-2021, 08:34 PM
Hey md, Have a length of wire rope somewhere.... Came on the winch and I got a second loop out on the other end to use as an extension, shall have a dog through the shed for it. Sounds like there is...
Liked On: 29-06-2021, 08:01 PM
Should have said, used chain with open loop on end and chain fed back through it to make a loop. trouble was getting the chain to grip to a log, went round the logs twice a couple of times (amazing...
Liked On: 29-06-2021, 07:59 PM
Should have said, used chain with open loop on end and chain fed back through it to make a loop. trouble was getting the chain to grip to a log, went round the logs twice a couple of times (amazing...
Liked On: 29-06-2021, 07:29 PM
Must be a market for something similar for 10/22
Liked On: 28-06-2021, 09:03 PM
Twist in the strap or a wrinkle in the padding? Have a large Macpac cascade that I used on my last tramping trip, no issues till day 4 and the padding kept slipping exposing a plastic buckle that...
Liked On: 17-06-2021, 07:51 PM
Doesnt need to, has a nice warm coat and a set of teeth if anything needs cutting
Liked On: 17-06-2021, 01:56 PM
Imagine someone walking through the bush wearing hi Vis/blue/ you get the idea.... ,would you see them? Usually as they walk between the big trees. Same concept with thermal
Liked On: 14-06-2021, 10:20 PM