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Hi Ian.. Im up in Scotland, Welcome. My wife breeds Welsh cobs… im more a Clyde man myself but can see the fire in those Welshies haha ..catch ya later …. John

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To be fair I have to admit to being one of the folks who spoke with Geoff.. but as is the usual with me , I turn on the puter today and it is busier than ever :-)!!! I guess I wasnt logging in here at the right times and I certainly never want to loose this forum …. John

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When we were starting out with the wagon at Robert Burns cottage hauling tourists we hada run in with a council official/hitler, who said we had to clear up droppings as they were happening !!!! so i checked the local by laws an discovered it was only leisure horses that needed to lift droppings immediately… working horses were exempt.. nice to get one up on those kind of people once in a while… never had a problem since.. we lift at the end of each day BTW haha … John

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Bang on the money there Marshall !!!!! why is that the case i wonder…bottom line for me is ..yes we can say that monsanto are only speeding up the plant breeders job.. but the plant breeders NOT ONE TIME bred in a terminator gene… why develope this idea in the 1st place..??.. what possible benefit.. other than control if you ask me.. fine if they make it so they can never cross contaminate the neighbours crops… John

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thats a great idea Phil.. wouldnt mind changing it even twice a year if its cheap … John

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It is mainly ment to be a single horse machine Andy… the shafts on Simons foto were fixed and there is only forward and back articulation at the end of the bunk.. you can just see the pin in the foto..I have dabated with Simon over whether the shafts should be able to move up and down freely but as im a beginer at logging on a big scale Im not sure..was just looking at it from an engineering point of view an thought it would give another bit of articulation and act like an automatic brake when the horse sits back in the breeching ?? havent welded anything up yet and Im hoping Simon can nip over one nite this week to have a look .. getting plastic for the skids is proving hard..and freakin expensive too !!! like £97 a skid..any ideas on that front….

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We plan to base it on the 1st foto but had hoped to use a wider wheel an skid… is there an optimum width of skid to use before the friction of the skid overtakes the carrying benefit ?? the 1st machine can be doubled up to make a 4 wheeled forwarder which looks pretty cool too…

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Thanks Tim.. we will be able to get foot high tyers to suit that ok.. Thanks again.. this forum rocks !!!! …. John

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Im not too sure what you would move forward ?? if you move the hook forward you have to lengthen the pole… the 34″ height ? I take it you mean at the neck yoke ? It doesnt really matter.. within reason.. how high the pole is at the rear.. I might be wrong here but i think the further you move the point of hitching forward from the point the choker chain is on the arch , you will get less and not more lifting effect ??? Jason !!!! you out there ?? 🙂 …. John

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at the risk of sounding like a wise ass. :o.. its for hooking the double tree onto… the hitch point is high on Jasons arch to get the lift on big logs by the effect of pendulum effect with forward motion of the team… John

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Jean thats my news letter here now 🙂 not bad service !!! thanks again for all your work on that side of the puddle.. best regards … John

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Ah thanks George , I went back on an looked closer at the pics.. see it now .. Cheers … John

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Thanks Ethan… I emailed them to see how much to mail one over here…. tho the powers that be will probly list it as a weapon an confiscate it 😀
John

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just been on the Peavey Manufacturing web page an they list a 48″ standard peavey for $73.19… I noticed a 36″ mill favourite for $57.83… any thoughts on this version ?? we cant get peavys over here and only have the husky/sthill/oregon felling bar … John

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Thanks for posting these pictures Tristan.. will be having a go at welding one of these up.. btw i liked your comment “up to their pasterns”…. for Scotland read……. “up to their hocks “!!!! haha … John

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