South cumbrian production cutter looking for work

[kaw81]

I'm a 34 year old production cutter looking to join a piece work crew on established rates either by cube or ton. I'm very good at what I do and like to pick my own hours if I can hence the piece work. In six fills on clean decent wood I can fill a wagon a day with log. I'm also good at shortwood cutting I've cut more 5'6"s and strainers over the years than I care to remember and to be honest would rather stick to logs but nothing unusual about that for a cutter in his 30s. I'm tidy as anyone and pride myself on my rack looking perfect but not at the expense of production.

Would love to join proper crew with a chance to advance on to machines but I'm not a 12 hour in a box twiddle my thumbs and call it graft kind of guy I'm a cutter as was my dad and grandad so skidders are more my thing (County power) and I have lots of experience cutting for skidders which is quite different from rack thins or clearfell as you probably know. Based in Kendal. Travel up to an hour. Cs32, 4years until next refresh. (I'm good in windblow though). First aid. PL insurance. Own stuff.

 

This post may seem arrogant or arsey (and is a very long shot considering the state of forestry in England) but I'm sick of not speaking my mind it's gotten me nowhere over the years. I'm skint and my kit is getting old but I'm good at what I do and I'm having a final crack at it before I admit defeat and get a normal job. I would definitely consider an employed post but would need to be a good offer. Thanks for reading I really appreciate it.