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I bet you are right matty,but how much could our man expect per day ,on the books with no experience? Diligent or not,he is going to.be playing second fiddle for years.

Could I suggest you make a few exploratory phone calls, after 4pm, to some of your local Arb/landscape contractors, to pop round or generally gauge the future demand for what your interested in doing? Sorry, I'm in Cheshire. From my own business perspective, the combination of a Farming background/grafting and a related degree with your maturity would easily outweigh your inexperience/qualifications issue. Farmers are generally savvy and resilient characters, in my experience. I would also agree with the points made by others, about considering a 'building trade' as being easier to start -and kinder to your body, tho.. Hope that helps some -and good luck with whatever path you choose to follow.

He left this morning at 03:00 am to get to the yard to travel up to Charlton in London . A long walk through a tunnel , treading on god knows what , and stinking of dead and decaying animals to the walled cutting the had to clear . There was dead animals , with rats feeding off them glass bottles , needles , nappies , tampons , johnnys and general shyte all chucked over the wall from the houses above . A proper shit hole . Its mostly not like this obviously but this particular shit was the pits .

You can only blag it for so long, custodial sentences and the farcical term “ far right “ are being thrown around by moral cowards to try and stop all criticism. For me if 25000 illegals are stopped in the channel results in stopping one child being raped then it’s worth it regardless of how many of them might have a claim for asylum after escaping war torn France.

I could see my days out in a place like this. Stoke-on-Trent Live WWW.FACEBOOK.COM It has the go-ahead to be turned into a holiday home

Classic sharing bucket with five piece popcorn chicken.

breaking point isn't far off now. maybe at the next child rape, maybe at the next school stabbings, starmer has branded anyone who speaks out against as far right,,, my guess is he will see real far right soon enough if this is allowed to continue. This country fought off a nazi invasion,,,,, for this?!!!! ffs.

There is that Mike but also most 22 year olds haven’t got a days graft in them or think they are some super star climber wanting more money than you have on the job for wages. I think if your the hard working farm type you will probably be sought after by any employer wanting stable reliable staff.

Another child’s life destroyed by these illegal immigrants and more shame on the police trying to hide the fact! | James Harvey WWW.LINKEDIN.COM Another child’s life destroyed by these illegal immigrants and more shame on the police trying to hide... If true the police and in particular the officer who made the decision to request the nationality of the perpetrators be withheld should absolutely be held accountable. Kidnapped and raped at 12years old, that’s a burden that child will never stop carrying.

Ford 7000 with Patu crane, at a local steam rally show

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You won't earn bugger all in Arb with your current tickets or indeed the tickets you plan to get. You just won't be fast enough. Consider doing a trade such as plumber/ sparky. By the time you are trained in those fields you could go start your own gig earning propper money. That might take 4 years,however if you started your arb career tomorrow, four years down the line you might be a competent climber but competing with 22 year olds who have the same experience as you. Best of luck.

You’re not too old, but certainly not too young! In your situation I’d start on utility (line clearance/railway) money is decent, steady work etc. Pretty sure there’s always positions with companies for that. @Stubby ‘s boy has started in similar circumstances. Perhaps Stubs can offer some insight.

From a personal point of view and 33 years of looking after similar terrain as you indicated, my opinion is any choice of a "one machine for all jobs" can result in a poor compromise of all rather than excelling at any or every task. I found it much better to have a small light but powerful enough machine and have the ability to choose the implement to attach as the job/terrain/conditions dictate. there isn't going to be much about for that budget but with a bit of searching it should be possible to find a flail, a mower and a small garden tractor, kubota, iseki, etc. other uses can be found for a small tractor too, pulling a trailer, a sprayer can be attached, many implements can be ran from the pto, or from hydraulics.

I'd rather starve than eat KFC, it's just deep fried sh1te eaten mostly by overweight idiots.

really? somebody brought a bargain bucket to a party once, I have butchered my own food for close on 50 years,,, there were things in that bucket I never came across on any chicken I ever prepared,, I threw the lot on the fire.

I'm 72, if I were 33 I would seriously consider moving to another country, some of the guys on here have done exactly that, they are more qualified to advise you. I don't really care about being called a grumpy old bastard it's par for the course online, but this country is finished, and all indications lead me to think it's gonna get worse. good luck with whatever you choose.

Hens lay eggs, chickens are more KFC.

but in the current way of thinking,, shouldn't you let it decide for itself?

Hi all, I've decided that it's time to call time on my farming career. I've done 10 years, mainly in livestock, predominantly sheep, across different systems, culminating on the (wife's) family farm. But, for various reasons (money vs. hours, family politics etc) I've decided that enough is enough. The question is, what do I do next? Qualifications wise, I've a degree in Agriculture, Conservation and Environmental Management and a rough terrain forklift ticket. At the minute, I'm leaning towards arboriculture- I'm 33 now, so still got a bit of time to get qualifications and experience up. I'm not worried by the weather or hard work and would much rather be active than not. With basic qualifications (CS30&31) what are my realistic chances of employment/earnings? I'd be looking to add CS38,39&40 down the line. Are there other tickets that would increase my chance of employment? I'm South Oxfordshire based. Any advice welcome!

Bloody gatekeeping terms. It's clearly a chicken.

No mate, people tend to use more than is needed which creates more problems as it builds up in the gate mechanism and binds with water/sap. DMM recommend duck oil.

Auger bit, obviously. A helical bit will just use up all your battery warming the wood around the hole. Experience of drilling railway sleepers says be careful against hitting tough wood like buried branch stubs, I nearly broke my wrist when the drill kept rotating but the bit stopped dead. Ideally you need the hole to be not much bigger than the bolt, so keeping the hole straight is crucial. Quite a big ask over 2 feet. Can be awkward up a tree with sometimes no way of pushing on the drill. Use a bit with a small threaded pilot tip they really drag the bit into the wood.