Where are all the hand cutters?

[jmac]

The going rate around here is 150 quid a day which isn't too bad, I have been offered 175 a day by one contractor for felling for a skyline which is bloody good and been offered 80 to 100 a day by another contractor for brashing and felling oversized which is a joke! You would be on less than minimum wage by the time you paid your expenses :thumbdown:. I would fell around 200 trees a day for the 175 a day skyline contractor, so worked very hard for the money!

[Moley]

The going rate around here is 150 quid a day which isn't too bad, I have been offered 175 a day by one contractor for felling for a skyline which is bloody good and been offered 80 to 100 a day by another contractor for brashing and felling oversized which is a joke! You would be on less than minimum wage by the time you paid your expenses [emoji107][emoji107]. I would fell around 200 trees a day for the 175 a day skyline contractor, so worked very hard for the money!

200/day? Is that just dropping them or dropping and snedding?

 

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[Gareth_elms]

I think that's just dropping if he's doing it for skyline.

[Moley]

I think that's just dropping if he's doing it for skyline.

I figured they'd probably be extracting to a harvester and felling and snedding 200 would be a good daily figure

 

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[Beardie]

About right. Used to get a £1 for a log, 50p for a bar or rail on piece rate; this was in 1995-1997. Chain was £1/inch then and still is now!

 

Pics attached are what chainsaw courses teach now: note to landowners - you don't save a penny using them to bugger up your woods!

 

I can't quite make out what the third picture is showing. What is the round thing to the left, and the horizontal thing across the top?

[jmac]

Yes that would be just dropping them, the trees would be pre brashed too.

[Moley]

Yes that would be just dropping them, the trees would be pre brashed too.

That sounds almost too good. Any work still going up there?

 

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[jmac]

It's hard to get a start cutting for a skyline, it sounds easy just dropping trees but you need to know what your doing and usually your felling on very steep ground. As with most jobs you need to start at the bottom. Still a few skyline crews working throughout Scotland so there is work for cutters.

[Timber Man]

What size tree are they at 200 per day ? On 8 hours cutting that's a tree every 2 min mins, allowing for fuelling etc .

[jmac]

About 0.5 cube trees.