Rates for Self Employed Handcutters

[Marc Lewis]

Remember you're talking about stuff the harvester can't do - Fell big hairy Sitka all day and you'll use 2 gallons a day plus, can easily be over a fill just getting them on the deck. We used to use the old huski Combi cans x 2 filled to brim for each man and then had another tub for oil as always ran out of oil before petrol.

 

Must be nice clean timber you're doing to get 10/15 ton from only 4/6 fills.

 

Please explain, i am not having a go, just cant see how it would take a fill to get tree on deck, unless you are clearing an area first?

[Wood wasp]

Please explain, i am not having a go, just cant see how it would take a fill to get tree on deck, unless you are clearing an area first?

 

 

Not my picture but you should get the gist...

[eggsarascal]

I agree with you there Stephen, though £200 helmet and £250 boots wouldhardly make a difference. Gotta be comfy and gore tex waterproof boots.

 

Come on Marc, no one should be expected to work 7 days a week endlessly. Running about in a £200 motor will only last so long.

 

What are these people going to put in place to substitute a pension? After all do you want to be paying people's pensions because they were never able to earn enough?

 

Most people that are on benefits are in work. The likes of me and you make up the difference in their pay because business owners don't pay a living wage.

 

I despair at times!

[daddyola50]

so that's a fair representation of an edge tree on a harvesting site is it . yeah right .. and if they were that big as outsiders which they aren't normally and a cutter was felling not many a day what day rate does he need . you don't run around with a thousand plus pound saw for 7 days for 14 hours in a 200 pound car , what is wrong with some of you lot . a guy asked about a wage amount and all we get is superman b.s . and a pic of an mature old spruce tree . haha:001_tt2:

[Wood wasp]

so that's a fair representation of an edge tree on a harvesting site is it . yeah right .. and if they were that big as outsiders which they aren't normally and a cutter was felling not many a day what day rate does he need . you don't run around with a thousand plus pound saw for 7 days for 14 hours in a 200 pound car , what is wrong with some of you lot . a guy asked about a wage amount and all we get is superman b.s . and a pic of an mature old spruce tree . haha:001_tt2:

 

 

It's a big one, but huge trees/massive toes/big pappy branches is very much a representation of an outsider when I was doing it. And I posted it because someone asked what spruce would take more than a fill to fell, pic is a pretty good example of just that. And to the OP's query I also advised that 15 years ago we were getting well over £100 a day.

[R5log]

I've no idea what this means.

 

 

 

Would you care to explain?

 

 

It was said forestry work £100 a day!

[gdh]

I think this is one of those threads where there is no definitive answer. Around here £100 a day is good money, there's not a huge amount of cost to come out of it and it's above average wage. Whereas other areas it's not enough especially when compared to 'easier' jobs.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

My mates who work as full time hand cutters destroy saws at quite rate... Particularly Huskys and it would seem over heating when brashing is a significant factor. Those of you working full time as hand cutters brashing and oversize/edge trees, what saws you using and how you finding the reliability? Obviously saw costs can be a significant factor. Don't want to hijack the thread so happy to move to another if appropriate.

 

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Brashing: 5105 and latterly 115i; never killed saws brashing but then I do use the amber nectar in my mix aka RL.

[oldwoodcutter]

The only time I ever got rid of a full tank just cutting a gob out of a biggy, was when my tank sprung a leak and spilled petrol all over my boots

[eggsarascal]

It was said forestry work £100 a day!

 

It must be right........ Steven Blair said it.