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First decent felling job info required


tomm156
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Hi All,

 

I have recently been given a small site to clear fell in exchange for the timber. It's just over half an acre of ash and syc roughly 12-16 inches at the bottom.

 

The land owner all ready has a felling licence as he is part of a management scheme. Not seen the paperwork but will heck before we start work.

 

The site has a road bordering it with a earth bank, we will be felling up to the bank and leaving the smaller trees that are in the bank in place.

 

Apart from ensuring the felling licence is in place is there anything else?

 

I will be putting up signs on the road before the site warning of tree works being carried out but do I need to inform highways of the work even if I am felling on private land? The road probably gets about 20 cars a day max and is single car width with pull ins to pass.

 

As you can probably tell I am a bit out of my comfort zone with this being my first decent size clear fell job so any help is appreciated.

 

Just to add we have a 8t machine with selector grab booked to move and help with any trees that are leaning towards the road.

 

Any help greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks

 

 

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On the admin side, be prepared for potential questions / objections / obstruction (and requests for wood) from Joe Public or Parish councillors. Consider wether an informative note in parish magazine or a discussion with PC prior to start date might be worthwhile - sometimes information avoids confrontation.

 

Just interested, does the value achieved from doing the work cover the cost / effort?

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