Low impact forestry services in Devon and the South West

[trigger_andy]

True but one hell of a squeegie .

Fastest Squeegie in the West!

[Khriss]

3 hours ago, spuddog0507 said:

Have you ordered a jigsaw ? Festool with a big blade works best and makes me about a £1000 a day just picked a 3 million pound job up today and with a old lady at her bungalow and i am now fully booked till June 2155 and might have to get a new van yet,, 😂😂

Dont run it on Aspen.... 🤔 K

[Big J]

We're on a thinning site near Minehead at the moment with a long and very tight extraction route. 600-700t to come through this bridleway. It's slow going 4-5t at a time.

 

 

It hasn't been helped by the vast amount of rain we had this week, which has filled the bridleway with 400mm of floodwater.

 

[devon TWiG]

the ramblers will love you !!!!😂

[Big J]

2 hours ago, devon TWiG said:

the ramblers will love you !!!!😂

 

There's just no other way of getting the timber out. I've spent almost 18 months exploring the alternatives.

 

Fortunately, the very deep flood water (a regular occurrence - not actually my fault) means that there is no way to get through, so most people aren't bothering to walk into the woods. 

[dumper]

26 minutes ago, Big J said:

 

There's just no other way of getting the timber out. I've spent almost 18 months exploring the alternatives.

 

Fortunately, the very deep flood water (a regular occurrence - not actually my fault) means that there is no way to get through, so most people aren't bothering to walk into the woods. 

As I found out last year being the last contractor on site it was my responsibility to make the bridle way we used good for traffic drainage, infil and surface was all down to me, or the council would carry out the works and charge me !

[Brians]

Would winch/skyline have been an option? @Big J

[Big J]

4 minutes ago, Brians said:

Would winch/skyline have been an option? @Big J

No, unfortunately not. It's very close to Minehead and there isn't any space, nor is the stand large enough.

 

8 hours ago, dumper said:

As I found out last year being the last contractor on site it was my responsibility to make the bridle way we used good for traffic drainage, infil and surface was all down to me, or the council would carry out the works and charge me !

We're getting the job done as quickly as possible and the bridleway will get polished when we leave. 

[Big J]

We're working on a very steep PAWS restoration/general thinning at Minehead at the moment. Challenging work for everyone involved, and this is (I think is fair to say) about the average level of steepness. There is one section which is more or less undrivable, but I'll winch that. 

 

I'm glad it's finally stopped raining and that it's rocky and grippy under the machine 😎

 

[monkeybusiness]

Are you having to load on that sort of angle? Does the crane ever struggle for slewing power to bring the logs into the bunk?