Cutting in South Scotland

[Mike Hill]

There is a job going for a faller in a heli-logging crew over here at the moment. If anyone has the minerals and is looking to relocate. Good money but steeper than a witches face

[Donnie]

On 23/08/2023 at 07:55, slack ma girdle said:

What a beauty ,  it must fill you with joy having to skin that mutha tucker till the harvester can take over.

That was the less hairy one 😂 the other ones took me an hour to fell and sned it out each. I just loved every minute of it 

[Donnie]

On 23/08/2023 at 08:02, Mike Hill said:

There is a job going for a faller in a heli-logging crew over here at the moment. If anyone has the minerals and is looking to relocate. Good money but steeper than a witches face

Where are you and what's the money like just curious?

[Mike Hill]

Bergen Norway.

 

The exchange rate is £62.94 pH because the kroner is low right now. Early last year it would have been about £85 sn hour gross.

 

If your keen and experienced send me your number and I will pass it on.

 

 

[dan blocker]

On 28/07/2023 at 23:23, JDon said:

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[Donnie]

13 hours ago, Mike Hill said:

Bergen Norway.

 

The exchange rate is £62.94 pH because the kroner is low right now. Early last year it would have been about £85 sn hour gross.

 

If your keen and experienced send me your number and I will pass it on.

 

 

I've only been doing this a year but work on steep ground a lot. 
 

i'd like to see there work if you have any photos like for sure. 

[Donnie]

This is the site I've been working on with the other cutters. 500m to the top where the high lead is. 

[openspaceman]

Please would you explain the working method here? It looks like the trees have been machine processed and the forwarder then descends on the brash mat extracting a single bay of produce. What is the produce, all pulp? as there doesn't seem to be an assortment.

[Donnie]

29 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

Please would you explain the working method here? It looks like the trees have been machine processed and the forwarder then descends on the brash mat extracting a single bay of produce. What is the produce, all pulp? as there doesn't seem to be an assortment.

Aye mainly chip. A lot of larch on the hill side, diseased. 
 

See the gulley on the far right, loads of larch/windblow in there. We've been working our way from the bottom to the top, hand felling and winching it out with the high lead digger. Ground is pretty bad and the gulley is 45 degrees easily. 
 

All the timber laid out that you see has been done by the harvester on a rope. 

[openspaceman]

2 hours ago, JDon said:

Aye mainly chip. A lot of larch on the hill side, diseased. 
 

See the gulley on the far right, loads of larch/windblow in there. We've been working our way from the bottom to the top, hand felling and winching it out with the high lead digger. Ground is pretty bad and the gulley is 45 degrees easily. 
 

All the timber laid out that you see has been done by the harvester on a rope. 

Fascinating, we don't have much hilly ground here though I did work with a skyline in South Wales.

 

I have only seen videos of machines being lowered down steep slopes by a remote controlled winch. Costs must be horrendous.

 

PS is there then a secondary extraction to where a lorry can get?

Edited August 26, 2023 by openspaceman