Cutting in South Scotland

[Donnie]

42 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

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?

Aye so forwarded off the hill to the road where the forwarder is in the photo then secondary forwarded down the road. Pretty cool to see. 
 

Do you cut in the woods or in arb? 
 

Skyline work would be cool.

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, JDon said:

Do you cut in the woods or in arb? 

I started out in establishment in 1974 and gradually did a bit of arb and harvesting. From October 87 I was almost exclusively harvesting on my own account till  2009 when I moved to railway and yard work for a firm, I have been retired now 7 years but occasionally help out on small woodland work.

 

A 6 hour day nearly finishes me off now, felling diseased ash.

[Mike Hill]

Would the forestry blocks in your pictures be considered steep?

[Donnie]

2 hours ago, Mike Hill said:

Would the forestry blocks in your pictures be considered steep?

They're 45 degrees on that one. Depends really, they're steep for working on for sure. Steeper in bits. Why?

[Whoppa Choppa]

11 hours ago, JDon said:

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

Holy 💩, do they drive down there?! 😱

[htb]

2 minutes ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

Holy 💩, do they drive down there?! 😱

Yes attached  to a winchmax cable system, which pays out or pulls in as required.

[Donnie]

23 minutes ago, htb said:

Yes attached  to a winchmax cable system, which pays out or pulls in as required.

Aye. Fulkes system I think for it. Not too clued up on anything like that. Learning as I go

 

 

Is this not steep enough for you @Mike Hill 😭😭😭😭

Edited August 26, 2023 by JDon

[Mike Hill]

18 minutes ago, JDon said:

Aye. Fulkes system I think for it. Not too clued up on anything like that. Learning as I go

 

 

Is this not steep enough for you @Mike Hill 😭😭😭😭

 

Maybe the photo dosnt do it justice? I don't know,it's hard to not sound like an arse but I wouldn't call it steep from the pictures.

 

My opinion of your sites doesn't matter anyhow,because I am not there.

[Donnie]

15 minutes ago, Mike Hill said:

 

Maybe the photo dosnt do it justice? I don't know,it's hard to not sound like an arse but I wouldn't call it steep from the pictures.

 

My opinion of your sites doesn't matter anyhow,because I am not there.

Aye they don't do it justice.

 

Not the worst we have worked on though. Let's see some of those Norweigan sites. Be good to see. 

 

And tbh any slope is steep when you're carrying 30kg or more of gear. 😂

Edited August 26, 2023 by JDon

[Mike Hill]

 

6 minutes ago, JDon said:

Aye they don't do it justice.

 

Not the worst we have worked on though. Let's see some of those Norweigan sites. Be good to see. 

 

And tbh any slope is steep when you're carrying 30kg or more of gear. 😂

I don't have many photos if felling jobs here. The steep ones are when you have to leave high stumps to stop the logs free falling sideways.