Helicopter hire?

[gibbon]

Has anyone on the forum had any 1st hand experience of helicopter dismanaling in the UK?

 

Will they work in residential areas? What sort of rates per day (I'm expecting it to be thousands)? Where do you begin to find a helicopter and operator who are willing and experienced to take on the job?

[Yve_Clark]

Try PDG - my friend used to fly for them and did a lot of timber extraction work

 

Forestry - Fertilizer Spreading - Grass Seeding - Timber Extraction - PDG Helicopters

[tommer9]

Blimey Matt, what sort of job have you taken on now!!!!!

[Frankie Lawrence]

could be the new method for geting a 'gloria' based machine in to back gardens:lol:

[Birmingham Tree Surgeon]

Haven't got first hand experience with this ... or even know if it's viable!

 

But give these guys a call they may be able to help or point you in the right direction ... ExcelCharter.com: Helicopter Charter & Private Helicopter Hire

 

Let us all know the outcome.

[Charlieh]

PDG or Pennine Helis are the best bet, as for residential, unlikely they will get permission to do the work, you need to pay for relocating the whole ground crew about 3-4people, sort licensing with CAA reguarding landing sites and refuel areas, you will be looking at 10s of thousands,

 

They wont load carry over open public rights of way,

 

 

Oh also they have certain distance restrictions from communication masts so if there are phone masts in the immediate area it will be a consideration

Edited September 27, 2010 by Charlieh

[roseyweb]

I have no idea about helli logging but would love to know what job requires it. Got a conifer job coming up which would be handy if I could get them extracted by air and dropped of right in my yard,

[Tom2020]

:001_huh:

[David Humphries]

Bit leftfield but the Joint helicopter Command (JHC) is in Wilton Wiltshire.

Not a million miles away.

 

Training exercise perhaps.

 

may be worth contacting.

 

Joint Helicopter Command Headquarters

 

Headquarters Land Command

 

Erskine Barracks

 

Wilton, Salisbury

 

Wiltshire

 

SP2 0AG

 

 

Ofcourse depends on location/type of area for the job.

 

 

 

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[Highland Forestry]

I'd recommend you give PDG a call.... we have priced some work with them recently for a job on a steep hillside.

 

You'll be looking at quite a bit of money, approximatlet 7-10k per day I would expect.

 

Give them a call, they're good guys!