Whats the weather like near you?

[Matthew Storrs]

Everthing is a bloody struggle in heavy rain, been trying to put a stock fence up on a bit of a bank, just kept slipping all over the place, plus cos i wear glasses they steam up and then i go to wipe them clean and i get mud all over them and can't see what on earth im doing- definiately going to get contacts next week!

[mendiplogs]

Fed up fed up fed up with it.. Thinking of building an ark.

 

HI TCD your right there are you cutting timber mate or is it to wet jon

[Matthew Storrs]

When its a sunny day, it reminds me how much i love this job, its a real treat to get a dry sunny day tho- the rest of the time its just soul destroying because everthing seems to take so much longer to do that you can't crack the jobs out as quickly, iv got about 2 weeks worth of backlogged work to catch up on. I want to be a blacksmith and work in a nice dry warm forge!!

[StephF]

Total rubbish, deep slush, flooding and now heavy rain. Found myself in a flooding burn this morning (from snow melt), trying to fell a stupid stray Sitka, icy water up to middle and arms too, saved the saw and managed to cut the tree, they were mostly up to 15-18" today, spent the rest of time wading through deep snow more wet and got very cold feet.

Tip of the day that worked was keeping a dry pair of gloves down front of jumper( as well as my first aid kit and loads of kitchen towel for nose) so I had some warm ones to change into when the ones I was wearing got freezing and wet!

[mendiplogs]

Total rubbish, deep slush, flooding and now heavy rain. Found myself in a flooding burn this morning (from snow melt), trying to fell a stupid stray Sitka, icy water up to middle and arms too, saved the saw and managed to cut the tree, they were mostly up to 15-18" today, spent the rest of time wading through deep snow more wet and got very cold feet.

Tip of the day that worked was keeping a dry pair of gloves down front of jumper( as well as my first aid kit and loads of kitchen towel for nose) so I had some warm ones to change into when the ones I was wearing got freezing and wet!

 

HI STEPH not good then up your way are you getting LOGS OUT OK thanks jon

[Matthew Arnold]

Meant to be doing a 6.5 metre timber Footpath bridge tomorrow. With cross struts into the banks. Not a hope in hell getting to the site as the farm has very helpfully ploughed the field we were going to drive around the edge to. His tractor is stuck out i nthe field complete with plough and i am not carrying a full bridge kit 900 metres across deep sodden plough. It can wait until the crop is in or until it dries out massively.

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

Still some snow on the floor waiting for more.

[mendiplogs]

Meant to be doing a 6.5 metre timber Footpath bridge tomorrow. With cross struts into the banks. Not a hope in hell getting to the site as the farm has very helpfully ploughed the field we were going to drive around the edge to. His tractor is stuck out i nthe field complete with plough and i am not carrying a full bridge kit 900 metres across deep sodden plough. It can wait until the crop is in or until it dries out massively.

 

HI MATT nice one mate jon

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

Still some snow on the floor waiting for more.

[mendiplogs]

Still some snow on the floor waiting for more.

 

HI TC ive just come in for tea and it still raining out there :001_rolleyes:jon