How much can you fell without a license?

[HCR]

The stumps won't be very comfy to sleep on under your tent.....

 

Very true! Clearly the thing I missed/misread then

[HCR]

...in which case you might want to consider knocking the trees down (roots and all) with a 360 then burning the rootplates on a big bonfire. Or felling them in the normal manner and hiring in a forestry mulcher for the day.

[mr_magicfingers]

sitka or norway spruce, if your really lucky the root plate wont be very deep and youll be able to pull them out easily, if there sitka, it a good white constructional timber you could use for a lot of your framing work, reaonably stable , but spews resin from knots and defects

 

Sounds ideal for what I have in mind once seasoned

[mr_magicfingers]

...in which case you might want to consider knocking the trees down (roots and all) with a 360 then burning the rootplates on a big bonfire. Or felling them in the normal manner and hiring in a forestry mulcher for the day.

 

What's a 360? getting the roots out is a requirement for the land use we have, mulching them would be good as that can then be used for the pathways across the site.

[Lyncombe-climber]

360 is a 360 degrees digger on tracks. Like they use on building sites. Just google it.

[HCR]

Have a look at this page to get some ideas on how to clear the site:

 

Tree clearance gallery - Practicality Brown Ltd

 

If you fell the trees and flail the rootplates in situ, you won't be able to use resulting byproduct as it will be a blend of wood, soil and stone. Even if you put root-plates through a grinder, the results will be contaminated.

[phirow]

Is larch deciduous?

[Daniël Bos]

Could be wrong, but I'm not usually...

 

I believe you can -within the rules- fell your yearly 20 m2 all at once by doing the following.

Ring bark 5 m2 in each of the first three quarters, making sure they are proper dead, then in the fourth you can fell and extract 20 m2. This would be much easier for extraction etc as you can leave the trees until circumstances are just right for extraction.

[skyhuck]

Is larch deciduous?

 

Yes.

[woodyguy]

Rover, that sounds a highly perilous approach.

Yes dead wood doesn't count in the amount. But that doesn't apply to stuff you're just in the process of killing.

The actual wording is

"This exemption will only apply if there is a real rather than a perceived danger.

We may be able to give you advice that would minimise the danger without felling

the trees. We strongly recommend that you contact us if you are considering felling

a tree or trees in these circumstances. You may be prosecuted for illegal felling if it

is shown that the tree did not present a real or immediate danger. "