Felling/forestry work

[Spoonz]

It might not be a case of being offered a certain amount - it might be £X per tonne and no matter how good you might think you are, you'll earn not much of anything to start with. If the wood's worth £X per tonne, so no matter what you might think you deserve, you're only worth what you can get on the floor. You'll soon learn not to do any movement you don't actually need to. That's how some of the best production cutters look like they're moving fairly steadily but actually outcutting everyone else.

 

I love proper forestry, there's nothing better than crashing down big sticks all day, but, it'll never make you a rich man. Sure, you might have a good run, but for every good site there's a bad one and then there's the weather to contend with. We've lost plenty of days in the past from wind making it too unsafe to be on site (feeling rootplates heaving while you're putting the felling cut in is a strange sensation!).

 

I hope you find someone to give you an opportunity, I'm sure you'll love it, but don't get too disheartened in the beginning. It's not for everyone, but once it takes a hold of you, no other job comes close

 

Main things people get fed up with are high stumps, poor snedding, inconsistent measuring and stacks that look lik they've been dropped from a great height. Any one of those is likely to put the forwarder operator in a bad mood and he isn't someone to get on the wrong side of.

 

Nicely put chris