7000! Poplar to clear fell !!

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Yeah I know chipper. Went an picked him up from Devon and took him across to samarb. Nice bloke. And he hasn't been looked over. Just working it all out currently. Gonna speak to stobart tomorrow.

 

Benchmark 2 years ago was £15/tonne. FF were offering £16/m3 which seemed amazing but of course they never picked the wood up and then defaulted

[Lyncombe-climber]

You guys better be super cheap to make me some money then

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

You guys better be super cheap to make me some money then

 

Absolutely no day rate. Tonnage / volume only. I thought it was fairer to pay day rate once, charity status was gleaming. No way. U can't be paying arb rates for poor output.

[Lyncombe-climber]

Well said TCD

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Another thing; whoever is chipping it; check they can chip whole trees inc brash (hence screeens comment earlier). If timber only - adds the processing / brash into the equation.

[AlexB]

Also, make sure the trees are of a reasonable size!

 

At best you're looking @ £13t into the wagon. You've got to fell and extract and chip and make a profit out of £13t you might scrape it if you were fully mech harvesting. I think you might struggle a wee bit.

 

That's not saying you shouldn't. You'll make a wage and get the experience.

 

Have fun, pick your cutters carefully!

 

 

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[G'day Spruce]

Have you estimated tonnage to come out yet?

[Lyncombe-climber]

Have you estimated tonnage to come out yet?

 

Not yet mate. Avoiding the calculator ATM ill do it soon

Thanks onfoot. Ill work it all out carefully. Probably be walking a thin line though

[AlexB]

Not yet mate. Avoiding the calculator ATM ill do it soon

Thanks onfoot. Ill work it all out carefully. Probably be walking a thin line though

 

I think so too but so long as you've enough to pay the bills, a bunch of flowers for the missus and a cold one at the end of the week you'll be getting experience that money can't buy. So some folks will say its not worth it but belive me. If it pays the bills and doesn't cost you anything it's a good day!

 

 

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[Lyncombe-climber]

I think so too but so long as you've enough to pay the bills, a bunch of flowers for the missus and a cold one at the end of the week you'll be getting experience that money can't buy. So some folks will say its not worth it but belive me. If it pays the bills and doesn't cost you anything it's a good day!

 

 

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Couldn't of put it better myself:thumbup: