Arborist or Forester ... ?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Estate management is tougher than either of them. Somedays I don't get my first brew until I've been in my chair for at least 5 minutes.

 

Estate management is so because of the politics on estates.

 

at least, in the forest, you don't have to deal with customers difficult neighbours.

 

Very true; makes for less stress I find. Out in the middle of nowhere, truck unlocked....

 

Woods work is harder on man and machine. Saying that, sitting in the cab of the harvester or forwarder is less taxing than feeding a chipper.

[Backpain]

Working for a good customer who brings you tea and cakes is proper nice when it happens, but winter in the woods is sooo cold. Climbing is hard work when your getting older but so to is feeding a chipper. At the end of the day its all bloody hard work for poor pay compared with an investment banker but I wouldn't swap offices! Not for any money.

[Stubby]

Working for a good customer who brings you tea and cakes is proper nice when it happens, but winter in the woods is sooo cold. Climbing is hard work when your getting older but so to is feeding a chipper. At the end of the day its all bloody hard work for poor pay compared with an investment banker but I wouldn't swap offices! Not for any money.

 

From your user name I would say you were forestry !

[mixedangased]

Forestry is harder and a lot more dangerous. Any climber who disagrees has never done forestry on peice work.

[mixedangased]

Working for a good customer who brings you tea and cakes is proper nice when it happens, but winter in the woods is sooo cold. Climbing is hard work when your getting older but so to is feeding a chipper. At the end of the day its all bloody hard work for poor pay compared with an investment banker but I wouldn't swap offices! Not for any money.

 

spot on

[treequip]

From your user name I would say you were forestry !

 

Would an arborist be called "earache" then?

[felixthelogchopper]

Estate management is so because of the politics on estates.

 

Given the last few months I have had, you would not believe just how spot on you are with that.

[Rich2484]

Arb is much much tougher.

 

Last month we had two consecutive days without being offered a cup of tea, while we sheltered from the rain!

 

Is that all. Two days?

 

Have been on a clearance job and didn't get one drink offered for the entire week of work during a summer heat wave. Never again.

 

 

I'm not sure if forestry is harder.... I mean, you just go in, grab a few cord, load it onto the back of the trailer, move again, grab some more, then off to the landing and take it off again......

 

Hardest part is filling up with diesel again....

[Paul Jenks]

I think they're both hard. It all depends on how you work, the type of job your doing, the terrain, type of tree, client etc. You don't get koi carp ponds, greenhouses or powerlines in the woods. You don't have to clear up much in the woods. Granted, the day rate/piece rate in the woods is pretty poor so lots of felling snedding and humping to get your money. Also lots of waiting for your money.

So, back to the thread, Stihl or Husky, Landrover or Jap

[HGBMX]

Forestry work is harder. I have done both but forestry tough. Doing 5L of fuel a day through a 560xp isn't easy going but then again climbing is no easy day.