UK Toughest Jobs - Lumberjack

[Hodge]

Yes I agree. There is an American show, worlds toughest jobs where a guy goes and learns to be a lumberjack in Canada, that was good. ax men seems so far fetched from how things are in the UK.

 

 

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[Mark Bolam]

Shut it Hodge.

I'd like to see Brownings crew carry a 70' multi-topped conny hedge through someone's garden through a 3' side alley without busting a single wired-in solar light.

 

 

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[Joe Newton]

Shut it Hodge.

I'd like to see Brownings crew carry a 70' multi-topped conny hedge through someone's garden through a 3' side alley without busting a single wired-in solar light.

 

 

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I give those lights a solid toe cap on my way into the garden.

 

Saves my worrying about breaking them later on.

 

 

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[Hodge]

Shut it Hodge.

I'd like to see Brownings crew carry a 70' multi-topped conny hedge through someone's garden through a 3' side alley without busting a single wired-in solar light.

 

 

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You forgot the dog **** dodging.

 

 

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[felixthelogchopper]

You forgot the dog **** dodging.

 

 

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Between the 2 of you, you have defined the events for the groundie Triathlon.

[Hodge]

Between the 2 of you, you have defined the events for the groundie Triathlon.

 

 

Sod pole climbing at the APF I think you have just invented a new event!! Brilliant.

 

 

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[TimberCutterDartmoor]

There's no way timber's as tough as beaming (trawling).

[Mark Bolam]

Just been to my house.

Plasterings a tough job, done at commercial pace.

 

Agree about the trawlers John, those boys earn their dough.

 

Forestry is the hardest job I've done physically though.

 

 

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[Spruce Pirate]

Forestry's tough, but at least your destiny is mostly in your own hands. We've all had jobs where it's difficult to make your wage on piece rates but if you're having a bad day / week you can always try and work that bit more, shave five minutes off a break, do an extra fill (I'm not going to mention running back from a chipper ) to try and catch up. If the weather really picks up into a gale or serious snow you can call it quits and get out of the woods.

 

Stuck on a boat on the other hand there's nothing you can do. If you're not catching you're not earning, and what you do catch goes to the boat first and your wage comes after the boats bills are paid. If the weather comes up and you're in the middle of the North Sea or out in the Atlantic you can't go home and get out of it.

 

I've known a couple of fishermen, don't think I'd swap the woods for the sea in a hurry.