A quick intro .

[verdifish]

Hi ladies and gents new to the forum and already my little grey matter is in overdrive .wow what a mine of knowledge.

 

Myself and the other half are putting forwards a proposal to the forestry commission Scotland for a 210 acre starter farm in Scotland .We are currently smallholders with Hebradean sheep,kune kune pigs and meat goats .we have outgrown our current land and outbuildings so are making the move towards a bigger farm .

 

The farm we are applieing for also has the possibility of also taking on 90 acres of mixed woodland and replanting mixed woodland on a 35 acre area .

I,ve been horse logging on and off for about 20 years but always in forestry in Germany so have no quals to speak of not even my chainsaw ticket .

what will the minimum be do you think the forestry commission will want as i would like to pre empt them and get as qualified as possible pre interviewing starts for the farm/woodland tenancy ... Many thanks for taking your time to read this .Verdifish

[DanClimbsTrees]

Hi ladies and gents new to the forum and already my little grey matter is in overdrive .wow what a mine of knowledge.

 

Myself and the other half are putting forwards a proposal to the forestry commission Scotland for a 210 acre starter farm in Scotland .We are currently smallholders with Hebradean sheep,kune kune pigs and meat goats .we have outgrown our current land and outbuildings so are making the move towards a bigger farm .

 

The farm we are applieing for also has the possibility of also taking on 90 acres of mixed woodland and replanting mixed woodland on a 35 acre area .

I,ve been horse logging on and off for about 20 years but always in forestry in Germany so have no quals to speak of not even my chainsaw ticket .

what will the minimum be do you think the forestry commission will want as i would like to pre empt them and get as qualified as possible pre interviewing starts for the farm/woodland tenancy ... Many thanks for taking your time to read this .Verdifish

 

Sounds fantastic!

 

I would think getting your CS30 and CS31 tickets would be a good start.

[verdifish]

Any idea of who offers cs30 and cs31 in the Aberdeenshire /Moray area ? or where i can find out ?

[DanClimbsTrees]

Any idea of who offers cs30 and cs31 in the Aberdeenshire /Moray area ? or where i can find out ?

 

Whack it in Google mate

 

I found this one

 

Chainsaw Operation: Chainsaw Maintenance, Crosscutting and Felling Small Trees up to 380mm (Formerly CS3031) - SRUC

 

Cheers

[jmac]

Donald Maclean is a forestry trainer up your way, worth giving him a call.

[verdifish]

Is Donald on here ?

[Guss109]

Give ring link a call as they run a few courses up this way and quite often. Where abouts in the shire are you?

[verdifish]

Banff at the mo but the new farm/ woodland is near Huntly!

[Logan]

Your local chainsaw shop (the one contractors use) should know who the trainers in the area are, etc.