Pricing Coppicing...help please

[Husqvarna King]

Yeah, the ize of telehandler that would be man enough for the job could become a PITA.

 

 

BTW what kind of deer have you in that area, as most native deer would easily reach that height standing on their hindlegs, and cant muntjack climb trees anyway??

 

I was thinking that about the height of the deer....the spec definitely said to fell at 6ft, rather than 10ft.....i personally would prefer just to coppice the lot, but will have to stick to the spec....The Spring could be funny though,

[Highland Forestry]

I would be quoting £100-110 a day per man. If you go in a bit higher the farmer will probably want to knock you down to what you're after anyway.

Sounds a really nice job... bit different with the 6ft coppards.

 

I wouldn't be felling large diameter stems above head height though, spikes and flip line job me thinks.

[Highland Forestry]

BTW what kind of deer have you in that area, as most native deer would easily reach that height standing on their hindlegs, and cant muntjack climb trees anyway??

 

Only after they have passed their CS38/39!!

[Husqvarna King]

I would be quoting £100-110 a day per man. If you go in a bit higher the farmer will probably want to knock you down to what you're after anyway.

Sounds a really nice job... bit different with the 6ft coppards.

 

I wouldn't be felling large diameter stems above head height though, spikes and flip line job me thinks.

 

Yeah i mentioned spikes to the farmer, and he passed me the spec, it said trees felled at 6ft can be done safely with a chainsaw, with no need for climbing equipment!.... I dont know who wrote the spec, but im guessing they are either 12ft tall or have never used a chainsaw!!

[Highland Forestry]

Yeah i mentioned spikes to the farmer, and he passed me the spec, it said trees felled at 6ft can be done safely with a chainsaw, with no need for climbing equipment!.... I dont know who wrote the spec, but im guessing they are either 12ft tall or have never used a chainsaw!!

 

 

If you are felling a lot of them and cutting, snedding up after felling then maybe a set of freestanding step ladders would be better, even the short 4ft tall ladders you get, but whoever wrote that on the spec should get shot..

lol, bloody hard work felling above head height with a saw, not to mention dangerous!

[Treeworld]

Sounds like a great job, was the spec from the council? I'm sure the HSE would have fits with the comment about safe to fell above head height!!!

 

How about putting the felled timber up for auction for woodfuel seems a shame to waste so much great timber hornbeam is cracking firewood! Invite people up to bid for extracting the timber from stool. It could generate extra cash for you and the farmer. your day price is good for a 2 man team, I feel given the size of trees it will take you slightly longer though than you anticipate.

[Bundle 2]

Hey...the deal is "no chainsaw above shoulder height"-NPTC .....It could be a real nightmare frankly if it is as overgrown as I think it could be from your comments...leaving you struggling to wrestle alot to the ground-may not be so bad if you are doing whole parcels as opposed to selective perhaps....Ditto the telehandler.....

Have you considered the grants that are available for deer exclusion fencing from the F.C atall buddy?

[Jonny69]

I know nothing of coppicing a woodland but saw this on ebay which might help timber and brash extraction.

 

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