Steve Bullman

Thats my philosophy. I need a beer

That hasnt created any better climbers for it though imo

never gonna change mate

You've seen how a lot of the industry act right?

Thats a myth!

Never, i sharpen my saw when I get to site if it needs it(talking in past tense of course)

What colour are leaves please?

I think the real question is, if you're running 3-4 teams and not able to pay yourself that then what even is the point!

I don't think anyone is suggesting that EVERY freelance climber should be on that money Ben, but those who are at an adequate level should absolutely be looking towards that sort of money.

Don’t think I ever had one nor got asked for one

nothing but good experience, arrived in an amazing 3 days. hit and miss if you get charged duty, i've always got lucky. I generally ask them to label the parcel as commercial samples

Thats pretty much the experience I have had ANY time I have tried a different brand of saw.

As others have said, £140 should be your minimum to start out with your experience. It’s 2018 after all

Great shot that first one Dan

@justinkingwell

Matt from tipmaster used to rate them highly. Don’t see many about as tree surgery trucks though. I’d try most things over a transit though

Always more work than you think in them

Welcome mate

Ouch

Well it looks solid doesn't it!

Never heard of them, got a link?

The hares very cool. What wood is it?

Welcome

You would probably be surprised if you heard that someone had sold something for £17 to £22 if it is worth £50-£60. You would no doubt question their sanity if it turned out to be worth £300-£375. And yet it is exactly what can happen when someone logs up a piece of timber that is of milling quality! To rub salt into the wound they may have even spent over £8,000 on a firewood processor to turn it into logs when a £3,150 Riko Timbery M100 sawmill would enable them to mill it. To put it into perspective a piece of timber the size shown if the picture below could be worth as little as £17 as softwood logs or as much as £375 as air dried Oak boards. A 36cm diameter X 3m felled piece of timber equates to approximately 0.31 cubic meters of timber. If its softwood then sold as logs is worth around £17-£22 (£55-£70M3), if it’s hardwood then sold as logs its worth around £25-£31 (£80-£100M3). However, the same piece of timber can be sawn into four 10cm X10cm X 3m posts & two 25mm X 100mm X 3m boards and as softwood could be worth £50-£60 (£266- £320M3) or as hardwood the value could be £100-120 (£533 -£640M3). If you are prepared to spend the extra time cutting it into Waney-Edge cladding boards, then the total value for Cedar is around £110-£130. If its Oak and you cut it into 25mm X 125mm X 3m boards and air dried, it could be worth £300-£375 (£1,600-£2,000 M3). A PTO driven firewood processor capable of handling 36cm diameter timber will cost you around £8,000 + vat to earn £55-£100 per M3 of logs. A petrol engine Riko M100 saw mill will cost you £3,150 + vat and could potentially earn you up £2,000 M3. (NB. All prices quoted were sourced on the internet via a UK search and are therefore not binding). For more information, call 01420 487300, or visit www.riko-uk.com View full record