Quickthorn
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Someone's had a go at developing something like this..it was called the agri rover. There's a picture of one with a wood chipper. It was based on a 110, but they cut the chassis right back to the rear axle to get the 3 pt linkage in, so there's very little load space. I suppose the whole thing would have been like a mini mog.
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Contacting land owners regarding firewood?
Quickthorn replied to Paulthepunk's topic in Firewood forum
It's 5 cubic m per quarter (can't sell more than 2 cu. m / qtr ), and that's the whole tree volume, not just timber volume. Small trees are exempt, plus a few others. It's all here -
I am. I can't afford to go this year so I'm relying on test match special. Just hope freddy holds together for the series.
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I'd be surprised if that's true. I know you can't mix anti cholinesterase products; I don't know what they are, but neither Kerb nor glyphosate come under that.
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That stuff's best applied in late winter or early spring for any residual effect, and it says in the label that "CHIKARA Weed Control has limited post-emergence activity." I think you'd be wasting it if you applied it now. Also, it doesn't always follow that "grass friendly" herbicides are less effective on broad leaved weeds. If thistles are your main problem, one of the most effective herbicides I've ever used on that sort of weed will hardly touch grass.
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With the water, I try and drink before I feel thirsty, if that makes sense. I find it's the hard hat that makes me wilt; if I don't need to wear it, I'll swap it for a cap. Normally, that's not possible, so a bit of cloth as a sweatband helps, and mine has a flap at the back which keeps the sun off my neck. In the past, I've worked mediterranean hours: early start as possible, knock off at 11 or so, restart at 2 or 3 for another 4 hours or so.
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I use bio oil. It costs twice that of mineral, I think. I'm not planning to use petrol, as I don't feel I can stretch to doubling my fuel costs as well, unless some of my clients indicate that they will accept the higher cost.
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Which sites do you have to use it on, adam?
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Last year, people were talking about £10 per cu. m standing for hardwood, I'd have thought less for softwood, especially if it's thinning. have you looked into cutting it for fencing or rustic poles or something other than firewood? Or what about sawing it for stakes?
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Where did you hear this?
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Nice one. I like the bit you mentioned right at the end, about the sloping cut stopping any split turning into a barber chair. On leaning trees that size, I'll often do that Swedish vcut described here I don't know if it's strictly NPTC, but it seems to work. I don't know if it works on bigger stuff....I normally go back to a standard dog tooth cut if there's plenty of room to bore in.
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Interesting thread.. I'd be interested to know...if you came across something worth milling, had no specific projects or customers but hoped to sell it on as air dried at some point in the future, what dimensions would you mill to? Most people I've seen converting timber tend to only ever saw through and through, often to thicknesses 3" or so. I've always wondered about that..surely it's going to take a 3" slab 2 or 3 years to dry out properly?
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Very hard to call..I get the feeling that a lot of people have had stoves put in to try and save money, so they'll burn the cheapest fuel they can. If the price of coal drops back to what it was, they might turn to that. I think standing and roadside timber will shoot up initially. I know of one or two agent/consultants who seemed to have got caught napping last year, and were selling at quite reasonable prices well into last year's surge in demand. They'll want to claw something back this year, I'm sure.
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It's a good idea if you can control the feedback. Unfortunately, I've seen some good clips attract horrendous and undeserved flak from west coast axemen types who think they know everything, and I think that could drag it down in the minds of people who don't know much about tree work - eg potential customers. One of the best examples I've seen is that Nick bailey clip on your youtube page, nailer. As well as being a good clip, people are queuing up to praise it. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SImom9cGpQc][/ame]
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I'm a tenant..the housing market has been beyond my reach for years now. No ccjs..I've paid every bill they could throw at me, on time and in full, so I hope that counts towards something. Unfortunately, my business account is with a building society and they don't offer overdrafts or loans for business. I thought I'd seen the answer in the Governments small firms loan guarantee scheme. They promise to pay the bank back if the borrower defaults, so I've just finished wading through the pamphlet about it. The killer sentence is buried at the end in one of the appendices: "Forestry: Any activity connected with cultivation and management of trees commercially is ineligible." WHY, FFS? If I was a farmer, there'd probably be a lorry reversing down our drive with a skip full of money for me as I type this.
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Cheers, John. That's my worry really: can people like us still get loans?
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Has anyone tried to get finance for machinery recently? I'm interested who from, what interest rate and what sort of hoops have to be jumped through (eg. audited accounts for the past x years, business plans etc.). Has anyone dealt with Eagle Asset finance?
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The annual waste carriers' licence thread..is it that time of year already? Think we managed 21 pages last year
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And vibrations. I've got both the 254 and 357, and it's the latter one I seem to use the most.
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Just seen this on earborist. The bloke wants £400/day to hire out one of these and an operator. Is this reasonable?
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Also Forestry Commission research trialled them. The report should be thefirst pdf on that link.
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Try Acas. There's a lot of information on this site. Although he doesn't have to give you a contract, it would have been in his interest that he did. Someone else talked about statutory entitlements. What he should have done by now - and he's broken the law if he hasn't - is give you written articles of employment, which is a statement which (I think) includes hours of work, duties, etc. You are entitled to holiday pay, as well as statutory sick pay and paid paternity leave, I should think.
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Depends on what Tom D means. If he's unloading the trailer and bringing it back, you're right, he's not allowed to do that. If he's unloading it as in leaving it then coming back towing nothing, then he's ok. When I was ringing around for my defender, I was quoted £700 for an analogue; another fella said it had to be digital, and he couldn't retrofit one on an old defender. Looking through some of the land rover boards, I don't think any one has found a way to fit a digital tacho to a defender.. At least, from some of the postings, they might be accepting the 100 km forestry exemption.
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Bill, UK Workshop has a forum on wood turning..7th one down in the woodworking group.
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I've only ever done pole lathe turning, in which most of the work is best done green. Axminster are good for hand tools, service wise, anyway. I've also used the toolpost A good UK maker is Ashley Iles. Like someone said, sharpness of tools is everything. They need to be sharpened, polished and honed to near mirror finish, really. A lot of tools you buy, even though they are good, are not really ready to be used; using dull tools makes it really hard work and spoils the enjoyment.
