MattyF
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Would you not say that is down to management, I thought to be a forester in Germany it’s earned through strict apprenticeship and training and in this country it appears any one can pick up a saw and have a hack about with little idea of what they are doing .. I think most of the forestry in this country is miss managed it has nothing to do with growing conditions, land owners expect to have trees that make them money with barely any input ,plant and forget and it does not work like that for quality timber... and then there are the idiots sitting on ancient woodland wanting to rip it out and plant Sitka ! Lad I know in the woodland trust was asked if there where grants to do this I kid you not!
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Another schliesing mick ?? Just picked up a 235 to replace a 220 and can’t fault either... I would not go back to another make.
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3 ton timber trailer
MattyF replied to the village idiot's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
It is well with the footprint of the tractor though , probs realistically carry a tonne and I would Not want to lift bigger logs with an empty trailer on soft ground.
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3 ton timber trailer
MattyF replied to the village idiot's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Riko 1.5 t works well on the alpine, have ours plumbed in to hydraulics ... but they are crap on steep slopes , any thing with difficult extraction I would leave for winching or mini forwarder. -
I loved mine until it got ran over by a tracked chipper or avant ..... think I’ve finally got the top anti vibe mount to stay in with out having to by a new cylinder, fingers crossed !
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Dunno I prefer the 500i still , maybe 10 years ago I would not of as I could never see the point in 288’s ,390’s 064’s , as I’ve got older th bigger saw novelty has worn off but I think the 500 is a little more different and I like the way it delivers its torque not so much revs... maybe 20 years ago I would of told you the 460 was the best saw ever made and as much as it is a beast times have changed and my hands can’t cope with shit anti vibes.
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Was going to say the same rich but I’d rather keep it to myself... so we don’t get a shortage of 400’s as well as 500i’s or another stupid thread about them spontaneously combusting with there mag pistons....
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Never used one Les... I would say it was a farmers saw by the spec though ... would probably last forever.
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Would be hard to find .. prices of beef are pretty good, I keep two and a horse on 10acres but the ground is mostly rushes and the horse died @ 32 last month so they will have a bit more grass now. Mine where more of an experiment as we have always had sheep but to be honest im not a big sheep fan and find them difficult to handle but £400 for 4 calf’s , sold two after a year for £680 each , I was told they have just gone to market and fetched £980... my two remaining I’m still in two minds on what to do , they will both have to go at the same time but sloughter them or send to market... one is a free martin heffer which means she was born as a twin to a male and supposedly is sterile but I’m not sure! .. any way it’s a difficult decision after feeding them every day in winter for the last two years I’ve got a bit attached to them.
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I’m using one on a 28” and I’ve barely picked up a bigger saw in months
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Around 6-10 sheep per acre , I would split it in too three with electric fences and move them around... I’m not a fan of sheep , I’ve seen them over eat .. eat not enough .. if they are not bucket fed can be a pita to handle and they seem to have one aim in life and that’s to die, much prefer cattle but they do plunge up Feild’s and would need extra feeding with four acres in winter.. I quite enjoy feeding my 2 and they probably eat 1-3 big rounds of hay a month in winter depending on snow etc and a small bucket of feed a day... grass is growing again now so will stop that soon.
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I would quite happily labour if I could find some one to climb for me!
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Still want to know what Harry has got to do with it.
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Pay some one what they are worth to you but don’t start crying when they get offered better money and leave if you don’t... Whole wage thing in this industry is a joke ... apprenticeships are payed on minimum and lads are put off and leave before they reach any real potential..you have college boys and so called freelancers wanting top dollar a day and to be honest are not worth a wank... it used to be that subbie freelancers where problem solvers for the difficult jobs , the reg Coates of the tree world who had earnt the right to be there and command decent money through there years of experience but now any muppet can watch a load of hunickie and Travor u tube vids and wear that badge and demand top dollar despite turning up and more likely to and be a liability... then blame Nate.
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That’s because goodwood was thought out by a self glorified maniac....
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So far mate it’s been the best out of the box !
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I’ve had 4 2511’s now , that’s how reliable they are ! Good saw though ... when it’s working.
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I don’t get this love of old saws, if you have used and worked them properly from new they would not be working now... and also for all the health reasons you state which are serious in the long term , vibration damage to your hands Is a very real issue...and again as you say they are not as productive.
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First arrived on Tuesday , great to watch and as predicted the midges turned up a day later... nature must have a sync ... as much as I like seeing them if it means there yearly arrival coincides with the midges they can stay away!
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Edit again ffs ..
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To the OP.... in all seriousness though I think you are going about it the right way ... think of it as training for stamina in handling Wood , the second point is you will be having the joy of watching climbers work , visualise every thing they do that works and doesn’t work so you don’t put your self in that situation... learnt more in that time than any other in my career point of view and gives you a foundation for good training afterwards. After a year of this your boss should start paying for training or think about moving on 3 years time you should be pretty far advanced with a good work discipline and a fair bit of experience if you have stuck it this far you should have a good career and will have commanded my respect just for sticking at it...
