Brushcutter

I'm with NFU by far the best insurer i have been with saved a fortune from my last one. Think it depends on the NFU office your with on how good they are to be honest.

Nice video! How tall was that tree because it looked massive. Nice felling cut at the end.

Few threads in the firewood forum about what to do with poplar. If you can sell it as firewood, you'll be quids in.

I did a Sycamore end of december 28 or 29 i think there was loads of sap and buds were looking like they were about to open.

Its the series that brought you "did you know that dolphins are gay sharks"

Yes i'm afraid i am. I just think its great.

I hurd that too. Ages ago it was in FBT. I was mine every week because they get fility on the forest floor.

New series tonight. Any other fans out there or have i just admited something really bad?

I have the D90. Truely fantasic camera but i'm quite a Nikon fan be my third Nikon camera. I've not played with the D5000 as it wasn't out when i got mine. The move mode is a feature i don't really use but its nice to have when your doing nice fells and stuff. It has a good point and shoot auto mode and auto with no flash which is really useful. Other pre programed settings such as landsacpe portrate ect. Good manual mode with easy to find settings. I tend to use either apature or speed modes. Worth having as it you can grow into it as your skills and confidence in photography grows. The motor is also in the camera so there is no not having AF on lenses like the D60. As for lenses i have 17-50 F 2.8 which is good, not used it much yet but it can make background blury realy well. 18-105 VR F3.5-5.6 this is my fave the VR is great. Did some ace pics at Duxfords Flying Legends this year with it. Covers the zoom ranges well. If i had one its what i'd get, well i'd fet 28-300 but thats a grand so this will do. 55-300 bit specialist i fiond. Good for wildlife and airshows but not found many uses for it yet. Nikon 50mm 1.8 - fantastic for portrates and at 100 quid well worth having in the kit.

Check the washing instructions. I think some ones can be others can't. I know fabric softner is a no no. Its all about about keeping the chain clogging fibers in the right place and not fluffy. You won't be the first person to wear dirty chainsaw trousers.

I think tractor parts are much the same. Not really needed that many parts apart from wing mirror glass and a wing mirror box, which at 90 quid weren't cheap. However when the PTO went it was 1500 quid for the parts and labour, which considering it was 1 guy for nearly 2 and a half days wasn't too bad. Wilsons have a baby Valtra in A95 like the one in my profile. There a little snug inside but they make great little forestry tractors. a little over budget at 15k prehaps?

12k will get you a nice tractor. Wouldn't get a MF390. Fendt are nice theres a little tiny one round here that i want a go in. For that money i'd get a Valmet 8000 series. 8050 or 8100 for that sort of money. Big cabs good ground clearance. Around 120hp so can but a reasonablely sized chipper/mulcher on it. Auto difflock is a nice feature on them too. Due to the increase for firewood they're somewhat after.

Phone around a few firms/conservation charities and see if you like the feel of outside manual work. Then i'd go to a local college and do a CS30 maybe 31 too and get some more experence working with a firm. Jobs seem to be hard to find for guys just out of college at the moment. Everyone wants to climb or fell massive trees but no one wants to rake/sweep up or neatly stack timber.

They will do it but don't do well with multi stems. Basil on here uses one for Coppicing. I'd like to give one a go for doing firewood thinnings. Think on the right stuff such as birch regen youd fly through and do the work of a couple of guys in a day.

I've never seen a NF that big. All the ones i've seen have been wind thrown. They grow dam fast though. Did some thinnings of a NF EL plantation before christmas and the Beechs had out grown the larch. As for climbing i have bottled it, got it to a standing stem and took a bit that was a bit too big. Didn't like the rocking. Looking back it seems silly that i got someone else to finish it. But i didn't feel i could finish it. I then realised i was more of a forestry type. I very rarely climb now. Only for fun or to fell a big limb off the back so the tree can be felled more easly.

I hear Charlie has some larch for sale....

I like the big douglas log with the house inside it.

Oh dear god. Eye injuries are horrid.

I have a old climbing line in the truck for exactly the same thing.

If it doubt put a pull line on it. When felling near anything valuale or in a tight spot i'll always put one on. Ash can be tricky trees to fell. I once saw a ash with a massive lean on it, only going one way lean pinch a saw. Gob was in and they'd done a bore cut when the tree grabbed the saw. I then took over and put in another gob and felled the tree. I did everything the same as them but their saw pinched mine didn't. Left a perfect impression of the chain in the wood.

Bangor uni. Myerscough collge do some urban forestry and arb stuff distance learning. What area of forestry are you interested in? I'm applying for the distance learning MSc at Bangor for may start.

What sort of price are you looking for standing?

My first thought would be skyline if the bank is really steep. However they'd be quite expensive to hire in i would of thought. My next thought would be a double drum winch pulling things upto a landing in tree lengths and processing then forwarding to roadside. A lot of the stuff will be too big for most processors so it will be chainsaw and splitter teratory. The smaller ash and birch would be good processor stuff though. the 20-50" Ash and Oak buts are best sold road side for the mill. Good quality oak would get you around £8 hoppus foot maybe 6 for the ash. Worth seing what length the mill wants the stuff in before cutting. Also 30-50" oak but will be very very heavy so you'll need some pull on the winch to get stuff up. Also quite a loader to put it on the lorry. I'd say not less that a 6.5 tonne winch closer to 9 would be better. Double drum better than single as you are more efficent that way.

Nice rope. I use the 14mm as a pull line but would rather the 19, i had a tight budget at the time.