Brushcutter

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.

Yep there all right. The Valtra has a flashing stop light come if things go horribly wrong such as running out of oils and fuels. which appears to be like number 1 If oil pressure was down the stop light should have come on. Any oil over the road?

At what sort of level? There are quite a few distance learning forestry MSc around.

You can do what you want. Thats why one of my friends neighbours cut their theigh open while cutting logs. Fortunatly it didn't get down to the artery. A few colleges run chainsaw for homeowner courses. For the sake of adding 80 quid to a domestic chainsaw they could throw in some chainsaw trousers.

Where i use to work we had shell ones. You saved fractions of a pence per litre if i remember correctly. I know a lot of all star fuel cards that are taken anywhere are being cloned and having a new vehicle reg put on them. I that a few grands worth of fuel can be put on them in a day before you realise. Not sure what financial responcabilty you have in that situation but a company near me have had 3 cards cloned for 3 different vehicles in 4 months or so.

Yep bottom wheel is in a pit underneath. got a simmilar set up to that picture. Stenner 41 with the moving bed. Its a beast of a saw big 3 phase motor can cut a log 36" thick just missin the upper fly wheel. Some 20' of steel goes into making one band! Can do a 17" wide board 18' long on ours.

Oaklands do CS30 may offer 31 now as i've noticed some thinning work in the woods that edge their site. They alway use to pass the 31 stuff onto a guys name who i can't remember. Friend of mine did their CS30 there found it quite good. Caple are quite good just outside Herts really but so close worth considering. I did my CS30 there a long time ago. There was a guy who lived in St. Albans who ran chainsaw courses but i can't seem to find his website.

Easiest way to make money on that as firewood is to do it with a harvester head on a digger. Then forward it out. If i were doing it that would be my first thought but since i don't have a harvester i would have to use cutters, or work out wether the cost of hiring it in could be covered. In the past when i've been introducing/reintroducing coppice i've taken stuff out in tree lenghts but they were all about 18". Winch the tree in to the tractor and then stack with it. All rather neat, brash all in the racks timber stacked ride side. If its only 10" stuff i'd short wood to 8' 10' what ever your working to and stack by hand with tongs. Wouldn't worry with the digger. Then the forwarder drivers work is easier. Tractor with roof mount crane is king for this sort of work IMO. 360 rotation with normally 6m reach if not more. put the timber on the trailer and pick up a grab of brash and make a fire with all the stuff within reach. As with any forestry work the money is in the details. Are you hiring in the digger or is it yours? If its a hire in i'm sure you shortwooding too would mean that production is about the same without the cost of a digger

Its a trap is really good, a little rushed maybe but very very good.

I followed the crowd. I use to post on arbsite, then the treehouse. Fantastic place. I've learnt lots and made some useful contact. Its also great to see so many people with an interest and love of the industry.

I feel for you 2 years ago a pipe wen in the loft and wrecked the upstairs bedrooms. Last year a pipe leaked in the bathroom and runined it and the kitchen. Although now i'm on very good terms with a good plummer.

Ash would be my choice for making tops. Got some stuff to mill up for making tabletops for the civil war reinactment lot. Elm would make nice tops too but would be difficult to sorce. Depending on the style of table you may be able to make the legs and frame from Larch or Douglas to keep costs down.

If its for a pub mosture content would be an issue so i doubt going from in the round to a table would be suitable. Not sure even in a down for several years you'd be near 20% all the way through.

Nice tractor that. If i had the money i'd go and look over that. You get that spike pulled over Charlie?

£5 a m3 standing would be my starting point. I think you'd be easly able to get 30 quid roadside. Depending on your costs and kit you could offer higher.

Phd would be the highest you can get. Below that would be MSc,BSC,HND. All depends on what you want to do with your life and how much time/energy and money you have to put into education.

Don't like the sound of jumping out of pto. Sounds like something is wearing to me.

I have one. Got it 5 years go and only recently has it become a real key tool. Great for setting pull lines. Or putting lines in to pull out hangers. Takes some practice to get good at aiming. Worth investing in a quick realease to make it easier. I need one for mine. Oh and it will send a golf ball flying for miles.

Jas P wilsons do one too. Costs about 10k.

Do you have acess to a small harvester? The hire might be quite a lot of cash but you'd get through it much faster than had fellling. Might put a bit more money in the job. If you need a hand forwarding i could help you out.