Brushcutter
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You must be earning a fair bit on tonnage doing that. Probally enough to fill a bath with ibuprofin gel to ease the aches and pains.
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40m3 a day is awsome output on the steep ground.
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Looks awsome. If your taking it on the road make sure you don't cover the lights and put a ratchet strap or two around the load.
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Normally self employed some estates will be employed. Obviously the FC will be employed. Mechanical forestry does have relief workers but you'll normally get the night shift! Forestry is a hard game to get into forestry is expensive. If you get your timber from the FC they will want to you to have all your certs to work on the site. If there is any windblow on the site you'll need 34. If you want to do harvesters/forwarders expect a 2 week course at 1500 quid a week.
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My arb or rather forestry truck D40 Navara. Replacing my D22 navara which had engine issues.
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Thats a big planer. I don't know anybody who would have one that big.
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Thats why we have harvesters.
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Plent of forest of sole forestry companies out there. Few members on this forum are/have been forestry contractors.
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I do 25 miles each way to work half of that is dual carriageway/motorway the rest B roads all about a 40 limit. So with a bit of eco driving i get the best combination of roads for fuel economey. If i did a lot of driving around town i would get much less. Also in 4wd low 1 driving around the wet boggy fields to some woods i work in then mpg does go down to about 18, then thats dragged up by the motorway trek there and back
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It's not like I suffer delusions of grandeur...
Brushcutter replied to TrollSpiel's topic in Milling Forum
Given the quality of the wood and the craftmanship that has gone into making that. I'd say that is very reasonable. I'd of thought it would have been over a grand. -
Too late its gone. I do miss it and its great fuel economy. I'm getting about 520 miles out the tank so around 31-33 mpg on AT2 with an open pickup bed.
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Is it? I'd consider it an investment in my future. It would seperate me from the rest of the identical college graduates and it would show any potential employers that i'm willing to invest in myself. Also if arb work is slow i can drive lorrys and i can drive lorrys and tow big chippers for the arb company. If i did forestry i can lug the machines around the country on a low loader. Also the EA who use a lot of tractors, not technically for agri use may all need to get HGV vehicles to use them. Also out of interest my forwarder ticket is the only one that an employer has paid for. I have a lot of chainsaw tickets and machinery tickets that i've paid for. Why should an employer invest in me if i'm not prepared to invest in myself?
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Don't know about companies but you'll be looking at between 1000-1500 quid for C+E i'd of thought. Temp comanies are always looking for HGV drivers so you could make some decent money doing that through college to fund all your training. Would you not get at least your CS30/31 through college rather than having to pay for them your self?
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Nice. Get one of those Rosetta Stone German CDs. Lisen to it on the way to work and the way home. I've ordered the ISA study guide and CD so i can learn on the way to work. Make use of that otherwise wasted travel time.
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When you leave college you'll have CS30,31 maybe 38,39 and a maybe a few others. You need to think what will set you apart from all the other graduates. I think having you trailer licence would really set you apart. We've got 3 young lads at the moment none of them have trailers on their driving licence. Since all our trailers are 800kg upwards they can't drive them which is a real pain. Think what you want to do in the future and base your stuff on that. I do think trailers is the way to go because it will be useful in forestry, arb and conservation. Have you considered doing something like the RFS cert arb or the ISA cert. arborist courses.
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Nice trailer. Looks much more efficent than skidding.
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Good luck in your search. Prehaps the best certficate you could get would be your B+E for your driving licence. The ability to tow a trailer will put you ahead in the jobs market when your done with arb college.
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Get a new mid range saw 50cc ish and it will be able to cope with most things you'll ask it to do. Older saws have worn AV mounts pistons can be scored or worn so best to aviod unles you know its history.
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It looks seriously quick. I want one to replace the aging 357.
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576 hands down fantastic bit of kit. Husky have done a good job with this one taken the 372 and made it better. Cuts like the clappers with a 18" bar on and still has the power to drag round a 24" in the hardwoods.
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Looking for a mount bike looking to £1000/1500
Brushcutter replied to mendiplogs's topic in General chat
Giant Talon 0. I use to have one and it was ace got solen from work. I recently replaced it with a Talon 1 as i could afford to spend the money for a 0. -
I put an 18" bar on my 660. It cut very very quickly. Won't want to use it like that all the time though.
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Got a similar problem with a massy. Thats about a 3k repair.
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What's your favorite type A trousers??
Brushcutter replied to Lorry thompson's topic in General chat
Mine have lasted very well in the woods. Only thing wrong with them is where i melted the material with a 372 exhaust dressing out some larch. -
I'm sure there is. I just left them unsealed. I use PVA i know there are better things out there but i've pva to work quite well.
