Log-ologist
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Here are a few more atmospheric woodcollyer pics.
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Thanks.
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Yeah but, I purchased a set original TW bolts recently and they had chewed off the top part of the head in a lathe, reducing the ammount of grip available when using the Torx tool. Idiots.
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This is from a few years ago when a friend used lots of my TS waste to make charcoal.
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I have been offered beech cordwood at £40 per cord , for the sake of arguement £20 per ton roadside.
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If you sell prepared firewood to the end user you can charge 5%. If its cordwood ( needs further processing) or sales to a wholesale buyeer( garage, shop etc) then its 17.5% . The man at customs and excise told me that several years ago.
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Have the HSE finally seen sense on chainsaw trousers
Log-ologist replied to tokaloch's topic in General chat
stay in the MEWP son. -
take your shirt off so your bare chested (ie. ready to fight ) and go out the front , thats probably a bad sign for them and they will leave.
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I use a 4.5 inch angle grinder with a 1.6mm cutting disc to touch up the hedge trimmer blades. ( 1.6mm cutting discs are unfeasably thin you would never think they would work but they are ace , I never use the thick cutting discs) But remember that if your employees use them you have to be mindful of the provision and use regs and grinding wheel regs too.
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Have the HSE finally seen sense on chainsaw trousers
Log-ologist replied to tokaloch's topic in General chat
In 20 years only two people I know or have heard of who have have cut their legs with a chainsaw including one which needed lots of sewing. Both were wearing chainsaw trousers at the time! I know of people who don't wear chainsaw protection and they take great care to use the saw without endangering their legs. Many european , american and aussie cutters use no PPE trousers, in theory they should be all dead or maimed from horrific chainsaw accidents but they are not. -
My view is that any wood taken from such a clearance is not sustainable and should not be allowed to be branded with the FSC logo.
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Following a post by Mr Ed in a different thread which got me thinking about heathland clearance. I wish to get feedback on the following statement(s). Is there any great need for the wholesale clearance of trees for heathland restoration , and if the wood enters the timber supply chain can the products be regarded as FSC ( Forest Stewardship Council) approved . I have queried this with the FSC -UK and will let you know of the result.
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Have the HSE finally seen sense on chainsaw trousers
Log-ologist replied to tokaloch's topic in General chat
For those who hate reading too much skip to section B6. You can wear shorts up a tree if you write a good risk assessment promoting the virtues of such a procedure. -
If you cant be there to supervise don't expect things to be done your way.
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A bloke up the road from my groundie made a chipper from a forage harvester about 15 years ago , all was well til he put the brushwood sweepings and a sledgehammer in the feed chute, bang, and it was all over.
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Growth increments - accurate age for TPO
Log-ologist replied to Rowan the Bruce's topic in General chat
If the tree was smaller than 3" dbh ( diameter at breast height) at the time the order was applied then the trees are not covered, technically speaking. If its a hedge and maintained as a hedge they may not be covered ( previous treatment shows hedging took place) its still your choice though but I guess the council cant be that hard surely. -
Or drive past a site of a great takedown and proceed to describe the job in detail when the tree is now history.
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Its not you who habitually over runs on the hire of that machine is it? We always seem to get the call on the day before our turn that its not comming cos somenoe has over run on a job.
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I have been invited to have a display stand but tend to take my hols at the end of Aug so I have never been. My pals at the Dorset Coppice Group say its a great day .
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are you resorting to selling chopped up old furniture?
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Too true, I read an article in the telegraph suppliment yesterday relating to road safety , it briefly outlined the "Peltzman effect" where increases in safety legislatin lead to more dangerous behaviour and risk taking. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Peltzman Which gives a brief explanation of the principle through which we can extract the conclusion that relating to our industry, having all the safety kit in the world makes you more of a hazzard to yourself and others, because you treat the risk as minimal and take excessive gambles.
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Déjà vu ?
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should that be the case then that poor fellow needs to have his cordwood dropped onto a rolling table by one of those csf mini loader things they are great for taking the strain out of lifting and things like that.
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Those tools are great if you have lots of work with good access. Sadly most urban domestic work and post war housing has such narrow access. With the result that mini loaders would rarely be used round here. Probably only 5% of customers and then I probably could use the Botex anyway.
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I'm happy with trimmed down ply painted nice. We can take it out easy. Often we side load material, or crane on a butt for sawing . Fixed sides make that hard.
