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  1. Stihlwatersrundeep
    I can get some pics this weekend and as i said earlier on in the thread i was going to have the farmer with me so i would not be on my own. leaners would be left well alone and the fallen trees would be lifted by the farmer to be chainsawed one at a time. If you think I should get my 30 and 31 before even lifting a chainsaw i would value your advice.
  2. Stihlwatersrundeep
    Thanks skyhuck, but with all due respect I want to do the work myself, as you said someone who you knew had 17 yrs of experience, and he was still killed??? why can you work in the industry and i am being warned away? I only went on this forum to get some advice and someone even said "whoooah woooah" stop there . 1. i'm not a horse and 2. I was only asking for some friendly advice....
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    I am 43 so not a 20yr old with no common sense. (not that all 20yr olds have no common sense but you get my meaning) would love to get into tree work but the way i have been advised is the same old story, a ticket is no good without experience and experience is no good without a ticket?? (devil and the deep blue sea come to mind) just looking at a chainsaw and a tree will kill you. I am a practical guy, built extensions, worked on farms with machinery etc... I get the feeling that unless you are already experienced in tree work you are not in the club so to speak. people have to start somewhere. I have valued your advice but have come away feeling that this is some sort of exclusive club that no one is allowed to join unless you know what your are talking about. no time for newbies or people asking questions about which they know nothing about.
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    i think I have read enough, here's how to save myself a fortune and my life as i will obviously kill myself this weekend. sell the ms260 on ebay - £260 saved... dont do my cs30 and 31 - £550 saved... ring the local logman and sit indoors nice and safe while I wait for him to drop my logs off.
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    cheers will give him a ring tommorow.....
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    mid kent. tries to get on to the course at kingswood but all booked up for a couple of months
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    looks like i will be sitting in front of the telly this weekend with my ms260! anyone know a good tree surgeon??! can't get on a course for a couple of months they all seem booked up??
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    thanks mr bish, i was just reading about compression and undercuts on another site.
  9. Stihlwatersrundeep
    thanks for the advice bill . I also spotted a very large oak. don't want to tackle it, as its wider than my 18in bar. I'm sure there's a technique to cut up a tree thats wider than your bar but that's for experts and trained fellows i think.....
  10. Stihlwatersrundeep
    Hi Bill I presume you have central heating? We don't! cheap farmer wont put any in still I suppose it keeps the rent down... not looking to sell it I am just trying to do a little forward planning for next winters heating. £120 a load from our local friendly firewood merchant is not an option as we got through 4 cords of wood this winter! as for the fallen trees according to my collins bible i have seen ash hornbeam and i think elm or lime . ash i know is good not sure about the rest?
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    many thanks for the advice. "**** found under a tree with chainsaw on his head in woods on his own " is not the headline i want in my local paper next week! will take the advice of the tractor and chain from the farmer to hold up the fallen trees and leave the leaners well alone till i get my ticket or as you suggest the farmer pulls them down to ground level.
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    1 windblown tree and a lot of firewood collected from building sites i have worked on. (stihl ms260 18in bar.) farmer wants to clear 8-9 windblown trees from his wood and said he will go 50/50 on the wood if i cut them up for him. been up there this afternoon and a few of the trees are leaners so am a bit confused where to start? (maybe i should leave well alone till i get my 30 and 31 ticket?) I do where chainsaw boots, hardhat, mufs and chainsaw gloves.
  13. Stihlwatersrundeep
    looks like i asked a twatty question then???!!!
  14. Stihlwatersrundeep
    Anybody got any tips for stopping your chainsaw from hitting the ground when cutting up a windblown tree lying on the ground? I saw a timberjack on the internet, is that the answer?
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    sorry to hear about that as my gran in herne bay got quoted £600 to take down a 50ft conifer and the access was easy ( front garden next to the road) she paid them the second the job was done. and that was the cheapest quote she got!
  16. Stihlwatersrundeep
    Nice one Steve! looks like I will have to eat my words! somehow I can't see it being as busy as this forum?
  17. Stihlwatersrundeep
    `like Mr Ed said, you do it mostly because you love it, you don't get me saying "oooh look an office and a suspended ceiling to put up" probably because i have done that every day for the past 52 weeks... you are outside (yes i know in all weathers) but at least each job is different.
  18. Stihlwatersrundeep
    I don't want to get into tree work for the money, I have read enough on this forum to know that it is underpaid. I dont pay much rent, no kids , no debts , and I am sick of working in the sticks in offices. Been thinking of dipping my to toes into this work for a while, even tapped up the local farmer for some free barn space and land ( I think I promised him free logs for life , lucky we didn't put it in writing!) Funny there are no ceiling fixer forums? wonder why?
  19. Stihlwatersrundeep
    Is there much call for forestry work? (eg. coppicing, tree felling) or is the money in private jobs , pruning ,felling etc...
  20. Stihlwatersrundeep
    Any of you guy's out there use pole pruners much? Looks to me like if you can reach 20ft in the air to do some pruning saves time and is safer than climbing? (but then what do I know i'm just a ceiling fixer who secretly wants to be a tree surgeon???!!)

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