Tom D
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Which Trailer. Fast Tow or Ifor and Forestry Trailer
Tom D replied to Ty Unnos's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
If you are powering a crane and towing with a landy don't waste money on a power pack, you will be able to build it onto the pto of the landy. -
Yes, would you like one?
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I had to dig this pic out for a magazine artichoke and couldn't remember if I'd ever posted it on here. It was made from a single piece of oak, carefully felled to preserve the branches which form the legs....
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Always go for wool over synthetic fibres, in this job they will stink after a day and after a week you can't go anywhere in public. Tbh I wear cotton next to my skin T shirts etc, and change them daily, I have some technical layers but they need washing so often that you'd need 5 of them and they aren't cheap. cotton shirt with a wool layer over is the way to go IMO.
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I have worked for nothing, only on a couple of trial days with my first tree job, from then on I was on a whopping £8k a year!
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I'll just keep on putting in red like everyone else....
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Then its up to you to make something happen, you make your own luck in life. no one else will do it for you:001_smile:
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I'm currently wearing this: Arktis Swat Shirt - Country Covers It has been reliable so far, the outer material is pretty tough despite feeling a little thin, not torn it yet, the wool liner doesn't build up smells like a synthetic / technical fleece. Its windproof and you can undo zips under each arm (zips downwards) allowing the breeze in when you get too hot while climbing. Well pleased with it. you get what you pay for IME.
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I have those parts for the mill J.... let me know when you want to get it.
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As an employer why would you want to pay over the odds, paying staff too much makes you more expensive to the customer, which means you win fewer jobs, leading to cost cutting and staff redundancies. Welcome to the real world! There's a thread on here with a guy offering his services for free just to get experience.... thats my kind of employee. No one does an arb degree to get rich, you do law or accountancy for that.
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with all the thefts that get reported on here I wondered what the statistics were for different areas, so I looked up my local police website and checked out my district.... not much happens round here so the figures are 135 recorded crimes this year, 65 of which have been solved. Of those 65 were thefts 35 of which were solved. Glasgow north was shows over 1600 thefts by comparison. so whats it like round your way?
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I have iMovies on my macpro it is great, far better than windows moviemaker. you probably already have it, of could get it from the app store.
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height or bulk? Highest I've been is 180 foot. that was a fir, I'd love to do a hardwood that big.
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true, but if you are tied in any higher than 70 foot then 45m isn't enough...and if you have dropped from a branch or through a fork then you can still run out of line. I always have one in mine.
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What about this part then? Movement of waste etc Movement of agricultural, horticultural or forestry waste, within and between different parts of land occupied by the same person. The waste should have been produced by the occupier of the land. Transport of agricultural, horticultural or forestry waste from the place where the waste was produced to a place where it is to be collected by a licensed waste carrier (or to a licensed waste disposal site if nearer). This includes inorganic waste such as plastic packaging. Clearing the road after agricultural, horticultural or forestry operations. Snow clearing to restore access. top ^
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not the way I read it, a contract verge cutter is allowed to run on red and work for many different farms, as is contract combine, sprayer etc.
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unless it was from a farm, estate or roadside job...
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interesting Mat, I am currently working on an LA contract, some trees roadside some not. This is where it all goes a bit wooly, you can't have 2 tanks, and even if I filled up with white when I was working in parks or cemeteries I'd still have some leftover red in the tank, so if i got pulled over what happens then? I simply explain that the red is leftover from yesterday when I was working roadside...... I doubt I'd get the benefit of the doubt.
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Lets be honest though Justin, 10% returns isn't great.... How does that ratio compare to some of the older style stihl saws such as the 460 of 660? I think it is important that the manufacturers get a clear message from the industry that this sort of thing isn't acceptable, with only still and husky offering a decent range of prof saws and a good dealer network its important that they are up to scratch. I fell out of love with my 357 because it had 3 carbs in 4 years, but that performance is good when compared with the 201 and 560....
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any thoughts on this then?
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That wouldn't happen these days rab as the voucher would be a smart card. They'd get it charged up when they signed on. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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So true, if we could save the billions we spend supporting the lazy, we wouldn't be in the mess we are. I think the solution is to keep benefits the same but pay them in vouchers that can only be spent on food and essentials, NOT take aways, fags, booze, and sky tv. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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It wasn't there, I had to edit it:lol:
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:sneaky2:there is...
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Check this link out, although not quite as helpful as it could be, its more info than I had seen previously. Still seems that if using red for a domestic tree job you could be falling foul of the law... Estate work..ok Roadside work..ok Site clearance work...??? LA work (not roadside)...??? Domestic work...doubtful Whats your interpretation? Pay attention to section 8 and in particular 8.21 The section at the end is worth a look too "Memorandum of Agreement in respect of the use of agricultural vehicles on the road" http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageVAT_ShowContent&id=HMCE_CL_000164&propertyType=document#P33_1423
