stoxs

also the whats it worth thread? and the i got 200tonnes to the acre last year thread (bit like the my mog has a 36mtr crane! thread) Poor farmers thread with sub forum who is buying a new Range Rover Sport this year!

Even Mr Lofthouse could hide all his tackle behind that fella!!!

thanks forestry usualy works out around £100 per day. will have to save some pennies before that one then:thumbup1:

what is the duration of this course including assesment? Also what is the general price? interested in doing this just need to know how long i got to save for!!

Took Treewizard up there the other day parkie he was amazed at it, my dad worked in that park for 30 years!

which next village? because I live in the next village north of Longstock!

many happy returns Skyhuck all the best:thumbup:

Chestnut look up Longstock Park Nurseries owned and run by the John Lewis Partnership, only 7 miles south of Andover well worth a look, not abad selection of mature trees in the grounds either.

blame SWB for over spamming ohh 500 spams for me !!!

no brown mate just cash in my pocket

nearly as quick and smooth as Skyhuck dismantling a chestnut:thumbup:

yea but how many logs will i get? for £255, how big is the tipper? wheelbarrow, transit or 7.5 tonner?

you need to raise your prices then:thumbup: work out how much these shops sell them for bet you could esy sell them half price

I heard a story of some farmer getting someone in to crown raise 3 big ish oaks and canopy clean all 3, they stacked all the brash in the hedge at foot of tree and was there for half a day. £10,000. Later that year my mate was sent to these trees to clean the crown and raise them the same trees !! Farmer thought he owned trees but turns out the council own them!! Farmer was pithie to say the least. Not sure how true it is but could belive a verbal joke quote and customer accepts !!!

why not work out a price per log? say you get 75/80 ish in a bag and sell it for £25 then divide it up and tell customer how much it is per log!!! make sure you always get minimum in each bag then you can garuntee x amount of logs:sneaky2: how many logs would you like? delivered in 100/ 200/ or 500 logs at 20p each say. you could then do a deal BOGOF or something you could then goto the small log at 10p or the medium log at 12p or the big bugger for 15p yea i know it takes more cost to produce smaller logs . Imagine the phone calls with that lot on offer:lol:

top work huckie lov that set up it has it all good stuff

try looking up MERLO they do telescopic handlers with 3 point linkage on the back and PTO. Using a man platform is ok as long as the platform is attached to the machine with a locking attachment (not slid on the forks only), the man in the basket has harness and attached to the basket and finally there has to be a lock on the tilt of the basket so that it can`t be tipped while in the air, the easyest and best way of this is to lock the lever in the cab if using a joystick machine a piece of wood cut to fit over the joystick that stops it being moved sideways is acceptable. Done lots of field side crown raising using a standard manitou telescopic and it was fine, good for odd trees here and there, do a bit the drop off the basket stick on the grab and push it in a heap. biggest problem is you have to work backwards otherwise you have to move all your branches before moving forward, another warning is never cut behind or above the boom as branches will slide down the boom and through the window!!

i hope that in take chute moves if it don`t it will be a bugger to fill with fuel from a jerry can!! nice little chipper otherwise

chain oil and beer , mmmmmmmmmmmm nice i guess veg oil will be ok:001_tt2: don`t think my local landlord will go much on a saw fireing up everytime i have bottle though

to be honest i don`t think you will find many tree companies that will turn up and chip what waste you have created and take it away for less than £50 evenif it was 10 mins chipping they would need to cost in 2 people, a van, a chipper and removal. all this and within 24hrs of you doing a job! there will be no gain finacially or otherwise in doing this so the price would be full on, at a guess i would think i would want £100 to even think about it. 10mins chipping would be minimum 1 hrs work unless it really worked for them . Good luck hope you get a set up that works for you. i would advise just do jobs where you can leave arisings on site, surprising when you give the customer 2 prices 1 to clear site and other to leave how many find a place to put it!!

i think it`s about time you got yourself a woodmizer!!! some lovely pieces of timber and some nice tidy stack. love to see the solar kiln sounds very interesting:thumbup1:

Just a heads up to the younger people on here, there is a weight classification to age as well. I am sure you have to be 21 to tow the full amount and dwn to i think 5 tonnes max trailer weight for 16 year olds. You see lots of nippers harvest time with 14 tonne grain trailers charging round the country roads but i think they are illegal!! there was another rule where you could only tow a trailer that you could see over the top of at 16 as well!! big mine field Mogs, fastracs and the like, be carefull on the distance from base running Ag diesel and taxation, from memory it is 40miles. also you can only carry your goods back to your base or delivering you goods from your base. good luck:confused1:

Have sent you a private message but no reply:confused1: would love to have a chat about it:thumbup1:

yeaaaaa congrats treewarrior, i gues you never had Arbtalk when you were first married:001_cool:

you don`t read the title of the film then LMAO:thumbup: