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Experienced groundsman, saw, tools and 4x4, will travel up to an hour from Weald area (Staplehurst) Kent, available days in late December, early Jan
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I reckon things need to be in perspective. CS tickets are not cheap- a young bloke who works for me occasionally gets £100 a day on a building site, labouring with nothing else but a CSCS card. Groundworkers, tarmac layers...a lot of this stuff isn't highly skilled nor do you need tickets but you can earn £100 plus? How are blokes who can do aerial rescue if required, are competent on the ground and can use a saw legally not be worth £100 a day? I do freelance landscaping here and there...£100 per day. I think it's time to get real on this.
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We have used Mul- T lock shutter jobs before, super secure and strong, but if its true that freezing a lock and breaking it is straightforward, it makes most of these security measures a joke!?
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I agree - and I already regard anything that's been in my poly tunnel for any length of time as kiln dried . I've had very good results in no time at all due to mild autumn and frosty, sunny recent days, its surprising how much warmth you get in there. Plus its far easier and cheaper to erect a big poly than converted steel containers and the like, but you don't get the heat intensity, I know
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I am small scale on the firewood front, normally only selling arb waste- but that's running low. I have been offered up to 40 ton plus of processed (fully, split)mainly beech, some oak. I realise that roadside prices for cord are sub £50, but what is fair p/ton for this? Cut and processed in April, it's outside and hence pretty high in moisture.
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The following website link is on an employment ad on Woodlots. Either there has been some kind of error, or someone has put something in my wine tonight...:biggrin:W: Cheap Clothes & Shoes for Womens and Mens Sale - Arbforestry.co.uk
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Ditto...
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investment against return scale for wood processing
Acer Forestry replied to flatyre's topic in Firewood forum
Give it a shot; I freelance for a few different arb companies, and there is often arb waste to be had, gratis. Buying in for small scale selling is only practical if you've got thousands to throw in, though really. Put out feelers locally to see who does tree work but isn't into logs. -
Handbook pdf is ace, hadn't seen this previously. And it's free:biggrin:
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Has anyone bought and used the Chinese moisture meters on ebay etc., I'm not expecting fantastic results from something under a tenner but everything it touches at the moment seems to be largely 20% or less, when it definitely shouldn't be. Are Stihl's the most reliable?
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Will horses chew sweet chestnut posts?
Acer Forestry replied to sandspider's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I've been running electric tape / wire off sweet chestnut for yonks, it's not the horses that wreck the posts round here - sodden Kent Wealden clay will have them flopping over or rotted within two years, even if dipped. Any horse grazing ought to have at least one strand of electric on the fencing -
I'm based Staplehurst Kent , 20 mins from Sussex border. Hardwood needed for small scale log sales (I can't take artic loads, don't have the access), anything considered give me a call 07808 738097
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I think i'm with big J on this, 20% is going to be just fine really. Tried stacking logs around the wood burner at the last house and it overheated to a dangerous degree, the temp was well high. I finish mine off in the poly tunnel
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Nope, technically that sounds pretty accurate to me
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Employing foreign staff through agencies
Acer Forestry replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Business Management
Very true. when I was backpacking, I didn't have trouble finding work- because i looked for it, and was keen. Mates who were hopeless cases were lucky to make it as far as Calais let alone Sydney, so that point of view I reckon is entirely accurate. People who go seeking jobs elsewhere are normally a little more lively -
Though if they get caught red handed and receive a beating, you'll get frogmarched to court faster then you'd think possible. Crackpot legal system, we should be allowed to open fire with a 12 bore, in the US a judge would say "too bad for the perpetrator"
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Yep, i agree. Get a check up booked. What works for me though, if you are just generally knackered is a combination of Wellman vits (they do work, don't kid yourself), decent food, espresso and cayenne pepper capsules. Natural stimulant
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Are these still on offer please..need an answer soon as otherwise will have to order elsewhere. PM sent
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Quite true, older trucks from Toyota and Nissan especially were over engineered generally (even if the bodies / chassis suffered), but with your budget you should get an excellent truck - either Hilux, Ford or Mazda though personally I'd give Mitsubishi a miss. The older post '98 l200's were pretty much a disaster mechanically, though i can't speak for newer models
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Prices are up and down like a donkey's hind leg in the south east. A dumpy can be 40-70 delivered locally, depending on quality (plenty of chancers selling rubbish) but desperados flog full pickup loads for 70 quid, too. In our local Kent Weald free magazine there must be a dozen firewood sellers advertising constantly through the year-top log prices only really apply if you have long standing clients who can't be bothered to shop around.
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Ok Tom, what kind of number are there and how much do you need to send to Kent? Also what dimensions are they, thanks
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Thanks for that
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Can anyone advise on where the best prices are to be had for bulk quantity net bags, I've had a look on ebay but I'm guessing for larger quantities there will be better sources, cheers
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I had to smile at the mention of never being quite fast enough in the car, for the loons behind you. i've been driving here since '87 and I've never known it all to be as much of a racetrack as the past few years. How we have accident stats as relatively low as we have, is beyond me. Credit to you for making the move, i've not been to Canada yet but it sounds fantastic. A far better life for your kids, too
