Moley

I use an MS361 15" bar and find it great for everything, plenty of torque and very reliable. I have used a 357 and it was good but I have a great stihl dealer nearby and its just my personal preference.

Nice one Spike where abouts was that. Im assuming you've finished in Hatfield now.

When you say you've been asked to measure 10 trees do you mean timber volume, height or something else. The age of each species should be on a stock map of the woodland, if there is one.

Hi Will. Ive seen coppice cut with a harvester and it does seem to work on larger material with only several stems per stool. If its the hazel we were cutting this winter I dont think it would work too well, its so twisted and under tension and compression everywhere i think you would struggle with the harvester head. Id say stuff like that is best done motor manually with the digger helping with disposal of brash and sorting or produce.

I would have thought a durable timber such as oak or sweet chestnut would be most suitable. I may be able to sort something but it is a fair way down from here. PM me with any details and I'll see if I can help.

cheers thats the kind of info, i did suspect it will vary from customer to customer, but moving from advising purely on conservation grounds to actually trying to justify some incomes from the timber on a couple of sites is proving a bit like trying to predict the lottery numbers, as im not getting a lot of help from local mills

Selling small parcels of timber is going to be more difficult than larger ones although i wuld have thought if you can get at least one load someone would take it even if its just euroforest for chip wood

Im pretty sure it varies from mill to mill, if you are talking about softwood logs, depending on what they are cutting. We occasionally used to get several calls a day asking to cut different sized products. Of course there are different names for different products aswell depending on where you are in the country. What would you be looking for softwood or hardwood specs?

Do you mean things like minimum top diameter, length and curvature tolerances. I'm not sure if the Fc have a standard across the country and I would think it was dependant on the customers spec. Ill have a look around I saw a spec sheet the other day from my time in Thetford.

Cheers guys. That'll have to bebooked in for later in the year. Ill post some pics once its done as it is a cracking little tree. Never had the fruit but have had differing reports about them.

Ive was asked to take a look at a friends Mulberry tree earlier this week and give an opinion on whether it needs anything doing to it. The tree in question is fairly old but appears to be in good health with little dead wood in the canopy. It appears to have been cut back fairly heavily several years ago which has resulted in a fairly dense and bushy crown. I sugested a light canopy thinning but am unsure when would be the best time of year to do so. He doesnt want to adversely affect this years fruit crop although I did warn him that this may be unavoidable. Any opinions would be appreciated as I've never had to do anything with one of these.

Only just seen that this thread is still going! Does anyone have a guide on square grinding chains, I would like to give it a go but Im not sure where to start. Or has something already been posted and I missed it?

I've been thinking about buying a pair of SIP progress or Stretch-air gladiators but cant decide on which, so any preferences and/or opinions would be appreciated.

Why should they give more information???

 

If you are looking for a job, and that one sounds like it's in your area then it's up to you to get off your arse and send an application, and then you will find out everything you want to know..

 

Just because the details are thin, dosent make then pikeys... and I'm sure they wouldnt be very happy about being banded pikeys on an open internet forum.

 

They are registered at companies house, very pikeyish!!

 

It's an advert for chainsaw operatives at the end of the day - what do you think is involved??!!

Well yes I have got off my arse that is why I asked on here. The advert gives no contact details, the website isnt operational and the location and job description is at best vague. If you arent willing to provide advice or constructive comment then maybe you should keep you opinions to yourself. Just a thought

Chainsaw operatives required for national contract, Chainsaw Operator – arb / forestry job vacancy

Its fairlty vague about where its based and has no contact details to enquire futher about it. Does anyone know anything about this company and/or the job advertised.

I think I read that I will need 2.1 to do my 5.2. Unsure though.

I'm thinking of doing my UA1 and possibly UA5. Does anyone have any suggested background reading that I could do before a) I decide whether to do them and/or b) I do the courses to give me a bit of a head start.

Is this a permanent position or a short term contract

I'm led to believe the FC recently sold hardwood timber in Norfolk for about 35quid/tonne standing, so that doesnt sound bad in comparison.

When I was with the FC in Thetford (same district) last year, we were selling 3m hardwood for around £32-£35/tonne roadside. They were going out in fairly large quantities though.

The problem I have found is where/who do you go to. I dont know anyone up there and they dont know me. Its a gamble for both parties. As was mentioned in a previous thread it would appear that you need to be mobile and prepared to spend time away from home, which I guess is difficult for people with familly commitments. I regularly trawl the internet looking for contact details but no luck yet.

£125/day for brashing and felling big edge trees?! I'd happily do it for less than that, where do I sign?

You shouldn't have to do it for less than that if your experienced and have the gear and an ''idea'',i wouldn't.It's supply and demand up here,there's not many guys that can do that sort of work now,they're either retired or in a cab.

I know I have no experience in that part of the world and limited experience in that type of forestry but some people want different thinks from there work and I wouldnt mind giving it a go, who knows I may be really good at it. I've worked on farms pretty much all my life leading bales, cutting cabbages and doing all the menial jobs. I've also spent the winters planting miles of hedging in North Lincolnshire by the Humber and I know it sounds sad but I actually enjoy that type of thing. Is it a bordom mind numbing reason that you wouldnt do it or something else?

too flat where u live.....need to come to the land of the stika

I would really like to go up to your neck of the woods (excuse the pun) and gain some experience its just finding the work from down here isnt too easy. I know Lincolnshire is flat (well the fens are) but there are up and down bits in the wolds where I am (just not as much as elsewhere).What we lack in trees we make up in cabbages!

We used to count up the pieces after every time we stacked.You can expect £125 a day for cutting in front of a harvester up here(8 hrs) for an experienced cutter of which there are fewer and fewer.£14per tonne for pulp LOG BARON,prices must have gone up since i stopped cuttin in '91,we were getting £10 for first thinings.

From my time with the FC in Thetford I learnt that there is a worrying lack of people willing to go out and actually work in forestry both as hand cutters, machinery operators and carrying out remedial works. The problem to me seems to be that students coming through college can relatively easily get a job dragging brash with limited experience (but with the right work ethic) whilst it is difficult to get into forestry without experience as contractors are reluctant to take anyone on due to the greater need to hit targets with relatively small profit margins. Its a bit of a vicious circle, you cant get experience to get the job that you need for the experience. I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who could be up to an acceptable standard quite quickly given the chance.

£125/day for brashing and felling big edge trees?! I'd happily do it for less than that, where do I sign?

Where abouts are you?

Although he's never done it with chainsaw boots before he has done it on several occasions with other shoes and boots. Hopefully he will learn from it this time. We have the same make of boot both bought at the APF last year and his are even before the rayburn incident knackered whereas mine although loosing their waterproof properties are fine simply because I maintain my kit regularly. I actually got an earfull of him once because he left his boots at mine and I cleaned and treated them when I did my own!

I think Rayburn is now a product of the Aga company. He normally puts them in the warming oven but wanted them to dry fast (that he certainly got!). I thought it said in most of the instructions for these items that you shouldnt put them near a direct heat source as with protective trousers.