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  1. slack ma girdle
    After 2 days of being piss wet in the wind blow from hell, this was the final straw.
  2. slack ma girdle
    I see your dog, and raise you 3 cows
  3. slack ma girdle
    After 30 years , i have learned to see through the crud, so that i don't notice it anymore.
  4. slack ma girdle
    That looks like an ideal woodland for me, but you are too far away. There must be some lower impact forestry contractors in your area. Toby at Say it with wood is not too far from you.
  5. slack ma girdle
    There is no right or wrong, all of the above machines have there strengths and weakness, you will have to adapt your work practices to suit their strengths. No one machine will do everything. Small forwarders are nimble, i haven't needed my winch since I've had the log bullet, but are no good over long distances. Tractors and forwarders are much quicker, carry alot more, but are a royal pain in the arse to manoeuvre amongst trees.
  6. slack ma girdle
    I really like my tree shear, but.......... It is finding the right material to cut and that is within reach of the digger. Having some form of rota makes life so much easier, but they are very expensive and heavy which greatly reduces the amount you can lift
  7. slack ma girdle
    I have no idea why the price dropped, given that the mill only sources timber within 50 miles, so international fluctuations shouldn't affect the price. Thankfully the owner is happy despite the price drop.
  8. slack ma girdle
    My equipment is lighter weight, easier to move( I can mover it all myself), and doesn't use large amounts of fuel. Experience to know that i can make this site work despite saw logs nearly halving in value in the last year. Lastly a good bunch of reliable sub contractors with a good work ethic.
  9. slack ma girdle
    I generate my own work, and use MWMAC to register the courses. At the moment I run 4-6 courses a year, because i am so busy. Once i get abit more decrepit i will increase the amount of training. I could probably generate enough training work to keep me busy full time, but i am enjoying felling and climbing, and i enjoy the variety. Yes it is worth pursuing, but not many are cut out to be trainers. Give me a tinkle if you want 07966792798
  10. slack ma girdle
    I always think of Lawson as sweet like Turkish delight
  11. slack ma girdle
    You will have a days verification to see if you have the required knowledge and skills. You need a teaching qualification (PTLLS), H&S qualification (IOSH), and then a week long standard setting course. I think it took me about 18 months. It costs a lot!
  12. slack ma girdle
    The woods i am in at the moment Is 650m3 of good quality spruce. The owner had tried 3 or 4 contractors , and all said the same thing, it wasn't worth there while as there wasn't enough volume to make it cost effective.
  13. slack ma girdle
    I suspect that once the hire company finds out what you want it for, they won't let you have it. Most hire diggers don't have fops guarding which you will definitely need . I priced up a stroke head for my Doosan, and that was around £35k. I can not justify it. Manual felling and a digger with a grab to sort and stack the timber for the forwarder will speed thing up. Shear heads have a lot of limitations, but in the right situation are very effective. The other issue which is always overlooked is lifting capacity. It will be a very expensive mistake when you get it wrong. It is very hard without practice to judge how much of a tree you can lift.
  14. slack ma girdle
    The 30m/s cut off for saws, is because of chain shot. Below this speed it is unlikely to happen.
  15. slack ma girdle
    Doosan working hard over the last couple of days.
  16. slack ma girdle
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  17. slack ma girdle
    I like the waxcap photo 👍 Wot are the small blobby ones?
  18. slack ma girdle
    Any thoughts, i am heading towards a Woodwax, but not sure. Growing out of a bed of spruce needles .
  19. slack ma girdle
    If it falls, what is it likely to fall on? If nothing of importance leave it alone to do its thing, don't park near it particularly in stormy weather.
  20. slack ma girdle
    Ask if they have had a BS5837 tree report, and what mitigation measures are in place. You will have cause to object if they haven't. The tree will become a bone of contention in the future because of its proximity
  21. slack ma girdle
    Absolute Peanuts, if you are lucky. Someone is making money from biomass, but it aint the likes of you and me
  22. slack ma girdle
    We are losing alot of Lawson's cypress to Phytophthora here in west Wales. They normally have the dark lesion on the bark.
  23. slack ma girdle
    I've had the solidur water proof jacket from Chris forestry for 18 months, and it is still waterproof. Good value at less than £100
  24. slack ma girdle
    Don't tell anyone that in west Wales . You can't make a living selling roadside at that price. Lucky you
  25. slack ma girdle
    The big disadvantage of skip chain the resulting damage when you hit something, less teeth massively inceases the amount of damage. One nail can result in loss of half a tooth. I have stopped using skip chain.

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