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  1. 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!
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    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.
  3. 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.
  4. slack ma girdle
    The 30m/s cut off for saws, is because of chain shot. Below this speed it is unlikely to happen.
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    Doosan working hard over the last couple of days.
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  7. slack ma girdle
    I like the waxcap photo 👍 Wot are the small blobby ones?
  8. slack ma girdle
    Any thoughts, i am heading towards a Woodwax, but not sure. Growing out of a bed of spruce needles .
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. slack ma girdle
    Absolute Peanuts, if you are lucky. Someone is making money from biomass, but it aint the likes of you and me
  12. 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.
  13. 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
  14. slack ma girdle
    Don't tell anyone that in west Wales . You can't make a living selling roadside at that price. Lucky you
  15. 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.
  16. slack ma girdle
    Another one for the Solidur, cheap, hard wearing, and long lasting.
  17. slack ma girdle
    The smaller ones will never attain their potential, and reduce the growth of the surrounding (better) trees. You have to be ruthless when thinning
  18. slack ma girdle

    2023

    slack ma girdle posted a topic in The Lounge

    It can only be a good year, when it starts with this !
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  19. slack ma girdle
    @AHPPgood points particularly about the gloves. There is nothing worse than having to wear a gloves on the wrong hands because you have worn a hole in one, and trying to get a quick turn around . Mackerel mitted has never been so app.
  20. slack ma girdle
    Towie Works in Carmarthen sell everything you need. The conversation is really simple.
  21. slack ma girdle
    You have the experience to make the right decision as to which is the most applicable. No one system does everything. Starting with the basics underpins everything else.
  22. slack ma girdle
    Don't be so defensive, the point Mr Squirrel is making is a valid one, inexperience is the best way of making things go badly wrong. Which given the nature of forces involved can have a catastrophic consequences for the climber. The Arb industry is obsessed with shiny bling, when in reality 90% of the time is not really needed. Buy 50m of Marlow Nelson 3 ply, and learn to natural crutch rig properly . Sub contract to some other local companies and use their equipment to see what works for you Serbrooke tree services produced a good video on this.
  23. slack ma girdle
    If your bags are the same size as these, then they are 0.2 m3, which is 5 bags to the cube. Barrow Bags for Logs (Vented) SACKMARKET.CO.UK Heavy duty reuseable Barrow Bags for Logs with Vented sides 45x45x95cm high (approx) 4 x 20cm high lifting loops...
  24. slack ma girdle
    I don't get alot if these loverley trees, but they generally need some creative rigging, hence the videos. There has been a lot of other domestic jobs between these two, but nothing of note.
  25. slack ma girdle
    A quick bit of rigging just before Christmas. To stop the branches rolling down the hill we used mostly verticle speed lining. Quick and simple just like me !

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