Stephen Blair

Morning, off to physio just after 8am then we start on a Robo job for Capper habitat at the foot of the cairngorms. Dogo is going to love it, he doesn’t know it yet. His jobs to make sure nothings hiding in the Heather, when he sees his visi vest comeing out he’s going to explode 😂

Morning Doug, tomorrow sounds like a day to utilise the youngsters back strength and energy! I was up at 4am for changeover, wee one in sleeping much better through the night, she’s actually sleeping!🤔😂 going to take the chipper off the front of the mog as it’s off to fabricators to get barn doors made for the back, she isnt getting used as a chip wagon these days so going to utilise her a bit more for shifting logs.

Morning, I’m on my weekend night shift. A smooth change over at 3.15am, fed and changed and in her bed smoothly. Now I’m wide awake!😂.

Morning, it’s been dry here. Yesterday we got the sketchy trees done in roaring winds. A day of a pit in my stomach watching Big Davie climb. He’s 6’4’’ for scale. First time in 2 years I’ve ever seen him nervous. Old sweet chestnuts, just by their best and beside a 300 year old barn church. The last 1 was the biggest we’d both ever worked on. Easier day today, 1 beech and a tidy up with machines, habitat piles, no chipping. Have a good 1.

The round cabs are amazing, forget all the bla bla bla about spares and costs, who cares. I can close my eyes and take myself right back to sitting in my little U900, the engine noise, the feel of the engine right beside me, I can do this with every machine I’ve ever owned, I’d easily have half a million quid in the bank by now if I just cut trees and didn’t have a love for machinery but where’s the passion in that. It’s the whole story of vehicles. It’s like watching a Top Gear adventure. The drive to get it, the meeting of others, the excitement of paying, funding, scraping together what you need to buy it, selling of stuff you don’t need, the breaking down, the bits you hate about them when you first start driving them but by the end up, you know every quirk to start, to open a door, the gear that’s not happy changing down into but it’s all part of it. If you love that kind of life, buy a mog and Landy and have this job of cutting trees to pay for it. Cook bacon once on the silencer of a mog in a field or wood with your mate at work and a dog running about , that’s heaven right there guys!

What he said!😂

Morning, I had haggis last night too! 5 degrees here, most of the ice has shifted overnight which is great as my driveway was lethal. Reducing some sweet chestnuts for the rest of the week. Enjoy

Morning, we got given cake yesterday too! Still in the minus here but around 4 degrees in Inverness where we are working so that’s much better. Week 3 of the council job, extracting the smaller stuff with a hired in little Loader, really impressed with the comfort of this 1. Collected my new to me trailer too for the tractor so that’ll be getting filled up. The wee 1 is fare growing and certainly gets her hanger from me! Man she was raging last night, 5 bottles in 4 hours 🤔😂

I work in towns, never had a spotter. Not much different than driving a 6 cylinder tractor with that long bonnet, then add a roof mount and grab on grab bar, that’s a front end. Some people look for problems so you’ll find them. Make it work is my way of doing things.

afternoon, ive been on the weekend baby night shifts. out a pram walk earlier but roads are lethal with black ice but we got about 3k in so always something, more the fresh air for her.

There was a reason I had it briefly,it didn’t do what a mog does. mogs have Ptos, pto chippers were always a 3rd the price of rd tow, run it on cherry, free rd tax no Mot or tacho hassle. If by looking at 1 you can’t see the benefits then don’t bother buying 1, it’s not for you.

I’d love that little 4x4 rascal looking truck!

Morning guys, I’ve been slack on register again, I’m up and out for work just after 7am honestly. Council job is going well, I spend my day chatting to the dog walkers and passers by about why the trees are being felled and what’s happening with the wood. Let’s the boys get on with the job without me over looking them and keeps the council guys email box getting filled with questions, plus it’s easy on my back. Gave a wee lad a go of the digger, reckon he was about 3 years old so that’s a future operator sorted and an old boy was watching the robo scoot about the woods with the winch on so he got a go as well and was delighted. Have a god day!

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Morning, still mild, the snow that’s left is now ice and lethal but main roads are good. Physio, breakfast rolls and some maintenance type stuff today. And then see what happens. Have a good 1.

Morning, wild and windy here just now. It was 8 degrees last night so with the wind the snow should be shifting. We’ll head to work via the cafe and see what the day brings. Stay safe !

Morning! -4 and still lots of snow on the ground. My first morning shift with the wee 1 since Sunday as I was back to work this week. She went straight back to sleep after her 4.30am bottle so time for season 2 of Landman.

Morning, -8 when I went to bed and it was to get colder. No more snow. The roads were great yesterday and everything was crisp. Big breakfast at 8am with the boys and then an after lunch Friday finish all going to plan. Have a good 1.

Morning! Another scatter of snow last night.

Morning, we have around 8’’-10’’ of snow lying but the roads are gritted, everything’s just a little harder in the cold. Trailer hitches frozen, ratchet straps frozen, handles of container doors come off in your hand so you need to open it now with a shovel 😂. started a council job yesterday, monolothing some big beeches and sweet chestnut. have a good day.

Afternoon. No more snow and -2 here so that’s good, there’s that much snow there’s no way it will melt quick without freezing again. I hate cold feet! I stopped winter mountain biking because of it. A link to said tow warmers would be good! the wee ones nearly 5 weeks old. I’m back to work tomorrow. My arms feel like pencils and the sleep deprivation has left me like a walking zombie! 😂 going to have my first night in a bed right through tonight so hopefully that will charge my batteries!

Morning!

Morning, 0 degrees. Got out to do a few hours work helping a mate out yesterday and doing the same today. The village is a sheet of ice after we had a -8 to zero and back to freezing on Boxing Day. Did it again the other night.

My finest reduction yet.

Evening gents, hope everyone’s well. -7 at night, around 0 through the day today, misty and slippy! The wee one is 4 weeks old tomorrow.