Highland Forestry

What sort of venue do you need Paul? Could do it at my premises..

Where about in Scotland Billy?

I still make it 23.3k

I know one thing, it won't be purchased by anyone in the forestry game, or arb!! Nice pad!

Is it a rail clearance? Try to get interim payment terms from your client!

I disagree, it could only be done for 15 grand if you were in business to go bankrupt! You have to think of financial exposure as well as ongoing maintenance for saws, choppers etc. There's also the risk that the client may not pay for 30 days or more adter completion and if it's a big company possibly 90 days after completion which means at 15k you will have worked for nothing, had 4 guys and kit tied up for nothing and have to sit out the extended credit.... This kind of scenario can brake a business if not managed properly

This is the first I've heard of this Paul, what is the intended workshop about??

I loosely worked it out to 23,350 if that helps at all

Tara - would you go for a mix of forestry and arb work in Speyside? We're about 10 mins north of Aviemore. Matt [email protected]

maybe he meant 5.0 acres??

That's not a big beech! what will we do after lunch?!

Yours for 350k I believe! Lovley bit of kit, I'd give my left bollock for one! But I doubt that's worth 350k, lol

One of them was reconditioned, not sure about the other. The recon head was a keto 100

I saw some good second hand harvesting heads on mascus a few weeks ago, they were around the 5k mark. Have a look on YouTube for Timbear lightlogg c, I think this could be the future..!

In that case, you could suggest the owner contacts one of the bigger players like kings or someone like that about selling the whole lot standing and letting them do the hard work

Just thinking here... You should be looking around 40,000t of timber there..... sod hand cutting that! No machinery = no felling here i'm afraid mate.

Preventative maintenance saves thousands..... that's all i'm saying!

If you are being asked to price it, it most likley means that you have been invited to tender because it's far too steep for machines or not suitable for machines. Others have discussed steep slope working machines (and their various benefits) in this thread but IMO if it was just a case of using steep slope sloggers then that's what they would be doing before even considering asking someone in for motor-manual operations. My suggestions would be: ...Skyline it with an excavator based skyline, be prepared to pay up to £25 a ton for extraction or thereabouts... skyline systems can take timber out of anywhere regardless of terrain. ...Winch out with a decent tractor winch if suitable to top or bottom - we often use this method and it works well for us, albeit not as productive as forwarding. ...Price it at 10t per man day, as you should easily achieve this if it's half reasonable timber. ...If you have any doubts about what you are doing, how long it will take and the financial exposure then leave it well alone as you'll get your backside handed to you, and these are the kinds of jobs that can catch you out. ...Sub it out to someone else and add a margin on the top for your management time. Finally - good luck with the job if you go for it, sounds an interesting one!

Yep, buy a tree spade and print off a catalogue of prices! Essentially what your man has there is a nursery... be careful with the roots though, they'll need to be spaded out and then wrapped in hessian for transport.

Get a good chat with the TO I would.... they're too close to the building to stand for future disease inlets and undermined root systems!

AB2000 is another one, based in Glasgow

You could try James Jack, they might have one in the area James Jack Lifting Services Crane Hire

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!! NICE TREE JOB! Whoever did this.. keep your head down and your mouth shut. lmfao!!!

We'll sell to you at £50 a ton then Chris if 36 is too cheap.

Yep, I would think that he will need ot look for standing sales from FSC certified stands and then he can sell it as FSC controlled rather than FSC certified. £2000 for FSC accreditation seems extremely expensive - about 1k sounds about right (maximum)