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Highland Forestry

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  1. Hi Guys, I'm looking for a few extra hands for a railway clearance contract for two weeks in March (end of March). The job is in Aberdeenshire and is on Dayshift. Ideally looking for a COSS/Chainsaw Operative, and another PTS Chainsaw Operative or PTS Chipper Operative. Please e-mail [email protected]
  2. Sounds to me like you need to cut racks into the wood and thin into the racks, much easier for all concerned, more timber on the deck and far easier for the next thinning. Failing that, how are you extracting the timber??!
  3. The damage is caused by Brown Hares - very common in the snow - they will go for any green bark when there is snow on the ground. Nothing you can do to stop it other than shooting the hares or putting some netting round the trees I'm afraid.
  4. I had the good fortune to have my TM set up by one of the guys who designed it.. You should have the leg loops adjusted as high as possible and wear the harness as low as possible, like a pair of hipster jeans. The harness was designed to support and hold you whilst allowing maximum movement - if you feel uncomfortable at all then it's set up wrong. Once you get it right though, you really do notice the difference.
  5. And the moral of the story is.... geisha's are tight??
  6. Yes..... what you have there mate is a bonfire..
  7. Looks dangerous to me..... what happens if he goes over the handle bars!!! lol
  8. My standard line is 'Can you just's' start at £500 and go upwards..
  9. I used to work on one of these machines when I was on the commission...... out of the rain at least.
  10. You're completley legit then
  11. It still has to be declared though
  12. Are you saying that you are running a technically illegal sideline and paying no tax or NI contributions from your profits on an open internet forum? I wouldnt be prepared to comment on 'how much' you should be making per week 'on the side' as you shouldn't make anything on the side at all, it should be legitimate additional earnings.
  13. Hi Stevie - sorry, I've emptied my inbox now

  14. 29K new so it made fairly good money..
  15. could somebody have tampered with them after checks etc??
  16. is that a butchered helicopter???
  17. use the Force mate, use the Force...
  18. You wont be touching it at all over the winter.. I would base your quote on one cut of the grass every other week as a the framework for your pricing and then stipulate that additional visits can be made at the tennants request if they feel the grass is growing too quickly or want it tidied up sooner at an additional fixed cost of £xxx.xx
  19. nahhh you're too cheap mate..... up it a bit... They're paying £10k on Mars at the moment!! Its not supprisng considering the roadside cost of timber has gone up to £20k a ton in Narnia!
  20. going out on a limb.. I would think alot of what you are seeing is due to grazing by livestock in the past...
  21. 5k per cube...which we actually put into 0.68 M3 builders bags and sell as a cube We don't sell much though...
  22. Here Here!! There's a few others too.. £5 fine for anybody asking which chainsaw (stihl v husky) £5 fine for anybody asking how to go self employed £5 fine for anybody moaning about the price of timber at roadside
  23. Sounds like a good candidate for Stevie's Holder (if it's still for sale??)
  24. you've some nice kit!!!! Gte looks nice - how much can you sell them for?
  25. Get a pair of stabproof gloves, will cost you about £15 from a good industrial supplies shop - theyre made of woven kevlar and should stop gorse, thorn etc.

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