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120-140K !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????????? HOLY S***!!!!!!!!!!! Cheers Jay, pics are good... can get alot more from a picture than words. I had no idea they were that kind of money... that's unreal. Having said that, if you need one, you need one I suppose. City of London Council must have a much better budget than me
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Well we had her out this week on a small job - very very impressed. Even chips gnarly Scots Pine with relative ease, just drags the whole lot straight in.
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Ahh you'll have to go one better now Tommy! Maybe a huge nodding dog?? The churchill dog would be smart!
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How quiet are you??? Might have some work available for a couple of guys if you dont mind working up in my neck of the woods - drop me a PM if you're interested
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Been reading up on the Leo 30.... that's the one we need, it checks all the boxes I can think of, and your pics of it working in the woods give me alot of confidence that it will do the job well. I was looking at a company about 25 miles from me in Inverness - they hire the Teupen units but the biggest the do is the one below the Leo 30.. Will be calling them tomorrow to see if they can get a bigger one, if not I might have to look further afield. Out of interest, what are they to buy new???
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Winchyganobirchfracture-technique
Highland Forestry replied to David Humphries's topic in Picture Forum
To be quite honest, no... We just ripped them clean out, but they weren't huge branches, only around 5' diameter. They looked really good afterwards, and although a non-orthodox approach to pruning I was happy with the results. For larger branches, I would deffinatley have used a starter cut as they took a fair bit of pressure to rip out. This reminds me of another job we did last year removing non-natives from a SSSI oakwood. The spec was not to damage any of the oaks but owing to the fact that we were required to fell some very large beech, inevitably some of the oaks were damaged on thier extremities which ended up with some really good looking fracture pruning, completley by accident, which the owner was very pleased with!! Deffinatley have to get some pics for you.. -
Congratulations mate!! My first was born 11 weeks ago.... a life changing experience for sure!!
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Winchyganobirchfracture-technique
Highland Forestry replied to David Humphries's topic in Picture Forum
Kind of related... We did some crown lifting and lower branch pruning on a couple of oaks along a field margin to allow for tractor clearance a few weeks ago.. Wanted to get some fracture pruning in to help the trees blend in with the natural fractures that were around in near by oaks... We put tag lines into the branches, at strategic points and simply ripped them out with a winch. I'll take pics next time i'm by.. works really well! -
If it's really hilly and steep, get logbaron in with his skyline!!!!!
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If you can find a contractor with a tractor, you could see about finding someone with a set of double drum winches on the back for skidding... Anywhere the tractor can't get to, to load the timber, it can skid extract until it can load it up. Honestly, for 50t you just won't get a forwarder to look at it... and then even if you paid all that expense, would th etimber be worth it? if it's all prime softwood sawlogs it's only worth about £1500, if it's all hardwood lengths for firewood it's still only worth £2k.. If it's a private job, or your own wood etc - why not look at getting some kind of forwarding trailer behind a quad and hand load it, for the sake of 50t you could save yourself alot of money. Failing all that just get a local contractor to come and have a look at the job, they will tell you exactly what can and can't be done and how to go about it.
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I doubt very much if you would get a forwarder in for just 50t, wouldnt be worthwhile for any contractor unless their machine was in the next compartment or just along the road or something. Tractor and forwarding trailer would be your best bet - can't comment on rates too much but most likley you'd pay around the £7/t mark for extraction or the contractor might want a day rate for such a small tonnage. Best to get a local contractor in, machine hire would be expensive and bare in mind if you opt for a forwarder it will need delivered on a low loader, and can only take stuff to roadside for you where you'll need to organise haulage etc. Is it hardwood or softwood??
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That's the kiddy for me.... that is exactly what we're after. Cheers Jay!
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looks a very very handy machine that!
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Nice looking machine.... is it not effectivley a tracked teleporter??
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Mount a stuffed Capercaillie ontop of it.... could have come straight out of a caledonian forest!!
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LOL well you've basically named 3 of my other clients!!!!!!!
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That's why I was thinking elm... The joists sound good.... sure I can find some somewhere.
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This will sound daft..... why not a small pond and use it as a water feature, waterfall type thing??
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Now that is a good tip!! Cheers for that... I was actually thinking it will be a pain in the backside moving all the plates every time we move the machine. I was thinking about disking up some elm to use as outrigger plates... might be a bit heavy though.
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no no no no no no no no no..... way off
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2 x PTS Climber / Groundman required
Highland Forestry replied to David Riding's topic in Employment
Personal Track Safety ticket.... essential to work on Network Rail infrastructure -
nope, getting colder now..
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Nope nope nope...
