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True enough.... 35 years is a long time! Where abouts you based??
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Any idea roughly how many ton per day the chopper took out compared to the skyline??
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Not sure which county it's in, but we did a big roadline felling job for the commission on the slopes of Benmore near Crianlarich a couple of years ago.. To say we timed it wrong is the understatement of the decade.. the rain fell vertical for like 3 weeks solid.. we were in digs and had to try and dry all out kit out every night, then in the morning we'd all be soaked to the skin by 08.30 - it was like a punishment, bu the trees were awesome, big big sitka, fantastic timber, and all felled to waste for them to put a road in. Not sure how much a chopper would be for extraction by the ton, but I believe a skyline comes in roughly £25 a ton and a small one will do roughly 30t a day... a chopper would be more but could take alot more tonnage out per day.
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Tis true that! Some of the best timber in Scotland came/comes out of a wood at Lochaline on the Morvern Penninsula - amazing trees in Argyll and all up the West Coast.
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That's awesome... Not the first time timber has been extracted in Scotland with a bird... From what little I know about helicopter timber extraction, it's a rather expensive way of extracting timber on a commercial basis, but I wouldnt mind betting that it competes quite nicely with a skyline on a price per ton basis.
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Hi Karl.. thanks for the reply. Drop me an email please, [email protected] We will be contacting people in the next few days. Accomodation is hard to find around here, but we have been looking into some basic accomodation for sub contractors. Regards, Matthew -
£25 here... the guy literally took 5 mins when he came, not even long enough to drink the cuppa we made him!
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Nice looking site, like the design!
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nice vid stevie.. looks like a nice wee job.
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Hi Martyn.. I have you're details here as somebody to contact... Thanks, Matt
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Required for a contract starting 08/03/2010, PTS Qualified Chainsaw Operative x 2 (Min CS30/31/PTS) PTS Qualified Labour/Chipper Operative x 2 We are currently finalising a contract to carry out vegetation clearance which is expected to last for 4 weeks. Any interested parties please contact [email protected]
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If you post onto an open internet forum then you openly accept that many people have different views - just a thought. I did offer constructive advice, I said that if you wanted more information you should send an application. The job ad clearly states: Please "Apply for this job" via eArborist in order to send your CV.
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Ok
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That's exactly what I'm getting at..
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Why should they give more information??? If you are looking for a job, and that one sounds like it's in your area then it's up to you to get off your arse and send an application, and then you will find out everything you want to know.. Just because the details are thin, dosent make then pikeys... and I'm sure they wouldnt be very happy about being banded pikeys on an open internet forum. They are registered at companies house, very pikeyish!! It's an advert for chainsaw operatives at the end of the day - what do you think is involved??!!
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I am aware of who developed it, and yes, I did mean the TreeMotion. It was Chris Cowell I met up with.
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I once had the pleasure to meet the guy who invented and developed the treemotion harness.. over a nice cup of coffee we had a good chat and he showed me how to set it up properly.. It's supposed to be worn low-slung like a pair of hipster jeans (just below the hip bone) and the leg loops highish to the harness.. the theory behind it is freedom of movement whilst working.
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Chainsaw Operatives - North Scotland
Highland Forestry replied to Highland Forestry's topic in Employment
Russ, Drop me an e-mail please with your CV and details of any relevant experience as well as your course details and curent commitments, we may well be needing folk for odd days shortly. Cheers, Matt [email protected] -
Glad you're ok mate... sounds like it had the potential to be much more severe, thankfully not though.
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Hang on... I suddenly see what you mean. Yep... scrap that idea then
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Yep, it wouldn't work if the anchor was set high
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Dont know if you've got any or not Stevie, but you know the wee bungee cord toggles you get, they're like a small piece of small diameter bungee with a big plastic ball on them.. you can choker that on the lowering rope at the same height as you are working and will stop the pulley from heading skywards...
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I called in the shop on the way home............
Highland Forestry replied to Mozza's topic in The Lounge
What's Buckfast then?? Brunch?? -
I am
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I have witnessed that going very very wrong and when the wedge went through the bore it caused the tree to snap off the hinge.. Needless to say the tree went down in the opposite direction to where they wanted it - it was in the wood so no harm done but it serves as a reason why I would rather have a smaller gob and have plenty of leverage through the backcut.
