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  1. Highland Forestry
    You could also try taking three shots at a dartboard, adding up the score and then adding a zero wherever you deem fit
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    That's absolutley spot on... I had this with one of my lads last week.. If you're felling a largeish tree, it;s better to use a smaller gob if you know you are going to need wedges as you can knock them in further. If you use too big a gob then after smacking the wedges in a little way they rest up against the hinge and then you're in trouble. This is another reason we carry a 'specialist' wedge on some of our jobs
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    34ft circumference?? JC!
  4. Highland Forestry
    Depends how big your hill is!
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    Alastair.... contact scotweld mate, they supply agency COSS's
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    I tell ya..... you just can't get the staff!
  7. Highland Forestry
    I refer to mine as the '200
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    Sounds like a brilliant design idea to me! would find something like that very useful as well as affordable for £1k. It could be ideal for so many different jobs I think it would be worthwhile having it wethere you intend using it or not. One thought though... if it could be done and works, would the manufacturers not have already done it? I agree the tipper bodies on pick-ups do the styling no good at all so I would say you're onto a good one here!
  9. Highland Forestry
    A true masterpiece Tommy... top class!
  10. Highland Forestry
    A good pair of long-johns is deffinatley a requirement!
  11. Highland Forestry
    Funny you mention that.. My grandfather kept the agricultural engineers and motor mechanics/petrol station on Great Green in Cockfield for many many years and everyone calls him Reg. His name is actually Leonard!!
  12. Highland Forestry
    CHAINSAW OPERATIVES - NORTH SCOTLAND We are currently preparing a contract due to start 3rd February 2010 and may have the available resources to take on two additional staff for the duration of the contract. Approximatley 4 weeks. Contract location; Grantown-on-Spey, Carrbridge, Aviemore, Strathspey area. We would be interested to hear from any interested parties who currently hold NPTC CS30 & NPTC CS31 as minimum requirements. We envisage that these positions will be filled very quickly and so invite all interested parties to email [email protected] with details of experience, qualifications and relevant tickets held and full contact details.
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    From what I hear this kind of thing happens quite alot Matty.. been done to me also, although not with a planning app. The bigger companies are just as bad at it but I guess business is business. It's a low thing to do but it;s a sign of the times we live in
  14. Highland Forestry
    I've heard of very large clearfells being done for £6.50/£7 a ton, but usually by owner operators who have fully paid up machines. For thinnings the benchmark would be around the £10 a ton mark for a contractor, and if you are having a management allowance you might want to increase that further.
  15. Highland Forestry
    Cut and Extract to roadside for £7/t??? Not likley! More like £9 or £10
  16. Highland Forestry
    Dont you just love this job...
  17. Highland Forestry
    I just dont seem to get enough time to sit on the computer these days.. always got loads of stuff to sort out!!
  18. Highland Forestry
    Congrats Stevie.... that's some ammount of posts!
  19. Highland Forestry
    Ouch! Sounds like you were lucky Drew... glad you weren't higher! Hope youre back to health soon mate!
  20. Highland Forestry
    Nice looking reduction! Not sure what to make of the chapter 8 though!
  21. Highland Forestry
    Who cares?? it's a feckin animal!!!
  22. Highland Forestry
    I would LOVE one of these bad boys... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmYXGSgBj78]YouTube - 1st Woods Ported Dolmar 7900 (New muffler mod)[/ame]
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    Just noticed this thread... interesting reading. Tell ya what, you just cant beat a gypsy stick reduction from a ladder!! Ham - In this game we all make mistakes, errors of judgement and misconstrue specification from time to time.. You'r customer asked you to take as much off as you could, so that's what you did, but your idea of as much as possible is different to your customers.. well there's a whole can of worms that's different for every customer. Personally I think you took a bit much off her for my liking, and I know that beech are easily shocked so I wouldnt have been so heavy handed.
  24. Highland Forestry
    priceless!! Where did he think it was going to go with that much counterweight!
  25. Highland Forestry
    Looks like it did a bloody awful job!!! Impressive yeah, but what a mess!

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