Highland Forestry

Beale is a good option, or the tachyon

Please..... Not in public!!

You've done it now Justin....... you'll be bankrupt in 6 months with the amount of hob nobs you're gunna have to buy now!!!

Give AllyW a shout.... he may well be interested in the work..

Now there is an idea!!

I want to buy one of these.... I love the fact that it has two straps.... more stability. Have sent a PM asking some questions but no reply I'd just like to know where it was CE marked, and to what spec and also, does it have a EN number or a prEN and if so, what is the MBS. If it can satisfy the LOLER regs then put me down for one!!

The spey has burst it's banks just here with us, and whilst driving down the A9 today, the Tay was very high and part of the A9 was flodded thismorning near Pitlochry.... looks like we've had some serious rainfall in the last few days. Friends over the west coast were syaing it's been raining over there in parts almost non-stop for a month!

I'll second ed's appraisal. Matt - I would hate to get my helmet caught under a tractor!

Billy - what harness was it out of interest??? One thing I have learned in the last couple of years is not to be tight on buying kit.. buy shite buy twice and dont feel bad about spending good money on good equipment.

SWEET! That will make my life alot easier.

About bloody time!!! And will there be online account options for regular customers??

I'm with trust also and I cant rate them high enough... fantastic service, competitive reasonable prices and they know what they are talking about. I have my PL, EL, PI with them.

Jay, no driving license??? You'll struggle if you cant drive or don't have transport... also, if it's drink driving or motoring conviction related alot of companies wont touch you. Anyways, good luck etc but this thread should be in the employment forum mate... there's more chance of somebody with work available looking at it there and anybody with odd days available will post to that forum also.

David - can't really tell in the photos - have you stapled chicken wire or something over them?? They will be like walking on ice in a couple of years time. Lovley wood by the way, looks a great way of using timber you already have.

Billy - that is just not true, sorry. I think you will find that F R Jones are extremely competitve, especially with delivery and when buying multiple items. Infact, I have found the complete opposite to your statement above.

Give Cameron Yeo a call at Trust Insurance. 01604 492644 Dont bother with searching through quotes and comparrison sites, it's a very specialised insurance for the arb industry. Call Cameron, he'll keep you right.

I would just brace the tree and monitor. No need for a reduction and extra hassle. If at some point in the future the tree si still deemed to have a potential to fail and the situation looks worse then fell and re-plant.

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This is such a shame, I feel a bit of a lump in my throat reading that report... My heartfelt condolences go out to his wife and family. I can only imagine what the emergency services had to deal with at the scene of this accident, and I cant help but wonder how this happened and why he was not helped quicker. It just goes to reiterate what a dangerous job this can be and how accidents even amoung the experienced can and will still happen.

lol Matt, you can really see who 'rules the roost' in your office!! Dont feel hounded about the chicken.. you might end up barking up the wrong tree! hehehe

Was there any canabis left over???

This question comes up practically every week on the forum - why not use the 'search' function on the menu above to look for similar posts, there's loads of advice there. g'luck!

Erm - in my experience there is a hell of alot more paperwork involved in modern foresty contracting than there is in arboricultural work. There is a cross-over when it's commercial as the paperwork is similar on both sides of the industry BUT there is a big big big difference between professional contracting and domestic arb. How many domestic customers ask you to fill in a PQQ before quoting? and then ask for a guaranteed quote, and then a contractor questionaire, then copies of all tickets, insurance, risk assessments, method statements, local environment risk assessment, COSH assessment, FEPA record for pesticides... The one thing with forestry is that the jobs can be alot longer than arb jobs, ie, first thinnings could be a month or more or a variable density habitat thinning could be three weeks or brashing could be two months for a harvester. The paperwork for both is the same but the arb jobs comercially are done in days rather than weeks. For me, forestry is a lot harder than arb, especially as the gaffer - the paperwork, stress, cash-flow, organisation, chasing contracts etc Having said that, if you work for someone full-time as a cutter in the wood you work hard and get paid at the end of the week, no paperwork to think about and nobody hassling you it must be a much better job.

Bloody right! That's alot of money for traffic management!