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Found this on youtube.. [ame] [/ame]
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Whats the NMW now?? Isn't it something like £5.35/hr??
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Do any of you guys have to use urea to treat stumps?? It's great as a de icer.... it's got the same stuff in it that they use for de icing airport runways etc. I think it may be the amonia (sp?) that does the business.
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Totally agree.
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That's encouraging... think it will be for the best in the long run. I had guys coming out to labour a couple of weeks ago that were wanting £120 a day!! And that's with me supplying all the kit and PPE. I don't even earn that myself some days...so it's deffinatley not an option for labouring.
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Alasdair - Why not just buy your pro saw (make sure it's a Stihl) Any keep the ryobi as a back up saw incase your main saw breaks down or you need a slightly larger bar for the odd crosscut or fell. If you are a professional person in this game, you should really have a back up saw, amoungst other kit, which means you can start and finish a job competently. What do you do if you have gobbed out a tree, got half way into the back cut and your saw breaks down and there's no spare.. Failing that, if money is tight, you could find a smaller Makita saw - they are basically a Dolmer. A good friend of mine was telling me the other day that Makita bought out Dolmer and so the Makita saws are half decent.
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That sounds good advice - you talking from experience Volvo? I'd never want to insult anyone's intelligence, all we need from a labourer is someone who is hard working, prepared to get stuck in and dosen't expect to earn stupid money for a weeks work. I've had guys in the past few months that want ridiculous money for labouring, which brings on another topic - how much should a labourer earn? The can is well and truly open now.. lol
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Nice pics Pete, What do you use the one in the last picture for? Looks like it would be good for skidding.
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Has anyone ever used polish workers before? I hear allot of good things about thier work ethic and apparently they're pretty good at working hard. I have some piece rate work on that we need labourers for, have to see how our current guys get on in the next month or so, if I keep getting complaints and aggro I think i'll look for a squad of polish guys. Problem is, the pound is so crap at the moment they've all buggered off!
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I'd ground for her any day!! I'll even help her up the tree
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Sorry to hear that atree - hope you heal well buddy. Glad it's your ankles though and not something more serious.
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Dean I have to say I like your climber (avatar) - does she sub out??
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I have had similar problems in the last few months... I thought that there were supposedly thousands of people being made redundant and laid off work... Try to find a labourer though..... nae chance.
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Debarking
Highland Forestry replied to Highland Forestry's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
hmm, not sure what the answer is.. might look into hiring in a mobile debarking contractor.. take away all the hassle of it. -
cutting down a tree with a machine gun
Highland Forestry replied to Jason James Gairn's topic in Video forum
I like that idea, but blowing them up is much more fun... I would sack that guy for leaving such high stumps!! -
They have little clauses and criteria just like any other insurance company mate, any commercial policy will have some restrictions - but tell me about an insurance policy that dosent have some kind of restrictions.
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Debarking
Highland Forestry replied to Highland Forestry's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Log-ologist, Have you used the log wizzard attachments?? Are they any good? I've only heard good reports, but they would be coming from people trying to flog them.. -
Know the feeling - they are pretty harsh on young drivers. Defrfinatley go for a commercial policy, I found it much cheaper. Mine is 2 yrs no claims and a pass plus test and comes in at £530 fully comp for Mitsubishi L200 2.5TD
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Gladiator Insurance Insure it as a commercial policy - will cover all your tools and kit. You say your quote came back at under a grand.... I should bloody hope so!!
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Ok, talking of traditional methods.... can someone explain this whole 'branch rolling' thing to me?? Never heard that term before..
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LOL - one of the climbers on the night shift last week did that, abseiled down a near vertical cutting which must have been at least 25-30m and couldnt get the cambium saver back down, he had to walk right to the end of the cutting in the finish and walk right up the bank.
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I use a long strop which is a short length of Yale (XTC?) It's only about 10m long, but it's damned handy - can use it end on end when climbing as well, good in conifers with loads of branches. My main rope is too long for 80% of jobs we do, it's an arbormaster 45m job and it's more often than not a total pain in the arse.
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Has your dog got worms too?
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We use a monster Jensen PTO chipper on the mog when doing night shift de-veg, christ knows what size it will take, must be at least 12'. The thing is an absolute animal. We can feed a whole tree through it and it muches it like it was nothing.
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He is a very good dog Anyway, you can talk... playing with ya puppies!
