Dean O

We are considering opening a post of team leader/supervisor. We are a small AAAContractor Based near Neath and Swansea with a wide range of clients. The suitable applicant should be able to demonstrate a high level of arb knowledge and experience as well as the ability to be responsible for staff and equipment. Common sense, efficiency of work, safety and speed is required. cs 30,31,32,38,39,40,41,chap 8, chipper & 1st aid. winblown, mewp and pa1+6 an advantage, as is trailer or pre97 test. I know i'm asking a lot but training to fill the gaps will be available to the right candidate if they can illustrate experience. Please email us with expression of interest and some of your details. many thanks Dean

Just a couple of pics of the tree in its setting. managed to make some time to positive the ID - Rigidoporous. I havent been asked to formally survey the tree but what would be the best form of further investigation? PiCUS? Dean. P.S - Steve you were right on your hunch

Thanks for the replies guys.... hadnt considered r ulmarius - to reduce the tree 'enough', i think, will result in further problems. unfortunately theres little scope for 'soil fixing' due to the tree being virtually hemmed in by concrete. Unfortunately its either fell or leave alone.

what, in your opinion, would the outcome be if its applanatum - I appreciate that on a good compartmentaliser such as oak it may be a different story - but HC and applanatum? would a vigorous hc be able to wall up despite its generally unreactive heartwood (or have i answered my own question)

do you mind if i use these pictures to illustrate the potential risk to the client. an absolute ID on the fb would be best but i cant easily get back to the tree due to distance and work load

darn it - was hoping it wasnt australe - specially since its on HC. so given that the crown seems in good vigour i assume its approach is destroying the supportive tissue but not the conductive tissue.

didn't know whether to tag this question onto Hama's Gano thread so my appologies. visited a lovely HC today. no sign of pseudomonas, a little leaf miner (but very little for these parts) good healthy crown, no peripheral dieback (suggesting little disfunction).... but with these two considerable brackets my first thoughts are that they are applanatum associated with localised damage on this part (tension side) of the stem (approx 2m from GL) and that the Gano is feeding on the wood in this damaged area alone - saprophytically (if this is actually a word). the tree seems to be putting on adequate reactive growth - but HC being HC... I dont like to knee jerk to say fell and I'd be rather upset to remove this tree only to find that it was unnesesary on disection (as would the client). its a dificult one to answer, i know, without microscopy and possibly a resistograph but its close to a road and a building..... so whats your opinions many thanks

hi guys is there anybody in south wales (or will travel) with a portable mill? three large beech buts to be milled clients after a day rate. (tho likely to be two days) intention is for us to fell the buts and you to come in and plank them. theres a small tractor with front loader on site. any interest? give us a call if you would like a site visit.

my advice was firewood to be honest but said i'd get a second opinion just incase you guys knew better from experience. unfortunately it wont be left lying around as they hope to renovate the coach house. but there are three other similar sized standing beech that they also hope to mill if anyone is interested? will require a large portable. will be posting another thread. thanks guys

I'm told the tree came down approx 2 years ago squashing what was left of this old coach house. suffered from Kretz. (but from the clients description possibly also merip) obviously some decay. my thoughts were that any salvageable planks may be poor quality - if only with interesting patternation. Is it worth the time (and cost to the client) milling it?

Iain H. - thanks yes if he wont mind you passing his details over that would be good. The site isnt helped in that its very steep and exposed - many trees have suffered from drought and the windblow is getting worse. - probably due to the the block to the north having been felled in the last couple of years. on the edge of the tip is sitka - which is doing well though it looks like it missed out on its last thin.

"The UKTC website has a lot on this in the archives" have had a look in the archives - cant find anything relevant - what did you type in to find? many thanks

the site has had trees present for 25-30 years unfortunately there has been little diversity so there is bareley a layer of moss covering the spoil. it would be preferable for the site to be comercially viable if at all possible. any ideas welcome

thanks for the replies guys. i would idealy like to fell and replant with hardwood. the site fronts onto a steep bank with "ancient" oak woodland and backs onto forestry commision land. what I'm worried about is clearing what is currently there and failing and repeating the process. I have the feeling that the trees have just been allowed to get too big for the site soil conditions as the root balls on those that have lifted are very compact. Fungus: great reply thank you what part of the wood industry would the timber be aimed at for processing? would the best bet be to restock and fell prematurely? rather than allowing the site to over mature

thanks for the input guys the blades are changed regularly - and it seems to happen even when a fresh set is on - unless its an anvil wear problem perhaps? will check out the wiring as a possible too

Hi guys does anyone have any advice or anecdotal evidence/ opinion on forestry trees planted on disused coal tip sites. does anyone out there have any experiences from working on such sites? do they succeed. whats its like to manage them, work with them? will replanting be succesfull is ph of substrate influencial on species selection looking at a site which seems to be sitka and logepole pine (25-30 year old). lots of dead and windblown. and wondering whever the site will ever be succesfull and how. if the site wont sustain large trees would replanting with broad leaf coppice species be comercial viable/succesfull thanks for any input Dean

hi guys struggling to find anyone with pa6aw just need one site sorting now so a days spraying required if anyone is available or you know anyone: i'm in south wales area give me a call or email Dean

occasionally the rollers on our tw150 will stop rolling (accompanied with a worrying gnnaaargh noise). the flywheel keeps spinning and rollers will resume normal use if you press either the outfeed or infeed button on the flappy paddle box to get things going again. doesnt seem to have any corelation to the size of material and the normal stress control works fine sometimes you have to press it many times to get things going continually but will take material in one roller turn at a time paddle button problem or hydraulic? any ideas greatly appreciated

bump, still need someone to help out

hi guys had no response from the employment section so thought i'd post in here have a need for a guy with pa6aw possibly 4 days but sites could be tackled out of hours if your local chem ppe and knapsack can be supplied if req. swansea neath areas asap thanks Dean

why mount it on the body? could you lift a chipper in and out with the crane and even use the crane to tip the tipping body therefore dispensing with tipping gear too?

require a pa1,pa6,pa6aw qualified operative potentially four days work swansea area. must have tickets as above. reply ASAP by phone or email Dean [email protected] 01792 864053

unfortunately there will always be a market for cheep - frustrating i know, and for those that go out of business (because they are cheep) there will be another ready to take their place also working for peanuts. I would think that it is possible to make a living from firewood but You have to forget those that are selling cheep and market your business better than they do. Word of mouth i great but you have to build a client list in order to get this, quality alone is not enough without advertising that those quality logs are sat in your yard. I would imagine a succesfull firewood business takes a lot of hard work with high and consistent standards.

Alright rupe - it appeared that the chap hadnt had that many guys stick there hands up that were interested in actually helping with the task. while the best option for whatever consideration may well be a crane - if he couldnt find someone to help then what next and why? I like to learn from other people and Just being nosey!

zipline?