Stu

Hi there

I'm looking for a couple of days a week doing groundy work or site clearance.

I'm based in reading but would be willing to travel 45mins or so.

I've been in the forestry industry for 6+ years. The tickets I have are cs30 31 32. Mo1 for tractor fmo for both purpose built and Agri cranes. Pa1 and pa6aw. Npors cherry picker, chipper, lantra telehandler and forestry first aid.

I've operated a tractor and trailer crane for the last two years and can pretty much drive all types of machinery, I've got all my own saws and a clean driving license.

If anybody has any work or knows anybody that does message me on here and il forward a contact number over.

cheers

Stuart

Bump again

Anyone at all?

Hi guys

I'm looking for 2 or 3 days work a week doing whatever.

I got a lot of work from a local estate but my boss is leaving and my role there is at an end also as he's leaving, i used to operate the estate forwaders But another contractor who has his own equipment has taken over the haulage and extraction which leaves no work for me.

I have cs30 31 32, pa1 pa6aw, FMO (agri) FMO (purpose built), Telehandler, MO1 CSCS a full clean driving license.

If anybody has or knows anyone pm me through here.

Stu

Ul get good visibility with those windows! Theres so many blinds spots in the n series tractors

Stuff that! 6p a tree! £90 for back breaking work ain't enough IMO

I've been asked to look at a large yard area that someone wants spraying. I havnt done masses amounts so not really sure what the rates are? Il be supplying all chemical and equipment

Cheers stu

I'm sorry for your loss mate! My thoughts are with you and your family.

The tractor I operate at work.

There was a article in the forestry journal a while ago with the exact same machine I think following a small harvester think it was owned by a small tree firm.

Hey guys

Gunna buy a new helmet soon, I've always bought the husky forestry lids but would like something with a bit more comfort ability and padding, was thinking the new protos but heard there not worth the money! It potentially might be used for a bit of climbing so one where you can take the chin strap off.

What's people opinions?

Hope its good firewood as we planted about 5 acres of it 2 years ago

How's it growing, we have some that's 2 or 3 years old and it's about 10 11ft tall on the good soil

Maybe the uk just has a growing population of young people a lot are probaly hard working but there will always be the ones that don't wanna work or make excuses, I know a couple of guys that have there own company's at 20 od and are pretty successful so it's not every young person!

A company based not to far from me in Reading

That tractor spends more time in the shop than in the woods. You must be harder on them than me:lol:

First time it's been in with me driving it mate! I take it nice and steady and try to look after it:001_smile: other problems have been caused by previous operators.

This would of happened eventually though. Top link in the grab had broke which had fallen down as I was opening the grab which got jammed between the ram rod and outer casing, so a small nick in the rod wrecked the seal:thumbdown:

Hey I swear I saw a thread a while ago were you were repairing something big in your tractor lol?

I had myn out last year! They burst during the operation because of this I spent a week in hospital with a tube in my nose into my stomach taking crap out of my stomach, was probaly one of the worst experiences of my life! In all it took over a month before I went back to work and another month before I felt right, I don't think your meant to lift anything heavy for 6 to 8 weeks.

My advice is not to rush back into climbing, it might look like its healing on the outside but it takes a lot longer for it to heal internally.

It's hard to be off work for so long but it will go quicker than you think

Stu

Hi guys

Just seeing if anybody needs a hand wed and thur or either? Reading area

The tractor I drive is in the work shop so I don't have any work for a few days.

The tickets I hold are.

Cs 30 31 32. Mo1. Telehandler. Pa1 and pa6, cherry picker , first aid

I have my own saw

Cheers

Stu

Meindl woodwalkers are the best boot I've owned! I love the gortex

Well that's life, that's like saying you wanna go fill your trolly at Asda but don't want to pay what it costs. Bit of a poor attitude towards log sellers really.

I agree! Everybody wants free timber nowadays, I think people think we get the wood for free, they don't realise the effort that goes in to doing firewood.

Hi all,

Just wondering what's the Best way of finding contracts as I haven't a clue where to start.

 

Any Help appreciated

Forestry contractors or Arb?

6th jan long break well deserved

I wish I could have that long off! too busy to have to long off, are you a climber Amy?

Nothing worse than making the call of shame.

Ha ha too right not that it's happened yet but you know when every bodies away will be the time something happens!

Not that it matters if I go in tommorow though I caught up with all the firewood deliveries before I left, will probaly go in to repair a tyre.

I'm meant to be forwading tommorow and hauling the timber on the road but with the head forester away and all other contractors apart from one away I might wait till Monday to start again it's pretty wet in the woods atm and if I did get stuck nobody about to give me a hand

Was gonna be tomorrow (To Start a large Ash reduction)

but with the weather forecast

have pushed it on for next monday 30th

which keeps tomorrow open for call outs

Sounds a good idea! U don't wanna be climbing anything if it's meant to be anything like we had the other day.

Tommorow, cant stand all this hanging about.

Lol how much time you had off then? this is my third day