Joy Yeomans

just like you steve, so our retail stocks sales build up is slower than we were for stocks this time last year, although weve still got the same amount tonnage wise at the yard it will definatley take longer to process as all either twisted or over/undersize for the processor. nice striaght 10-14" diametre stuff i think is all but gone in the hardwood areas, weve got some 200t nice larch coming out this week and still got some striaght as a die spruce about 120t which will transaw loveley. build up my muscles with the sledgehammer and wedges splitting down these massive beech and hornbeam trunks the lads have ringed up for me, quartering them so i can just about move them to the logsplitter:lol: all the best steve, -hows the larch coming through the kindlet steve did you give it a try? joy

hi yeti , just measure the height in cm, the width in cm, and the depth in cm, times all three measurements together i.e. 75cm x 75cm x 125cm = .70m3 (.75of a metre x .75of a metrex 1.25metre = .70m3 hope ive got my maths right now! will be blasted if i dont have. all the best joy

yes - count us in, sorry only just saw this thread,after tommers prompt on the other thread to rally us all round - must have blinkers on as i didnt see it before tonight joy

we can take log and clean chip at our yard near uttoxeter. please ring me for details , can take large vehicles no problem. tea or coffee waiting for interested parties:thumbup: joy on 07971 220186 yard open usually 8-4 mon-fri or out of these hours by appointment please let me know your coming to inform the lads.

max outputs and top outputs can all be achieved if got good straight timber, but we invariably get the thinnings where you pull out the twisted bent bit to leave the straight nice trunks, so we have good days and slow days, but as long as its all in drying nets come end august im happy joy

if we get our act together and do it with our friends, i will post and invite who ever wants to come - not sure if anyone will be interested but we are thinking along the lines of a vintage/classic "tractor playday", Rohans always done ploughing etc as a farm contractor but hasnt done any match ploughing etc, and doesnt want to compete in proper ploughing matches as he couldnt stand to get on and off the tractor measuring etc - too much faff, but we bought a old plough for our vintage tractors and our friends have got similar set ups so we thought when the corns off, have a play day and have machinery demos working tractors etc, we saw a similar event held over lincolnshire last year for Roadless, so - watch this space pete - thanks joy:thumbup:

thanks guys, just had a look on the web and i could sit a food hygiene cert. city and guilds online for £25 so i may do that to cover ourselves and go from there - will then have to look into the insurance side of things then, and toilets, st. johns etc H&s with working machinery thanks joy

when we fell by hand large broadleaves, we find if cutting for firewood, cut to the longest lengths possible which we stick to 12' easier to fill each bay of the artic and fills the deck of the transaw quicker and therefore processing is quicker , smaller lengths to us means more handling more often by machines

we are thinking of running a mini ploughing/ tractor/logging working day with a friend of ours and possibly doing the catering in house - got the large oil drum bbq, would be run through the local tractor club were members of, so initially we thought no public just members of the club. could this be done, or do we need to have food regulation certificates and food trading licences? any body know? the more we are thinking of doing it the more it sounds like a minefield, but we we're enthusiastic at the initial thinking stage now sounds like too much trouble? joy

following on from this thread , this may be the same thing thomson has posted, but i have been contacted by i would assume the co. that make these "remote alarms" if any body wants their contact details please pm or email me and i shall forward on - i wont post their details on here , but will post the email received , as i dont know anything about the company so please email me for his details; received today Hi Joy, I was reading the “lone working” thread on Arbtalk and thought I would share this with you (as you have an email contact listed), and let you decide what to pass on to Arbtalk members. A couple of the posts mentions devices – one a panic button and another the SPOT2 device. Also another post mentions “have a policy”. These are all the right tracks that people should be considering for staff who work alone. This does not necessarily mean that they are a sole trader, but if they regularly spend time by themselves throughout the work day AND face a potential risk to their safety, then they need a lone worker strategy. The first thing is to assess each the risks, and work out the best way to deal with them. The second thing is to document it in your “policy” and share it with the relevant people. This policy (and following it!!) is the main activity in complying with OHS legislation and workplace regulations. Given the discussions in the thread, most likely lone worker safety will be achieved via a lone worker device. There are devices on the market that can support lone workers through Impact Detection, Lack of movement, Rip Cords, Panic Buttons with Inbuilt voice calls, tracking options, and 24/7/365 Remote Monitoring Centre support. The costs of these solutions are far less per month than a day’s wages paid to a general labourer. Regards, Nick

us battleaxes can be quite frightening when alarmed:blushing: mrs. battleaxe yeomas (joy)

are you buying or selling Dave, sorry for being a big thick on this, but am i reading this as your wanting to buy in processed logs or are you selling processed logs ? sorry joy

good old dogs, i remember many years ago, before i was married, my mum had proudly displayed her crown derby in the bay window - big mistake, some scum tried to jimmy the window - unbeknown to them our english bull terrier was asleep underneath, - she was a little deaf ,but soon woke up to bite them on the trouser leg as they tried to get in, my brother jumped out of bed with y fronts on and chased them down the street - a sight to be seen! with bull terrier in full flow all the street heard that one! but they must have been good runners as they got away from both dog and man, and my brother is mega fit runner joy

we only stack in the summer months for deliveries when we're quiet and charge £15, during winter as steve says, too busy joy

just had the fright of our life, pitch black outside and past the window flies a chinese lantern all fired up, i hate them, bloomin nuisance with hay making on the way and i think theres no place for them - am i being a party pooper or anyone else feel the same way joy

yes , i suspect you will be too out of your depth on this xjack, unless theres only 1 larch tree per 100 acres:blushing: still got us all thinking

is this a college that has previous in arb/hort courses and has lost its way and lost its funding or not had a good track record in these type of courses, would you be better cutting your losses and going to an "arb" type college and getting onto the Royal Forestry Society course, thats both practical and theory and has a good grounding for both sides to move onto further things? any hort/arb types you know who can help with walking idents/ visits to arboreteums for inspiration. all the best joy

as family guys , i would rather have my husband and no money or homeless rather than husbandless, - we scrape by because we have two full time lads, yes if we tried to do it all alone we would probably be better off and our employees sometimes have more money in their pockets then i do in my purse! - but i wouldnt want Rohan felling or in the forest alone, sometimes they do go in and forward out etc on their own but ring in to each other every few hours etc - only a few months ago rohan was in the tractor and jumped out to clear a blockage on the nokka and jumped straight onto a metal spike, it went right through his foot and through his chainsaw boots, tony administered firstaid, he was miles from no where and no mobile signal - 3 days off work with antibiotics -but he could have bled to death take care all you forestry men - and tree men and firewood men for that matter - machinery and what we do is dangerous -lets all come home safely - even if were poorer for it joy p.s. sometimes school leavers are ok, but you are busy watching them sometimes and not watching what your doing or using up to much time overseeing them

i think 3 times is a bit much, as i know a hell of alot of forestry contractors looking for work at the moment, so its getting more cutthroat and tight on prices - you dont want to loose it, but you dont want to be too low that you dont cover yourself good luck joy

does it need skylining, is it a real pig of a slope? are you able to forward out resonably well? theres alot to consider and unfortunately you sometimes make blunders with pricing before you get it right, 500 acres is a hell of a lot, is it all good diametre stuff? theres alot of things to consider so check and go over it again a few times before you give in your price - stacking areas, access etc, distance to mills/end user/customer, price off customer etc, harvesting problems sorry cant be more specific but without looking couldnt help on prices joy

as farmer ben says, browns is a good machine, with a large ram, it hardly if ever gets stuck in a knotty rock hard bit of wood - convert to single arm control, as we have and its a good machine

v. good, im sure steve irwin himself would wrestle that croc.

i think for the customers who keep insisting on hardwood , i am going to give a free net of softwood, and ask them to trial it - nothing ventured nothing gained? what do you guys think?

gas going up 10% , electric going up 19%, Martin Lewis the money saving expert on Jeremy Vine radio 2 this afternoon, was urging everyone go online and go to the comparison websites and fix your electric or electric and gas tarriffs for the next few months, dont always pick the first cheapest as it may not be the best for you personally he advised. ive just sorted ours with uswitch and it seemed very straight forward. whats to loose, - and alot to save?