Joy Yeomans

i think its a subsidiary of CPL the oil and coal people

on our pto tw, we had similar prob, it turned out to be the relay vibration, theeres two relays one for the two paddles for feed and reverse, try swopping them round might cure it - but not sure if yours has electrical relays on them

back pack with a seat is brill, we had one given to us many moons ago from i think it was forestry magazine, the only prob was it was dark green - and you had to remember where you put it - something hi viz would be a good idea - that could act as a refeullng point\safety area - sometimes hard carrying boxes go brittle in extreme cold weather weve found, possibly something that can be swilled out or act as a bund if containers leak? when we skyline to send the lad his kit up so hes not always coming back down he hill for butties/flask/fags send all equipment up in a big duffle type rucksack - possibility?

the brunetts a good small machine for tight areas - would still carry some timber on it for size of machine - price about right and the timberjack ok price wise could haggle a bit on that

will have to put our prices up, as we had only been selling at £50 cube for seasoned hardwood!

if its any good davetaz, we have softwood seasoned larch in nets bags filled by machine to well packed (45X60CM NETS), 50 nets on a pallet, could wholesale these to you for £1.75 each inc VAT if thats any good? you could probably get 2-3 pallets on a large ifor williams? - situated just off A50 at Uttoxeter so probably just out of your area - but if we can help - give us a pm.

how much for a cubic metre of salt and would this fit in to a builders bag , how many grains or barrow fulls in your 5kg sacks:001_tt2:please hahahaha

15 tonnes on nice beech thinning - 10 tonnes prob the norm - (2 x 6 tonne botex trailer fulls) but weve got some bloody good guys! and im really proud to have them work with me! - Mick, Tony i hope your reading this - Im bosting about them now - theyll get all big headed in the morning!

was that for firewood? - who can make that pay at that rate? - i better start shifting some to Norfolk then

i really dont think anyone would pay that for standing, do you mean roadside - or is it something special like gold plated timber:001_huh:

andy - in same position as you - we have been contacted by a number of people who want to gain experience - see if this is for them - but we arent a charity either - and lads have to understand how this sector gets to its prices i think which then in turn gives them their wages - we dont run on a daily rate which we charge the customer, its on tonnage felled usually, and then only on what you can get for that timber - what the mills or other purchases will pay. if you felling for pulp at £14/t you cant pay big bucks

if your not pushing your men to hard, have a fag break etc, you should get at least 2 timber trailers of wood out of them a day ie. about 15 tonne each man. working 8-4 daylight hours. trouble is newbies - inexperienced - even lads who have got tickets etc can seriously hamper work rates, picking trees to fell if thinning, cutting to low/too high, getting them snagged up, all can pull you off your felling and lower the daily tally. - making a good job soon turn into a bad one

ditto what work would they be doing? whats your budget? work back from that?

£400 a week for being self employed isnt that bad?! as you wont need to lay out alot to start off not much insurance costs etc, claim back all your fuels etc against income claim all your reciepts back against tax, if your looking at this as a money maker stick with the building trade or look to set yourself up in the longterm as a fully trained up tree surgeon. or get your aerial rescue tickets to get a better rate. also from your other threads wanting to get into forestry - i think youll find monies even tighter there and harder to earn. imo

Happy New year to everyone on Arbtalk lets all hope 2010 is better than 2009, thanks to all those who run the forum its brill!

sent you a PM kinojango

how others percieve us - not really had a problem with that, we get on with alot of builders who we do site clearance for and work well with them as we do with digger drivers, etc adn other trades - no sorry not had that problem

speaking as an Arb wife (forestry & tree surgery), i often feel that people I meet within the whole industry fall into two distinct camps - 1, love the outdoors the work, trees and general love of what they do, 2, the glory boys I would call them who love being in their kit basicly, and do it solely for the money and percieved kudos of the job? as for associations - pass as for pricing structures, being taken seriously by customers or potential customers, sometimes i feel we are being taken the p... of sometimes - as you quote and get "well what if i pay cash and can you do it for less, or £XXX amount for that - ill do it myself!" you wouldnt haggle with the grocer for your shopping or the mechanic for your new exhaust - obviously we always recommend to the customer to ask for multiple quotes - it keeps you on your toes and keeps the industry moving along, but when you are fighting for work and the local "milkman" or whatever says Ill do it for £50 or whatever your never going to compete and the problem comes i feel that customers dont realise our costs to stay bona fide training, insurance, machinery, wages, membership of said associatons! our industry has had bad press from the fly by night transit tree men who come along and do a job then travel to the next town and arent seen again the forestry commission doesnt really want to get in talks with contractors unless you are buying standing timber from them and then you have to have all your papers and insurances etc in place, which isnt a bad thing - this could sort the wheat from the chaff by if they then released a nationwide list of bonafide contractors who meet their standards and this could be accessed from the web by potential clients. just my thoughts, hope this adds a bit of spice to the topic, bored and got flu !! my husband will probably come in later and say what have you written now! and totaly disagree with this post

forwarders like this are great on steep slopes BUT haave to have band tracks ando r wheelchains on - then it wouldnt be able to go on a highway - driven forwarder trailer would be better or winch together and pull out

got the climber to come back down once the chain on - always remembering that H&S! - no small fluffy animals or arborists were hurt during the take down of this tree:lol:

told you it was a quick job - when i realised it wasnt going to chip we scarpered, thought id got a 6' opening on that chipper, then i realised it was only 6" but size isnt everything is it? - NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A TIMBERWOLF - ONLY THE WOLF DELIVERS

no - that was caused by walking through the brambles in the wood - no one likes wet pants !

no - actually when looking at a rhodie clearance job on saturday - walking the site, a bow had split out of it and left the hole exposed, went down at least 6 foot and I was not stood on the bottom in the shot - amazing how still standing - love old trees