richy_B

Cat C is rigid bodies vehicle upto 32 tonnes. If you get that with +E you get the full on artic 44 tonnes HGV license. For 7.5t you want C1. with +E you get 12t combined (so 5.5t trailer). C1 will cover you for the smaller MOGs as far as I'm aware. Running a 7.5t tipper towing a chipper isn't very expensive in my experience. Around town I was still getting decent enough MPG and servicing was not a lot different to a transit. Above 3.5t you've got to be aware of tachographs and the various implications.

Shakey ground to be treading in my opinion. I don't really like lending out saws let alone a chipper so would be very reluctant. Insurance implications aswell.

In my opinion all arisings belong to you unless specified in your quote.

I think its well worth doing some climbing prior to spending a lot of money on courses. I also don't think there is any harm in taking it slow either. Lots of people rush to do 39 straight after 38 but I think there is some benefit to just concentrating on getting your climbing upto a professional standard. 30,31,38 are simple but from there on it you need to be competent and confident in your own abilities. I don't know about your driving entitlements (probably pre 1997) but its well worth having c1+e. A lot of companies want this as a minimum and C+E would be a real advantage. Good luck.

Do anyone know any UK suppliers of plastic stickers for stickering an air dried pile? Any links welcomed. Thanks.

Really appreciate everyone taking the time to comment. I'm from a countryside management and urban arboricultural background and know very little about commercial forestry so its all helpful. My plan is to move towards small sustainable forestry in the long term. The immediate plan is/was to take on something small that could be financially supported by my current business (hence not needing to make profit) that I could learn from. Hopefully something on a small scale would give you some insight into the pitfalls and difficulties of the industry. Despite the numbers not adding up I am still keen to give it a go. Again, thanks very much for the advice. I'm going to stick around on the forestry forum as its an aladdins cave of good info.

Sounds good but I think the 7.5t road will be an issue here. Going to look into it. Thanks.

I did think about this. Clearfelling and replanting with mixed native broadleaf and conifers. My background is in nature conservation so from experience I know that there is a lot of funding for restoration of native woodlands and habitat creation. I am going to keep doing my research on this. Thanks for the suggestions.

Cheers for all this, I've passed the links on to her.

A girl in my team is about to do her 30/31 and needs to get the PPE. Problem is she's a 3 1/2 shoe. Anyone got any links to a UK supplier for this size. 4 1/2 is the best I've found. Thanks.

Hello again, been doing some research on all the suggestions and unfortunately its been mainly negative. I am not completely giving up on it yet. My hope was to clearfell about 6 acres over the course of a few months and do it all on a small scale basis. As I assume in most cases doing the work isn't the problem its the logistics. The site is ok and I could work on it but the main problem I've found is access. The only access possible to the site is via a 7.5t limit road. Now I don't know much about forestry but I think its fairly obvious this is a major problem. Would this rule out any kind of economic forestry? I am not looking to make money necessarily but don't want to make a loss. What I am wondering is: If you turned up at a chip board processor/similar with 4T of average quality lodgepole pine on a timber trailer what would a fair price be? In honesty I have no idea. My hope is £15-£20/ton. Less than that and it would be curtains for this plan. Any more advice much appreciated. Please feel free to tell me to give it up if what I am asking is madness. Its just a good way for me to get involved with an industry I would like to move towards. Again not looking to financially profit from it but can't take a huge hit on it either. Thanks.

Quite far North of London. It just something I've been looking at as a bit of a area to develop into.

I'm going to look into all the stuff you said muldonach. Really appreciate the information.

A bit of newbie when it comes to forestry stuff but its something I really want to learn more about so please be patient with me. If you had 6 acres of mature lodgepole pine (commercially planted) ready to be to clearfelled what would you do next? Can they be chipped for pulp/stacked and dryed for timber/biomass options/taken as logs to someone for processing/whatever. What kind of value do the options bring in? Is it actually possible to make any money out work on that scale? Could you undertake this work without the use of the big forestry machinery, as in only using chainsaws, small timber trailer (4T ish with crane) and tractor? Any information welcomed?

I'll have another look and check all the wiring. Will be a bit of a sod to get at. Thanks.

Hello, I'm new to the forum and saw the thread. I've bought an Alaskan 36" about 6 months ago and have been practising with it since. Got a selection of slabs drying in my work yard at the moment that I hope to make some benches and a desk out of. Really impressed with the unit. This was about a month ago milling a bit of sycamore.

Hello, new to the forums. Got my first problem! I've recently been given an old 020av that was a non runner. It had basically be used heavily then put away in shed where it sat for 3 years. I've taken it apart, put a lot of it through the parts washer, new filters and now its runs sweetly. The only problem I have is the 'stop' switch doesn't function. Once running I have to use the choke to stop it. I removed the switch and it was covered in gunge. I've cleaned it, wire brushed it and put it back together but still no joy. Any ideas?