agrimog

no politician of any party should ever be allowed to even think about starting a conflict unless he, or she, is willing to stand with the frontline troops

well said horselogger, you hit the nail right on the head, fisa has been set up by a few, who are out to try and dictate who will or will not work in the forestry industry, there are enough off us out there to tell them to go take a running jump, If we all stick together and tell them we are not going to jump through there hoops and nobody cuts for them, they will have to back down

good timber for inside work, not that good outdoors

have you actually looked at the price of a good scythe, thats a hell of a lot of strimmer fuel, and you need to decide on your blade style as well. I was shown how to use one many many years ago and must have cut acres of blow grass and thistles in my youth, now its all done with a quad and mini topper, the old skills are all being lost

its a tractor, 20 mph irrespective of what wheels and tyres are on it, or your breaking the law....when will tractor drivers start and learn this

I remember someone at the arbshow at radley last year with a large cone splitter on a 360, but as to who it was ...doh.. cant remember who, somebody out there must remember

you'll find if the site has been earmarked for development, all the tree rules go out the window......developers money talks big with the planning departments, if he wants it cleared , and theres no restrictions get it done before the nimbys get in

if you intend to screw anything into the oak treee, you better make it good quality stainless steel, the tannin in the oak with destroy steel in short shrift, look at any wire or staples in field oaks, not much left after a few years, compartmetilised, and big "blue-black" stains up the timber

its a brown field site, get it cleared and cleaned pronto, its a paying job.

so skyhuck, no chain rotation, no bar flips, no checking of the sprocket or drive links, all the checks you do when you rotate between your 2 or 3 chains for each saw, maximise the life of chains bars and sprockets, run 3 chains in rotation, if nothing else youve got spares on site should you damage one

and unlike an alaskan, it doesnt produce knackered backs...lol

its like a lucas or a peterson, It produces dimensional timber...end of

not for me, mill has been moved and set up for tomorows job, 4 large oaks to be milled into boards for furniture and signage use, and 2 smaller pippy oak butts as well

Im not arguing against qualifications, just the way they want to keep trying to force the renewal issue on us, ultimatly at the end of the day there is no legal requirement for any ticket, only the fact that certain goverment bodies would like you to have them......no puwer, loler , and all the rest DO NOT SPECIFCLY STATE YOU MUST HAVE A CERTAIN TICKET, just be qualified , and recommend certain ticket issuing bodies, until the training and certifing of this industry becomes legislated like car driving there will always be those trying to take advantage of the training side of it. At the moment there are too many variables to a std of training , yes its written down what you must do, but different instructors and assesors have different ideas of how it should be applied. an instructor should have at least 10 years cutting experience before he starts training, and an assesor, have a couple of years as an instructor as well. Ive seen too many instructors still wet behind the ears passing on "skills" they've learned out of a book, many a time while collecting timber in various woods I've seen some "iffy" practices being taught as being the right way. Having over 30 years of cutting everything from willow stalks to very large trees all over the world, it galls me to sometimes having a youngster with little or no "real world" experience trying to tell me "thats wrong, youve got to do it this way"....no im not an old wont listen to new ideas, I was taught "your never to old to learn", and yes I will listen to new ideas and ways, but safety and issues thereof have not changed, and I doubt they ever will

yes, yes, yes, by all means when you get a "job" like windblow that you need to get a "ticket " for upgrade on it, but what about us that have been doing them for years, no two are ever the same, and multiples, where do you start......there is NO better skill than experience on these, just renewing a ticket every so often doesnt mean you have any better skills than the one man band whos been working away and not bothered gathering up qualifications like points on a card, all the "ticket" collectors have been doing is making the various training companies rich. All this rubish started after 1998 when everybody and there dog saw a chance to get rich quick and there was a big rise in reported accidents as numpties were having accidents doing basic things, How many on this site can actually claim to have been active prior to '98 and what difference has it made to there own safety, all I have seen is an increase in cost and paperwork, and less actual "experienced" folk coming up through the pile of wannabes, anybody can do a course, get a bussines card, and call themselves an arborist, lets see them get there arse out onto a remote hillside, clearfell and remove it, in the wind and rain, maybe have to carry your kit in 3 or 4 mile before you start, and get paid only when youve finished, and cleared the site. wouldnt be so many wannabes then. instead of "renewall" of tickets, maybe a check on your actual skill level with a written as well as a practical exam, by a completly independant board, paid for by those that want the paperwork (ie FISA) would be more appropriate. they want it, therefore they pay for it.

best bet is the 702, but none of the roads are that great, if the weathers bad I would be tempted to stay on the 74 till it meets the m8, its longer , but could be quicker

all the pros and cons are coming out here, but a very old saying keeps coming to mind " those that can do, those that cant, teach"

you want to try aerolite 360, its a two part mix, comes as a powder and a hardener, you mix the powder with water to a creamy paste, spread it on one face, and paint the hardener on the other, stronger than the timber itself, used it for years, never had a glue joint break on me, especially good on timber boats!

11kv lines is a utility approved operator job, they normally do the clearances themselves, crazy safety distances involved, look at the job, smile, shake your head whilst making sucking noises through you teeth, and walk away, these are the jobs not worth getting involved with

this is just another sponging royal brat, it still eats. sleeps. and shits , like any other, its just going to cost us all a lot of money

down plating is usually a paperwork excercise, at the most changing bumpstops, doesnt actually reduce the carrying capacity of the vehicle

land rover chassis is one of the stupidest designs out there, who came up with the idea for a box section chassis rail for an off road vehicle, mud, road salt , water and all the other crap get in , and cant get out, chassis rots from the inside out, real clever design, look at srious off road vehicles, a heavy duty "c" section chassis, nothing to trap the crap inside,but then again university trained designers, they must be right...lol

used to have some of the stuff the misissippi state troopers had for "riot" control, square buckshot, It would have been perfect for nomadic caravan dweller problems

not anti royal; as such, just the amount of klingons that we seem to suport

another sponging royal brat to live off our tax money, how much is this one going to cost us