AlexB

But they grow up to be old nags I'm sure at the stables where the missus keeps her horse 70% of the women have bigger butts than their horses.....

this little fella was pretty peeved when I dug him up during a fence removal in March (it was snowing) as he warmed up he got quite feisty. Popped him under a pile of lop n top.

Cheers!

But with brush cutter grease??

This has been niggling me. What's the little allan key screw for on the top of the head??

Depends what you want from the timber. Depending on conditions it'd be a toss up between sweet chestnut, sycamore and cherry for me.

Amen to that!

I'm assuming as you're wanting to leave standing then this is an immature crop. This will just get in your way during future operations. If it's a mature crop and you are to get any value from the timber then leaving it stood dead for any period of time will pretty much render the timber worthless. You're eligible to apply for either £300pha if clearing with a clearing saw (This might just cover the cost if the going under foot is good. £1500 pha for mulching style operations. If you have a mature crop then you are able to receive support and funding for harvesting and marketing of the timber. Read through this pdf http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/SupportFundingtoOwnersSeptember11.pdf/$FILE/SupportFundingtoOwnersSeptember11.pdf Also if you fail to kill 100% of the crop through slash and squirt you may be in violation of the PHN. If it's cut there are no arguments. Cover your ass on this, it's a massive deal. If you're infected you have to be 100% sure all risk is removed. If you're part of a quarantine area it's probably more important that a clear barrier for the spread of spores has been created. If you fail to kill all trees and they then become infected then the quarantine zone will affect other areas which may belong to other people. Sorry to be a bit of a ball buster but some how P, ramorum has been swept under the carpet when compared to things like chalara.

No Steve, that was at 18:24. I dumped the screen incase leaving and re-entering the app didn't work.

Tkf seem a reasonable bunch. Have you explained this to them to see if they can squeeze you in to finish the course?

I'm obviously in good company!

Sadly I think your best route will be felling. Grants are available for this. Where in the uk are you?

You can register for the Fc auctions. Also local districts/beats may sell small lots under a local tender. Give those a try.

Any more pics of it at work??

+1.......

You need one of these; http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=60709 Then they won't have to run, will have more energy at the end of the week, they'll shift the brash of 3 men and we (certainly I) won't be thinking your ideals are somewhat unreasonable. Good employers get good staff. In response to the question, it's physical work but not hard. If you want hard cut soft wood, 7 different products, stack! All on tonnage, on a mountain.

can reply here.

It's £150, just do it..... Apologies for the bluntness but it's not exactly a pass or fail course. If you've a reasonable sized outfit with a few guys needing it, get some one to come to you and do it on site.

31 here....

Google des pickards & son or J Crowther forestry. Both good outfits and have a range of hauliers they an use.

Thought it sounded too good to be true!

Has any one any experience of these? It's mentioned in a few documents but I can't find anything on the market.... Cheers, A

3.2. No issues so far. 11k done.

Nice to drive, as it's not yours probably less of a worry but a fair bit chunkier than anything else so scratching it in the woods is always on your mind. Try and get the roll out beds in the back as the extra height makes getting to what you want in the back a pita! Can't really talk about reliability yet!

Accelerator cable on my old Peugeot 405 snapped on a kayaking trip on dartmoor. Just onto the a303. Ended up with a roof rack strap through the window, under the bonnet and drove back to london accelerating by hand.....