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  1. luftwaffe
    Is it any wonder there is a negative growth forecast for the UK with all this bull*hit and red tape flying around, don't the politico's realise that that jobs and industry kickstart the economy, not the penpushers in Whitehall holding back business enterprize and the will to do a days work in peace without all this red tape.
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    For me these sort of jobs rarely come around, mainly because there is no money in it for the woodland owner, if i suggest they will have to pay me for doing the job, they look at me as if i'm growing hornes on the side of my head, most of them are only interested if i'm going to pay them, otherwise they will just leave the trees where they are, or get someone else.
  3. luftwaffe
    Andy hi, If we can't get the county's in a wood because they are to big, then that job i call an amenity wood where piece work is not possible owing to the jobs small scale. then as you know that is a different ball game from production felling.
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    So you would pull it down to the bottom of the wood, where there is no road or no access, thats where the rivers and sreams are, thats why it called the bottom of the wood.
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    I don't like to use our harvester in hardwood, the bent stems coupled with big thick branches does not lend itself to work in hardwoods, unless you want to break knives at £1k each, that why i bring out the county's on these jobs, anyway the ground is always steep on these sort of woods from my experience.
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    Fair enough, but by modern standards the county tractor is not that big these days, it was 30 years ago. how do manage in bigger timber? or steep uphill exraction in difficult terrain where you want some power.
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    Not wishing to have a go as it were, but using these small machines etc smacks of just "playing at it", For me its far better to have a couple of hard working county's and 2 lads on the saws, between the 3 of us i'd be looking to cut 150t per week, is this acheiveable with using quad bikes etc,? Is it sustainable to consistantly use small machines like these to base running a business around?
  8. luftwaffe
    Exactly Cat weazel, We were having £50 for spruce sawlogs in 1987, now having £45, something wrong somewhere.
  9. luftwaffe
    Ransfords of Bishops Castle were paying £50 per tonne for 16' sawlogs last year, but the haulage will kill it from scotland, Try A+j scott in Northumberland, they'd be nearer, you might have trouble setting up a contract for one load. good luck.
  10. luftwaffe
    Hi Nick, try Andrew Holmes in north wales, also try AT Osbourne in Hampshire, Can you tell me what percentage the grant people are giving out these days, and with who? cheers.
  11. luftwaffe
    About two tonne, give or take........
  12. luftwaffe
    I agree Chris, there is something about forestry machines that sets the pulse racing, trouble is though all this H+S, red tape, stuff takes a bit of shine off it though.
  13. luftwaffe
    The grapple skidder i had was a john deere 540b with a 16 tonne winch aswell as a grapple on it, superb machine, absolutly superb, would pull the timberjack up a steep hillside with no wheelchains on, whereas the timberjack would spin with wheelchains on, strong swift and efficient. The forwarder I have now is a Valmet 840 12 tonne payload, again a very good machine, such comfort with air con, cd's, etc,, a far cry from some of my earlier machines. Going back to your original question, I personally would go for a forwarder such as the ones on Ebay, yes you hear horror stories, but modern machines are pretty reliable, they are not that complicated, main thing is to get the hydraulics pressure checked before buying.
  14. luftwaffe
    Hi taff I know what you mean,.......... there is a couple of forwarders on Ebay right now, about the 15k figure, they will travel the clay ground far beter than a drag trailer will, what about a purpose built grapple skidder? fast moving strong machines (I can'praise them enough) they are, but will get the timber all dirty through skidding. all depends how far is your average hall route?
  15. luftwaffe
    H Taff I can't that system working efficiently because the tractor will be travelling faster than the excavator to the unloading point, plus the tractor driver will be wasting time waiting for the excavator to arrive, which makes a one man job into a two man job, not cost effective over the long term. also take into effect the track motors will heat up on the excavator and will wear out much quicker, (track motors £3k each for a recon) not to mention the tracks themselves, and if you want to forward down a tarmac road well the road will be all chewed up. Your idea works in theory, but not in reality, especially over the long term.
  16. luftwaffe
    Mini bruunett 578?
  17. luftwaffe
    Well said Gareth!! Another thing is don't let sweet talking salesmen talk you into buying things, they are only interested in their sales commission.
  18. luftwaffe
    Making money is only half the story, the other half is more important, that is what you do with it once you have it, ....... remember you have worked to get it...... and then it must work for you.
  19. luftwaffe
    Feel for you guys, must be real downer when you get to work and see your tack has been tampered with or worse stolen, in that that respest i feel lucky to live to and work ( Mid- Wales) where to have something stolen is a rare event as yet, mind you the area is pretty remote, For example the vast Hafren Forest, 10,000 acres in one block, not the sort of place you would want to have a burger van as its so remote.
  20. luftwaffe
    I wonder what Oliver Cromwell would do if he came back today.
  21. luftwaffe
    Its got to be cheaper, why pay someone else when you can do it, that is if you have the trees to fell.
  22. luftwaffe
    Good, its a nice feeling when that happens, But £100 here and there is chicken feed to these guys, a top London barrister is on 10k a day.
  23. luftwaffe
    I think at 43 I'm old enough to remember. But are you old enough to remember the 444.
  24. luftwaffe
    How are the harvesting and forwarding rates now in NE Scotland?
  25. luftwaffe
    I don't understand?

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