shavey

this is very true:thumbup: a badger has no predator above him and there numbers have increased ten fold over the years and are too numerous for there own welfare they do carry the tb virus it is often in small pockets of infected animals and most farms have a badger sett but these badgers travel miles every night foraging digging up allsorts , and if when your out and about in the country you see a badger out and in the daytime there is a chance it is'nt feeling 100% and as setts get overcrowded different badgers get pushed out and they gotta find there own territory which is often on top of another group of badgers and if they are infected with tb then do they pass it on to other badgers or cattle?? who knows defra should be testing all culled animals and there waste. period and stop dilly dallying around and get a solution underway where all animals can be healthy. it is costing the country millions killing all the dairy and beef animals, and with the country's population of people growing, that food isnt in the food chain it is condemmend so therefore you automatically have a short fall of beef and beef products and hence higher prices per kg which like the tb compensation scheme has grown ten fold over the last twenty years the same as the badger population so it is a big big problem all over europe the goverments of the e.u need to sort this out once and for all and get some concrete facts and evidence and act on it :thumbup:

i was thinking about that the bottom brash is quite thick on the edge trees but as you go into the wood the trees are quite bare alot better and i noticed there is hardly any dead trees in the plantations very good equal growth on most trees :thumbup:

hello mark thanks for that but he is the one i always use and he has a big order on a slow boat from china and he is waiting cheers shavey

hello the supplier where i get my 1m3 vented log bags from in winchester is waiting for delivery and it looks like 4 weeks before delivery i was wondering if any body knew of any for sale i could order quickly thanks:thumbup:

well said

thanks for the comments :thumbup: it is nice to work for a someone who is more interested in having a tidy woodland rather than go in and cut like hell and no time or money for cleaning up properly next week i shall go in with the hedge trimmer and tidy up the boundary hedges and cut back the sitka brash to open the rides up a bit :thumbup1: we have been so lucky with the weather to do this job:thumbup:

yes the owners want it all tidy so they can waik around at there leisure and also there is a nice herd of red deer in the area in total there is 40 acres sitka spruce & jap larch and 19 acres of mixed broadleaf all approx 15yrs old it is all planted on grassland so after the harvester has been in and done some line felling hopefully we can soon tidy up after:thumbup:

this is after a couple of days cutting out the thorns brambles hazel and ash its starting to get into shape now:thumbup:

just started clearing the rides and walkways ready for the processer to come in and do some thinning they havent been touched for approx 15yrs none of the trees have been brashed so interesting job :thumbup: put some pictures up now and as the week goes on i will add some more cheers andrew

hello beetle welcome to the site keep reading the posts and have a look through the firewood threads you will get alot of answers on there and when you can get joined in with answers cheers shavey

hello felix have you tapped into that bottle yet the monkey is calling iam dying to know what it tastes like:thumbup1:

yes its going proper thanks its got the that same angry wasp attitude as its little brother but its happiest when its up too its felling dogs in wood:thumbup1::thumbup1:

couldnt resist taking the 30'' bar from the 123 and trying it on the 7910 iam sure i can hear the saw saying give me more wood :thumbup::laugh1:

yes great pics matthew keep them a coming out the lense:thumbup:

my three saws which should overcome any days felling and cutting ps 5105 13'' and 16'' bar 560xp on a 3/8 18'' bar ps 7910 24'' and 30'' bar :thumbup:

hello there i have bought several things on ebay.de over the years i found it perfect for getting alot of sachs dolmar and solo rex chainsaw parts that are getting harder to find here most sellers will ship to the uk :thumbup: only had one or two that wouldnt deliver to my apple tree:lol:

HELLO JON, CHRIS, PAUL, i got a air arms 10 shot and i was selling it very soon was going to get the new bsa but iam not sure now after seeing chris's nice gun and hearing about the theobold and the air wolf what do you all think is best cheers andrew

thanks alot ian the signs came in the post today brilliant thanks very happy:thumbup:

Hello ian that is brilliant thanks I think it looks perfect as it is no drill holes needed :thumbup1:my wife will be so happy with these signs Many thanks Ian All the best Andrew

hello johny yes you are right i get what you are saying i havent been taking in the big picture of the shortage and price of quality firewood i will put price up to £75 a cube for hardwood now and any new customers £80-£85 a cube:thumbup: cheers andrew

if people are paying this price down hear in devon for winter fuel most private log merchants around here are only charging 1/3 of that per cube of logs i would feel bad taking that sort of money of customers that is my personel issue:thumbup: thanks andrew

hello i had this flyer with a news letter in the post and i was shocked at the price of these logs and are they selling any :001_huh: just wondered what your thoughts are

yes that is very true we have a restricted operators licence and run three trucks 26 tonne truck and a 12 ton truck and a new 3.5ton iveco horsebox the two big trucks are on the o licence but the 3,5 isnt but if we was too put a towbar on and tow a trailer with a gross weight over 750kg we would need a tacho and come under the o licence maintainance scheduele and that is it final in there eyes so bang goes the idea of taking 2 horses in the box and two horses in the trailer and fly up the motorway not having to worry too much about driving hrs and breaks which would save alot of time and money these days vosa now expect all traders too be up to speed with new regulations and laws as a responsible buisness owner but there so many grey areas and loopholes to do with transport these days it is so fli#####ing confusing:confused1:

yes i second all those comments brilliant work very good thread:thumbup: