kevinjohnsonmbe

Be great if you post a pic! Just to REALLY make us jealous!!

I chanced it and had a look straight from your link! Good spot - £8.25!! Is this another example of fairly standard available kit from (in this case a chandler - same is often true for generic rigging kit from crane & lifting outlets) where the item gets an 'arb' tag and a price uplift??? Thanks for link !!

That's worded a bit too close to a web search that I'd dread to think what would appear in the results!!

Sounds positive... Just got that dreadful nervous wait for a envelope to arrive in the mail now then, good luck!

Who's importing / retailing in UK, had a quick look at a couple of websites but didn't find much available or is it best to buy from treestuff? Great vids, good looking kit, been watching a selection of vids today, rather fancy some new shiny stuff!

Paul, just looked at website link, could I ask a couple of questions: - it says Oct 7, I guess that is an error on website and course is this coming Friday Nov 7? - Your post says open to CAS members, website seems to indicate it may be open to non members? - website mentions TPO reviews which is an area I'm really interested in (not really a question but if there is discussion on this I'd be really keen to make the 400 mile journey if (a) there are still spaces and (b) it's open to non members??) I'll try the contact number on Monday if you don't see this by then. many thanks, Kevin

Nice one! I'll have a look at that later on laptop.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152831006213189&id=808098188

This might be of interest to log cabin builders / providers: http://press.hse.gov.uk/2014/hse-writes-open-letter-to-the-structural-timber-industry/?eban=govdel-press-release&cr=29-Oct-2014

Nice spot! What's the story with the waterwheel in the background??

V tidy! Like it!!

What's the location?

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/TimberVolumeCalculator.pdf/$FILE/TimberVolumeCalculator.pdf 5 cums isn't much really.....

Ummmmm, yeah, sorry about that! It just happened that I'd seen your post about 20 mins before speaking to Guy and I asked him if he had a course running at the moment! Made me chuckle when he said yes and what the location was! Hope he didn't give you too much of a hard time??? :thumbup1:

The nuts are supposed to make for really good eating, better than pine nuts apparently!

My understanding would be that whilst the TO may have a look at it for you (depending on workload / disposition), the executive authority actually lays with the Forestry Commission. You can have a felling licence without also having to have a TPO approval (because the grant of felling licence takes account of the TPO), but if you get a TPO approval you still need a felling licence (unless within exemptions). Paul's woodland management plan was good advice, it could result in the grant of a 10 year permission to 'manage' your woodland without having to do FL/TPO apps every time you want to do something: Woodland Management Plan (England) I'd say best point of contact would actually be the area rep for FC rather than TO. England - Areas (England)

Stunning scenery!

Bugger! Sometimes long, always knowledgable!

I'd interpreted it slightly differently. Rather than seeing it as as soft option or a loophole to avoid TPO app, my understanding was that the felling licence is a requirement (notwithstanding exemptions) (regardless of any TPO / CA situation) and the liaison with LA regarding the TPO aspect was undertaken by the Forestry Commission. Presumably they are resourced to do so. I think the point Chris makes above about people 'forgetting' felling licence whilst fixating on TPO apps is a very valid one. I've got one coming as soon as I can get onto the paperwork so I'm going to apply for the felling licence, make the declaration that TPO exists and leave it to travel through the system that way - see what happens! The alternative is I do the TPO app & the FL app which seems to be double the work I should do whilst a Gov department gets an easy ride for a task that should sit in their remit.

Jules, remember I had a question a while back regarding TPO / Felling Licence which you and Gary commented on (probably lost in the mists of time!) (I still have to summarise that scenario and offer for forum comment but for now it's still an ongoing scenario.) The upshot was, I had TPO'd trees that, due to the volume, and in the absence of FL exemptions, were subject to the FL application procedure. In that case I had already gained LA approval for TPO consent to fell, but on reading up the FL requirement I found that I could have gone direct to FC for felling licence rather than LA for TPO application. Granted, FC will liaise with LA where TPOs exist, but it may be a less 'admin' heavy route by going direct to FC. I also found that where an application for TPO work via LA may result in a replanting condition, according to Mynors, a FL application (on safety reasons) does not confer the same authority to FC to apply the replanting condition. For OP, don't forget Forestry Commission Felling Licence requirement if you plan to exceed the permitted ¼ yearly felling volumes and the FC exemptions don't apply. Kevin

Well burger me!

Thought it was the start of another Scotish independence thread! Used to spend days (and nights) on the PS back in the day... Now the motorbikes are gone, the surf board hasn't got wet for years, I'm pissed on 4 pints, spare time is spent working at home - happy days, married bliss!

In the shed!?!

Mines getting a run out in anger tomorrow! Haven't had time for end of day admin today so it's a quick tickle before start work tomorrow!

Here are some close-ups, like I say, I made it up as I went along and kind of made it work with the materials I had to hand so there may well be better methods: