Wood wasp
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I don't do tree surgery or arbwork as I believe you chaps call it.. And thank goodness I don't! ..for those quoting a grand How can a three man squad be on site for two days for £1,000? Not forgetting a truck, chipper, saws, spares, management time for looking job/preparing quote, insurances, tax & NI stamp, holiday pay, pension etc etc Very basic sums but say two jobs a week at a grand so £2k a week, £8k a month £96k a year. To run a three man squad plus aforementioned kitI/expenses, I might be out a bit with figures but add on another 25% and still not enough. I realise competition had forced prices down but you really need to have a look at your pricing and if that's the going rate.... Go do something else. Not trying to be a smart arse, just can't understand how those figures leave you enough to live on.
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I have the maps on my iPad and also iPhone which has backup battery on it so that's not an issue, I don't use them for emergency use anyway but for looking forestry jobs. As Tom says buying lots of paper maps is expensive and there's enough clutter in van without adding piles of maps!
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Sizing snatch blocks for linkage/ tractor winches
Wood wasp replied to wills-mill's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I remember those blocks! We used to skyline big timber off the hill, full length trees too so a fair bit of weight and drag. Ropes would break but the blocks never failed other than wearing through time which you could see on the pulley and side plates. -
Ok fair comment £10 for west Scotland 1:50 is grand but £30 for 1:25 local maps so can see how would start to add up. The £10 one should me for time being
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Ok thanks CJM Pricey buying maps or in data usage?
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This sounds excellent as just spent £15 on two local OS maps, am downloading the basic program as we speak! Thanks for sharing link How can it find your location if no network coverage though?
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We always meant to get a table but never got round to it, mainly because crane just lifted from split pile onto log deck
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Bear in mind how good your flat file is, I've got new flat files and with them a rub on rakers per sharpen would be too aggressive. As earlier posts stated you'll soon find a level you're happy with
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It's a Balfor and apologies, I said 40t but it's actually 30t. From memory it's a 2011 model so 3 year old, would need in region of £6,500 for it. Some pics attached
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We still have our 2.2m 40t splitter which we never use, if someone wants to make split billets then make a sensible offer (emphasis on sensible) and we might be able to do a deal. Has its own pump and tank
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The FC up here had a phase of of sending people through their woods ringing live trees to create deadwood, given their forests are full of standing dead timber I never quite grasped the need for more. To best my knowledge they've stopped that lunacy for the time being. As one reads about the UK deficit topping £100b per year you do wonder what these people are thinking.
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Winter is coming according to the telegraph UK weather: winter looms large as temperatures forecast to drop across the country - Telegraph
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We get them from Doug at Home - Cutting Solutions. From memory they're less than half the price of getting them through Palax Make sure you get one with right amount of teeth, anti kickback etc
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do hse only use riddor reports? Are no other info streams used? Where do the stats on home diy injuries or what day these accidents occur come from?
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Much as I'm great believer in leaving people to do as they like and let them bear the consequences! personal responsibility is the term I think. However, the OP has a point ire what happens when (if) he cocks up. A chainsaw accident is just that and will end up in the statistics which hse etc all refer too
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Well i've never seen one of these before!
Wood wasp replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Firewood forum
I don't see the value in these at all. They're slow working, inefficient handling/transport, instead of one big log lying on ground you have lots of little ones... All mixed in with crap and lots of sawdust. And I bet they're not cheap plus need an expensive base unit too. If you were processing at roadside in forest and delivering direct to customer then they're marginally more efficient, load would still be full of crap and sawdust though. -
Thanks for sharing, very interesting. Not quite sure how a tree can be 150% moisture content though?
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Well it's not really a forwarder anymore as removed headboard and pins, I also need to unbolt the rear section where grab's parked so that shorter chassis. It does a 40cm stick.
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Thanks for heads up and good to hear he didn't get your kit. Surely the Police can go knock on his door and see what else he's been thieving
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We had a 3t access platform with special plant trailer to move it. It sat very low, had no ramps and just a bare chassis with two rests for the tracks to be lowered onto.
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Do not for get to feed the birds in this cold weather
Wood wasp replied to mendiplogs's topic in The Lounge
Been feeding them for a week or so now, can't keep them going on fat balls - the Sparrows empty feeders nearly every day! -
You can burn venting holes in bags with a blow torch
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Looks great but v expensive and lots to go wrong in years to come! I was talking to local machinery dealer about how there must be a market for a new modern tractor but no electronics and other crap adding to initial price/breakdown probability. He said there already is a tractor like that.... it's called a Zetor
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I looked into swapping to Aspen due to all this chat about stale fuel etc etc. It was soon knocked on the head when I looked at cost of Aspen, at a difference of around £3 per litre and using around 30 litres a week (sometimes a lot more) across two saws it's cheaper to use petrol and then if experience saw issues just buy a new saw. Edit: I have signed the fuel duty petition
