timbernut
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Spot on! But as I said before I like cash as it's a quick turnaround compared to cheques. Also I've never been able to get over the warm feeling a fat wedge gives me;) ( even if it's only for a short while before bein deposited )
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Surely it's only the smaller merchants who arnt VAT reg who are the cash pests as they can't claim the 15% back? Personally I like cash as it's quick turnover (like BACS). Cheques are a pain!
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Indian bean tree?
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American White oak?
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I agree with you, we use 30lt+ of mix a day on some forestry jobs and even buying Aspen at bulk price (£17 5lt?) it's still over £50 a day more on the bill. I'd love to use Aspen but can't justify with the already tight profit margins. About 20% of our work is arb, where I can easily price it into the job, but from what I've been told it's not good to chop n change between the two fuel types. Be interested to know if anyone can confirm/deny this? John
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Is it elm?
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First attempt at a spoon with sycamore
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Fungi app now working, thanks
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Aha, I'll give it a go, thanks Steve
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Hi, sorry to derail but my arbtalk fungi app is playin up! You can open it but all the photos/info is missing, any ideas (it's on an iPhone 5) ?
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Bump! Come on: share the knowledge!
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PM us then ! but I don't see a problem with mentioning a name or providing a link, lots of businesses get a mention, praise or mild criticism without incurring the wrath of the mods. But I could be wrong
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I'm !
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Mum interested too, please
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I am not so fond of hornets after today, while cross cutting for the processor I found myself set upon by the bastards. Was stung 6 times before I made leap with saw n legged it. Couldn't see the nest in the stack so took a look round the back and found this: Never seen one so exposed
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I'm leaning towards fledglingarb s opinion, he doesn't have to lose thousands at all just give a day rate and get stuck in, he never mentioned gettin it out, so if the customer is happy with his work rate and presentation what's the problem. I first got tickets in 1990 and no one would even give me a go and were really negative in the end I just contacted loads of woodland owners offering to manage coppice for the wood, one or two got back to me and when they saw my work rate and conscientious approach they gave me paid work in other woods hedge coppicing etc. nearly 25 yrs later I'm still at it, not rich but makin a living and no real losses and if I'd listened to the negative professionals I'd've missed out on the best occupation I could've hoped for (except for maybe Beyoncé s muff buffer) go for it!
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What a beauty! I see writhing bodies in pic2, don't fell you'll release Hexus!
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Beefsteak on old pollard oak Couple of a ganiderma applanatum(?) First when young (June) the other now
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Yes, we have some in our wood, native, doesn't seem to get above 18" dbh without gettin rotten heart, nice n clean white wood not durable (like most poplars), only milled a bit recently cos it seemed a shame to log up straight, big stick as low grade logs and also to see what it look like! I also remember when we coppiced woods for Suffolk w.life trust it suckered vigorously to the point of bein invasive.
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Chainsaw training when physically disabled
timbernut replied to ccharlie's topic in Training & education
Depending on the woodland and your budget you could always consider a mini harvesting head like this! Good luck! -
We were thinning scots n spruce n had to stack it in neat piles of 4' lengths to rot in the wood, still was better than the owners previous method which was to fell n sned em and leave it like a giant game of dropsticks, great on the next thin in summer with 6'nettle etc!
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I did a woodland pig husbandry course in about 2004 near hay-on-wye and was gob smacked when the guy told me a lot of the ash they felled there was bought and taken to Cornwall (I was payin £7 t roadside at the time)
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£50! Not for firewood surely? We expect to get about an artic load of butts for milling, majority of the rest (150+t) logs but some nice straight poles for cleft rails and a few flatbows. Have dead hedged about six or seven blocks in the same wood, it's time consuming but enjoyable and very effective against the deer (but not so good with hares!) and we've had nightingales around for the first time in 40 odd yrs! and yes we have run short of tops on occasion
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What's the goin rate for standing? I've just had £5 accepted for 'derelict' (hate that use of the word!) ash/hazel coppice (70+yrs) but we hav to do proper dead hedge round it and I'm wondering if I've done the right thing!
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Not sure to be honest, I usually fell my own or buy and process road or ride side was £44 + VAT but just hoiked price to £55 + as one of the big kids is waving lots of cash about and hoovering up. Hence £70 delivered now sounds reasonable whereas 2 year ago I'd a choked at the thought of paying that!
