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I've not personally done it but when i was doing my level 3 in arb and forestry the i had fellow learners on the tree's and timber city and guilds course it seen to be more groundy orientated but they still did there cs 38 and 39. As well it was what units they were enrolled on that guided they way they went really but seem to be good.

On the other hand my old apprentice did a level two like your and was put on total useless unit and course's so all are'd say is make sure the course units and structure are going to be of real use to him or her and not what the collage find easy and cheap to run.

hope this is some help

sorry for the late repose but cheers will give them a try

Hi all, I run a local authority contract a lot street tree its good nice work but im just wondering does any one get the same as i do with people just completely ignoring all the safety measure you put in place signs, barriers, you est? I try to always be polite but some time its drives me mad when people just walk though your site!

Has any one got any good tips to stop people doing this or any good story?

Cheers Dave

I had this problem also have a young lad with me for about 5 month myself and other put a lot of time and effort into him and let him do the the good jobs not just being a chipper bitch. But he left about a month ago after becoming more and more unreliable witch again did cost us a lot of time and mess us around no end, its appeared that it was all just a bit to much hard work.

I think that a lot not all young people just what to being doing what they view as the good jobs and don't realise that you have to have the experience and earn the right to do this.

Well never seen that

Hello all,

Just a quick one really do you climb with gloves or not? And if so what gloves do you use?

Cheers Dave

Hey guys I'm by newton abbot wouldn't mid meeting and see other ideas

Whta best i'm about to put a new bar on my 201t and thinking 10 to try and max the power?

Hi just a quick question really, hows does willow burn? I've herd its burn fast but hot and is it quite clean i.e not a lot of soots/****. oh yeah its for a log burner.

your view will be very helpfully

cheers Dave

yeah employer only really want C @ G and if you want to carry on and do your cs 39,40,41 your need your 30 and 31 you cant do it on a lantra ticket

These are all really great i think reduction are a great way of managing tree's to the space around them rather then what most people(customer) solution to just felling them!!

just started to learn about hedge laying (Devon hedges) and i got told uphill to. do you do drains ditch's with the hedge to?

Thank everyone this has all been a real help those links are really useful woodguy

If you're after firewood then poplar and willow aren't likely to be what you want. Short Rotation Coppice in particular is a bit of a specialist niche thing.

 

Ash would have been the obvious choice, but from the species you listed sycamore would probably be your best bet (although not strictly native). In the wet areas then Alder would also be worth considering. Birch is another native option for fast growing firewood.

 

To get decent sized firewood you're probably looking at a 20 year rotation. This may not fit your definition of a short time but much less and you'll be getting sticks rather than logs.

That really useful John and I'm diffidently moving to a longer term rotation thinking now. What your thoughts on a mix of species when planting?

I will look into those woodyguy cheers,would like to try and stay native as I'm not looking for a super quick rotation just one that once its established will go tick over nicely. cheer for the offer finch but still just very much a idea in my head for the mo.

Hi I’m new to Arb talk but I think that’s it great being able to draw on personal knowledge and how you can help people and discus things so easily.

I’m planning a small woodland coppice for fire wood for my own use I have a good arch to play with. I have a good understanding of coppicing but I’m really struggling about what to plant. I’m on the southern edge of Dartmoor with a relatively sheltered site, the soil in good maybe a bit on the wet side but nothing to bad. There’s lots of Oak, Ash, Sycamore of course, Hawthorn, Hazel and Beech growing around us with no problems.

My first thought is to use local Ash witch I can grow from seed to save cost however with Chalara fraxinea knocking around I don’t want to loose my whole stock. I was going to put other species in to mix it up and hopefully create a nice little habitat for wildlife. But the most important thing is growing something I can coppice on a fairly short rotations that will provide good firewood.

Can any one help?

Cheers Dave