Ciaran Taylor

I don't think it is worth doing unless you have a decent use of the heat as well, ideally you would make it with pyrolysis/gasification and capture the gasses. 
There is a whole load of money going into the science of biochar but it is yet to be practically implemented at scale and the last study I read claimed there was differences in how long it lasts in the soil if produced at different temperatures. So it would be a pity to invest in kit and then have it not be the right kit to make a good product.I don't think it is worth doing unless you have a decent use of the heat as well, ideally you would make it with pyrolysis/gasification and capture the gasses. 
There is a whole load of money going into the science of biochar but it is yet to be practically implemented at scale and the last study I read claimed there was differences in how long it lasts in the soil if produced at different temperatures. So it would be a pity to invest in kit and then have it not be the right kit to make a good product.

Easy to sell stacked at roadside. Best to work out the tonnage/difficulty of the job and then deciding if you want to do it yourself or get a contractor in. You will also need a felling licence.

Depending on prices but for chip only job up to 500ton I have to offer 5-10/ton to compete. Any site above 500ton and I don't even get asked. Cut and extract is down below 15/ton on those jobs.

Owners get paid 5-15k/hectare for clearfell. Replant might be 2k per hectare. Which is why most smaller blocks are getting sold at 10k/hectare rather than your 2.5 (which almost all woods used to get sold for). Worth noting that 90% of forestry land in Scotland gets sold to 1 company. Banks will only loan up to 2 thirds and are, in my opinion, crap at giving new people a chance at projects like this because of the scale - even when you point out that smaller blocks are far more expensive. Rich get richer.

An amazing piece of work.

"Great men are forged in fire, it is the privilidge of lesser men to light the flame."

All small stuff, 10cm average diameter! reflected in price - 35 per ton.
can arrange haulage, but please be aware this is for sale in Insch, Aberdeenshire. Which is in scotland!

ahh thats ware the recent surge of stuff on ebay has come from them!

Putting cells in at the moment. Quite a bit of shock particularly on the further on ones, hopefully itl be alright because I can see them out the window.

If you are still looking I have sitka at roadside at the moment, in Insch. Pm me if you want details

Depends on what size bar you are going for and what size saw, I don't know about the light but I have a solid 68link 3/8ths on a 560 and I think while it is ideal for felling it is not so maneuverable for snedding.

don't spend all day sharpening your most hated saw!!

if he is keen to learn and you want to keep him, why not teach him to sharpen? its not too hard.

good luck!!!

Exactly! no point in having someone working inefficiently for you all day, may as well teach them to save you time. Best way to stop someone blunting a saw is for them to have to sharpen it themselves.

If they are edge trees it will probably just be chip but at 1.5m diameter and with 270 of them you should have a couple of lorry loads at least, talk to euroforest and they should take it off you for 20-30 per ton. Only problem is if you plan on dismantling them instead of winching them back over, in which case no one will buy it off you because of uneven lengths.

at 20 years old there will never be any profit but even at chip rates it shouldnt be a cost job, if you get it handcut just tip the cutters a couple of hundred each if all the stumps are under 4" (dont get a harvester in, they cut stumps higher than tree surgeons). As soon as the grass grows you will never see them, has to be grazed though as you cant chelsea mow ex forestry. Your issue is brash, that will make it a cost job.

They had a bit on an on off spring which will have knocked off a lot of queens that started nest building too early, but trust me they will be out in force soon enough, just dropped a tree on a nest today!

IMO Probably around 20k.

 

doesnt sound a lot - but more than a similar role in retail (ok - not quite got the dirty and dangerous factor)

 

but thats also assuming that you are the foreman and responsible for onsite duty nothing else

dude a groundy on 80 a day gets 20 a year, should get between 30 and 45 depending on all the hundred variable that go with it.

I use a 560 and am doing 3 fills befor 9.30 and then 5 more befor 12 and then 7 befor 4 so that's 15 fills a day that's near 10 litters a day that's brashing and a couple of fills less doing outsiders working for forestry contractors have all my tickets all my own Ppe and my own petrol have to drive 150 mile round trip I don't understand how any one could do it for £100 a day I would give up if that was all you could get

15 tanks should be more like 7.5 ltr on a 560 I think, no disrespect intended of course and if you hold one flat out you could easily knock out a tank in 20 min, I am just not sure why you would. I mean if I am cutting a rack through for a forwarder that's sitting on top of me then I would probably knock out a tank in 35 but only with no stacking and good trees.

I think handcutting rates for 8+ ton a day should be £100 and up depending on details.

hi when you say large ash coppice how big is large ? as coppice to me meens small trees i.e 250-300mm in die,what i would call large ash are trees that are 500mm + dbh the above 2 disscriptions make such a difference to production out puts the small trees i would expect to put 10-15 tonne on the ground a day,the big trees 25-30 tonne. may be if you added more detail to your question we could help you out more.

If you can put down 15 ton of 200m di trees handcutting then I will eat my helmet. Most trees that size will weigh less than a 100kg so at best you are gonna be cutting 150 stems per day. All I know is the old saying that if the di of a trees less than the length of your p....

Its not worth cutting.

Looking for cutting or just chainsaw operative work in east Anglia.

Run a 560 husqy xp, have all own ppe, have CS30,31&32 with experience in softwood and hardwood, some oversized stuff, clear fells, thins and coppice.

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