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You will find thinning on a lot of FC sites and private estates. Line thinning, first and second then whatever after. Lots of hardwood and softwood mixed when planting to draw up the hardwood

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Last time away in 2024 I got £35 a night, think it just covered a meal and some breakfast if you were shopping around a bit

Try Bryant’s of Risborough, longmoors or drop down the a34 to kalehurst garden machinery, don’t know if they do this service so worth a pre phone call

The rate will be dependent on how productive you are, all mentioned above. do you take pride in your work, are you tidy? Accurate? But what seems to be missing from most is the “drive” to do this job or “mentality”

The quality of materials used through different brands is questionable, the STIHL es bars seem to be okay but the rails need dressing more often than the others. I’ve found sugihara, husqvarna, tsumura and GB tend to chip small bits out the rails and nose area. If you can find a Oregon reduced weight bar that’s what I would recommend at 28”

So if he is marketing the wood you would be charging a cut and extract rate this will be measured in a stack at roadside in tonnes or cubic meters, the problem you have is site access, terrain, and any other factors not mentioned before. This is all based on being productive then you earn. I’ve seen many go the day rate route, not cut enough wood, or leave a tidy site etc then only to fall out with the owner as the day rate cost is far greater than the return from selling the timber. also knowing the south east your land owner will have already contacted someone else regarding this. If you want any information please message away

There’s a 325 large spline 8tooth sprocket which STIHL do, I know some Europeans use a 18” bar with this combination. hope this helps

I can offer one on one training too if you’re interested. I also help out a WBO training

There were a lot of 462s with bearing failures when they first came out, parts quality is very questionable of late from all manufacturers and saws are just lasting out of warranty then going kaput. phone Stihl and complain if it’s within warranty I have in the past and they have honoured the problem and dealt with it

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Check the pickup pipe, I’ve had a few with restricted flow from tiny bits in them

Some select few are still making things out of poplar for the food industry, it seems the containerised days are long gone where it was being felled and shipped abroad but throughout this it’s still going out in 8’ pallet and clean 12s, last job I was on was on a water meadow and moving large pieces proved problematic with the machines. I don’t know if they replanted as the original plan was for the trees to stabilise the ground but with them gone who knows what may happen

Fair play if you can still swing a saw about at your age 👌

Loads of it thanks😘