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  1. Rough Hewn
    [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]
  2. Rough Hewn
    It has and it will. Look back 25 years, a 3 day course to be a climber. Now minimum 6 weeks. It just happens so painfully slowly.
  3. Rough Hewn
    Starts with self respect.
  4. Rough Hewn
    Do you mean "make clear"? I know several companies who will charge clients £200+ per day for staff who are paid £80 subbing. Clear enough? [emoji12]
  5. Rough Hewn
    Very progressive attitude mr c. [emoji12]
  6. Rough Hewn
    Look at most uk tradesmen. They wouldn't get out of bed for less than £150 a day. I got that just for turning up with a bag of power tools for woodworking. How is it a fencer, carpenter etc is paid the same of more than a guy who uses chainsaws and drops trees??? "Serious lack of decent arb employers"? Absolutely.
  7. Rough Hewn
    Who on here pays £200 a day?
  8. Rough Hewn
    Does anybody on here earn £200 a day just for climbing??? Most I've ever heard of is £175. I'm a groundy with ten years experience, all the saws, van, insurance,kit etc. Trying to get £130 a day. Keep getting offered £80-£100. I regularly drive halfway across the country for a few days work. I'd earn more in fecking McDonald's. At least half the "tree surgeons" I've worked for don't know sh*t about what they're doing, just how to make lots of money and pay staff sh*t. Like factories get em in young and cheap, beast them and wear them out. This industry has to change.
  9. Rough Hewn
    They attack living mature oaks. On infested trees you can see the exit holes. You can put you finger in them. No worries for cut timber, but do watch out for "pin worms" ( I think) they will chew your timber.
  10. Rough Hewn
    Longhorn beetles are very common in Brittany, France. Big problem. I've cut up oak trees 4 feet in diameter, and the larvae have been throughout. Big buggers too, like a maggot as big as your middle finger. They eat the heartwood for up to 8 years before emerging as a beetle. The beetles will emit a tiny but audible "scream" if prodded. Before you put your boot over it. If customs find a live larvae or beetle in a shipment, they quarantine and then burn the lot.
  11. Rough Hewn
    I try not to buy from eBay anymore. Many bad experiences. New is only £1500? I treat my machines well, who knows what's been through it second hand?
  12. Rough Hewn
    Watched the video for it on their website. Looks like a decent machine. Outside my budget this year. I sub out quite a lot so not always got work for a 4/5k machine. Need a better vehicle first. Don't want to be tied to a tool that takes years to pay off. Yet. A new rock chipper can pay for itself after a few months. My local dealer says he can work on them if I need help.(b+s engine) It can sit in the garage for weeks at a time no stress.
  13. Rough Hewn
    Check the roofs in you village. [emoji12]
  14. Rough Hewn
    A conscientious employer! Wait til your subbies start working for some "less conscientious" contractors. They'll come back. £10/£20 a day more for being treated like a ****, lack of health and safety... No holiday,pension,sick pay etc. From experience I know you run a tidy ship and you pay fairly. [emoji106]
  15. Rough Hewn
    Beautiful grain mate. [emoji106]
  16. Rough Hewn
    Got snow
  17. Rough Hewn
    Birds all flying east. Something coming
  18. Rough Hewn
    There's dry and there's really dry. Having made various mistakes with "dried wood". From green to "air dried" approx 20-25% moisture content (mc). Depends on species, drying environment, and size of wood. In optimum conditions most hardwoods will air dry one inch a year towards the centre. I.e. 4" slab = 2 years. In practice it's more like gobbypunk suggests. I.e. 4" slab 4-5 years. And that's only air dried. Then if you want to put it indoors, you'll need to kiln dry to between 12-7% mc to stabilise the wood. Or else it warps and cracks. Very embarrassing [emoji15] Outdoor stuff is fine at air dried though. Good luck [emoji106]
  19. Rough Hewn
    Green mech would be my choice, but It's beyond my budget. Been driving and chipping with one of these recently. Very tempted by various used 4-6" towed chippers. My local dealer will hire me a -750kg for £100 a day now. Going with the rock venom probably, quite tempted by the stump grinder too. Have spoken with rock and they sound decent enough. They hold stock, so no ordering from afar. Mostly I do domestic, so don't need a massive chipper a lot. Chipping in back gardens into the hedge as mulch, or into builders bags on a trailer.
  20. Rough Hewn
    Yeah, probably going to give chipper a go in the next couple of months, work and finances willing.
  21. Rough Hewn
    Why would you poison an sssi? Just fell the beaches. [emoji15]
  22. Rough Hewn
    Buy a proper bar and chain? [emoji12]
  23. Rough Hewn
    Stihl cordless chainsaws are great. Light and easy to use. Less torque than a petrol saw, so less kick back. (Less not none). [emoji106]
  24. Rough Hewn
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  25. Rough Hewn
    Get a 661, easier on the back.

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