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Post and rail is attractive and rustic I know but unless you can produce it yourself ( I cut a lot of sweet chestnut) its expensive, lets face it. I reckon the horse netting above it a sensible substitute unless you've really got money to chuck about
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Non import Colorados especially are a potential nightmare, one of the few lousy purchases I've made was a 97 reg Colorado that, since it had a decent length of MOT remaining and no history of rot, I neglected to look underneath. Big mistake...
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I've owned most older pickups up to 3K in value, and out of what you've mentioned Hilux come out tops, all day long - almost everything else apart from some Rangers will suffer on the chassis, or have a duff engine prone to failure. If you can find a decent Nissan D21 / 22 they are worth a look but check underneath and ideally only buy one that's had the weak bottom end bolts replaced (D22). I found a respectable D22 king cab with 90K on the clock for 1100 quid to use in the woods, and it's fine.
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Yes it does
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"Ruggedised" smart phones can fit the bill if you want something with bells and whistles that won't shatter if it falls out of your hand, but that said, don't buy a Blackview BV7000...I did, and 3 months later it decided to wipe itself and hasn't functioned since. On the other hand, a CAT B25 builder's phone dropped out of my truck in a near freezing 6 inch puddle for 15 hours, overnight, and still worked fine when raked out the next day
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When I think what my partner and I have kissed off in rent over the past six years, it makes me want to convert a bus or similar - but I could hack that lifestyle, I know she wouldn't. 1000 a month at the moment plus two hundred council tax. The idea you have is sound, the worst part as said before is getting landowners to trust you. Renting in the south east is horrendous cost wise, we are in Kent too and it will only get worse, sadly
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This is certainly not a daft idea, an elderly friend who is made of sterner stuff than most (he started up the big cat sanctuary down this way) suffers from arythmia and occasionally has touched his horse fencing when not feeling quite right to jolt things back to a normal...
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Need some work done in Uckfield
Acerforestry replied to spandit's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
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I can confirm all of this, as the other half has been horse mad since knee high (we have over 20 head, now)...and yes a lot of them are bonkers really
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I'll second that, I had an 04 Rodeo for about a year and only sold because the double cab buck wasn't quite enough. Engines and bodies are rugged and for the money only Hilux are comparable really
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My feeling exactly - 300mm logs will be too big for most people unless they have large stoves or open fires. 8 to ten inch is better generally
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Yes I think that's a sensible call, will do
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Yet again on here, I had a little hawthorn (I'm pretty sure) scratch on the wrist yesterday afternoon, minor irritation followed and a touch of swelling. Swiped the area with antiseptic and went to bed, and this am the left forearm is looking a bit cartoon-ish and a third of the size bigger than it should be, so far...is this likely to be going down any time soon or is it time for antibiotics or similar?
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Hazel commercial value
Acerforestry replied to Acerforestry's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
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Hazel commercial value
Acerforestry replied to Acerforestry's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Ernie, yes that's very useful info. I will have to discuss with the man at the weekend and see what he has in mind, but at the size this stuff is, I agree it's firewood. -
I have had an enquiry locally about coppicing some 18 year old stands of hazel, but before I can come to any arrangement with the land owner as far as labour costs go - are there many buyers of hazel out there, realistically. Unlike demand for sweet chestnut for example, I only see occasional requests for hazel rods.
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Fair comment, I supply dumpy bags of bark and smashed waste as substitute kindling
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I haven't had time to go through all the posts, but the cynic in me is saying this is just another government move to clobber the little guy. "If you are a mass scale kiln dried, DEFRA approved set-up, do please continue...if you are trying to make a bit of holiday money from flogging off some arb waste, we are going to put the kybosh on what you do"...it all makes me furious, dry is dry for Christ's sake and once out of the kiln it will simply take on ambient MOISTURE. The country is run by bloody idiots
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I'll second that...eucalyptus is the worst I've tried, it actually seems to get easier with drying and cracking though, I found. It burns fantastic however, temp on a wood stove goes off the scale
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Given that we all wave a long reach about some of the time with 2 stroke emissions blasting in the face, I'll be opting for battery powered next time - lets face it, can't do you any good really and I recall a few posts on here from blokes saying that unless they are on Aspen, you can feel a bit nauseous by the end of a long day's hedge cutting. Its the way forward
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Hand cutter available for Kent and East Sussex, can ground on odd days at a push but mainly interested in forest work now.
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I'll second that..it's knackering when you are 25, but when near double that age you don't feel like doing much when you get home, aside from a beer and sleeping
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Yep would have been in the woods with that by Monday
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Just missed the last one by minutes due to log in faffing, grrr
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Starting out in forestry
Acerforestry replied to SimpleSimon's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Once you have 30 / 31 to work as a self employed cutter you'll need suitable first aid course and basic forestry insurance. Occasionally private estates and the like will take people on with chainsaw tickets on the cards, but to be frank if the pay is anything like what is offered down here in Kent, you are better off S/E anyway. Put a post on the employment section on here and also on Woodlots to see what scope there is in your area, as if you are serious about this and opportunities are rare around you, moving to find the work might be necessary. If you find yourself in the south east, let me know and I can probably put you on to someone, a fair bit of chestnut work around for starters, soon
