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If you search MG Harvesting it should find him.

Ahhh right, thanks for that, it was just that there was reference to youngsters in some of the posts, including your initial one on this thread that triggered me into voicing my opinion . Perhaps that misled me into straying off topic.

Tbh comments about the youth of today not wanting work were bandied about when I was a youngster, and I am in my 60s now, so nothing new there then, and that was at a time when thousands of not so young workers spent more time striking over petty issues than they did working. Its very easy to generalise., generally some youngsters are like that, but there again so are some adults. I read a post from a guy a few days ago on social media. He delivers mobile homes / caravans to farms for foreign labour to live in. Ex site and some of them not fit to put your dog in. The "agency" for one of the farms was a gangmaster, up to 8 sharing accommodation, £50 a week rent apiece. Pay after deductions£4-5/hr. They were even discouraged to use electric heating in caravans because the gangmaster had the monopoly on gas sales. If you don't like it find your own way home. Its quite easy to knock the Uk workers for not wanting to do the job, but when you consider the financial return , locality etc. its more than just an unwillingness to work. A lot of these jobs are seasonal , low paid in out of the way places. Even a tenner an hour doesn't go far to sustain a family, and quite frankly someone in that position would be worth more to sit at home.

What part of the country, roughly?

If it was decent quality hardwood and you were having the timber given, and for arguments sake your 8.8 ton butt cost you £350 to get home it would be under £2 per hoppus,..firewood money.

Yes it was,however it was the use of organophosphates to treat sheep scab and warble fly infestations that the problem originated from. One of the biggest cover ups in the history of agriculture. Compulsory use of chemicals that there was little knowledge of . The suffering and deaths that were caused by CJD were only a part of the bigger picture. Thousands of farmers, dipping contractors etc. who are life long sufferers because of their exposure to OPs,

I haven't read the site, only seen snippets online.Perhaps things will be updated today. Throughout the industry yesterday it was very much a case of carry on until we hear differently, obviously there were a lot of meetings to clarify.Tbf there are a lot of guys that would have preferred to take the 3 week shutdown , and some are voluntarily doing that. Financially I don't need to work, so am prepared to stay away until its safe to others based on how I feel and the guidelines that have been issued.

Thanks Stubby. Here lies the problem, those that go down with these symptoms don't know what they have, just that they are unwell. If this is as bad as it gets for me I will take that. I do however feel I have a moral obligation to others to stay well clear regardless of what I have.

Personally I don't see anything wrong with what you are doing, but hey. We sub to one of the large marketing companies , the emails came via them as obviously they were part of the discussions. The letter with the right to work came from them too.

Confor were in discussions yesterday, there should be something on their website. I believe its been done through the need for biomass, pallet wood route. We all sub contract and had an email last night with a copy of a letter proving the right to work.

I have been laid up with something for the past week now. Short of having a test I cannot say whether I have Covid or not,but its been enough to sit me on my ass. I usually fight infections pretty well but for the past week I have been up and down on an hourly basis. Yesterday I spent most of the day asleep, this morning I am burning up. If theres a point to this it is that I work in the forestry sector and spend most of my day in machinery with very little to no contact with the outside world apart from fuel stations etc., Its easy to make symptoms fit if we want to, but regardless I have picked something up from very little contact . Forestry has been given key industry status , so I will be returning to work as and when,but not until not as much I feel well enough to work, but more a case of being as sure as I can that I am not going to pass it on to others, whatever I have. Play it safe.

Anyone interested in the above in N. Lancs . please contact me for details and I will pass contact on. Would probably suit 2/3 man squad . Could be started more or less straight away. We don't have time to fit it in at the moment. Regards.

I live in the north west and am away most weeks. Was very surprised to see cherry blossom when I arrived home Friday night. Seems early for round here.

Its better than biomass. Sawlogs only need to be 14cm tdub. Do you want to do the work yourself? If not I have a contact in tthat area that would harvest it for you and market the timber. If you do want to work it yourself they would buy the timber roadside.

He trades as Felled wood transport, Fareham,

Robin Quinton, Felled Wood Timber would be worth a try , he would deliver by the lorry load.

Treetops forestry, Stewart Booth, they operate sites all over the north.

Most bearing stockists also do belts etc. With those numbers they should be able to source you one,

Which county is it in ?

I doubt there will be much brash, it will shatter. If the site is to be left tidy mulching would be quicker. Timber for firewood,..more value, run a mulcher over after .

Dry wood, long solid nosed bar, lack of lubrication. I would imagine the insert popped out through heat expansion. Is the oil pump turned fully up?

You could try Allan Rowlands, Rowlands timber. He gets round those parts, or Luke Evans, Midland timber harvesting,

I notice you mention the saw is bogging down also. Its worth checking the av rubbers for excessive play , the chain brake tripping and bogging down could be linked to this.

Bedmax do something along these lines . Was talking to a guy recently that burns them and he said they were excellent.

Clark forestry do a selection. We used to use the ones with lugged rings on , not cheap, but certainly did the job.