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My Mrs made it on some website. It’s simple and not too flash, it’ll do for now. I did remove the strimming bullet point and change things around on the final part but I think it seems good enough.

That would be quite a lot of trees… Maybe I’ll just wear a balaclava or a pair of the Mrs tights over my head and do a runner if all else fails. It’s only the top of the tree that may or may not whip it. Will have a further look on Saturday. Going to bring my brushcutter there on the day so if all else fails I can still cut what’s not too risky and mulch all of the forest floor for her kids to play and still make a rate. Put my day rate in at 250 plus VAT which is 30 more than I’d get for cutting on harvesting sites. lemme know what you think. I don’t want to over charge and I also don’t want to sell myself short but this domestic/small woodland forestry stuff is still new to me.

For the leaner one I may (if I get the tirfor off of my pal and find rope suitable for it I will hopefully get a line up and over the tree maybe and winch the top/snap it out. Or get a lend of a polesaw and cut it higher up and it might drop a bit nicer.

I’ll tell her to get a climber for that part of the job then, I’m starting on Saturday. Got one within the wood that’s grew up out of a banking on a 45 degree angle and I think it may be close to the line by the time that I drop it. I’ll have a shot on Saturday and see what happens.

What is the DNO?

If it’s a powerline that kinda changes things. The tree is dead as hell so I don’t know if anyone would be keen to climb it? Barks falling off it and going that dusty/crispy way.

Also talked to the customer and seems like I’ll be mulching the forest floor as they are wanting it all clean as possible and split all the firewood up for them afterwards. I think it is just a phone line… How would I be sure? Cheers Mick

I’ve a small woodland to clear up and it looks like such a good job and for what seems like a really sound woman. There is a phone line running alongside the fence line, there is a tree blown/half blown parallell to the fence/phone line that I would likely to get out. A few trees that are blown towards the powerline that the tops may clip them when I take them down. I’m insured to fell around this sort of thing, but I am wondering the best way to get this one away from the line. Scared it will clip the line on its way down when I fell it with the lean. Has anyone ever caught a line and how much did it cost? IMG_5351.mov

Still in warranty until April 2025. 28 inch bar. Needs a new chain. Only really on for the photo. 800 or nearest offer. Absolute powerhouse, perfect for oversize hardwood. Manual carb.

Solidur 40 quid off of Chris Forestry is quite all right but not breathable. Sweaty as. I’ve got on good with cheap Regatta stuff out of charity shops that work really well. Lemme know what you get as I’ll be needing something as of this winter. Preferably not just a winter coat as I can layer up/down.

How many years from a seedling until a pear/apple tree produces something? i’m going to clear a banking at my house and don’t want to spoil my view with really high trees etc.

This made me laugh… What’s everyone had for tea tonight?

461 sold. 462 available welcome to offers

Aye it seems like it’s right. I’ve just filed the guard ever so slightly and it seems to be fine.

Aye. It was only 2 weeks maybe 3 weeks wages so around about 2.5-3K before VAT. Seems kind of pointless that they say you need to charge it but don’t have a VAT number

Meggett was built in the 60/-80s I think. They flooded my cutting partners aunties house when they opened it up. I’m sure there’s a school in there as well… The first engineering company/who I did my apprenticeship also did a lot of the steelwork in there. If I find more videos or photos I’ll post them. Safe to say I’ve derailed my own thread Splendid work chaps

It’s not all that interesting. Was just a 10-15 minute walk under the res in a 1 metre or so wide tunnell to the other end. We made an arc’d door frame to suit out of nylon sheet and attached a 3 phase fan at the top to circulate the air and demist the tunnel. Some of the photos of the resevoirs we had dive teams come in and fit/mount/weigh down these stainless steel frames that we fabricated to hold perforated sheet rolled into a tube that was capped and airline fittings welded into it. Cored a 300mm hole out through the small resevoir tower, fed ducting down the side of the tower and mounted it off of a rope and harness. Then the divers came and done the underwater bit (who would have thought…) Attaching the airlines to the frames. 2 single phase compressors in the tower, running constantly 24/7, one on standby the other working. All to aerate the water around the inlet of the tower and keep algae away from the inlet/reducing the level of sludge and other dirt coming into the nearby water station.

Here’s some photos I’ve found off of my phone from some other resevoirs I worked on before I quit/got the sack and went into the woods. Would of still been doing it if I were with a good company. Quite interesting the different processes there is to making water drinkable, loads of different processes… Albeit very very slow. All the pipes/inside photos are of Meggett going up the tower. IMG_5155.mov

Here’s the outlet/overflow pipe 4 floors down an elevator at Fruid running fairly constant. That goes and feeds the river etc. Some photos from the Megget tower at the top, that’s impressive in there. IMG_0400.mov

Bought a 200mm blade and a 250mm guard and it is hitting. Please tell me that you can use a smaller blade on a bigger guard before I lose the will to live with this thing Or before I gouge it out with the grinder/just take the guard off anyways IMG_5324.mov

Haha. I’ve done a lot in Fruid reservoir. Made a door in the tunnell that goes all the way underneath it. Cool bit.

I fully tax plan ever since the start. Spend over 50 percent of my wages on the job to avoid it. After all, it’s only going to be wasted by them

Done a bit up over the Devil’s Beef tub in Badlieu. There was a windfarm in there. I’ve honestly worked all over and I can barely remember where and what we were doing on each job to be honest…

Thanks again for all the replies btw. Will have helped my business massively. Will get 3.5K back off my pick up also!

Charged VAT for the first time this month. Will have earned me like an extra 500 on the 10 percent scheme. Gonna just forget about it all and put it into another account. My accountant seems to think I have to charge VAT since fully registering on the 10th of July. I didn’t charge VAT until I got a number, so I think I’ve got 2.5K of invoices without VAT on them. Is there a way to tell the VAT man I have been charging VAT as of the 1st of August say?