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Hello all, I'd like some advice please? I am considering offering a chain sharpening service in my local area, as part of a wider range of sharpening services to provide some sideline income. My plan was to buy the 'top of the range' Oregon 620-230 sharpening grinder which seems to cover all chain sizes, and has the addition of a hydraulic lock to remove the need to manually clamp the chain before each grind. My fears are that I'd be throwing £300 away on a machine that would barely see much action (other than the few chains I'd sharpen for home use). Am I right in thinking that you professional arborists all either sharpen your own chains by hand in the field, or own such a machine yourselves and will sharpen all your chains on a Sunday morning? A person advertising online was charging £7.50 per chain, which I thought seemed a bit steep, but I'd like to hear the members' opinions. If I didn't have a market within the arborist community, I don't think the few domestic users that have a saw for firewood/pruning etc would provide enough income to pay for the machine in any reasonable timescale, so it might be a dead duck of an idea. I was a member years ago so I know the good natured banter here and I'm awaiting some 'good ol' fashioned p-taking' and the like What do you people think? Also, if you have views on such machines vs hand sharpening I'd be willing to hear those too. I'm a bit worried that the hydraulic feature is jest another thing to go wrong, like floor jack, hydraulic presses etc, which invariably leak and lose pressure as the seals degrade. Over to the floor.....
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Looking to get in to forestry and change of work currently working on excavators but looking to get back in to tree work or start in forestry I have blue cpcs 360 10t above and below track Lifting ops on cpcs card 4 years experience nptc tickets Maintenance and cross cut Small felling Climbing and rescu Saw from rope and harness have 4 years experience. Have own climbing kit with ground saw and climbing saw I have own transport am based in East Ayrshire Scotland can travel Can contact me on 07915300773
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Hi Im looking for work in and around Scotland, Im based in Dumfries and Galloway but willing to travel. Will consider work else where in uk if good rates and plenty of work. Forwarder operator with around five years experience, got tickets and up todate health and safety. Avaliable for work asap. [email protected] 07860676217
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Hi Everyone, just looking for some advice... Id like to become a Timber harvester operator and im trying to find out how to go about this, it seems that getting training, passing a test and finding a job is extreemely hard - if not impossible! i cannot find anywhere that actually provide training courses for this machine? i have working in costruction for 4 years and hold CPCS tickets for excavators and other heavy plant so i do have some experience in operating machenery... can anyone help with where i can go for training, or know of any company taking on apprentice operators? mank thanks in advance
