When you are applying for a felling licence (volumes >5m3) you have to complete an Europian Protected Species checklist, and conform that you will conform with the UK forestry good practice

https://naturalresources.wales/about-us/what-we-do/forestry/uk-forestry-standard/?lang=en

We do have forest officers that check that we are doing what we…[Read more]

Good article Per, one of the main issues is the centralisation and streamlining of the forestry industry. Big machines need big volumes to work, saw mills need to be large scale, and are very restrictive on the type of logs they can process.
Small scale forestry supplying small saw mills can address many of the issues, and can quickly change…[Read more]

I love the Echo saws once they are set up right, really good acceleration/ power. But they are let down by the dreadful AV mounts, your fingers really tingle after a full day on the saw.

That is a mighty impressive chainsaw mill. Good article Per.

Merry Christmas Per, health and happiness for 2021.
Thank you for the interesting and varied articles.

Good to see a verdant green forest. You don’t seem to have many Brambles in your forest understory, but looking at the last picture i think the ground is too wet.

Good review Per, cheers.
Husky bars have the strength and durability if cheese, so no wonder it broke in the video

That looks like a well thought out machine, but the price is too high to be commercially viable