In the area where I live, on the Cavan/Leitrim border, much of the forestry is small scale farmer owned. So it’s easy to see why the event last week run by Teagasc at Ballyhaise Agricultural College in Cavan on small scale harvesting, generated such a huge interest. Like the event in Kilkenny the week before, [...]
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At the very start of the snowy weather I met with Derek Richardson at the roadside at Inishconnell. Derek runs his own trucking business and on this job he is driving for Balcas, carting the timber from the roadside at Inishconnell to their sawmill and timber yard near Enniskillen.
Derek Richardson arriving at the forest.
Derek is the last [...]
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The thinning at Innishconnell forest has now finished. Padraig O’Reilly, who drives the forwarder, did great work. Very little damage was done to the remaining trees, and the ground was well protected with brash before he drove the trailer out with its loads of heavy logs.
Have a look at the following photos and you will [...]
The harvesting operations at Inishconnell have now almost finished. All the cutting is complete. Wesley and his harvesting machine have moved off to a nearby Coillte forest to continue work there. Below are some shots of the machine at work and what it has done:
Look at the amount of logs coming out. Wesley has felled [...]
View from the harvesting machine as it enters the forest. Wesley guides the machine towards the first extraction line. See how small the trees look from up here.
The thinning at Inisconnell is progressing and as the trees are felled, the light is flooding into the forest. Wesley is an experienced machine driver and he does [...]
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The thinning at Inisconnell is progressing and as the trees are felled, the light is flooding into the forest. Wesley is an experienced machine driver and he does little or no damage to the remaining trees. This is so important as these trees will not only be used to bring in revenue for the [...]
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