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I’ve seen a huge increase in these cheap imported skid steer loaders doing the rounds, usually Facebook etc. They seem incredibly cheap for what they are, has anyone actually bitten the bullet and tried one? I know what they say, buy cheap buy twice etc, but for the occasional big job loading timber would they do the job?

How about playing the ball and not the player Steven P?

Burn the witch !

technical query - seeing as you mentioned you're a part time programmer. Thoughts about lack of question mark in thread title?

Thy will also bankrupt you! Need twice as many wet logs for the same heat and at double the price

The only other thing I'd add is, are you after ready to burn logs or wood that can be processed (cut, split and dried) to become fuel for the wood burner. I can't advise at all if you are after logs as I process tree surgery waste (arb arisings) and that is what the tip site pages are about. As above if it is your first year I think I'd ensure I had somewhere dry for storage and then buy some logs as it is a bit late to just starting to process logs for this winter. A lot to learn about logs in your first year so keep it simple initially. P.S. I started in the bad old days with plastic wrapped logs from the supermarket that turned out to be as wet as you like. Whatever you get now should be better than that! (following that I got some logs from my Dad and since then have processed my own, never actually bought logs in any quantity...)

Said before... they can have some of our rain... Quite scary if they are talking about the UK as well - 'wild fires' always reported as a thing far far away (Spain, Australia, California) - the UK isn't set up to deal with wild fires.

For your first season it is unlikely that they will be dried suitably (or at least for the beginning of the winter), so you might want to buy some in... for this year... Get some this summer, split, stacked to dry ready for next winter (2026-27), and you should be away. Similar to Stubby, put a listing on the tip sites, and click the button 'Happy to pay' - it might make your site stand out from others around you... That doesn't mean you'll be paying for all your logs though, some people are happy to tip for free (the finances can make that work, less driving for them, perhaps a shorter day, or no second day on the job with local tipping, no council tip fees and so on). If you are new to wood burners don't get hung up about 'kiln dried oak' only - all wood burns, even softwoods. Back to the local firms - the more you can do yourself, the less they need to do, the happier they will be to tip. Some people are set up at home with saws, axes, splitters (plus safety kit), some don't - if you are happy to cut and split wood (can be therapeutic hitting things with an axe) - you'll get more. For the tip sites, note that anyone local to you will probably have tip arrangements in place, people they know, a yard or whatever, but those working locally to you but from outside their usual area are more likely to look for a tip site... but there will will fewer working in your are - so don't expect your drive to be full of logs 52 weeks of the year (I reckon I get 1 or 2 loads a year). One good thing about tree surgeons is they typically have a liveried van with a phone number on, are not quiet when they are working, you can spot them driving about - take a note of the number and give them a call direct (try to avoid times they are up a tree!) - that can work, or at least make an introduction. Likewise a lunchtime / morning cuppa walk can locate any chainsaws working within earshot (not quiet things)... divert your walk in their direction - can see who it is from their van, and if you get a chance a friendly "do you have somewhere to tip that" might also get results.

Philosophical question - can robots worry?

Move to Littlehampton 🙂. Seriously though everything has a value now a days . The fact you have said you would pay something will help . Have you put yourself on the tip site directory ?

Hi, Its my first season with log burner and need to stock up. Happy to take logs/ have delivery for a fee, but would prefer to avoid paying the current Oxford prices. Any suggestions on how I could reduce cost - please share.

That's the cynics view. There are some good schemes out there. Do your research & look for independent audits & accounts. One of the charities recently purchased an area of rough grassland near us. Now planted with native broadleaves & looking good so far despite the drier than average weather this year.

worst fires for 50 years in France, parts of UK must be at risk too, no rain on forecast for next fortnight

We have a nice GreenMech Quadchip 160 for sale. £7,500 + VAT. Ok it won't perform like an ST6 or TW230 but it has the benefit of a turntable.

Worried about what, exactly? And I mean 'exactly'.

Good Morning Everyone.

Have you looked at looping steel cable round the stem with vertical timber spreader bars under the cable? Save a lot of hassle drilling then, has worked well on trees that previously would have had rods or been drilled and cabled. Or Treeworker will sell you very high MBS dyneema bracing material if you want a static splice- able set up that is stronger than any normal Gefa, cobra or marlow braids.

Did you get to the bottom of your mewp fault?

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These firms are full of shit. Greenwashing. you’ll get a mango tree planted in a plantation that was going to be planted anyhow, for profit. or it’ll be a scheme that starts off with good intentions, but there is no aftercare and every tree droughts off. There’s no regulatory body for all this bollocks. No oversight. Don’t waste your money.