billets anyone?

[clueless]

does anyone do billets in this country? they seem all the rage in europe (from what i can see on youtube anyway). keen to hear the pros and cons.

 

cheers

[slack ma girdle]

Please can you define what you mean by a billet ?

[clueless]

when they split metre long lengths and stack them. the prsumably cut to order or cut at point of use.

[slack ma girdle]

If i sold them i 3' lenghts, i would have to sell them for less. So no chance !!

[Hogs Breath]

when they split metre long lengths and stack them. the prsumably cut to order or cut at point of use.

 

Like this ready to go through the processor:thumbup1:

With hardwood you get a lot of splinters but these are ok as a sort of kindling.

I can get the moisture content down to 25% on turkey oak in two weeks in september!

[nepia]

A pro: someone pointed out on here recently that billets are less likely to be stolen than oven ready logs. It's a good point and definitely one to bear in mind.

[Hogs Breath]

A pro: someone pointed out on here recently that billets are less likely to be stolen than oven ready logs. It's a good point and definitely one to bear in mind.

 

Just make sure you have no one camping nearby as i had 6 weeks ago, that was half a transit load gone!

Words were had and it didnt happen two weeks ago,but they had a flat tyre and bent two wheel braces trying to remove it!

Thank heaven for all these loctite products!!!:lol:

[Kev P]

We produce alot of billets,which are cut up during the winter on a bandsaw.And resplit if need be.

[armchairarborist]

this is a yard full of long firewood in this country, all cut to size just before delivery..

[gensetsteve]

I have stopped doing billets and now ring everything with an electric stihl mse220.I have done billets but found the beech never split evenly especially if it had a few knots. Our splitter is horizontal and it was hard work getting 20" stuff stood up under it. Seemed like alot of double handling.