When can you justify buying a processor?

[gensetsteve]

Just for the record matey, I`ve loaded, unloaded and logged every bit of wood I have on my own

 

What you need is a younger brother thats just been made redundant

[Dave Martin]

What you need is a younger brother thats just been made redundant

 

My 18 year old son who is waiting to go to Uni asked if he could help today for wages ... in the end I would have got more done on my own

[gensetsteve]

My 18 year old son who is waiting to go to Uni asked if he could help today for wages ... in the end I would have got more done on my own

 

I feel your pain. Similar experience with a 21 year old . It does not last for ever and we all start somewhere

[northumbriaforestry]

if your worried about narly wood then get a dalen more money but more machine and can easily handle most things

also i don't think anyone has mentioned the added costs as everything gets bigger

so ideally you need a loader tractor and telehandler to handle the processed wood

and to get the processor working at its best you either need a log deck or a second person

if you have a logdeck you need a machine to load it if an extra person you need to pay there wages

 

Quite right, you buy one bit of kit to make life easier, then all of a sudden you need loads of other stuff! All stuff that needs to be put somewhere safe, transported, insured, maintained, filled with fuel, etc etc,

 

We didn't produce & consequently sell as much before we got bigger, & granted we were knackered every day, but knackered from swinging an axe is a damned sight more satisfying than pushing levers & having a noisey briggs & scrappem whining in your ear all day!