ash cordwood

[18 stoner]

Think I would be training them horses a little about dragging timber and sod the connies in B'ham!

 

Firewood heaven:thumbup1:

[Ross Macneil]

1) Handfell it pole lentgh

 

2)Tail drag it to a landing

 

3)Cross cut to size then forward it to road side

[samtheman365]

ive got 30-50 Arctic loads of timber to fell-extract from a farm in the midlands predominantly ash 15-35 inch with birch 10-25inch and 20-30 oak buts at 30-50 inch all straight, close planted with felling license in place. so with 10 yrs + exp in arb and no forestry exp i could do with a few ideas and its on a 45% bank. with the price of firewood and num of posts on here wanting the stuff please comment.many thanks Grant:confused1:

 

 

At the right price i would buy the whole lot!!!!!

[grant]

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[grant]

Think I would be training them horses a little about dragging timber and sod the connies in B'ham!

 

Firewood heaven:thumbup1:

 

big bank mainly clay i struggled with the dogs today let alone my horses

[L200LOG]

Hi grant what price are you looking for per tonne?

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

A well trained horse with Spikes/Heels n Toes shoes would do the work. Tree lengths extraction and voice control.

[grant]

A well trained horse with Spikes/Heels n Toes shoes would do the work. Tree lengths extraction and voice control.

 

agreed but i would`nt risk my horses on it when a skyline or winch will be a lot quicker and safer

[Theocus]

Where abouts is the farm in the midlands chap? I think a winching operation sounds a safe consideration on the info given!

[Brushcutter]

My first thought would be skyline if the bank is really steep. However they'd be quite expensive to hire in i would of thought. My next thought would be a double drum winch pulling things upto a landing in tree lengths and processing then forwarding to roadside.

 

A lot of the stuff will be too big for most processors so it will be chainsaw and splitter teratory. The smaller ash and birch would be good processor stuff though. the 20-50" Ash and Oak buts are best sold road side for the mill. Good quality oak would get you around £8 hoppus foot maybe 6 for the ash. Worth seing what length the mill wants the stuff in before cutting. Also 30-50" oak but will be very very heavy so you'll need some pull on the winch to get stuff up. Also quite a loader to put it on the lorry.

 

I'd say not less that a 6.5 tonne winch closer to 9 would be better. Double drum better than single as you are more efficent that way.