Harvesting

[luftwaffe]

Woodworm, no i don't need to be earning £1600 per day, i'm investing £160.000 not £500. 000 don't forget, there's a big difference, also with buying secondhand machines you have to go a bit more steady to avoid costly breakdowns and down time, rip and tear to satisfy the bank loans is no good to me. yes i agree the rate is low but that what it takes to get the work around here, some are even 2nd thinning for £9.50 tonne, busy fools or what!!

[PhilBeech]

Whereabouts in Wales are you based mate? We are in llangollen.

[Mike Hill]

Woodworm, no i don't need to be earning £1600 per day, i'm investing £160.000 not £500. 000 don't forget, there's a big difference, also with buying secondhand machines you have to go a bit more steady to avoid costly breakdowns and down time, rip and tear to satisfy the bank loans is no good to me. yes i agree the rate is low but that what it takes to get the work around here, some are even 2nd thinning for £9.50 tonne, busy fools or what!!

 

How many Ton do you load out in a Day on average?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

£6.50 a ton is old money; I was on that in 99/2000. Worst now I believe is £9. :confused1:

[woodworm]

I definately know of at least one contractor in Wales who is on more than £20/tonne, and the going is pretty good with sensible extraction distance. Even if you are investing £160k, you should still be looking to earn good money cos you will need it to replace and hopefully upgrade to a new machine at sometime. You really ought to be producing a minimum of 70 tonne a day, even in 1st thinnings.

[taz]

so what kind of machines are you thinking about ?

second hand forwarders are like hens teeth at the mo