Calling all log sellers

[the village idiot]

Excellent, I likes a good chat!

[Logan]

I thought I bought your caravan last year??! Gonna have to hide keys better if you're thinking of further soiling it with travelling log merchants...

[the village idiot]

I thought I bought your caravan last year??! Gonna have to hide keys better if you're thinking of further soiling it with travelling log merchants...

 

That was just the down payment John. You still owe me £48,000 and two packets of pickled onion monster munch.

[rowan lee]

Hi, very nice looking product. I like these kind of small scale setups. Reminds me of my own. I note the recent extraction activity in the other thread 'forwarding on sensitive sites'. Whats the system from there on back at the landing deck. You mentioned a splitter, so I assume there is no other mechanical advantage other than a chainsaw? Looks like enjoyable work none the less.

[the village idiot]

Hi, very nice looking product. I like these kind of small scale setups. Reminds me of my own. I note the recent extraction activity in the other thread 'forwarding on sensitive sites'. Whats the system from there on back at the landing deck. You mentioned a splitter, so I assume there is no other mechanical advantage other than a chainsaw? Looks like enjoyable work none the less.

 

Thanks Rowan,

 

Yes, I have a very simple set-up, just a chainsaw, chainsaw bench and small 8ton log splitter.

The sensible option would be to get a processor but I quite enjoy doing it long hand, especially the spliiting as I just plug myself into an audio book.

[rowan lee]

Same as that, Given the small quantities I produce annually, a processor would take all the fun away.

[the village idiot]

Afternoon good people of woody persuasion.

 

Last call for ready to go Ash logs for this season. £65 per cubic mtr +VAT. Collected from South Suffolk. 100 cube still available.

 

All the best TVI.

[arboriculturist]

Nice one!

 

I'll be interested to hear how you get on.

 

If you get the chance it might be worth trying a double stack like the ones in the photo. Obviously the two cages need to be well fastened to each other.

A single domed cage holds 0.8 cube, a double with flat top holds 1.25 cube. You'd need a crane or similar as I doubt a tractor loader would lift high enough.

 

They lift off perfectly.

[the village idiot]

They lift off perfectly.

 

Ah! Excellent! Thanks for trying that out.

 

Over the last few days I have been experimenting with a different fastening technique. The cages can be held together in a ring, and to each other in a stack with a few cable ties. (Previously I was bending the fencing wires back round themselves).

Using this method you can simply snip the ties to release the logs leaving you with a length of fencing at the end rather than a cumbersome ring. Much better for storage if you are short of space.

 

Hope that makes sense!

[elby]

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