Best start up set up for processing

[CalumH]

We still have a shop soilded Riko/Balfor A11V/SB splitter in stock (11 ton, 6hp Subaru engine and very robust. New and 1 years warranty)

I'll send you a pm Mitchel

[Mad Ginger]

If you've got the customer base to justify buying a processor and going all out on machinery...

 

Otherwise I'd go with a chainsaw and a splitter. If you've got a tractor then that would be your cheapest option, buying one for that there is many on the market, most look like crap if i'm honest so I had a local fabricator build one.

 

If you don't then a petrol/diesel powered one would be the next best option, but expect these to be quite a bit dearer.

[william petts]

Nice splitter mate, whats it like with the 4 way split

[cessna]

Not sure it's one of them growing ones buy as I go along and grow. Looking at a petrol splitter about £1600 . Sourcing is mostly local so not timber arctics more tipper loads of local tree surgeons so not sure of size yet.

 

Hope they don't deliver just tipper loads of Leylanddii!

Have you got a well drained yard and a large shed to store wood/process wood?

Doing logs is ok for a bit of pocket money in my opinion but you certainly won't make much of loving solely selling logs, others may disagree.

[ash_smith123]

If you have somewhere to store it Save your money and time and Import kiln dried.

If it isn't your full time job your time is precious! days you will be processing 3/5 cube a day you can be our delivering making money and you won't be waiting a year for it to dry. Firewood is a numbers game and to make any money out of firewood you need to be doing high quantity!

Buy a few crates of Ash for kiln dried and sell at £120+ a cube and birch for seasoned at £90-100 a cube so you have 2 differing products.

You will be saving a lot of time and making the same money!

If you havnt got a forklift to unload it hire one for a day for £60-80.

[mitchel]

So this won't be my day job more of a winter pocket money thing.

 

I'm not expecting To make lots of money out of it just something I can build up to something better.

 

I've got two acre field which I've made an area which is hardcore then crusher on top I was then going to store unprocessed logs on there. Then once processed stack them in side ibc cages then use the plastic inside the ibc cut in half to make a roof then just put them in lines would that be good enough?

[Woodworks]

So this won't be my day job more of a winter pocket money thing.

 

I'm not expecting To make lots of money out of it just something I can build up to something better.

 

I've got two acre field which I've made an area which is hardcore then crusher on top I was then going to store unprocessed logs on there. Then once processed stack them in side ibc cages then use the plastic inside the ibc cut in half to make a roof then just put them in lines would that be good enough?

 

That will work a treat It's exactly how we started.

[Ashes_Firewood]

Only problem with storing logs outside over winter is you can guarantee it will rain sideways and a lot of the logs will end up wet. Ideally you need to move them inside in Autumn to keep them dry ready for delivering.

[Chris Hemming]

I am looking to hire someone with a log processor ie generator or pto, cutter, splitter and conveyor to do about 5m2 in Birmingham.

[Richard 1234]

I am looking to hire someone with a log processor ie generator or pto, cutter, splitter and conveyor to do about 5m2 in Birmingham.

 

 

Would a saw and axe not be enough for 5M2?