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  1. arboriculturist
    Both electric - happy with both and not much speed difference. The quantity you are producing is minimal.
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    Have both machines here. The 11 tonne Mignon is 3hp - 2.2Kw so fine on an extension lead. Like chalk and cheese and you get a lot for your money with the Mignon with large pneumatic tyres. We welded a 1 metre x 500mm 10mm steel table to ours and it transformed its operation allowing rings to be slid around.
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    A lot of people forget the off the shelf 50m extension reels only have 1.5mm cable.
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    Hardwood in the round will never ever loose moisture at the figures quoted above - the figures may apply to processed firewood stored under optimum drying conditions.
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    Never ever sell dry processed firewood on tonnage !!! Sorry to break the news.
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    This must be processed firewood in crates outside not stacked roundwood roadside ?
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    T IMO that is way, way too low for 100% hardwood. Every single overhead we have has risen by way more than 10% and that has to be recovered by increasing the price of the product. Hardwood roundwood up 29% 3 weeks ago !!!, so you have to follow that trend partially. I am charging new business more than established.
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    Got some Red Oak milled, it's been down a couple of years before I got it and shame the ends were not sealed.
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    Ooh missed that - I can easily do that !
  10. arboriculturist
    4 sleepers not much weight - so would you recommend - I could use 12 and ratchet the top stack ? After all the effort of milling I am keen to produce as high a quality product as possible. 😀
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    Yes, 3 high is my plan. So perhaps 4 sleepers on the very top should be sufficient.
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    That's a nice kit thanks. Using weight what are we talking for an 18" diameter Oak stem slabbed at 2 1/4" ? 4 Oak railway sleepers on top or similar ?
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    Wow, what a product range - not sure exactly what I would choose - any tips ? Going back to weighting. I can stack individual stickered Oak trees say 3 high when 18" dia. - milled at 2 and 3" slabs - what weight would you have on top for that configuration or would you stack differently. I can do whatever is most efficient as we have a forklift 2.5 tonne lift all terrain to handle everything. Thanks.
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    Wow, what a product range - not sure exactly what I would choose - any tips ?
  15. arboriculturist
    Ratchet cargo straps must be great if you have plenty as easily adjusted, maybe not for me this time as have 20 trees to do. What spacing is generally good for 18" trees ? I'm thinking 1 each end then 3ft spacing approx. ?
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    Can you re-use the banding if timber stored away from daylight ? Which banding do you find the best - material / width ? Thanks
  17. arboriculturist
    Ah, that's a very good point. So the only banding with any elasticity is Polypropylene. That and probably careful monitoring and driven wedges to keep banding tight - just like they do when they braze the ribs onto shotgun barrels. What do you think ?
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    Up to now I have just been weighting timber to reduce the movement in milled slabs, as so many get ruined as timber moves. I'm planning on an easier way to do this and intend to use Pallet banding. There are 3 options of banding material with various widths. Metal, Polyester and Polypropylene. Not so keen on the metal as its not so pleasant to work with, but maybe this is the one to use ? Any suggestions on which material and width of band would be much appreciated.
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    Ah that's good to hear you are up and running. Even though you had a few issues you still get hell of a lot for your money. I have a Panther Mill and Panther intersect and with the 1st cut system that came to around 2.5K without any saws of course and very slow even with lo-pro chain. Would love a Logosol but can't justify right now.
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    Creosote will destroy the sprayer diaphragm and o rings. I would always favour spraying and probably buy a lo cost fence coating sprayer you can afford to damage. How is the Woodlands Mill going by the way - sounds like you have been busy ? 😃
  21. arboriculturist
    I have both machines and if you are processing below 375mm - its a no brainer as a Posch 375 wins hand down in all respects over the bar and chain. A significant degree faster without question. There is no jam ups with an experienced operator providing you are not afraid to use a saw on the odd length before they hit the log deck. If you produce volume don't spend your hard earned cash on anything other than a Posch as in this instance you get what you pay for 100%.
  22. arboriculturist
    The seed has been planted in the general public's mind now. Many will be searching for that logo and basing their decision to purchase on that alone, even though many you speak to don't actually know what it represents. Due to all the media attention climate has been receiving and will continue to receive, end users are becoming more aware of the negatives of force drying firewood by burning fuel to speed up the drying process. When faced with a choice of buying the same product either Naturally Air Dried or Force Dried, a lot of people will by choosing the Naturally Air Dried versus Force Dried for both environmental and financial reasons, as forced dried has to cost more. Those who Naturally Air Dry are educating the public constantly, which may reflect on those who retail Forced Dried. I have noticed far far less people producing and retailing firewood than there were 2 years ago, as they have found easier ways to earn money.
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    These boys in the videos seem to be at the lower end of kiln drying hence my skepticism, maybe that is why these diy videos have put those on the forum from commenting. The stacking / stickering was beyond belief in one - fairly basic to get that part right. Good luck though.
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    I would be interested to know the internal plank centre MC level.
  25. arboriculturist
    As we all know there have been numerous Threads about Kiln Drying timber for woodworking and the consensus seems to be that unless you have an absolute state of the art computer program commercial drying unit, then everything that goes in that Kiln needs to be air dried 1st. So 2" slabs kept for approx. 1 year, 3" slabs 2 years, 4" slabs 4 years etc. etc. Does that not make Kiln Drying not something to be undertaken lightly? Perhaps if you quarter saw everything resulting in the timber being far more stable, then you could reduce this lengthy air drying time ? There again quarter sawing is a major pain even with a Bandsaw Mill.

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