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  1. arboriculturist
    Towing legally with fuel buckets etc. always the issue.
  2. arboriculturist
    What would you say makes the Bindenberger a better machine and what meterage would you need to be doing to justify it? oh and what model Bind. were you looking at? Thanks
  3. arboriculturist
    3.5T diesel tipper ideal for your business. Don't forget your 'Waste Carriers Licence' from E. Agency - do it online, 3 years cover.
  4. arboriculturist
    He is just a 1 man band, so register as self-employed with HMRC. You are not being paid so not an employee. Some time ago I was made aware that family members do not come under the employers liability insurance regulations. You are quite at liberty to give your son a personal loan without any legal connection with the business. Keep things simple unless you like red tape or admin. Good luck with his business.
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    The 1st thing to do would to be only fill the IBC's to 1m3. Anything more than that and you are not on a level playing field the majority of the serious firewood retailers. Consumers generally focus on the price - not quantity. Oh - and promote 50/50 hard/soft mix, which is what we all should be doing. Good luck.
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    Sorry, just wanted so how people reacted. As you say they do not have naked seeds within cones, but fleshy arils containing the seed. You probably know they are tasty also, but not the seed , which is full of nasty alkaloids, like Blackthorn. Still an evergreen conifer though.
  7. arboriculturist
    A Yew is an evergreen conifer, which has cones.
  8. arboriculturist
    Shouldn't be using the 'T' word anymore - but up to each individual of course.
  9. arboriculturist
    You would naturally think of Yew as a hardwood, being as hard a timber as it is. However it is a coniferous tree, so just an extremely dense softwood.
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    Nothing wrong with being grumpy. The price of the event is prohibitive to most, goes without saying and hardly encouraging people to go in the direction the powers that be should be encouraging us to go. Possibly post your questions on the Forum as you are likely to get to the point, practical answers from some posters who have equal knowledge as those at the seminar.
  11. arboriculturist
    Is the meterage capacity the same for log boxes as the potatoe ones? 1.6m3?
  12. arboriculturist
    Is the meterage capacity the same for log boxes as the potatoe ones? 1.6m3?
  13. arboriculturist
    19 degrees here yesterday, 9 this morning!
  14. arboriculturist
    If that's a selecta-grab it possible cost 1/2 the price of the machine!
  15. arboriculturist
    I recall about £54 each + del. Have you any idea of life expectancy?
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    Got over to that site Sunday, but access discrete to say the least -looked like it went through someones garden/copse or farmers yard. Jonny L. knew nothing of it either today. 50 year old Larch I heard off the bloke who felled the hardwood in the 60's. Thought they would have got you in there to fell as your machines are so close. I will ask Mark (EF) about it.
  17. arboriculturist
    Nice crates, are they modified spud boxes?
  18. arboriculturist
    This looks like a sheltered location so the best thing to do would be to rope it up and pull the section up the monolithed tree to a height out of reach the same way up as it was previously. Secure it in this position. If too large at present, cut to a managable size 1st chainsaw with a bee suit on. Don't pay any attention the bees flying as will soon return. Do not move the hive more than 3 feet in any one day if they are flying or you will find the majority of them dead in a heap the next day where they were previously sited. So it will take a few days to move from present site to high in monolith. Good luck, but you wont need it. Needs to be well above ground to avoid mice in winter.
  19. arboriculturist
    Larch off the ground will last longer than the lives of you and I put together as without going into the science - it's naturally resistant to wood decay fungi. I have trees milled, stack dead level on bearers with stickers every 450mm between, profile sheet over weighted with blocks, somewhere not too windy, paint ends with 3 coats oil based paint. Only a few months to get boards down to 16/17% time of year dependant. Not a great fan of green oak in the ground, so for a quality job, I concrete in concrete stubs or Galv. RSJ stubs and bolt on Larch stantions. Flocked roof profile sheets well worth the money if you wish to avoid condensation drips - great care not to damage flocking though! Good luck.
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    I think so, i'll take a look tomoz. and let you know. Planned to get down to get down to see Chris at site near Plymouth, but lost his No. - found it now so I will get in touch with him. Would love some of your Larch but got too many outstanding debtors still.
  21. arboriculturist
    Changing the subject - are you doing the felling for Mark (EuF) down near Kbridge?
  22. arboriculturist
    That's a lot of processing! I agree, the packfix is not robust for the industry it was designed for. Also when you factor in the machine cost, the time element, specific pallet size requirement and netting cost the whole system is very expensive compared with containerised alternative. Everything can look different in hindsight of course.
  23. arboriculturist
    Good to hear differing views. What machine do you use and if you went for an upgrade from your present machine, what would you choose and why? Thanks
  24. arboriculturist
    Good innovation if you have that feature on the Tractor, but many run an 'older tractor' with basic controls, so not so easy.
  25. arboriculturist
    Agreed, when you get a blade jam getting to the tractor stop or clutch quickly is impossible - there needs to be a stop bar just like a chipper. The last log is always the risky one also - as you will know.

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