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Reading about everyone's different experiences, maybe it's best to find businesses nearby who have had dealings with your local authority. Have a chat and get a feel for how they think the relevant planning bods work.

A nice Trekkasaw sold a month or two back from someone in Woking. Completely identical auction from someone with zero feedback based in Shetland is up at the moment. I've reported it, it's well worth ignoring or pestering them with questions. Where they found 4ft chestnut on Shetland is probably the first one Trekkarsaw Mark 2 Mobil Saw Mill - Log Mill | eBay Does anyone regularly use a Trekkasaw? Any chance of finding out the hydraulic motor specs, pump spec and tank capacity? I might get round to bolting together a hydraulic drive Stenner resaw and think that the Trekka specs would be a good starting point. ta, W

I think Big J's bit is slow(ish) grown Scottish Turkey not a favourite. I've turned up to a couple of milling jobs where people have been sold "lovely big, straight 'Oak'" by naughty tree people...... I feel for that poor Mog! Whatever happened to loading up when you're on the way back out?

When we visited the Isle of Man a couple of years back I idly wondered whether there was a need for a mobile mill The mill at St Johns looks pretty brisk but doesn't seem to cater much (at all?) for Manx grown hardwood. Is there anyone processing interesting bits for chunky joinery and suchlike? Will

Method 1- 269 square ft is the same area as 25 square metres.... probably not the answer you're after. However, a 6in wide board covers 1/2 a square ft for every foot of plank length, so if you double 269 to give 538 running feet/ linear feet you are there. Method 2- Let's see how many bits of 6in board it takes to make a square metre (and multiply by 25 at the end) 1m length = 3.28 ft length 1m wide = 6.66 widths of 6in board (100cm divided by 15cm) Therefore 3.28 x 6.66 x 25= 546 running ft The slight difference in outcome is cool- let's be honest, it's one 8ft length of board difference. I think most sawyers would be happy to send out a couple of extra boards as goodwill to cover any bits that aren't up to scratch within a pack. Cubic ft- The actual volume of timber within 538 linear ft of 6x1 is 22.41 cubic ft. Roughly a tonne of green Oak of finished product. Careful now! If you use this method to try and work out weatherboard coverage you have to factor in the overlap of the boards. Probably best to assume that it takes 8 pieces of 6in board to cover a metre height on the wall. Therefore 3.28 x 8 will give you the number of linear/ running ft needed to cover a square metre. 26.24 ft. Decking boards are the other way around, as the gaps between boards give you 'free' coverage. Weirdly, the narrower the decking planks, the further the timber goes. 4 boards 8in wide with gaps doesn't go as far as 8 boards of 4in width with gaps....

£300 all in. It will cover some waterproofs so you don't get soaked next time

There's been a much much dearer version made by Mafell available over here for a long time. It's a shame there's no ability to change the depth of cut, it would be awesome for making big notches and halving joints. The Mafell saw is around 3 grand (only a mere 2 grand+ for their morticers) and strangely they are mainly available only in 240 volt rather than 110. Perhaps framers are expected to joint everything off site and then come out in public to show off their mighty erections. I'd been seriously tempted to fabricate a decent sized Makita or Hitachi circular saw and a small carving bar together- much neater than a huge circular saw for getting tidy corners cut out for tenons etc The Festool/ Protool saw is a much more sensible price, although it may well be a cut price machine for them- looking around German ebay (ebay.de) there's a much beefier and industrial looking one. Protool Zimmerei Kettensäge CCP 380 618265 | eBay

I don't quite understand what you want? 100no 750mm length 125 x 125? Do you need smart internal joinery grade or external fencing grade? We should be able to supply, send a message with some details and a phone number and I can quote.

Brenderup Trailers are very sensible critters, tough but lighter than Ifors and a bit less crude than the P6e and P7e...

Nothing wrong with solar kilns, especially in a decent sunny year like we're having.There are a few folks in the UK using them, I think the nicest one I've seen was operated by Tino Rawnsley in Cornwall, he'd built more or less a replica of the big setup that Jim Birkemeier of Timbergreen Forestry in the States uses. The best resource for plans, diagrams and ideas is at Woodworking Information at WOODWEB A lot of the designs have been brought together by Dr Gene Wengert

I had an older one with a superb Atlas crane (got pinched, photos here somewhere) http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/stolen-equipment/13586-distinctive-transit-gone-yard-damage-west-sussex-31st-jan.html With a 14 ft (maybe 12) dropside body with a steel and tropical hardwood floor it weighed 2800kg empty. One lift of the crane and you were overloaded with no problems at all, it was a great bit of kit for delivering and collecting timber, and the crane would haul a full bulk bag of logs around at full stretch (again about 14ft) with no issues. As for front axle weight, it did destroy a front wheel bearing on the slip road between the M40 and M25.... quite exciting.

Has anyone else been sucked into playing 'World of Tanks' online? Obviously it involves tanks, from the early 1930's little dodderers up to 1960's main battle tanks. You can choose to research the 'tech trees' of German, Russian, French, British, American and Chinese tanks. There's lots of tweaks and add-ons to bolt on to the tanks, and there is not a single mystic amulet, strange quest or enchanted sword in the whole thing. If you've not heard of it, it's a massive free download that pitches you into 15 minute team battles with 15 online players per side, all roughly matched to give a balance across the board. Currently holds the Guinness world record for most players online at once, it's absolutely huge in Eastern Europe but not so well known here. Like all these online jobbies it's pretty addictive- if you get a good battle you want more of the same, if you have a dire battle you know there's a good game around the corner Anyway, if you play and fancy a team up, send me a message and I'll let you know my sad tank fiddlers name If it means anything I currently play up to Tier 6 tanks and tank destroyers, mainly Brit and American.

Me too pls

Just a question as a bit of a brain picker, not looking to buy either machine but just looking for opinions and experiences..... I like the look of Bilke processors, but I always wonder what sort of length the last log on a piece of cordwood ends up like, as there's nothing to hold it to a set length as it dives into the drum. Are Bilkes great for long Scandinavian logs but a bit strange on short little UK logs? I know there was a fair discussion of the Urban range of small wood nibblers a couple of years ago, and I was really pleased to see them for sale at the last APF show. Has anyone taken the plunge and is supplying little pot bellies and chimeneas with coppice and lovely little tiddly stick logs?

I look forward to that test case I keep thinking that agriculture (and processing of produce) have a fairly broad base to work from and we're either blessed or cursed with very little definition. Farm shops/ veg box schemes/ online sales of sausages, pies, cider are ending up a long way from selling beasts or produce wholesale and unprocessed.... When does milling and timber work become manufacturing? especially if you've had chain of custody right through? It's another thread I suppose.

A Navara must run out of legal towing capacity around 2800kg I would imagine? Hiluxes do....

Has anyone mentioned ag registered lorries like a Bedford MK or one of the more recent 4x4 beasts that the power companies use? Solves the cost issue of a mog, and licensing and operating issues of a dedicated lorry that would be run for hire or reward. Presumably a 4x4 hiab lorry that is a dedicated support unit for the mill (and not being used to carry timber and other burden about the place) wouldn't have any issues? (opens massive can of mixed VOSA/ DVLA flavoured worms??)

Some of the large softwood mills don't like WRC, especially summer felled as the bark comes away in massive strips and clogs debarkers and saws. It's all a bit of a guesstimate depending on access, log size and quantity, but I wouldn't mind paying 80p to £2 per cu ft for WRC. Bigger the better, nice fat dumpy overgrown huge hedge trees are awesome. -------------------- Leb/ Deodar/ Atlas Cedar are probably in the same price bracket, we've not used it much for cladding but do tend to mill it for chunky decks, seating, outdoor tables and quite a bit for interior work, excellent for a big shelf or desk. Much cheaper than Oak, nice and stable, great to play with and really good outside.... Carvers seem to like it too, there are some huge bits of Cedar out there. Quite happy to look at reasonable quantities that people are felling in W or E Sussex and Surrey.

Feel slightly let down:( Used and dirty

Morning all. We met a chap who runs a mobile mill in Normandy who'd had a Bulgarian 'company' trying to pull a scam. A parcel turned up out of the blue for him with some sensible waffly paperwork, some samples of boards and a bag of heating pellets. All very attractive prices and they're obviously looking for agents etc etc. They wanted a deposit to get the first lorry load to the door. He was fairly keen, got back in touch as he wanted to go and see their facilities and got nothing in reply. He had a quick poke around and found that the firm didn't exist and had a non existent VAT number. It's a fairly normal scam, preying on the greedy/vulnerable. Look out for those 'bargains'

So right! that 90 degree swing wouldn't be too clever for a four stroke....

They give a price of $6200 NZ on the website, which is £3190 according to Mr Google. Saw engine not included. I like the look of it, I know it's way more complex and heavy than an Alaskan but the small kerf it's taking out is brilliant and gives the saw engine a lot more chance of getting a reasonable amount of wood cut from a few litres of 2T mix. Four stroke sounds sensible, but I suppose the beauty of a big 2 stroke saw is the high revs and high blade speed when direct driven. It's got the capability of double cutting, so in theory you can knock out 6 x 12 beams as a maximum, not to be sniffed at. Quite an elegant little beastie all in all

Oddly enough, that full width central plank with true quartersawn/radial cut would be most stable when drying but end up with the nastiest defects in most cases. Any branches would leave you 'spike' knots across the boards and you're quite likely to get a crack right up the heart as well. Irritatingly, quartersawn timber generally has to have the heart sawn out of it, giving you boards that are less than 1/2 the tree's diameter.

I was looking at that. Very nice boards- I guess that the wedge shape follows the taper of the tree, he'd allowed a fair bit for planing and the cupping while it dries wouldn't be very noticeable on slow grown Scandi softwood. If you did that here with Larch, Doug, WRc etc etc it'd be fine, no probs at all. We did wonder if the boards would end up random widths (but with the same taper?)- the middle few boards being widest and the outer boards narrower.

I get the feeling that there's more of a woodworm problem in summer felled oak. It might be best to be ruthless with the sapwood.