Log-ologist
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get some good insurance and a better lawyer, and try to stay calm
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have a Hakki Pilke 1x37 for sale if the money is right.
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How small is your access? Here is my RG13 II
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Alder Carr is typically wet woodland. Can you winch out the trees with a tractor winch to a hard standing .
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Dont bother trying to chip palm trees, tried it gave up. ( Argyll is a gem, I lived in Lochgilphead and Achnamara for 15 months, Its the only place to live in I would leave Dorset for.)
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I have a discovery and a 110 I driive them like a lorry not a car. They get their oil changes in engine , gearboxes and axles regularly . I don't how others drive and maintain their vehicles, but they must be doing somthing wrong.
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wise words. check for rot in the rear load floor and wheel arches otherwise combine work, rest and play for low cost.
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Christmas Charity Raffle 2008
Log-ologist replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Christmas Charity Raffle 2008
Remember folks its not the winning , but the taking part. The real winners are the kids who are helped through our generosity. -
There are still numbers of small mills that will take oversized timber. East Brothers near Salisbury are one. There also was a place in devon that took 40' logs of Douggie, I felled quite a few trees last century that went there . Now if you can its worth finding a local mobile sawmill to do the work and you sell the product. Also keep in touch with them as they are often looking for certain types of tree, you may have just the thing available in the comming weeks.
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quality hardwoods always fetch good money, i remember there being a run on good oak about 20 years ago. It coincided with a major UK hardwoods sawmill having landed a contract to supply Oak to a shakespeare theme park in Japan and the building of the Globe theatre in London. it inflates the prices temporarily but they will return to a normal level. the closing of the coal mines left a void in the poor quality hardwood market as mining timber was not needed. Then sawmills started producing finger jointed boards and glulam from ever smaller trees.
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I did this course in 2007 It may be of interest. http://www.northwoods.org.uk/c.php/home/training_&_skills/ignite_woodfuel_training
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The theory and practice of wood chip supply is ... stack wood off the ground for 1 year with a sheet over the top sides open. chip wood at roadside into lorry/trailer. deliver. the wood has dried from 50% moisture content to 35%mc and is suitable for use. There is no need to chip fresh wood fuel as there is loss from ground contamination . the fresh chip composts and then need additional turning ( higher costs) Stacked wood dries better than heaped woodchip due to air flow. You also only need chip what you immediately need to use.
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you are looking for step grate boilers rather than underfed boilers then. Step grate will burn wetter , fresher material, they cost more and in general are at the larger end of the domestic market. chip boilers cost more than gas, they cost more to install but, the fuel is cheaper, locally sourced , is carbon neutral (well 95% neutral) and the well maintained boiler should last 2 or 3 times longer than a gas one. european countries ( austria, germany denmark, switzerland )have far more community / central heating systems powered by wood waste, they have little or no oil and gas reserves so are dependent on exterior sources. Wood is a good option. In austria about 100,000 woodchip boilers are annually installed.
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matty , for the record. I note that your tree was elm, as no such thing exists in where I live in Dorset I assumed it was Oak.
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the top third is next to useless. the remains are very fluted so the useable wood is less than you expect. Its open grown so probably has some degree of shake. It may be good enough for 9 gateposts (3x3 at 8"x8") so its worth about 50 quid. Thats why I log it up. Just like we did with this lot. and the second lenght is no better
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a firm near southampton just laid off about 20 blokes so you have plenty of local experienced competition after work at least one ex forces new boy on this board gave in in 2008 good luck anyway
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I hope your daughter gets well soon, as a father I know when things go bad and the kids are hurt it seems so much worse than it probably is. I'm sure she will be up and about again very soon. Enjoy the new year.
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No, well nearly, but I worked for one ( Robin B'stard ) as a cutter, and I had a job interview with Euroforest once( I lost the job due to a pint of Guinness , but thats another story). Why is it OK to drive down other priced goods in shops but not wood. If you dont like the standing price then try and buy in what you need and see what it costs then. I have seen too many small forestry gangs close down in the last 20 years, and too many blokes with immense skill go to other jobs .
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I knew a girl called Willow who could pack a punch like that , you must have been a verry naughty boy
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http://www.beaconauctions.co.uk/ these used to list the results of the past timber auctions, have a look. work out the price backwards. delivered in cost. less delivery, less extraction, less felling, less marking and sale fees = price you offer. remember: if a man asks for £100, he really wants £90, he will take £ 80, so offer him £70 and give him £60, and make him glad its not £50
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A day in the mewp now adds a day on the other end of your climbing career
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try letting the tree land on the deck before trying to side it up.
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My groundie is a camera nut. He thinks jessops are crap. but he can say that as he just spent £2500 on a new cannon camera. Having seen some of his wildlife pictures I know he is right.
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Life jacket. well it only took 13 posts for that to be mentioned and what about a safety tag line , also bio chain oil, spill kits and environmental assessments.
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They will know already and know of more besides simply by asking the police , as long as the crime is reported the information is shared.
