Chris Sheppard
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At the risk of looking daft, for .325 do I want 3/16ths? I always jsut ask for a box of .325, 3/8th etc files -
Whats the price of hard wood cord now thanks
Chris Sheppard replied to mendiplogs's topic in Firewood forum
Nearly everything under 15", otherwise it's oversize and would probably get separated out if there was enough (or a slightly lower price). Regarding the small stuff, how longs a piece of string? Every tree is going to have small bits on and it all needs cutting - ultimately the more wood left behind in the wood, the higher the price is going to be as you need to fell more trees to get the same weight. We had one guy say he wanted all his wood between 12" and 6" diameter - told him yep no prob but it'll cost more and he couldn't understand why! All those buying it in that are quick to complain want to spend some time the other side of the fence and then they'll learn -
If you had plenty to go at, try Jon at Fencing, Wood Chip, Mulching, East Yorkshire They work all round the UK so might be able to tie it in with something else.
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That was pretty much my thinking too. It wasn't very slick and I cringed a few times but on the whole it looked like it was coming down fairly qucik and without drama. If anything the guy on the ground looked like he might have been trying to play for the camera a bit.
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For a first ground saw, based on only having one saw and therefore needing it to be pretty bombproof too, I'd have a look at something like a 365. It's heavier than anything else mentioned but it's not particularly lively and will if need be pull a biggish bar for an odd occasion. I'd shove a 15" on it for most stuff and have an 18/20" sat there for when needed. You can always upgrade later and the 365 would make a good all rounder spare saw (you can never have too many saws!) I'd have thought a 50cc saw would soon get tiresome unless you're only on smaller garden trees, and you can still cut small stuff with a bigger saw. 550/560 are great though
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Time to lok for a timber trailer
Chris Sheppard replied to combined tree services's topic in Large equipment
Think it might still be on AC price website with the skidder. -
Whats the price of hard wood cord now thanks
Chris Sheppard replied to mendiplogs's topic in Firewood forum
Round us it's mid £40's for decent processor grade @ roadside Even with the warm winter last year we can't fell it fast enough to keep up with the demand (@ Roadside, not logs) -
Even with the vat that one was still around half of what it would have been new and can't have been more than two years old as the first WP36 was brought across for the last APF (and I left shortly after).
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Time to lok for a timber trailer
Chris Sheppard replied to combined tree services's topic in Large equipment
Stan's old Patruuna one might still be for sale. That was set up for a rockinger hitch and went behind his little mog nicely. -
Any second hand processor is going to be good money, especially this time of year. There was a bargain Farmi trailed one went on ebay a week or so back but it was stil £5k plus vat.
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I got a bowl adze made by a member on here (Cracker) out of an old damaged hammer head I gathered up out of Grandad's garage when we cleared it. Felt quite good to be able to put something like that t good use rather than hoying it out. Not had chance to give t a proper whirl yet but it has a good edge and was a good price
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Come on, where's the vid
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Our local Ag merchants sells it off the shelf, no questions asked (or did fairly recently), but only in 25l drums.
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Last CBT I did was when I was 16, so 14 years ago now - until recently I'd not even sat on bike but knew if i didn't crack on now I never would. I could do DA but don't know if I'm ready for it. Fancying either an XR250 or a DR350 for a couple of years and then maybe something like a DR650. Using a local guy who handily lives about 100m from my house On topic though - nowt interesting here, eating crisps, drinking beer and watching telly (with a bit of arbtalk thrown in for good measure)
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Agreed, the Makita 4 stroke one isn't bad and is pretty cheap. We just put 2 stroke through it and it runs fine. Just sound odd when you're used to hearing two strokes. Current one is getting on for two years old now I think and as far as I can remember has never been touched with a spanner.
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Good Luck Ed Got my CBT next Sat. Hoping to get A2 in this year before it all changes.
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Subaru legacy - not hugely better on fuel but on LPG are very cheap to run and really will go further off road than you think they will. Trooper's are quite heavy on fuel. To be honest, if you're only looking to swap to omething more economical, then it's not going to be hugely better than the hilux really. Why not just keep the hilux?
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TDi Discovery - mid 30's mpg and mega comfy
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It'd be interesting to see how many of those who really rate the 346 use them for primarily arb and how many use them primarily for production cutting.
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I don't even need to ask - granny log is 5-6" long I bet? Thankfully always managed to work around that one. Tis a shame more people don't have big stoves that take 18-20" logs. My old next door neighbour had a huge dog grate and would take a 10" diameter piece split once at 22" long - like doing his logs
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Always used to cut at around 8 1/2 to 9 inches unless someone specified any different. Ours seems to be a normal sized fireplace and while 12" fit, they are a bit snug to get a decent pile on. Am sure no one will be too bothered about the few longer ones though.
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Same as everyone else, a big vertical splitter and a decent chainsaw. If there's a lot of branchwood or decent stuff that will billet, then a circular saw isnt a bad addition, maybe even one with an elevator.
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The 550 is ace, but it's not really a firewooding saw - it's a proper lightweight production felling saw and likes to be worked hard
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Definitely safer than your driver's door!
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Ideas for uses for chain oil containers 25l.
Chris Sheppard replied to Andy Collins's topic in General chat
Nope, but the deposit on the drum made it even more expensive. Admitedly we've not priced it up again for a year or so. One thing our dealer really does seem to be good at though is keeping the 20L drums fairly sensible price wise.
