Tom D
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I reckon the most money would be to haul it out in lengths and store it for a year then chip it and bag it in small nets, then sell it as others have said for bar b q or hot smokers, a 50 cm net bag will eaily make a tenner if you market it right. only problem is you wont see any cash for a while.
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I had to give a statement to the cops a few weeks ago after witnesing a man veing threatened and verbally abused, the victim was the manager of the housing association where we were working. By the sound of things your "incident" was far worse than the one we saw and the cops were taking it seriously. I'd tell the police that you will speak to the PCA or the press if they don't sort things out to your satisfaction.
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TBH I don't split my logs that small, i have just noticed that the smaller you chop them the more they bulk up. I tend to aim for a bout 8"- 10" long and 3" - 4" wide, thats what people seem to like round here. any extra small ones go to my gran as she has a small stove and the big ones I burn myself.
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Lantra Professional Tree Inspection course.
Tom D replied to Tim Williams's topic in Training & education
This is the list you need to know, good luck with it, the exam part is'nt too bad the only thing is is if you miss a major hazard like one of these fungi or a large hanger or defect its a straight fail. Fungal Organisms List.doc -
Was delivering logs today, five bags worth, levelled the load and worked out volume 2.6 x 2 x 0.7 = 3.16 cube. I took this over a weighbridge and again on the way back, the logs weighed exactly 1500 kg. So about 500kg per cube is about right, the logs were mostly beech and scyamore.
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Teal doing a bit of tree climbing.
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Bizzarely the opposite is true, try emptying a bag of large logs and splitting them smaller then refiling, they won't fit!!!
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A cube of logs ia way less than a ton, a cubic metre of heavy timber like oak in a solid block would only just weigh a ton so logs even when stacked will still be full of air spaces, and also hopefully seasoned and so lighter still. Since this issue comes up so often if anyone gets the chance to weigh a cube I'd love to know what it actualy weighs. My guess is about 500kg.
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Its true that the weight of the branches is surprising, the weight is in the leaves not the timber so they are tip heavy and tend to go early. Feeding the chipper is the worst part as you're pushing against the grain of the spines. There will be a lot of chip too, this one which was only 40 foot ish produced 9 cube.
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not being a stihl man I take it both those saws will need the same size file?
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A lot of men killed in the old days doing stuff like that there's no cilmbing out from underneath when you get slam dunked by a cabless tractor.
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I do about 3/4 of a cube a week sometimes a little more if its cold, I run a rayburn and a boiler stove linked up by a nutraliser. At the price I sell wood at it works out slightly cheaper than the lpg system that was here when we moved in. We still burn a little lpg when the fires are low first thing in the morning, about £150 a year.
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I have had a few guys ringing me lately, want me to pass on your details?
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I'm still in but with the same small ad i had last year, I do get a few jobs from it each year but not many. Internet has been very good for me this year, but there are 3 0r 4 other tree surgeons on page 1 as well so I always end up quoting against the same guys where as a lead from a referal will usualy be a streight job with no opposition. I think the best advertising is doing a great job for a good price and being knowledgeable, polite and helpful whilst doing it. One referal is worth three yellow pages / internet inquirys.
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I don't really get this "spanners every weekend" thing, I had my last 110 for five years, By the time I sold it it had covered 170000 miles. Ok I put a new engine in when I bought it but other than that it was pretty original, It never let me down... ever, sure at mot time there were things to fix and i used to service it regularly but it was no worse than other vehicles we have had. BTW I sold it locally and its still going strong.
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I saw a documentary about these birds in africa once, i think they were calles quilia?? anyway they go about in a huge flock like a plague of locusts destroying all the crops. The local solution was to find the roost site and bury big charges just inder the ground and then stack 45gallon drums of diesel on top of these, wait for dusk and BOOM.. 50000 roast chickens. Dont know if you can get away with this in Huddersfield but if you decide to give it a go let me know as I'd love to watch:tongue_smilie:
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After watching some of that "Toms farm" stuff I found this snigger snigger. [ame=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sxxaBnMxONg&feature=related]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sxxaBnMxONg&feature=related[/ame]
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To be able to make money just by selling the wood you'd need a very slick operation. I have been mentally goung over some of the takedowns that we've done in the last year, I recon the bigger ones might give 30 bags the average one would probably produce 10 bags of logs. At my prices 10 bags will make £450 delivered, it will take a day to split and fill the bags and at least a year to season them. For a "ten bag" tree I'd probably charge 450 - 750 for the take down and allowing for haulage there's not a huge profit there. I reckon to spend a day taking it down and hauling back to the yard and another day splitting the logs, then a year to season them ( with no cash input), then say half a day delivering them, all for £450, thats one hard way to make a living.
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If the man wants a landy let him buy one, If we were all sensible no one would buy alfa's or aston's or fererri's or paintings or go to the cinema / pictures or any thing else thats fun. I got out of my 08 defender the other day and thought "whats thar running down the wing?"...... engine oil. Was I surprised ? no was I bothered? not really. its a landy, it's supposed to leak oil; although I had it fixed since I was'nt paying for it. I used the excuse that none of the jap trucks in my price range can tow 3.5 ton and bought the landy, but to be honest if a hilux would pull 3.5 ton I'd have found another reason, I just love them.
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If you've got your heart set on a landy spend £3k on a 300tdi discovery. Discos are miles cheaper at the moment and unless you're extreme off roading they're just as capable,. You will get so much more for your money and a quieter more comfortable ride, or if you want to "Extreme off road" then spend 2k on the vehicle the other grand on "tricking" it up. A 2k disco will be in better nick than a 3K defender anyway.
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Started in tree work in 2000, and went solo in 2002. I had quite a few jobs before that mostly in offices, I could never make them stick, all the jobs I had enjoyed in the past were poorly paid outdoor work on estates mostly, fencing, game rearing, tree planting and a little felling. I worked in the city for a while and then came back to Edinburgh, I was sat behind a desk one day bored witless, watching a guy out the window dismantling a willow and I thought thats the job for me; a couple months later I was braging brash for a local firm. I could'ns see myself doing anything else now, I wish I'd started 10 years earlier.
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I did look at the rear mounted loader but the overall length of the thing plus the loss of the PTO etc put me off, It'll do about half a ton which in terms of timber is quite a big lump. With the winch on the back and the log grab on the front its a handy little tool.
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I have a conventional log system just now, if I were building a house from scratch I'd have a boiler like Skyhucks coupled to a heat store running an underfloor system. I think chip systems are better suited to a very large house or an industrial / commercial situation.
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NFU insurance is bizarre. I was with them for 4 years paying £400 - £500 untill I told them my turnover was going up and I was taking on a full time employee. They said I could no longer have a "tradesmans" policy and would need a business one. Fair enough I thought and waited for the quote....: £7000!!! I obviously went else where. The agent said they were basicaly saying they did'nt want my business. BTW I had never made any claims. I would love to know how they work these qoutes out.
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[quote name= I live near Eyemouth Tom.[/quote] Me too, nr Co'path where are you?
