Tom D
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No. I said 2' not 2"
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Spot on!
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Read it again. Look at the timber lorries on the road the ones carrying small sticks are stacked way higher than the ones carrying big logs. Please can some one weigh some logs to settle this argument!
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A lot of things are deceptive, take a standard transit tipper with 1' dropsides, the level load volume is 1.9 cube, 2 cube if its heaped a little. That actually looks like a good load and round here that will go for £150... our ifor trailer holds 5.8 cube, 6 if its heaped, but to look at there's no way you'd believe it was 3 transit loads, so even though we are selling it at £360 which is £15 per cube less than the transit load at £150 we struggle to compete with the transit "load"...
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You'd think that, but trust me big logs are denser when loose than small ones. Its the same for roundwood, an 25 ton arctic load of 2'diameter roundwood will be well short of the top of the bolsters, but the same weight of 6" diameter stuff will go right to the top, the air gaps may be smaller, but there's a lot more of them.
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The facts don't lie! Take a solid cube of wood and split it in 2, it takes up a bit more room, split it again, yet more room.. Fill a cube box with big logs and weigh it, then do the same with small ones. You'll see! The big ones take a lot less time to make of course..
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Where are the increased costs and bureaucracy? All I'm suggesting is that we all advertise our logs with a per m3 price. So for example a 1'5 cube bag costing £90 is £60 per cube, or a 0.6 cube builders bag at £50 is £83 per cube....
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Actually its the exact opposite, the more you split wood the more space it takes up, a cube of big logs will weight a lot more than a cube of kindling.
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Interesting, Google trends has it the other way round, thats for the uk though.
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LA job titles have always confused me...
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I don't really see it as regulation, I mean giving a per cube price isn't too much to ask IMO. Imagine if one garage sold fuel in litres, another in pints, another quarts, gallons etc, it would be a nightmare deciding where to fill up. We wouldn't say it was over regulation if they were all standardised, its just common sense.
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I don't think there's any distinction made between windblown and virgin timber.
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I see your point, but as a BSL registered supplier your fears regarding sustainability and proof thereof are probably unfounded. The BSL accreditation recognises arb waste as sustainable and as such it can be sold as an accredited product, as far as taxes go I can't see them raising the vat rate above 5% anytime soon, but you never know... other taxes are the same as for any other business. I don't get on my high horse very often but to be honest, the situation re firewood is poor, ask any barman how seriously the weights and measures act is treated, a pub or club can be hammered for under pouring spirits or beer, same thing at the petrol pumps, bags of coal etc. but with logs its a complete free for all..
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Big J's softwood thread prompted me to write this blog, share it with your local trading standards office, you never know, something might happen... Firewood? What is a load? - TD Tree & Land Services
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Our mobile setup, antilock front PTO means either machine can go either end, Processor needs to go on the front for transport though, and its a beast to drive like that. Its for hire if anyones interested..Firewood Production Service - TD Tree & Land Services
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I'll be slightly worse off because of the changes to the dividend taxation rate, possibly as much as £2k a year, will have to see.
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I'd never thought about it much either, it was just doing the SEO on the website that made me think. I tried "lumberjack shirt" and that was different from lumberjack on its own. However it does seem unlikely that everyone searching for lumberjack was looking for a tree surgeon. But who knows.
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There have been threads on this in the past, and I have never really been that bothered by what we are called, but trying to optimise my new website has raised a few issues. Such as did you know that more people google "lumberjack" in the UK than "arborist"? Makes you think about what your customers search for... Anyway I wrote this blog in reflection... So what is an Arborist? - TD Tree & Land Services
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Never heard of them, sounds chinese, chippers are pretty basic machines really so if you have a reliable dealer and a warranty maybe its worth a punt. but if you can't get parts it could be expensive scrap in a short while. Expect very low resale value too. If you can find one a decent second hand machine in that price range will suffer virtually no depreciation.
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I wouldn't worry too much about speed with that setup, if you are only lifting 3 or 4 sticks on at the end of a dismantle a slow crane is still going to be way quicker than ringing it all up!
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We've just re-done ours,Tree Surgeon Edinburgh & Scotland | TD Tree & Land Services it still needs work but its coming together, any constructive criticism appreciated, and a Facebook like if you can, see the bottom of each page... I have a few more pages yet to add, a gallery being one, and I was thinking of adding a page on storm damage. as we have quite a lot of nice pics now. Please feel free to copy ideas but not content! I found out recently that another arbtalker had copied pages word for word off our old site (well his web guy had). As duplicate content has a negative effect on rankings I'd rather that didn't happen. Anyway let rip with the comments..
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Whats the current state of the industry workwise?
Tom D replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
Quieter here too, it will get busy again in september once the holiday season is over.. -
The difficulty is persuading the lads that they need a pension, I offered mine one years ago, none took me up on it.. I think that saving for retirement is about spreading the risk, some pension, some property, some other investment. And give your kids the best education that you can, cos the will look after you too one day..
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To answer the op's question, yes they may well be worth something. Especially if they are burry. Take some pics and post them on the milling forum and see if any local millers are interested.
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What to do when TO disagrees with 5837 classifications
Tom D replied to benedmonds's topic in Trees and the Law
I'd have to dig out my copy of 5837 but I.m pretty sure the TO is wrong on the A tree, I think any significant defect will drop it to B status unless it is a veteran or perhaps has some historical significance...
