Tom D
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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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Some wise words there, I seriously considered the firewood game a couple of years ago and came to similar conclusion. Round here you can't get much more than £60 a cube maybe a little in Edinburgh but not much. but in other parts of the country £120 a cube seems possible! I suspect if you were selling softwood in a £120 area it could be quite attractive, but round here when you can get really good hardwood for £60 why would you want soft for just a few quid less?
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Agree with this, like I say, for us it only pays because the raw material is essentially free, If we get a load of decent wood off a job we sell it wholesale, so all we have back at the yard is the odds and ends. we still have about 250ton of odds and ends though!
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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 think with softwood it has to be all or nothing, no point ring it all up with a chainsaw when it comes in perfect straight processor lengths. The key to making money on soft wood will be to have the fastest most slick operation. I have often thought about how much you could output you'd make with lots of perfect straight timber, a lot I think. if we are processing oversize arb waste then it works out at less than 20 cube per day, if we were doing straight softwood with a log deck I reckon we'd get nearer 80, with less manpower too. We split arb waste into billets with the Posch 30ton splitter and then put these through the processor, its slow but still profitable as our wood is our own waste. Plus softwood is lighter so your 25 ton load will give more cubage, I like your idea but I think you need to think big rather than small. Oh, and you have to sell it too.... Softwood can be a hard sell.
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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... -
I'd say 60mm gap..
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Nice Job, Were you running the ropes? Very smooth, climbers make the best groundies IMO...
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XTC is a good basic rope, stay clear of the cheap marlowe one, new england HI VEE is another basic one thats quite nice. you'll notice the difference on your hands if you go to one of the thinner sportier lines. But then they are lighter and stretch less...
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For me LED's aren't about saving power, more the fact that they are zero maintenance, and never blow bulbs, a sealed unit won't corrode from road salt like incandescent ones do.
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They're only about £3 just google indicator resistor....
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Been to Calais recently??
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I think the one I had will be about 3K, its certainly well built, the 835 should lift it no problem, HP wise you should be ok, mine is 48hp but you could just go slower if the going gets heavy. Please note the one i have is meant to be driven backwards on a reverse drive tractor. IE the PTO goes the right way but you turn the seat round on the tractor. if you don't have reverse drive you'd be better with a different model. they have other lighter ones that will do grass and probably cost less, and also a heavier one that will take up to 6", but needs more HP...
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I have one of these; Bargam S.p.A. - Sprayer Machine - polverizzatori - nebulizzatori - atomizzatori - sprayers - pulverisateurs - feldspritze - atomiseur - mist blower - atomizer - atomizadores - pulverizadores - sprgerte - automoteur Takes 2" material with ease, and 3" with a couple of passes... Not sure you'll get it for your budget though. maybe one of the lighter ones... You can buy it from here Home | Cleveland Crop Sprayers Ltd
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defenders....check your tyre size (-:
Tom D replied to Dean Lofthouse's topic in Business Management
I've got 265 75 16 on mine Dean, same radius as the 235 85 I think... -
Make a heavier frame than the alaskan, then mount a suitably sized hydraulic motor on one end, attached to bar and chain. Way more power than 2 88's if its specced right, no fumes, and you could run if from any tractor or hydraulic power pack....... If your budget is 8k you can afford to play around with this idea a fair bit and still save a lot..
