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  1. Or perhaps looking at it from the other side people that are selling think its worth more than theyre getting-- quite often because they dont know enough about timber and expect more-- small quantities/ single trees are always a problem because of collection costs and certainly with some hardwood mills its a long term turnaround on their money
  2. As long as your customers are happy - and they can always say p off when you get there then thats all that matters you are getting a good price for your logs -- not the first time ive heard of this in your area and good luck to you matey
  3. Yes , but how bigs the bag or load? Thats the first question youll get asked
  4. Not sure what source you got it from or whether it is a conversion for sawn or round timber. Metric for hardwood has always been a bit of a no no and hoppus foot was always and still is a safer way of volume to weight, 25 -28 hoppus/ cubic feet of green oak to a ton.
  5. Large variation there-- but green oak will do over a ton to the cubic meter thats why i asked the question because lots of figures were getting bandied about .
  6. six cubic what -- meters? if so what do you think that weighs?
  7. would not a transit with a 10 ft x 6 ft x 1ft body be 2 cube by volume
  8. This is not meant as a criticism, but more as constructive advice, lookingat the photos i am assuming that picture five with the diagonal cut and the saw in the picture is supposedly the gob. If this is the case and assuming that the photo was taken sideways on to the gob then this really is where a lot of the problems start. If you take a line up the tree from the back of the gob then there is very little throat at all as effectiveley all youve done is remove the front toe or buttress. It is better with trees like this to remove the toe first and then put the gob in. If in this case the photo tells the true story then the tree particularly with the rot involved had nowhere else to go but sit on the saw untill enough was released at the back for it to snap off. Removing side buttresses can more often than not be detrimental to the felling of large trees as you are giving away a lot of control you have over the tree.
  9. Poplar will be around 32 cubic foot -- (hoppus) per tonne
  10. Could it not be possible that some of the revenue goes to policing this to try and catch unlicensed carriers so preventing or trying to prevent illegal tipping
  11. if you take the cover off the carb the forked lever should lay about flush with the body of the carb. it does actually sound more like a back pressure problem .i.e stuck ring or scored piston-- did you check piston condition when you had carb off
  12. were the same syptoms there before new carb
  13. logger

    My new toy.

    No, thats not the case, firstly , the roadside trees will be highways work, but the main issue here and one that is little known is that you cannot actually run off both red and white in one machine.The vehicle has to be registered for one or the otherIf you run off red and get caught doing work outside of exemption then you run the risk of having the vehicle impounded' a heavy fine and back duty to pay . If you register for white then you automatically come into a different taxation class which in most cases would mean tacho, o licence and in some cases H.G.V and m.o.t.
  14. Cheers Dean Im computer ILLiterate and not capable of that
  15. Following the recent discussion in another thread i thought i would open this as there seems to be a lot of confusion and misleading information . For anyone whos not lost interest in this one by now google NAACred diesel and read the file RED DIESEL-- ABUSE IT AND LOSE IT
  16. logger

    My new toy.

    To clarify some of the points in this thread google NAAC red diesel the answers are in a q.a file which seems to say that tree surgery is not covered by white diesel exemption
  17. logger

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    Why does pulling a trailer make the difference , surely this is still haulage or carrying goods'
  18. logger

    My new toy.

    The law is clearly defined how you interperet that is a completely different issue .Just because a vehicle is registered as a tractor or ag. vehicle does not mean you can automatically ride around using red derv.
  19. logger

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    IMO the fact that treework i.e treesurgery or arb work is not classed as forestry would point to this being wrong. It seems that some people are manipulating the rules to fit an industry or occupation that enjoys the benefit of rebated fuels. The term harvester in any situation applies surely to something that is harvesting a crop in either agriculture , horticulture or forestry . I have never found a HMRC document that includes treesugery etc. if someone else has then i would like to read it and will stand corrected.
  20. logger

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    As i see things what people seem to be overlooking is not as much the type or classification of vehicle but the nature of work it is being used for.It is wrong to try and compare private treework with forestry or that of a Farmer.The hay and straw is classed as an input relevent to the Farmers business as animal feed or a crop produced on land owned or occupied by the same Farmer that is being taken into storage.
  21. logger

    My new toy.

    there is a HMRC memorandum on this updated in 08- no mention of arbwork-- just the usual agriculture , forestry and horticulture
  22. logger

    My new toy.

    As i understand it arb work does not actually come under the red derv flag as it is classed on its own away from forestry
  23. Ihear what your saying Ed but as i understand it we were discussing a tree that was backleaning and already had a rope in it for pulling.Imo if you cut your gob nearer to the heart in this situation particularly with wych elm youre increasing the pull required . Matty, regarding your queries yes butt rot was common in wych elm along with a lot of shake problems .Regarding fibre nature wych elm is a very forgiving timber to fell and it can be swung through an incredible arc because of its holding properties on quite a small toe.As far as trapping the bar- Im sure lots of people have done that one.In those rotten trees if you cut your heavy side first--saw engine away from this side you will decrease the risk.One useful trick when roping trees like this with a relativeley short butt and big crown is to put your pull rope up over a cleft at the right height , down the back of the tree and anchor it off at head height around the butt.

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