Alycidon

£100-£120 a

Bedford TM, thats a mans truck as long as you dont have a Detroit under it . Good old 500 engine goes for ever. We built a frame from square steel tube and hang the bags on it under the processor eleveator. I did 18 cu m this week just by hanging bags from a teleporter arms. That bag when full will weigh getting on for .75 tonne, how are you going to get it off the frame?.

My brother is pretty handy with a welder and made a splitter out of an 6 inch twin acting ram. The problem was it bent all the retaining plates he used to hold the fixed end in place. In the end I bought one and he dismantled it. Judging by the price it splitter in the link will be chinese made, you pays your money and takes your chance I suppose. Personally for a splitter that would be getting a fair bit of use and possable abuse with knotty wood etc then I would be looking pay a fair bit more. Generally the more you pay the better gear you get. A A

Actually no, my mistake, sorry. A

Firewood is sold by volume not weight !!. We buy cordword by weight yes but sell it seasoned by volume. A

It will also dramatically increase the production of soot and tars in the flue. Tars in the flue will lead to a chimney fire sooner or later. Running a stove on a reduced oxygen input is not recommended these days by anyone in the stove industry. Let the stove burn itself out at its usual setting, it will continue to radiate heat for some hours after the fire has gone out providing its a half decent stove. Its not as though most houses don't have central heating for the morning is it. A

When you do the test please advise the size of builders bag you are using, there are two sizes, .6cu m. this is I think designed to fir a Europallet and around .7 cu meter. The idea of offering them alongside your cu m bags and bulk is sound. A

Sounds like he has done the job properly, I bow to his greater knowledge. That would imply that 2 cum stacked equates to 3.3 cu m loose. Maybe costs above are making more sense if you sell it loose. Interesting, thanks for the link. A

The lack of customer fuel awareness can be laid at the door of poor stove sellers who driven by low margins caused by the web cannot afford to spend time educting people about the stove they have just bought let alone what goes into it. We do though expect instant results from something we have bought, buying green and storing I doubt will really catch on here. Having said that a lot of people in this area were sold green last winter as being readyto burn. A

Not actually been there myself but I cant see it. Maybe 2.5, thing is to get that you have to tip it out and handle it, surely its better to sell it by the crate and advise the customer what he is getting for his money, ie stacked and not loose. A

The Morso tester has a guide on the back of it that relates to the readings on the front. That way anyone that can read can see if their wood is in the green ( ready to burn), amber ( burn at a push) or Red ( dry some more) band. Easy to use and nothing to confuse the public. A

Hetas have a similar scheme set up, or at least with similar aims to educate the public about quality firewood. A

[ Are you referring to the government of the United Kingdom? Before Scotland and wales were given their own governments yes. In those days things were on a pretty level playing field, not so these days. Just look at Uni tuition fees, I have 1 at Uni and another just going grades permitting. I suppose I am annoyed rather than bitter, I have some great Scottish friends who are fantastic company. They only wanted devolution because they would have access to oil revenues, once they have been used up i expect they will be seeking to become more closely tied again, not that that will occur in our lifetime. A

No response at all to my e mail and phone message. He has not been onto this site since 9th so I guess he must have sold it elsewhere. A

Might be wrong ( hope I am!!) but I did not find any grant funding at all when I looked a couple of years ago in England. Loans are available through the governments buisness gaurantee scheme but interest rates are very high. No doubt the Scots will be spending our oil revenues and be handing cash out somewhere though, got an awfull lot of wood in Scotland planted courtesey of grants from the English govt that looks like it may never be harvested unless timber prices rise which is looking very probable. Wales I have no idea. A

Yes, lots of it about, kiln dried to around 20/22% ( alledgedly). Coming mainly from Baltic countries, Scandinavia and the Ukraine. If you are looking to buy you will need to be buying at least one big lorry load, this varies between 20 and 30 2 cu m pallets. ( Is also available in 1 cu m pallets). It makes sense to opt for the biggest load as haulage costs are about the same irrespective of load size. If you are looking for a smaller volume then you can buy it in the UK, carriage though from the importer to you may make it very expensive. However there is no real benifit in buying this product that I can see other than the kilning process should kill any insect infestations. When I did the excercise a few months ago most were charging around £230 + VAT for a 2 cu m pallet of Ash/Birch/Alder delivered to Northants. Ok that is a stacked 2 cu m pallet which would equate to a loose 2.4m roughly but it is still an expensive product and with all the carbon emissions caused by the haulage not exactly as 'green' as it could be. Hope that helps. A

Enqiry sent for the beech, I am about 50 miles away. Need to find a haulier though. A

Barrow bag is my my calcs around .2 of a cu m. I am offering free delivery of 3 or more within 5 miles. A

Its not the same one, the first one was pictured inside with a pile of split logs under the elevator, this one is outside. Built 1995, that 16 years of use, about like buying an L or M registered car, you better be good at repairing it !!. A

Think I am a bit to old to be shifting much by hand on a regular basis. Currently use a 2 cu m bucket on a teleporter, one scoop and loaded. Bobcats take a bit of getting used to from what i hear, never actually had a go in one myself. So you boys putting logs into weldmesh type cages and drying outside, do you just run a loader shovel across the top of the pallets or handball it out. As an aside I drove by a yard near Warwick a few months ago that appeared to have double height sheep netting cages. I may have been mistaken but it looked a fair sized set up. A

How do you boys load your pile and your trailers/vans for delivery ?. I assume your processors convey it onto the heap or are you using a bucket on a tractor or teleporter?. A

Strikes me that there is some money to be made here, assuming they have a teleporter or similar then go down with a 40 foot artic tipper trailer. That would probably hold 70 cu m ( 40' x 8' x 8 foot tall = 2560 cu ft = 73 cu meters approx) Transport above maybe 30 or 40 miles would kill it though unless you have your own. 'Seasoned' though might want more drying as well and no means of bulk loading would also kill it. A

So are you subsidising the within county rate or delivering it yourself?. A

Sounds like you have an excellent pallet rate from your haulier, most are £40 or so for 3 days, A