Alycidon
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I have looked at it close up and had an in depth conversation at a trade show with the Uk company owner. Basically its a square with not a lot inside it, he says the shape twists the smoke flow an turns it into a vortex which improves the updraft in a chimney. I am septcial to be honest. The price asked is a lot compared to either anti down draft cowls or rotating cowls both of which are time proven solutions for either removing down drafts or increasing updrafts. I have not had a chimney yet that one of those will not resolve. A
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How do you achieve a level base to put the next course on. I try and level the base course and even place a pallet first to put the bag on. Usually the pallet breaks as the logs underneath are only giving point contact. I have seen pics on the bag suppliers sites where bags are stacked three high. I stack mine without pallets between the layers, one bag straight on top of another maximum one course on top but air flow must be reduced. Would like to be able to go higher but cant see how to safely achieve without laying out three rows on the floor, two on the next course and one on the top course. I can see the wisdom as the lower course stop the upper ones from falling forward. So how do you stack yours?. A
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Been using an old John Deere for the last couple of years, good tool. This summer my brothers did a hell of a lot of research into replacing their elderly Saunderson, they opted for a manitou on the basis that no one had a bad word to say about them. I have been using it and find it well capable, lifts plenty ( 2 tonnes), goes anywhere, pulls a decent trailer, control lever is not quite so natural as the JD but its OK. yes they bought a used one. A
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Hardwood cordwood wanted in the East Midlands
Alycidon replied to Robman49's topic in Firewood forum
Think you have your answer, we are all very busy this year and with a cold spell forecast are wanting to keep out stock to retail ourselves. Nick Channing here could probably find you a few 27 ton loads of fresh cut cord. A -
Found a guy who set up last year doing arb work selling logs at £70 a load, cash. 95% hard, and his load was a farm trailer load delivered with a tractor, guess at least 2 cube, all nicely cut and split in a 6 way. Only down side was that it was a bit green, maybe 25% MC. You have to think why?, he is only a young lad and presumably has not done much market research. A
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Have a look in Classic Tractor magazine, I would think 4k. A
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Mine is a 1971!, might have had 45hp when it left the factory but a few have probably escaped over the last 40 years !. Power and Super Fordson Majors are a good alternative. Post 1964 Fords 2000-5000 have issues with blocks going porus, other than that they are also worthy of consideration, if you need a bit more power then the 5000 (75hp) is a good slogger. A
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Massey fergusson 135 (40hp) or 165 (60hp) will do all you want. I have a 135 with over 7000 hours on it, no probs at all. A
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Fire wood logs in the south yorkshire area bulk loads
Alycidon replied to t5pete's topic in Firewood forum
Several people here can do that, when you say bulk load how much do you mean weight or volume wise?. A forty foot tipper or timber trailer load (around 26 tonnes) or something smaller?. A -
Ok, I am sure some of our members local to you will be in touch shortly. A
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Hi and welcome to the site. I assume you are looking for logs that have been cut up and dried/seasoned that are ready for immediate sale, or are you looking for cordwood to cut up yourself for sale winter 13-14?. Either way what sort of volume are to looking for?. A
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How long did it take for your advertising to kick in?
Alycidon replied to YoGi_93's topic in Business Management
I have tried most things over the last three years. The one that works for me is the local magazine/handbook. I use one covering about a 25 miles radius of me which is a free delivery, I recently added a second mag covering another area but to date that has not yielded the results expected but we have only done the one add in there. Other than that my website, recommendation and links from my stove suppliers web sites. If I had to drop one then it would be the magazine. A -
the lengths we go to making firewood easier
Alycidon replied to Joy Yeomans's topic in Firewood forum
Is the conveyor? under the PTO shaft there to take the sawdust away?, if so is that standard on the Transaw?. looks a good idea. Did you also make the rack extension or is that a standard JAPA supply item, that also looks a good idea. A -
I do, sell stoves, cut my own cord up and deliver logs, the whole job top to bottom. The only thing i dont do is make starter sticks, I buy those in. And I advise my potential customers to check energy prices per kw and CO2 emissions per kw on the Nottingham Energy Partnership web site. Unless they have a cheap/free supply of logs then fuel costs per kw are about the same as gas. You might guess that the cord suppliers are aiming to keep things that way. A
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Got a mate (Andy) maybe 20 miles from you that may be able to help, how much are you looking for and what sort of size. He could arrange haulage if needed. You do realise that it will now be to late to get it dry enough for use this winter. A
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You obviously read the maintenance manual well then !!. Hyd oil and filter, yearly change or after so many hours. But I suppose yours shows what it is capable of. I do agree with the comments about bendy panels under the elevator, easy to catch with loader arms holding a bag. Fuelwood back up is also good. A
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And soft will dry a lot faster than hard. Given your situation I would think that soft logs cut now will be ready for sale by midsummer, hardwood will want longer, you might have them ready by October but probably not. Just depends whats in the bag. Birch will dry faster than Ash. Use arb bags, on pallets, stack them 2 high, keep the rain off and let the wind blow through them. A
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If you drag the bags they will wear through the bottom pretty fast. A
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one sharpen, in 3 years?. How many cube through it before you resharpen?. I have a spare blade for my JAPA so switch them and resharpen at about 80-100 cube. A
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I also have a Jappa 700, nice machine to start out but demand has now expanded to the point where I either upgrade it or buy in ready processed logs. Am just experimenting with the latter at present. The 700 is at its best at about 8 inch diameter, you will process about 1 to 1.5 cube an hour single handed depending on cord diameter. All 8 inch and you will easily double that. One problem is that the wood moves to the blade, therefore anything over about 6 foot long does not clear the loading rack if you have one, therefore it needs chainsawing in half or lifting clear of the loading rack for the first couple or three cuts. Another is the ram takes about 5 seconds to cycle, dropping a new log on top of the returning ram does not trigger it, this can I understand be adjusted out but is an unofficial mod. Upgrade for me would be a Posch 350 or similar probably. A
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Had an old lady complain that her stove would not produce any heat. When visited it turned out her log store was her pond. She said the wood burns to fast unless it has 2 weeks in the pond. A
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Any will be fine if dry. Just be a bit carefull not to overfire the stove ( get it to hot) as softwood burns hotter than hardwood. A
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saw a stove the other day, not installed by us. Rusty as hell on top. No cowl, fireboard register plate. Water had run down the clay lined flue, soaked the fireboard, this had then allowed water to creep down the pipe onto the stove top. This happened over the summer. We reinstalled the stove, fitted a galvanised register plate and a cowl. If you are penetrating a wall or ceiling then Building Regs stipulate that you MUST use twin wall fully insulated flue pipe such as Poujoulat TI or similar. The installation of a stove comes under Building Control, breech of the regs will leave the home owner open to prosecution if caught, dont forget the install also need a safety sign off, no sign off no house insurance. A
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I use a trailer with a loading ramp and a sack truck with pnuenatic tyres, my barrow bags are also .2 cube Bag Supplies ones. Works ok. Most of my deliveries are 1 cube bags on pallets, use a pump truck with these having loaded with a teleporter. If its as issue then I use a Lectruck to deliver stoves, these are strapped on and are good for 300 kg. That would move any barrow bag but the wheels are solid, so grass and gravel are a no no without the additional floatation tyre device for it to sit on. Also they expensive, 6k +. A A
