THE88MAN
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Good thread potentially,i'm currently in the wood doing an 8.30-4-30 day rate.Yesterday i refilled my 357 at 4.05pm,it does 35 mins on a tank,by 4.12pm i couldn't see a thing! In oak thinnings,lost the light so jacked in,i think visors cut light too? Walked out the wood,looked back and it was pitch in there! I love the woods from autumn to spring
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thanks mate,i bloody knew that weren't a TW but forgot all the ford numbers,thought i'd show off at the risk of getting away with it........no chance of that here though
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EXACTLY!! i'm laughing so much i'm struggling to type tonight cheers guys
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its a great mix jon,i can do you some for £80 ton delivered in
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wet ash.......................mixed with oak,poplar,willow,railway sleepers,dry beech,touch of blackthorn,odd bit of alder,lime and a touch of leylandii.hope this helps
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All those fords were cool mate! looks like a TW20,powerful,sounded sweet but the gearbox went wrong
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my pal drives a forwarder,he went to an auction 2wks ago and thats what was bid! He reckons their costs at roadside are a tenner a ton,selling at £45,£5 a ton then?!! He earns £15 an hour,cut throat or what? It always has been
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me too jon,£30 ton standing,big boys with big toys,we all start somewhere!
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My father went all over stevie dropping em,but this is not his work,the machinery is far too modern,he never advertised the fact but he did own a david brown at some confused stage of his life,but it didn't have a cab so we're in the clear! good luck with your I.D someone will clock it
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yeah,yeah,yeah,i know,i slipped into a halcyonic "back in the day" reminiscence! I'll be complaining about wagon wheels next! Your right huck,they did/do smell of p*ss,but then bisto is rubbish compared to home made gravy i make now
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seems to vary greatly but the general trend seems high end.I have a friend who is head forester on a large estate,been in the job a month,currently selling hardwood at £35 ton roadside and reckons he can improve that to £45 as its flying off the shelves.Another guy i know is commanding £45 ton at roadside for green ash and getting it,its relative because some of these guys are paying £30 ton standing!! I've just bought some green oak for £15 ton,but its roughly tipped on a grass riding by dumper,cut random 3ft-ish,no access for lorries so about the right price IMO
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thanks bb,will pass on the info,he's not far from bedford so definitely an option,i looked on the site and was half tempted myself
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Great stuff,takes me back too,as a 10yr old my father used to give me a billhook and a spade and made me strip the ivy off big elm butts,then pick up all the shattered tops and chuck on the fire,i used to love it and still do when i get an occasional one to drop.one of my lasting memories is the elm smell,its like bisto to me!
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sounds like a potential "bird in the hand" to me.I would offer them a 10% discount for 2 cube+ deliveries,you'll save that in fuel and time like you say robbo.give them a good product and you may keep the order for years You may not get a discount on their beer and food,you may even get some free,i've delivered to pubs,restaurants,hotels for years and i'd say i've eaten free in 20% of them over the years through longstanding goodwill
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If anyone's got one for sale! He wants a single cab 4wd,reckons they're like hens teeth.wants a very tidy one and willing to pay up to 5k.he's been on the bay/autotrader etc and says there aint many for sale currently
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My bentley has a filler cap on both sides so i don't have this problem
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If you can fill a hilux with a 12" 180 in half an hour i'll give you the money myself (a les dennis joke),either that or your selling very green,very soft wood,lime maybe
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Never give up guys,my Ifor's just turned up!
THE88MAN replied to THE88MAN's topic in Stolen Equipment
with you all the way AD but not sure the guy knew.The way i found my trailer was i never reported the serial number so to all it seemed legit? i'm now raising a case against notts police,just a written apology would be nice -
If budget is an issue (usually is for me) you could do worse than a 353,i've had a couple and they're the most reliable husky i've had,they take some stick and don't rattle themselves to bits
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what do you run it on tommer? 28?
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I can assure you mr bullman has no expertise in tree i.d sorry steve,couldn't resist
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Bending the thread back to a serious note there aint really a best method (IME).been in firewood 20yrs now,had hilux,isuzu etc,had ifor williams tippers,currently a cabstar tipper.If its a devoted delivery truck then a different question but most trucks have to do other things in a working week.I really like my new (to me) cabstar but its rubbish off tarmac and bumpy on back roads,its a limited vehicle.If i delivered as much wood as i used to i'd probably go for the hilux tipper conversion i saw in a thread earlier this week
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Army greens for me,£3.50 a pair,warm in winter,not too hot in summer and you can fit snooker balls in them
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I've been thinking about the very same 2 saws myself for the winter,got quite a bit of large-ish oak to ring up.started on it today with a 372 running 24",it performed well but a bigger saw wouldn't have hurt.I'd buy both if you can stretch to it,i can't at the moment
