firewoodman

same as mine mate, japa 700 and 10 ton table top splitter...............but i do have more. feel free to pop in if ever in cardiff mate

you guys will be cooking your food in a COBB barbq next....i got one

i smell firewood. whats happening with the wood??????

think it s the weather....appparently 6 degrees above average not had a frost here, and not seen gritters out on road yet

well said dean:thumbup1:

me kardiff boy likey. can we have more pics please

the guy has got ambition, i'll give him that. i often find with texting and typing that what is written often does not come across quite as it should. and i think this is what has happened with this thread i started off with a 8ton table for £1.5k top 9 yrs ago working part time, i now own a heizohack, 2 tractors, 2 processors, 2 tabletops, 30 ton splitter, 1 van, 1 landy 1 tipper trailer, 2 ag trailers and 2 chainsaws and turn over 40k+. i also sell wood all year round, and this year sold more in the summer than i have in the past 2 months its hard work, some days i love it, others i hate it, and the same with the customers. SAM where are you based?? and if i were you i would be splitting the wood into that nice airy barn in the background of your photo

yeah, thats dec. what about the rest of the year???

yeah, and the rest, the more you do the more it costs and the less space you have

wage from where????

60 ton cord = 120 m3 (approx) i DO this full time, not a huge turnover profit margin not great, overheads quite high for the product. 120m3 will last me 3 weeks if lucky good luk sam, but do the maths mate

so you spent 22k just to see how it goes??? will you use the tools for anything else???

not yet:sad: but still time:001_smile:

22k spent, approx 8k wood sales:confused1: dont give up the day job just yet:sneaky2:

and what will you do throughout spring and summer, how will you get money to live???

our council is the same and dont work the woodlands.....cant fight conservation orders, sssi sites and singlemindedness can we!!!

yes, but contrary to the above, i find it dries quite quick, even in the winter and burns a treat elm is v.good wood but does need time to dry split oak, elm, leylandii in early spring, and ash and lime are the last to split as they dry quicker......in time you'll learn my young padawan:thumbup1:

i could be the only one on here who just does firewood and nothing else,( correct me if wrong) so yes it is possible. but i sell everything, no matter the tree species, it is turned into firewood. why? better to get heat out of it than to have it roting away in land fill or have a massive pile of wood chip. this year i am really pushing softwood, i have to as hardwood is very difficult to get now (the bandwagon syndrome) and i have customers coming back for more as they cant tell the difference SAM i dont sell anything without trying it first, just like a chef tastes the food it cooks before serving, and if i am given somthing new, then i try it, there is no room for negitivity with this. if we carry on like we are we will run out of hardwoods and go the way of the Easter island tribes and the Mayans. wood is valuable, utalise it and dont waste it, it can all be burnt, so use it. SAM, i started off like you on only the best......then "I" got "educated"....larch dude, try it

i bought a 10ton bull for £1200 in 2007

just as i was about to write phone fuelwood... they offer good advice ( i have loyalties), i read the above, thats the best bit of sales and splitter advice i have seen on here and has everything i would say, but just cant be bothered to type so much. well done chris:thumbup:

WHAT £2000 new:confused1: i bought one in 06 for £950 new off dealer:001_cool:

same here larch all the way and lovin it, fantastic firewood

thats what i sell it for steve.....well £195 and they aint said no to it yet:thumbup1: i got 40 cube of it split and drying......yours for a million bucks:thumbup: honestly though, it priceless:lol:

it is complicated as you have to be a member of the coal merchants assosiation and be sponsered by a big supplier....so i was told when i looked into it here. buying in bulk, you have to buy a huge amount. i stuck to what i knew. my coal merchant gets logs off me and i get coal off him, he gives out my number and i give out his..........simples yes

what did you see??