firewoodman

fully agree with that, i'm also selling freshwood as fresh wood and explain to the customer first, also with the option of them looking elsewhere.

exactly... the answer is none

is it actually jason palmer or someone using his name as he sold his business and the business name which was Jason Palmer Tree Surgeon. if it is him then it would be great to get his number work up this way is v.slow for tree work cardiff stopped using agency staff when i left 3 years ago and used my post to fund and pay 2 students instead. reason for this post is a retirement so there could be a post soon.... but cardiff being cardiff, Dont hold your breath. they may make it post redundent to save money or it could go for re-deployment as all school maint crew lost the school contract and need to re-deployed. no win situ. treegezer from midland forestry lives in llantrisant and travels daily you could hitch to work with him. good luck and thanks for the info

just been told that paul atkins may be living in a bus on the isle of wight...anyone down there???

does anyone have up to date contact details for the following arborists... please. all were arborists in cardiff city council as full time staff or students Jason Palmer... we think now runs a caravan site in north wales chris trivett... was/may still be a trainer with glendale andy/andrew wylie.... may be a tree officer somewhere Paul atkins... unsure but used to work for halifax before career change into arb any help is most appreciated also if you know of anyone who has worked there in the past 40years as an arborist and have contact details i would be happy to know

:congrats: well said marko on your site you also show what a dumpy bag may cost £50-£70, might be worth changing that. in my experience if a customer sees a price on a guide web site they often tell me i'm overcharging, my reply is usually "quality is worth paying for, but feel free to phone around for other prices"

i agree with that. most of those were written before the use of stoves and for use in open fires. (from website Use a moisture meter to demonstrate the moisture content of a random log on delivery dont force supplieres to buy equipment they may not want... poss change it to a suggested voluntary service

as with tree surgery, the firewood industry has now become victim to the jack of all trades jumping on the bandwagon. to quote a customer of mine "how hard can it be? all you do is hit the log with the axe, whats difficult about that?" we all know what the best way to do it in "the ideal world", but i think it would be more practical to tell of the realistic commercial way. as demand increses the customer should be warned that at this time of year (after the xmas rush) stocks can be really low. as for measuring, we should stick to cubic meters and and have a comparison towards the dumpy bags which aren't

full agree buzz, experience and common sense play a big part when using it. given a choice i would prefer stabilising legs

i started with chainsaw and table top splitter £2000 to set up. 2 yrs later bough first processor and increased output. if starting again i would buy a cheap tractor and processor as there is not much to go wrong and they are fairly easy to fix. build up a good relationship with your local supplier to get help with repairs

a grinder for the price of a chainsaw, and he's retiring so there is one less person doing it. value and oppertunity................ learn to cook mate cos thats a recipie for success

good luck with that mate but dont rely on it. use the wood to fuel your own home and find something easier with more profit........B+B???? any good skiing close by???

Marko, i have 16 years experience in firewood, 8 of those as running it as a business, 9 yrs surfing the web to further my knowledge and i would never claim to know enough about the product as it is so full of variables. i experiment with different species but have never recorded results except for in my head and have always been honest with customers and dealt with complaints fairly by usually giving refunds and collecting the stock (3times in 8 yrs) which is why i allow inspection first, but always give accurate description of product i have wood in the round from4ft to 12 ft long various diameters stored outside and 1 to 5 years old from felling, most is still wet no mater the age. i do not have the luxury of owning my own farm so i have to rent a barn and am limited on space, also i am the largest supplier in cardiff but the second largest in the competion area. i sell around 1000m3 a year seasoned and more fresh "can you tell me you never run out of seasoned wood?" I can assure you that we run out of seasoned wood most years. This seasons stock sold out before Christmas. Whilst it might be tempting to dip into next seasons supply we don't. Again we are only a small outfit and I humbly request and accept input from all the guys out there with much more experience. i dont have any other income than this. i sell what i can, but i sell it honestly. i ask my customers to ignore what they have read on the web and in the fires instruction manual (except for the safety stuff) and to experiment for themselves and come to their own conclusion. 70% of those that tried now buy fresh wood off me and dry it themselves and 50% dont care about species Fully agree with your definition. Would you be happy with a change in the guuide that suggests 1-2 years from when the wood is split? i would be happy with a guide to moisture content in wood dried over certain lengths of time, each species dries differently. have a guide for species dried over 6,9,12,18 months and the actuall months the wood was split. we all know that most of the drying takes place in the warmer months and very little in the winter time. so many recommenadations are taken from other web sites and hear say without any actual trials and records done. tbh i dont know of many suppliers that actually have 1 yr seasoned wood which has been split and drying for that time or longer

did this today just for show, the lump is lifting is not that big and all the tyres are full of water

storage and drying of fresh wood will depend on location. if i could only sell fresh wood to the customers that had the ample storage then i would. the fact is many dont have space. all of my wood is split and seasoned as soon as, but i can never keep split wood for more than a year as demand is so high i always sell out. this is my only business so i have to make it work. can you tell me you never run out of seasoned wood? the length of drying time would depend on the species of wood. i am very open with my customers about how dry it is and let them try it themselves. tell us exactly your processing and drying method and time that you use to classify wood as 2-3 yr seasoned, my idea of the wood seasoning is from the moment it is split not from when it ceased to be a standing tree. i do feel that one year split is ample for firewood

nope..................mum does em. had my rebate a month ago.................yep shes good at the books

easier than footlocking then. what do you do when at the top. do you use the same rope or take one up with you to work from?

so what is SRT then?

got this one, can be unstable with heavy logs and this one bounces like a bitc# when driving down the road. we even crane load the 30 ton splitter. have also used a crane pm loader with seat and hiab with seat, both had foot pedals too, preferred those to the roof mount but not as versatile but more stable oh the tyres are full of water too

aah, not climbed for 5 years now..... oh how things progress and change

ok whats a gri gri

i would be helpful if i knew what frogging was, and what an srt was.... hang on is it Short Retarded Treesurgeon? or Sexually Restricted Treesurgeon